{"id":3651,"date":"2022-07-15T17:25:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T17:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/talking-point-would-you-mind-if-nintendo-retired-the-big-nintendo-direct-format\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T17:25:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T17:25:25","slug":"talking-point-would-you-mind-if-nintendo-retired-the-big-nintendo-direct-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/talking-point-would-you-mind-if-nintendo-retired-the-big-nintendo-direct-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Would You Mind If Nintendo Retired The ‘Big’ Nintendo Direct Format?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Joys and Cons, direct to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the reveal of a new trailer for Bayonetta 3<\/a> along with a launch date announcement<\/a>, Nintendo fans are looking back over the last couple of weeks with a question on their mind: Why didn’t the company bundle up this news with the third-party announcements from the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase and deliver a full-fat Nintendo Direct?<\/p>\n

In the time since the Partner Showcase \u2014 which, let’s not forget, featured some pretty impressive reveals and shadow-drops<\/a> itself \u2014 we’ve had a Xenoblade Direct<\/a>, the reveal of an entirely new Kirby game<\/a> coming this summer, and the Bayonetta 3 news. We’ve also had reveals of a new Splatoon-themed Switch OLED<\/a>, Joy-Con, and Pro Controller, and another a micro-announcement<\/a> in the form of Pok\u00e9mon Puzzle League<\/a> coming to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. The latter perhaps isn’t Direct-worthy on its own, unless you’re the lovely Jon Cartwright<\/a> (formerly of this parish), in which case it’s worthy of the ‘one last thing’ slot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Talking Point: Would You Mind If Nintendo Retired The ‘Big’ Nintendo Direct Format?<\/p>\n

The Joys and Cons, direct to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the reveal of a new trailer for Bayonetta 3<\/a> along with a launch date announcement<\/a>, Nintendo fans are looking back over the last couple of weeks with a question on their mind: Why didn’t the company bundle up this news with the third-party announcements from the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase and deliver a full-fat Nintendo Direct?<\/p>\n

In the time since the Partner Showcase \u2014 which, let’s not forget, featured some pretty impressive reveals and shadow-drops<\/a> itself \u2014 we’ve had a Xenoblade Direct<\/a>, the reveal of an entirely new Kirby game<\/a> coming this summer, and the Bayonetta 3 news. We’ve also had reveals of a new Splatoon-themed Switch OLED<\/a>, Joy-Con, and Pro Controller, and another a micro-announcement<\/a> in the form of Pok\u00e9mon Puzzle League<\/a> coming to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. The latter perhaps isn’t Direct-worthy on its own, unless you’re the lovely Jon Cartwright<\/a> (formerly of this parish), in which case it’s worthy of the ‘one last thing’ slot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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