Here goes my very first Diary entry (or more so an opinion post) ever on this blog, and today the focus is going to be on the possibility of a Nintendo Direct coming soon in January. A January Direct almost seems all but confirmed now that it would seem from what it’s looking like in the speculation scene of Nintendo. One of the BIGGEST indicators as to why a direct could possibly be coming soon, is that Game Stop is up to their tricks again.

Just recently Game Stop has once again put up a list of new games sku’s that are set for upcoming releases. Now for those of you who don’t know what sku is, it stands for, “Stock Keeping Unit” which is for numbering certain products in stores/retail for track inventory and to basically make inventory for the business. Interestingly enough, this is not the first time that Game Stop has done this.

Back in August of last year, Game Stop has let it slip SKU’s has been added into their database for some new Switch games, and we all know that not too long after that we ended up getting a September direct not too long after those SKU’s were released to the public. Another instance we Game Stop has done this was before Nintendo’s E3 Showcase presentation of last year. So, it seems to have been becoming somewhat of a common thread now that once these SKU’s get out and become available to the public, that usually means a general Nintendo direct isn’t too far behind.

It’s not like this should come off as a BIG surprise considering, that most of us fans were assuming that a Nintendo direct would come in January anyway. This just basically adds in even more evidence is practically all but confirmed that a direct is pretty much right around the corner.

Now, lets also talk about Amiibo. Yes, Amiibo. Now, weirdly enough a lot of fans seem to be noticing a pattern of recently with Amiibo that could solidify that a direct will be coming soon as well. Take a look at this tweet that comes from ShinigComet_ from Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ShiningComet_/status/1212238559320539136

Now it’s also worth noting that patterns have been broken before, especially if we are talking about Nintendo. However, given the fact that we have all of this information around a possible direct, I say it’s almost safe to that this kind of thinking does makes the most sense and we will probably get a direct before the 17th of this month, the primary dates I’ve seen a lot of people throw around have been the 8th and the 15th seems to be the most likeliest dates that we could be getting this direct which both would make the most sense, considering that the most common direct days does seem to happen on Wednesdays for general directs.

Another thing to note, the Switch itself also seems to be getting some kind of another firmware update pretty soon. Now the date that’s scheduled for this maintenance to happen is on January 6th.

This is pretty interesting to note, but I’m not completely sure as to how this could actually tie into a potential direct though a direct on the 6th is pretty unlikely considering it’s on a day we don’t normally get directs which is on a Monday. So, that would be kind of odd if we get something on a Monday, and even then you would think that maybe maintenance could eventually end up happening after and not before.

So, I’m not sure how this will play much of a factor into things, but again it is something worth noting. With that being said, the possibility of a big new firmware update and perhaps including maybe some new features and more for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite OS, would be the perfect time to hold a Nintendo Direct.

At the time of writing this, I am almost certain that if a direct were to happen at some point either this week or even next week, I’m positive that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, Animal Crossing will both have some major prominence within this possible direct and will surely poised for a big marketing push with the release in March and other exclusives such as Metroid Prime 4 are likely very far away from being complete.