{"id":3622,"date":"2025-08-04T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:14:24","slug":"july-nintendo-direct-removed-three-games-at-the-last-minute-claim-insiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/july-nintendo-direct-removed-three-games-at-the-last-minute-claim-insiders\/","title":{"rendered":"July Nintendo Direct removed three games at the last minute claim insiders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Insiders claim there\u2019s a good reason last week\u2019s Nintendo<\/a> Direct was so disappointing: it\u2019s because Nintendo cut at least three games from the line-up without telling publishers.<\/p>\n

Video game rumours have become a cottage industry in recent years, with almost no major annoucement being made without first being leaked earlier. As a result, certain sources have become known as more reliable than others, so when NatetheHate said there would be a Nintendo Direct in late July<\/a> most people believed him.<\/p>\n

He was right too, although in the end it turned out to be a Partner Direct<\/a>, featuring only third party games, which is not what anyone anticipated.<\/p>\n

However, he\u2019s subsequently revealed that not only did he not know it was Partner Direct but neither did the publishers involved, in an interesting insight into how the video game rumourmill works and how close Nintendo, in particular, keeps things to their chest.<\/p>\n

According to NatetheHate<\/a>, third party publishers are told they\u2019re in a Nintendo Direct but not the format of the show, presumably to stop leaks.<\/p>\n

Normal Nintendo Directs, featuring first party games, usually always feature at least some third party titles, so there\u2019s no way for publishers to know what the format will be, unless Nintendo tells them.<\/p>\n

Nintendo probably tells large companies like Square Enix, who are a close ally and had three titles in the Partner Showcase, but assuming NatetheHate\u2019s source is a smaller publisher it seems they\u2019re told as little as possible.<\/p>\n

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