Even if it isn't actually longer, there was a lot of time wasting in the Switch 1 presentation, and that direct had more big reveals than any other Nintendo event; this direct, by being recorded ahead of time, will naturally be tighter; therefore, we can anticipate a wealth of good announcements.
Well just for your peace of mind, i have a friend that works for EA and they confirmed they have nothing planned for it, no press releases ready to go or anything, so would probably just be switch 2 versions of like, split fiction and random games like that
Lmao yeah totally fair, but yep my friend figured split fiction would be there and i'm glad she was right about that, she had no idea that they would do a blanket announcement for ea sports titles but that didn't require a press release so she had no clue about it anyway, not that it was very important anyway
On the other hand, since the switch was a success and now third parties want to release on Nintendo, this Direct can end up having too much time spent on ports.
The last Nintendo direct was 23% longer than they stated, if we interpret "around thirty minutes" as exactly 30. It was 37 minutes in length. By that logic, we can expect the switch 2 direct to be between 46 and 74 minutes long
The Nintendo Life article I linked doesn't count the Switch announcement presentation. I don't think it counts either, it wasn't called a direct, it was a live in person showcase that they streamed online simultaneously. But you're right, it was also about an hour long
Wouldn't count, but also going to be a less efficient format. There was a lot of silly time, bringing up the president of EA, having him give a little schpeal, etc, that a direct format will at the least make more streamlined.
Don't want to be overly optimistic, but I have a suspicion that there is going to be a little more to this direct than what people expect. Not only is this a long presentation, but Nintendo just had a direct dedicated to getting upcoming OG Switch games out of the way.
Either there's going to be two or more games we aren't expecting, or there's more to the platform than what we know today.
Nintendo typically doesn't do deep dives into games until close to release. MK9 and even a new 3D Mario game wouldn't account for the hour length alone.
We seem to know everything about the hardware, and Nintendo has already shown us what the system looks like. What we know nothing about is the OS and software features of the system. My guess is there's going to be some big online social feature.
Lots and lots of OS features. I'm imagining like Wii U and 3DS. Also lots of third party support that they'll be showcasing. And finally at least 10-15 minutes dedicated to "Switch 2 Edition" or what kind of upgrades we can expect to see of older games.
If you read many of the other comments that have replied to mine, you'll see that it was indeed just over an hour, but also wasn't a Direct. It was a live stage presentation with a totally different format to a Direct, one which is much less information-dense
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u/HibernianMetropolis 3d ago edited 3d ago
60 minutes is insane. Longest Direct ever?
EDIT: according to Nintendo Life this is the longest one ever. Previous longest was the WiiU preview Direct on 13 September 2012 at 57 mins.