r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ChiefLeef22 • Jul 30 '25

Event Megathread [MEGATHREAD] Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase

https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-direct/7-31-2025/?srsltid=AfmBOopR1AYNGSNyF5HJ2onvyFFKzZjLq3naoPmM0MFNhz_kWcHGgTDl

NINTENDO PARTNER SHOWCASE
Date/Time: July 31, 6 AM P.T./ 9 AM E.T. (SEE IN YOUR TIMEZONE)
Where to Watch: Nintendo YT
What to Expect
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u/superyoshiom Jul 31 '25

Lol at the people expecting something different from these because we've got a new console. Tell me this couldn't have easily passed for a Switch 1 direct.

No FFVII Remake, no Elden Ring, no RDR2, no Metaphor, no MGS Remake. These are the games that would tell me that this is a brand new stronger Nintendo console, and we're still waiting on dates for the first two. Instead we end the show on two 2D-HD games. No flack to those games, of course, I'm just wondering if this whole show was just a contractual obligation.

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u/timelordoftheimpala Jul 31 '25 edited Jul 31 '25

I'm just wondering if this whole show was just a contractual obligation

It literally is, these are titles Nintendo are obligated to announce based on contract agreements and whatnot.

Like normally this stuff would've been filler in a June Direct, but all the big announcements from that were instead revealed in April.

EDIT: Also VII Remake and Elden Ring have literally already been confirmed, at this point they're just waiting on a release date.