Nah gonna bat three for three
The Fire Emblem franchise has basically always been in a state of "old fans" claiming the new games suck and ruined their beloved ip with a change of artstyle and gameplay focus. When FE first started getting localized in the 00's, fans who had been importing games lamented how they went with a more wide spread "anime" aesthetic over a more classic fantasy art style that the original FE games had. The games were "dumbed down" for Americans with the introductions of tutorials, the ability to "infinitely grind for exp", and other qol improvements which removed the challenge.
No lol it's often the Metroid logo, they just use the same account to record the NSO footages
This is one of the disappointments of the Direct for me. I expected at least one reveal for the holiday season, even if it wasn't Zelda HD or Metroid. November is just pokemon and December is pretty empty as is.
Such a shame that Metroid Prime appears to be missing the series' anniversary, but I can't wait to play it once it's announced and released. Are you a Metroid fan? After Dread's reveal last year, I marathon'd every 2D game for the first time and loved them all, but have yet to step into the 3D games. Dread was my GOTY last year.
It was even worse the second time. Was like 4 minutes of life wasted. I guess they really want people on it and aren’t getting the download and engagement numbers, but still.
What happened seven and a half years ago...
Yea OK, fair enough.
I don't believe Dragon Quest Treasures is being published by Nintendo. They probably paid for exclusivity, but it seems to be a full Square Enix project otherwise.
Honestly, this is the type of stuff I love in directs. There's always something goofy that will make me chuckle, and seeing Miyamoto gleefully show off his phone screen and where he's walked definitely fits the bill. The volleyball segment from the February direct was pretty similar, and of course there's the infamous Mario Movie cast.
At least it was hilarious lol
If they added MP1 and the Zelda ports but took out Pikmin 3 from the direct, people would complain about too many ports.
Actually it's Pikmin 8
It's a lot easier to be nostalgic for a time when Nintendo has nothing to show and had to do a deep dive and developer interview to pad a presentation, it's a lot harder to go back and watch someone talk about Yoshi's Wooly World for 5 minutes.
I can't believe you actually skipped Pikmin Bloom after it got like 5 minutes on the Direct haha.
I figure most people within Nintendo are fine with the game being sat on since either that means they are probably working on something else.
you all are crunking, that was the best part
Pikmin Bloom is a prequel since it takes place on Earth before we fucked it, so it's Pikmin 0.
Definitely reinforces just how much DLC we're gonna get next year. Fire Emblem Engage, Splatoon 3, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 are all gonna receive story expansions (assuming Engage follows the Three Houses template) and we're still gonna get three more Booster Course Pass waves to boot. Not to mention Tears of the Kingdom likely getting its own expansion pass.
DioField Chronicle is this month too, right? And, while it's not on Nintendo platforms, Valkyrie Elysium is this month as well.
I felt kind of similarly. If you’ve never played a few of those older games then its a great line up, but since I have their isnt a ton for me to look forward to in the immediate future on my switch. I think thats okay though, being dissapointed and elated are two very valid opinions to have about this direct, as a board, lets not tell people they are wrong for feeling the way they do.
Haha, i think for my own well being, i stopped caring about them to an extent. Will it be nice if they come, yeah, but im not gonna hold my breath.
January 2013 was a megaton in the middle of months of nothingness.
January 2013 Direct wasn't really a megaton. They were in the panic mode so they were announcing everything they could, even BOTW which at that time was just starting development lol
That’s because Nintendo had no choice. They needed their game announcements to try to save the Wii U. They’re in luxury mode now with so much third party support. They don’t need to have lots of huge first party announcements in one presentation
I understand that, but it does feel like they have gotten complacent a bit. They dont need to try as hard as they did a few years ago, so they dont. Not to say there arent quality games. But more frequent updates on their first party titles wouldnt be the worst thing. Haha i can say the same for sony right now too
