Nintendo Direct Thoughts?

[Jeff]

So today's Nintendo Direct or "Partner's Sword Direct" was um...okay.

Not many mainline Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives other than Ocarina of Time Remake, Xenoblade Genesis, DK Challenge, Switch Sports Resort, more info on Rhythm Heaven Fever, Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, Xenoblade 1 2 & 3 Switch 2 updates, Star Fox again. And the rest were dark souls like games and games with swords. I don't know, for Switch 2's 1st year anniversary, this was bad. For any Kingdom Hearts fans who's excited for IV, that's fine, but this was the direct I wasn't hoping for.

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Games I'm getting from this Direct
Ocarina of Time Remake
Xenoblade Genesis
DK Challenge
Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
Splatoon Raiders
Star Fox
Switch Sports Resort
Rhythm Heaven Fever

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

We knew half of it, kind of sad we didn't get to see anything MARIO related besides Donkey Kong I guess and no gameplay of Ocarina of Time. Hoping OoT isn't open world

 

[Elwiwi]

I hate you Nintendo... Sexoooooooooblade 4 (?) and dark skinned people on a anime rpg ( 3 days before my birthday)

 

[Majormachina]

below average IMO. don't get why the OOT remake reveal has no gameplay dispite that its coming out this year

 

[Kovlak]

And the rest were dark souls like games and games with swords.

Was there any Elden Ring or Duskbloods?

 

[Majormachina]

Was there any Elden Ring or Duskbloods?

there was duskblood but only a teaser for a upcoming network test

 

[Scotty Scotty]

I took a quick peek at the line-up. Other than "Rhythm Heaven Groove" and the (now 2nd) "Ocarina of Time" remake, nothing really piqued my interest. I think I made the right choice sitting this particular Direct out lol.

 

[gxm]

the ungrateful "fans" reaction to that direct in the most scientific and biblically accurate way i can describe

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

there was duskblood but only a teaser for a upcoming network test

We are going to get nothing for 3+ more years from FROMsoft cause they put there focus on some shitty multiplayer game instead of making a single player experience, why God

 

[Aldia Aldia]

Seems no one's adressing the elephant in the room. /j

June 24th is so close!!!

 

[Elwiwi]

We are going to get nothing for 3+ more years from FROMsoft cause they put there focus on some shitty multiplayer game instead of making a single player experience, why God
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A shitty multiplayer made by someone who doesn't know how to do it in a console that doesn't work properly with those games

 

[lestagio]

Not the worst thing of all time, not the best. OOT remake is pretty cool, but I don't have a Switch 2 yet!

Still waiting for some new Mario info, lol. It's been 9 years since the last 3d game! No shade to Wonder.

 

[Kovlak]

New Final Fantasy in the HD 2D style looks interesting:

Also a Muramasa remake I believe:

And Orbitals with a release date:

And a Dark Arisen version for Dragon's Dogma 2?!

Also Ninjala 2 looks interesting in a Breath of the Wild kind of way:

I think overall, by what I've seen, that this presentation rivals Sony's last State of Play. There's interesting stuff announced but nothing mindblowing.

 

[Megarockman _1987 Megarockman _1987]

OCARINA IS BACK
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[Frickinfrik]

It was rather boring. The chat was so fucking annoying though.

 

[Tsukishima]

As someone who is madly in love with Xenoblade and the games that Monolith Soft pump out despite the restrictions of Nintendo's actual hardware and thus transcends belief every single time . . .

I'm a little ... disappointed? I don't feel 'Monolith Soft' in this one besides the landscaping that's present at the very end of the trailer.

I don't know if it's clicking with me or not, the Academy setting worries me since I'm so tired of games that force you into a massive academics style setting of school before the big adventure. All other Xeno games before it gave you a environment that makes you shudder and anticipate what's to come.

I thought the next Xenoblade entry was going to be what forces me to get a Switch 2, but I guess my wallet's safe.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

As someone who is madly in love with Xenoblade and the games that Monolith Soft pump out despite the restrictions of Nintendo's actual hardware and thus transcends belief every single time . . .

I'm a little ... disappointed? I don't feel 'Monolith Soft' in this one besides the landscaping that's present at the very end of the trailer.

I don't know if it's clicking with me or not, the Academy setting worries me since I'm so tired of games that force you into a massive academics style setting of school before the big adventure. All other Xeno games before it gave you a environment that makes you shudder and anticipate what's to come.

I thought the next Xenoblade entry was going to be what forces me to get a Switch 2, but I guess my wallet's safe.

Tsuki do you think its a prequel or an entire new timeline like X?

 

[beefbowl]

They need to ban the word Deltarune from chat in these kinds of events, chat was trash.

Wasn't expecting Kingdom Hearts 4 drop from a Nintendo Direct honestly. Wasn't this series Playstation royalty up until Ps3?

Muramasa remake or sequel looks hype, finally it'll be free from the Vita and Wii jail. So pumped for it.

Final Fantasy Resonance looks fun. I don't think it'll be a big game but it'll be fun.

Also releasing Switch Sports Resort in the same month as Grand Theft Auto VI is a ballsy move by Nintendo. Almost trollish considering everyone releasing their games in September because of GTA. Masterful gambit.

I guess Ocarina of Time remake looks ok, will probably buy a Switch 2 for it (when i can pirate games on it lmao)

 

[JellyjamLu]

I thought the direct was alright, OOT remake seems fun.... on paper. so we'll see!
I'm being nice and this is coming from someone who does not have a Switch 2 either.

 

[Tsukishima]

Tsuki do you think its a prequel or an entire new timeline like X?

It says 'a new beginning' but I feel like it might have some threads to the

Spoiler: Xenoblade 3

Connected Worlds ending from 3 and Future Redeemed

. It doesn't feel distinct enough in setting like X is to truly believe it's a completely new timeline.

Trailer says 'it's a new beginning' in the description, but that's pretty vague in of itself.

 

[Kovlak]

The Kingdom Hearts 4 looks weird with the realistic models to me. The franchise is all about whimsical fantasy, and then insert visually realistic teenager characters in it, like a teenager Sora? The artstyle serms to lean more on the realism too. It's a weird choice. Makes me think of the weird updates to franchises to look more mature that went wrong...

in the spirit of

 

[Tsukishima]

Nintendo of Japan 'shadowdropped' a EOSD remaster for Touhou fans.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

The Kingdom Hearts 4 looks weird with the realistic models to me. The franchise is all about whimsical fantasy, and then insert visually realistic teenager characters in it? It's a weird choice. Makes me think of the weird updates to franchises to look more mature that went wrong...

Like

Nomura and his grudge about Versus 13 has STRIKE AGAIN!!!!

 

[Kovlak]

Nintendo of Japan 'shadowdropped' a EOSD remaster for Touhou fans.

Hope it gets out of Japan.

 

[Lena CE]

That Nintendo Direct was gas! Final Fantasy Resonance (Brave Exvius fans rise up), Kingdom Hearts IV, Pikuniku 2, Xenoblade Genesis and a handful more bangers and wanted ports. The only thing I didn't care about was the Ocarina of Time remake. I played that game for the first time front to back in 2019 and it is still undeniably one of the greatest games ever made, it absolutely doesn't need it. Oh well, the fact it comes out in a few months means it was a faster turnaround and ideally it's existence doesn't mean we have to wait 2-3 extra years before the next 3D Zelda.

That horizon shot at the end of the Xenoblade trailer blew me away to be honest. Everytime I've played Halo CE for the past few years I've had this thought as I look up at the Halo ring and go "How could would an open world be where you could see this absurd, rising horizon point and travel to it!!!"

Getting something like that is gonna melt my brain if they do it right. I'm also just so grateful that the Chronicles games have ended and now Monolith Soft is pivoting towards a new adventure in a new world. Rare to have a series end on its own terms.