 Well, today we're gonna talk about our very first ever at least for 2024 Nintendo Direct rumor. Look, we spent a lot of time talking Switch 2. We'll have more Switch 2 stuff coming down the line, but for right now, the one thing we do have no, at least within a certain certainty is that Nintendo is highly likely to have a Nintendo Direct in February, right? They pretty much always do Nintendo Direct in February, especially during the Nintendo Switch era. So when we're gonna sit here and talk about this, I just wanna remind everyone that you really need to get your tinfoil hats on, your sheet of armor as it were. We're gonna be talking about a new source of information here who is completely, well, I don't wanna say completely unverified, mostly unverified and could just be making lucky guesses. And that's totally fine. We're just gonna talk about this for the point of discussion. But remember, if I had a, you know, enough tinfoil, I'd be literally wearing a suit of armor right now. So let's dive into this with an open mind but also realize that, hey, we don't really know anything, okay? So my, I have a question for all of you. Does Tommy Bear know? Wait, what? Yes, this is the name of a user over on X called Tommy Bear knows. And it's interesting because they've been quite a quote leaking things for over a year. I would argue they've probably mostly just been making predictions because when I went back and looked at their track record, it mostly seemed that they were pretty spot on about specific events like a Zelda event or a Nintendo Direct, but not necessarily what was contained within, right? So it didn't seem that they had a bunch of direct knowledge in this sort of new when things were gonna happen. Now this could just come from somebody knowing somebody at Nintendo PR who just given them generalized timeframes. But I don't know because today does involve something a little bit more specific than usual. First off, let's talk about how I got this stuff because it's not all publicly posted on this profile. Tommy Bear knows was DMing me and I just kind of decided I'll give him one shot here and that's that, the stuff doesn't check out. I guess then we know Tommy Bear doesn't really know. So what did he tell me in DMs? Well, first up an expected date for the Nintendo Direct he told me through direct message that a Nintendo Direct is being announced on February 6th. So that sets Wednesday the 7th as the Nintendo Direct date. That would be the first full week of February which is pretty exciting of course and very early in the month. I mean, look, that's actually exactly one month from today, January 7th. So that's really cool. Now he did make a claim for this Direct. He said that Paper Mario 1000 Year Door is gonna be in it which that's like not a big deal but he did note that this is the thing where I talked about what he got specific. The Paper Mario 1000 Year Door is going to have extra new areas shown in the Direct. So we don't know and we still don't know that Paper Mario 1000 Year Door is going to have extras or extra content and extra places to go. And he's saying that it's going to and it's going to be shown in the Direct. He wasn't telling me what the places were or any of that but hey, I'm just throwing that out there is that is like the specific thing he went into. He also said one other thing that I found to be interesting. He claimed his Switch Lite OLED is going to launch later this year. Now he added a whole bunch of other stuff onto this things like Nintendo at some point this summer is going to stop making the original light. They're going to do a bunch of price drops across the spectrum as well when the Switch 2 comes out. Yeah, the Switch 2 is going to come out this year. Yada, yada, yada. But a lot of that's some pretty safe stuff. Now the Switch Lite OLED, I don't know if that's a safe prediction. Some people think it's coming. Some people think there's like a mini coming but I'm just throwing out there what he told me as the quote unquote source on this and you saw me put all the stuff on screen directly from him because I can't link to DMs. I will link to his X account however, if you want to go ahead and check it out. And you know what the question is, does Tommy Bear really know? And I guess we'll know, we know if a Direct is announcing the sixth that is certainly enticing. If it's a thousand year dollars there showing off new content that would certainly add some credence. Now it's entirely possible like it is with a lot of these quote unquote people on Twitter leaking things that they're just making guesses and they don't actually know. They're just gotten very good at predicting when Nintendo's gonna do things and what Nintendo's gonna do. But again, this is true of everyone. Remember in the past we talked about Samus Hunter well it turned out Samus Hunter was actually stealing their leaks from places like Family Boards. And then on top of that, once the leak train ran out and there wasn't a bunch of new stuff going on then Samus Hunter started just making things up. And that's when Samus Hunter got busted. Obviously we know Pioro has a Sterling track record over and on X. Nash Weedle may or may not be pretty good over there but then we have other people like New Marco Mauro who definitely at this point it looks like he was faking it to make it. So you gotta always take this stuff with a grain of salt. I don't know if this person really knows what they're talking about but this does get me to wonder about that Nintendo Direct. And what's happening? Cause with a brand new system on the horizon and I know again, Zubitech was hearing that it might be teased or announced this month. I'm not so sure about that. A lot of other people like Nate the hate and others think it's gonna happen in March. But I do wonder what this Direct is going to be. Like they're gonna have dates for the currently announced games, right? Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. I suspect a date for that. I suspect a date for the 1,000 year door. And I do think we're gonna could end up getting one, if not both of Metroid Prime 2 slash 3. And I'm just gonna say HD rather than remaster cause I don't think it's at the same level as what they did with the first Metroid Prime. Could be wrong about that. And I'd be happy to be wrong. I do wonder though, what else is going to be in this Direct? Like do we actually see our first look at Metroid Prime 4? We've all been patiently waiting for this game to be unveiled. And I just don't know if they're ready to show it right now, especially in the same Direct with Metroid Prime 2 and 3 potentially. But hey, it's out there as a possibility. They could also wait and show it over the summer or something like that after Nintendo Switch 2 was announced or even released. There's other things that I wonder if they'll show like the Wind Waker, Twilight Princess HD. We just talked about that yesterday as a possibility for this year. And this could be a Direct or they show that off. But can they really have a Nintendo Direct where everything they show is just ports and remasters outside of maybe Metroid Prime 4? That I don't know. Maybe there's a much a third party games coming. Maybe Hi-Fi Rush, you know, that is not rumored as coming to Nintendo Switch. Maybe that's a big announcement for this Direct. So maybe they feel like, hey, it might not be this Direct that has a ton of new games. But I will say this, if a February Direct comes and goes and there's not a bunch of brand new games from Nintendo announced, it's just ports and remasters for the most part besides Metroid Prime 4. I think that obviously just lines up with Nintendo waiting to reveal a system. And again, they could be revealing the system in March. And if that's the case, it's really not that far away from a Nintendo Direct. So it might feel like a bit of a stale beginning of the year and then there is that reveal in March. So I guess we'll see what happens. Of course, I don't work at Nintendo. I don't know what's going on. Does Tommy Bear know? Maybe not, maybe he's guessing and sometimes just gets lucky, beats the hell out of me. I'm just here to create interesting conversations and bring you the latest that's floating around on the internet, even if this one's a little bit newer, right? Maybe Tommy Bear really does know and we'll get much more interesting rumors from them in the future if this stuff ends up being correct. Also small note, Zippo is back. He got his account back. There was a nefarious actor trying to take him down. He claims it's not Nintendo or anything. I don't really know. But I guess, well, I guess Zippo's still around. So I guess we'll wait and see what he has to say next because I don't really know what to say. Thank you guys for tuning in. Go Pat, go.