It seems that Nintendo is in no rush to release its first Direct in 2020, as the company has been directly sending🌠 out a roadmap of upcoming Nintendo Switch games to fans.
Nintendo has changed how it announces games since the launch of the Switch, as the majority of the biggest titles for the system have been released within the same year as they were revealed. There are a few exceptions to this of course, such as Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, and the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but Nintendo has been good about not announcing games that are too far out from bei𒈔ng released.
Nintendo has been sending out a roadmap of the Switch's release schedule for 2020 to fans, starting with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, which is available now. has uploaded an image of the roadmap, which is split into games with concrete release dates (like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Trials of Mana) and games with more nebulous release dates (like The Outer Worlds and No More Heroes III.)
The release of the roadmap suggests that Nintendo isn't planning on doing a Direct early on in the year, especially as we just had the Pokémon Direct that revealed the Expansion Pass for Pokémon Sword & Shield and the Smash Direct that announced Byleth as the last Fighters Pass character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. If Nintendo was planning on announcing more games, then they would ha🌊ve saved the roadmap ♉until after the Direct, so that the new games could be included.
The Nintendo Switch has a decent release schedule as far as upcoming games, but we really need to hear more about other games that are in development before we can get too excited. Bayonetta 3 and Shin Megami Tensei V have been MIA for years now and we have only been given a brief snippet of the Breath of the Wild sequel. There are so many gr꧃eat games in development for the Nintendo Switch, but a lot of the things on the roadmap are coming to other systems and Nintendo needs some killer exclusives to fill out the year.
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