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faramir77 posted...

Nintendo is at a weird point. There aren't any major titles on the horizon. They'll need to show something good otherwise this will be total useless. Somehow I doubt this will be where they announce the next system, unless they just acknowledge it's a thing.

Recently, they've tended toward showing major titles relatively shortly before their release. The last few February directs have come at an apparent lull in their release lineup, but set the stage for most of the rest of the year with titles that come out within ~6-8 months of their announcement. Personally, I kind of prefer that over the industry standard of "here's a trailer for a game that might come out three years from now."

That said, they're specifying this is a "partner showcase," which I expect means it's going to be mostly third-party stuff, and 25 minutes is pretty short. In the absence of another February direct, I suspect this means we're going to be getting a bigger one in March-April that unveils a new system. That's mostly just a hunch, though.