{"id":9468,"date":"2016-03-03T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=9468"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:01:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:01:10","slug":"what-could-be-in-the-nintendo-direct-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/03\/what-could-be-in-the-nintendo-direct-today\/","title":{"rendered":"What could be in the Nintendo Direct Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo announced yesterday that they have planned another Nintendo Direct for today (5:00pm Eastern Time), just a week after their Pok\u00e9mon Direct. That saw the announcement of the next main game in the Pok\u00e9mon series, which now has many anticipating a big announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo stated in their release that NX and mobile would not be a topic in this Direct, which will see the focus set in Spring and Summer releases for the Wii U and 3DS. I have seen tweets today that perhaps a new Kirby game will be announced, among other tongue and cheek comments about cancellations of other projects.<\/p>\n<p>The event will likely focus on already announced titles, and it&#8217;s also likely that some previously undated games will get a clearer release window or firm date. Upcoming <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/06\/metroid-prime-federation-force-blasts-onto-3ds-in-2016\/\">Metroid Prime: Federation Force<\/a><\/em> has yet to be given a release date, and has only been seen once so far. That was the original teaser for the game last year. It&#8217;s likely that this Direct will have more information on that game and a release window more specific than simply 2016.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/metroid_prime_federation_force_wide.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/metroid_prime_federation_force_wide-600x217.jpg\" alt=\"metroid_prime_federation_force_wide\" width=\"600\" height=\"217\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/metroid_prime_federation_force_wide-600x217.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/metroid_prime_federation_force_wide.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you expect to see tonight? Will Nintendo surprise us with a new Kirby game? Or are they leaving the bigger announcements for another day?<\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo Direct starts tonight. Bookmark this page and come back here at 5:00pm to watch the show.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukIX1DrkfqI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo announced yesterday that they have planned another Nintendo Direct for today (5:00pm Eastern Time), just a week after their Pok\u00e9mon Direct. That saw the announcement of the next main game in the Pok\u00e9mon series, which now has many anticipating a big announcement. Nintendo stated in their release that NX and mobile would not be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21,75],"tags":[1386,1385,24,1395],"class_list":["post-9468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-nintendo-direct","tag-nintendo-wii-u"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nintendo_direct_642x362.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2sI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/08\/new-nintendo-direct-set-for-tomorrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":9468,"position":0},"title":"New Nintendo Direct Set for Tomorrow","date":"August 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo announced this morning that they will be making a special announcement via Nintendo Direct. 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