The Next Nintendo Direct Week & Date Just Leaked!? Zelda's 40th!

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So, we are excited about that one. And then, yes, folks, believe it or not, this happens every single time. We're getting near a month a direct is likely to happen. We have our first big Nintendo Direct rumor, the week it's going to happen, when to expect it, and obviously some additional things that could be in the Direct, maybe even the day of the Direct. It's it's a hodgepodge of wildness. And uh I can't wait to dive into it because I do think that this is probably the most likely week the direct is going to happen. Anyways, so uh really excited about that cuz look, this dire stuff, Ocarine of Times, gameplay reveal, new games, third party stuff that doesn't have dates yet, and more. All right, let's go ahead and dive into our very first story here. And this one deals with micro SD Express cards, in particular, SanDisk. So SanDisk is now selling a 1 TBTE micro SD Express card for Switch 2. That's right. They were not previously selling 1 TBTE ones. So it says Switch 2 storage can be expanded with micro SD Express cards. And if you're looking for some extra space on your new system, you might want to check out SanDisk's latest product. At Gamescom this week, the tech company, which specializes in memory products, has showcased the 1 TBTE micro SD Express card, targeting, but not limited to the Switch 2. It arrives roughly a year after launch of the new system. As highlighted by the website Notebook Check, this card has already been made available in select locations in the US via SanDisk's Amazon store and has an MSRP of $429, although it's currently on sale, bringing it down to the slightly less hefty sum of $360. Still, that's a lot considering the price of Switch 2. What's interesting too is while the MSRP is 430, I just have to note here that them dropping at the 360 kind of puts it in line with the Lexar 1 TB on Amazon. So if they actually were trying to charge 430, let's just be real here. No one would buy it. Everyone would just buy the Lexar one. So to stay price competitive, we know how this works on Amazon. Sometimes they overpric things so it looks like things are on a good deal, but then you cross compare it to competitor's products and you're like, "Oh, okay. They're just trying to make this look like it's some sort of big sale, yet technically they're just literally dropping it to the price of their competitors. So maybe they would like to sell it for $430, but you know, that's probably not realistic for what they're going to sell it for. It's really unfortunate how expensive these things have gotten. Uh look, they were $200 last year. Like you can get them for around 200 to 180 on sale, sometimes 175 to 160 even uh at places like Costco, especially the Lexar ones. And it's really unfortunate that we have hit this point where we can't reliably uh expect that price due to what's going on in the RAM and storage space. All of this stuff uses flash memory and that's what's being literally ate up by AI data centers. So yes, we talk about obviously how the price of the consoles has gone up and how they might go up again next year. But what gets lost in this is just basic RAM, storage, even things like micro SD Express are all skyrocketing as they're also fighting to get memory modules for their use purposes. So, man, it's it's kind of a crazy world out there that we're talking about nearly $400, maybe even in some states $400 after taxes uh just for one terabyte of storage added to your Switch 2. No, I don't blame Nintendo for going micro SD Express over micro SD because they needed the extra speeds. We're in a new generation. Games demand better speeds. It's just really unfortunate the timing of all of this. Uh I'm really hoping that we're looking back on this in 5 years and kind of laughing at the idea of this price point existing for anything other than maybe a two terbyte drive, which is something I could be a bit more understanding of at this price. One terabyte way too much. Should be $200 or less, but this is the way the market is at the moment. All right, guys. We had dive into our next one and this is about Witcher 3. So, we have a couple clips to show you guys uh courtesy of a live stream they did at Gamescom. Credit to Attack the Backlog for clipping this stuff. I want to note you're not going to get the greatest look at the game. These are clipped and put on X. However, we will show a little bit of handheld gameplay afterwards when we're done uh you know going over the clips. So, over here you can see, hey, CD Project Red Confirmed Witcher 3 and Switch 2. We'll have mod support. Wait, what? Mod support? not the only game on Nintendo to have mod support. Despite the common thought that Nintendo does not allow mod mod support on their platform, they've actually had it for Minecraft already. They've had it for Doom already. Uh there's like I think three other games that have mod support on Switch One. So, what is interesting though is we don't have a lot of AAA games supporting mod support. So, here's what they had to say about that. remastered. Can Nintendo Switch 2 players expect to access the same mods? >> Uh yes, but we have some limitations. >> Yes, >> there are some platform limitations and uh there are some censorship and other uh limitations. >> Every console has their guidelines of what kind of content can be the userenerated content, what can be show, what can be approved. So every mod that uh will be uh in your menu on your console is approved. You can install it. It will be I guess most of the mods. So but there will be some >> Yeah, >> pretty sure. And the other limitation is more like a hardware limitation. There's two different kind of hardware limitations is imagine you have an 8K mode, 8K textures mode. >> Yeah. And basically you would lose all your memory to textures and uh it would make the game unplayable. So it doesn't make sense even if it's approved for consoles. It doesn't make sense to have an all 8K texture mode for like Switch to because of the limited memory. >> But it could be very good on a beefy PC where you have 128 GB of memory. I mean if you're really rich. Uh and the other limitation is uh we need some tools uh for actually like compiling shaders for the platforms and those tools are ND8 behind the SDKs of uh the console platform manufacturers and we cannot release them. So like shader mods will not be a thing on the consoles but they will be a thing on PC because we have the DirectX12 shader compiler available for everyone. >> Okay. All righty then. As you can see there, uh, some pretty interesting stuff in regards to, well, the mod stuff. Uh, look, obviously not everything can be supported on consoles as he clearly explained. I do like that he actually gave a good explanation there. But now we got to look at the game while he talks about the resolution and frame rate of the game running on Switch 2. And yes, he is playing this game on Switch 2. You're about to see dot footage, although again as I said on X, so not the highest quality, but it is better than nothing. And then we'll get some handheld footage here for you guys in a moment. >> And speaking about like performance, uh what resolutions and frame frame rates our community can expect uh in a in a dock mode or in a handheld mode? Can we maybe talk about that? >> Yeah. So in handheld mode we are aiming at a 720p uh resolution uh and about 30 fps and with the handheld mode you have VR so it goes up to 40ish. >> Mhm. >> And in dog mode we have a little more hardware resources available and uh there we do 1080p. >> Okay. >> And the same 30 to 40ish. >> Okay. And if the uh television uh supports 120 Hz, then it goes to around 40 fps. >> Yeah, >> it's really good. >> All right, guys. So, as you saw there, uh 720p in docked mode between 30 and 40 fps due to the variable refresh rate. And he said in docked mode, this is what's really interesting is 1080p in docked mode. And while we know it doesn't support variable refresh rate, if you do have 120 hertz, they are noting that, hey, you kind of sit around 40 fps while playing. That's actually really interesting. That's got to get tested out for me because I always felt like that was really only truly good with VRR also with 120 Hz. But I look, I'm not the best with display technologies, of course, over here. So, I'm not going to pretend I know everything. I just I know enough to know what I'm talking about when I go to a store, but not enough to make the fine-tune uh example details here. So, either way, I think that's really cool. And right now, you're seeing some handheld footage of the game as well. This comes from Nintendo Life, Alex, who's talking about it, who I think went hands-on with it at Gamescom. You guys can I'll have a link to his video down below if you want to get his full impressions on all of this. But now, we're back to me. And I I just wanted to note that I find all of this to just be really interesting. And look, I'm really excited for this free update September 29th. I'll be checking it out because I already own the game on Switch, so I get the free update with all the DLC. So, that is really awesome. Now, we get to the big topic. You guys know what's up. We're talking about a Nintendo Direct happening soon. Oh, baby, baby, baby. This is the one we've been waiting for. This is that general direct and or 40th anniversary direct and or combo direct where we're going to get the console announcement. We're going to get the controller announcement. We're going to see gameplay of Acarena of Time. The remake, baby. I'm so excited for that. Oh, and by the way, probably a bunch of other stuff. More for Dust Bloods, more for Fire Emblem, more for uh what is it? Switch Force Resort. uh more for all the big third-party games coming as well, including some like Lego Batman we still don't have dates for. That being said, guys, when is it gonna happen? Well, look, a fellow content creator said something that I already knew about and was going to ignore until attack the backlog came into my chat last night and I'm like, "Ah man, when's the direct? We're all just joking around." He's like, "Well, you know, a you certain content creator already said something." I'm like, "Wait, I'm supposed to take that serious?" Well, let's actually go look at the tweet because it comes from fellow content creator blowing up over Call of Duty lately. Botox Games, who's going to be at PAX West? I probably see him there. Two weeks until the Nintendo Direct. That's crazy. Personally, I'm like, man, there's no way. Like, you know, I even said that's my guess as well, right? Like, I'm trying to act like he's guessing, but then things get a little bit interesting as you dig into the comments. You come down here, right? Who says? And he said, "You know me." Okay, whatever. Right. Still be a guess. Wait, did a date get leaked. [sighs] Interesting, right? Isn't that interesting? Now, again, wasn't going to pay this. No, never mind. Except for the fact that Tat the Backlog wanted to point it out on my stream when I asked him. So then I'm like, well, we should probably pay a little bit of attention to attack the backlog again because I haven't really checked in uh with any of his public tweets for a while. Uh and then I noticed interesting things. For starters, uh he quote tweeted this post about Mugenics being listed on Switch 2 on the eShop for September 8th for a release. Uh, and that's really interesting since Mugenics is like at the time at the time wasn't announced for Switch 2. Right now, it has since been announced thanks to Open Night Live, but at the time it wasn't. And that date is interesting. September 8th. So, this person's asking basically, uh, is September 8th, which is a Tuesday, the day of the direct. I can't say anything, friend. The ninjas will come. Well, September 8th, as you might know, is the second week of September, two weeks from now, lines up with Boto games. Now, I'm not saying it's not the backlog is saying it's September 8th, but he's not going to confirm or deny it because, hey, he would get in trouble. Now, I personally think it's more likely the Thursday of that week if it is that week, but that is interesting. And things get a little more interesting because well, Attack the Backlog wasn't done giving hints. So, this person quotes Attack the Backlog saying they go nice with that stellar blade near Automata DLC. No. And then you got Near Automatica near Replicant. These games are not announced for Switch 2 right now. Said, "All I wanted the most was be able to play my favorite game on Switch 2. Come on, Square Enix. Do us a solid. I beg you." He says, "They are both coming, my friend." And he winks. This person asks him, "You know about Visions of Mana?" says, "See, okay, maybe that's a leak there." But he says, "Insider or you just think so." I didn't know what this meant. Seek vi I'm probably butchering that. You know what it means? I know. So, okay. Now, that sounds like a potential Nintendo Direct announcement, does it not? Nintendo works closely with Square Enix after all. So what does this all mean? Well, Botox Games is basically saying a direct is in two weeks. Guessing, not guessing, up to you. Attach the backlog. Referenced him in my live stream yesterday when I asked him about when the direct is. he commented on something on September 8th which means it might be September 8th or maybe it's just later that week and he just doesn't want to confirm or deny because next thing you know it's everywhere attack the backlog is leaked the next direct blah blah blah and he's you know he doesn't want that on his conscious right now because maybe uh well I got to remind you not a maybe last or wait we're still in August I keep forgetting we're not to September yet earlier this month he said that he knew enough to take off a work already, but still hasn't been willing to put it out there. So, it's like, okay, okay, okay, okay. Then you got to throw in the Zelda 40th anniversary leaks. You throw in the fact we haven't seen Ocarina of Time. You throw in well, this uh Nintendo has had a direct every single September outside of COVID. And even then, they had like sort of a mini. And technically, I guess you could say they didn't have one in 2024, the transition to switch two, but they did have a double direct right at the end of August. So, look guys, obviously a direct is probably happening next month. And I think the most likely week is that second week of September. Now, the third week, I think, is the second most likely, right before Tokyo Game Show, but they tend to do it the week before Tokyo Game Show. Only occasionally has it been the week of. So, that brings us full circle here. Now, we've already done some predictions for this direct because us as the Nintend because of packs and other scheduling things, you always wonder were we going to get predictions in in time. So, just to be safe, in case it was next week, we got our predictions in already. That said, it doesn't mean we won't do it again and make official bingo cards should the time a lot and the announcements happen when we think they will, which would be on a Wednesday for our Thursday direct. Obviously, we'll have to make some bingo cards for such an occasion. That being said, folks, what do you guys think? Okay, what do you guys think? I am I I I'm not saying Botox Games knows. He's acting like he knows, but maybe it's all a ruse. I don't know. What I do know is I do expect a direct in two weeks. I'm not the only one. Switch Force has acted like there'll be a direct in two weeks. Now, he has known about directs in the past, but he's not saying he knows. Still acting like it's a guess. We've seen Dree 81. He's gone out there and already taken the second week of September off. Now, he admitted he's guessing and he wants to see if his guess is right again, but he's been right on asking off of time before without leaks and stuff happening. So, maybe he's figured something out. Maybe he's heard something and he just doesn't want to say anything. Maybe he's seen something on one of those LinkedIn profiles he's so famous for discovering news on. I don't know. Everything seems to be lining up for the second week of September. And now there's supposedly a Nate the Hate podcast about Nintendo stuff coming maybe in the next week and a half. At least that's what I've been hearing. Obviously, until it happens, who knows? Sounds like we're going to have a very interesting time at PAX West. [laughter] A very interesting time at PAX West. And uh I'm kind of curious with all the companies we're going to be meeting with, will the beans get spilled? Of course, we're not going to tell you if the beans get spilled, but let's just say if I'm coming home on September 8th, which is the day before I expected a direct announcement on the 9th, you see me extra giddy in a video that day, a news video, you might know. Unless uh obviously you might really know if Nate the Hate said something. All right guys, thank you so much for tuning in. I am Nathaniel Robans from Nintendo Prime. Catch all you guys tonight on a special live stream. Warn you, it's adults only. It's going to be fun. Hopefully I see some of you guys there. Catch you in the next video. [music]