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Nintendo Direct Announced - 09.04.2019 @ 6PM EDT / 11PM BST
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That was quite a weird direct, to be honest.
Lots of niche announcements, almost all known games or ports, some like JKII and Deadly Premonition kind of strange even.
Lots of stuff being released in a very crowded September so Nintendo must be confident in their other months.
Still: DXM demo is good news.
Gamefreak's town looks great and comes out in a month!
Link's Awakening and Luigi's Mansion still looking good!
SNES online at no additional cost is a nice surprise, as is cross-save with Steam on D:OS 2.
Lots of niche announcements, almost all known games or ports, some like JKII and Deadly Premonition kind of strange even.
Lots of stuff being released in a very crowded September so Nintendo must be confident in their other months.
Still: DXM demo is good news.
Gamefreak's town looks great and comes out in a month!
Link's Awakening and Luigi's Mansion still looking good!
SNES online at no additional cost is a nice surprise, as is cross-save with Steam on D:OS 2.
Deadly Premonition 1 & 2, XC1 DE, Tokyo Mirage DE, SNES, Jedi Outcast II, Terry in Smash and MORE Smash characters, Luigi Mansion 3 looking amazing, DXM demo. Just amazing. DMC 2 stand alone is hysterical though. Fuck out of here with that Capcom, have it be a free bonus for buying DMC1 and 3 if you MUST release it.
I was concerned every smash character would be some tie-in promotional nonsense but it's been the exact opposite outside of DQ, which is nuts. I love it.
I was concerned every smash character would be some tie-in promotional nonsense but it's been the exact opposite outside of DQ, which is nuts. I love it.
When did Luigi's Mansion 3 get delayed? The release date was 2019, then late 2019, then October 31st 2019. And we did have Arms, Splatoon 2, Odyssey, Xenoblade 2, Mario Tennis: Aces, Pokemon, Smash Ultimate etc all launch on time. Some games launch on schedule, others don't. It shouldn't be surprising given Nintendo's history that they're still willing to delay when necessary.
First of all, AMAZING Direct. My wallet is crying right now!
Just out of curiosity, would love to know the status on:
- Metroid Prime 4: Is it 2020? 2021?
- Metroid Trilogy: Is it even real??
- Bayonetta 3: Hello lol? I guess now that Astral Chain is out Bayonetta 3 is going full development?
- Pikmin: Never played any, would like to try it!
- Monolith new IP: Even if Xenoblade 1 is a day 1 for sure (only played Xeno 2). And they can even do Xenoblade Chronicles X next! lol
- No PvZ confirmed? :(
Just out of curiosity, would love to know the status on:
- Metroid Prime 4: Is it 2020? 2021?
- Metroid Trilogy: Is it even real??
- Bayonetta 3: Hello lol? I guess now that Astral Chain is out Bayonetta 3 is going full development?
- Pikmin: Never played any, would like to try it!
- Monolith new IP: Even if Xenoblade 1 is a day 1 for sure (only played Xeno 2). And they can even do Xenoblade Chronicles X next! lol
- No PvZ confirmed? :(
Yea, too right. If you had told me beforehand that Nintendo would end with a Wii port I'd have been dead excited for Super Mario Galaxy or Twilight Princess. The fact it's Xenoblade just sums it up.
The fact its Xenoblade in 2020 and not December 2019 sums it up even better actually.
Mystery game #4 is a new IP from EPD.
As for Pikmin 3, it's getting new content. That's why it was initially pushed back from 2019 to 2020.
Interesting. I wonder when it will be. I'm guessing it can't be 2019 any more.
That Spawnwave dude on youtube keep insinuating they were going to charge extra for it. Lol, now he'll suddenly act like he never said it
There's so much shit this year that, honestly? I'm OK with this.
I mean there's going to be a lot of new content for sure whether we know it or not rn
Sure but many thought it will be for an extra cost (not me nor you though :-))
Isn't the only major changes the character models and adding in cut content?
That's far closer to port than remake IMO.
Pretty solid Direct, I'd give it an 8/10. Immediately canceled my Pokémon pre-order after what was shown. I was on the fence about it anyway, and what I saw today showed that, while I'm sure it'll be an amazing game, it's not for me.
Super excited for the SNES games, any chance they're out at 9 PM PST/midnight EST?
Super excited for the SNES games, any chance they're out at 9 PM PST/midnight EST?
Is Pikmin4 even going to be a thing, if they decided to add content to Pikmin3 and possibly release it as a new entry?
they haven't had one of those the past few years, have they? Though there's always the Game Awards
LM3 delay is an assumption based on 1. the length of time between it's announcement and release and 2. The length of time it took them to confirm the date. Halloween presented a nice disguise for them, but its definitely late. I suspect it was meant to land in April/May and Yoshi got delayed further to help plug the gap.
Anyway, I know what you mean about Nintendo and delays - but it's not a good enough excuse. Switch literally prints money - they need to spend more and improve the speed of their output.
Direct was worth it for Sans in smash alone (yes, even as a mii costume)
The rest was very good too. Still missing FZERO and Metroid but hey.
The rest was very good too. Still missing FZERO and Metroid but hey.
Have you seen the textures? They are redone.
Closest comparison I could find:
http:///mVCd.jpg
Maybe he shows up in the second wave of SNES games for Nintendo Switch Online? <crosses fingers>
And the environment geometry and models appear to be completely remade
Pretty naff stuff, with small moments of surprise like Deadly Premonition 2 outta nowhere. Whole bunch of old ports that I guess people that skipped PC, PS3, and X360 gaming for the last 15 years it impresses them. Animal Crossing just looks bad. It just being the beach with furniture strewn everywhere is just bizarre. May give Tokyo Mirage Sessions a go finally as I didn't get round to it on WiiU.
Also had to laugh at Bethesda bringing DOOM 64, while Nintendo is like "hey woah now, slow your roll there Pete, here's Stunt Race FX!"
Also had to laugh at Bethesda bringing DOOM 64, while Nintendo is like "hey woah now, slow your roll there Pete, here's Stunt Race FX!"
Ah, thank you for confirming! They'll both be things to look forward to, then. Do you know how 2020's line-up is shaping up? This time last year you were spot on to say 2019 was going to be a great year. I still can't believe we got games as great as Mario Maker 2, Three Houses and Astral Chain back to back.
I'm not ok with this at all.
Pikmin 4 is already in development hell, so who in their right mind signs off on allowing new content in Pikmin 3? Just port the Wii U game over, that 90% of your install base have not played, and be done with it.
It's a bad decision by Nintendo.
(We do have loads of games to play, but more choice is a good thing).
Caught up on the thread.
HOLY SHIT THAT DIRECT WAS FUCKING ACES, YOOOOOOOOO!
SNES games? Banjo shadow drop? 85 million games coming soon? TMS encore? MUTHAFUCKIN XENOBLADE REMASTER?!?!
I can understand some people not being interested in what was shown but daaaaaaaaaamn that was the best direct in years.
HOLY SHIT THAT DIRECT WAS FUCKING ACES, YOOOOOOOOO!
SNES games? Banjo shadow drop? 85 million games coming soon? TMS encore? MUTHAFUCKIN XENOBLADE REMASTER?!?!
I can understand some people not being interested in what was shown but daaaaaaaaaamn that was the best direct in years.
I love how you admit its an assumption than immediately pretend that makes it 100% fact. And furthermore, is the work conditions of their employees not a good enough excuse for you? Because that's why they delayed Animal Crossing. I'll take the needs of the people working on the game over a consumer furious that the company isn't exploiting its workers hard enough.
I really hope Pikmin 3 is coming at some point. Alongside a sequel, even if it's later.
Glad for everyone that's happy, but there wasn't a single thing here that interested me. I didn't care for any of the ports, nor did I care for any of the new games announced.
But I guess i'm kind of dumb. I keep hoping for AA 3D JRPG exclusive (that aren't super anime) announcements but that practically died with the Gamecube. Pretty much none of their exclusive JRPG's have excited me in years.
And i absolutely love Monolithsoft but I couldn't give less of a fuck about the Blade series; practically everything about the direction of these games is exactly what I don't want.
Oh well, my loss.
But I guess i'm kind of dumb. I keep hoping for AA 3D JRPG exclusive (that aren't super anime) announcements but that practically died with the Gamecube. Pretty much none of their exclusive JRPG's have excited me in years.
And i absolutely love Monolithsoft but I couldn't give less of a fuck about the Blade series; practically everything about the direction of these games is exactly what I don't want.
Oh well, my loss.
Ultimately, I think from what rumors that have been floating around, there's still more to be seen regarding the Switch in 2020. As I thought, this Direct spent most of its time focusing on previously announced games, and new announcements that are almost all coming out within the next four months.
I'm just hoping we don't get a repeat of this year where we only got two games for the entirety of the first half of the year. I really did not play anything on my Switch outside of Smash during that entire time period.
If they can avoid that, then I'm content with this Direct being not as grand in terms of reveals as the February and June ones were.
I'm just hoping we don't get a repeat of this year where we only got two games for the entirety of the first half of the year. I really did not play anything on my Switch outside of Smash during that entire time period.
If they can avoid that, then I'm content with this Direct being not as grand in terms of reveals as the February and June ones were.
This year, we seem to have the opposite of last year's situation. We have very little clue of what's coming next year. I think the Game Awards and a January Direct will make things a little more clear. As for now, we're very much in the dark, Xenoblade and Animal Crossing aside.
Reasoning is off there.
A major game coming out 1 year after release is normal, and actually good.
Not having a release date in June and coming out with a date in October shows that it didnt get delayed. Otherwise itd be 2020 or december if it was pushed after e3.
And the e3 showing had great improvements. Showing the game shown in 2018 wasnt near release and wasnt planned as such. Thats why they said 2019 and not early 2019 like with Fire Emblem.
So that doesnt make much sense
Highlights:
Sakurai is golden
Toby Fox name dropped twice (to the point I'm considering Little Town Hero)
More Smash DLC characters (not as fussed that the first 4 don't interest me, though I understand *some* of their value)
SNES games is a win (overdue as it may be)
Potential:
XB1 - enjoyed it, but debating how willing I am to sink another 50 hours into it
Little to no interest:
Almost everything else
Infuriated:
Animal Crossing - 5 minutes too long
Sakurai is golden
Toby Fox name dropped twice (to the point I'm considering Little Town Hero)
More Smash DLC characters (not as fussed that the first 4 don't interest me, though I understand *some* of their value)
SNES games is a win (overdue as it may be)
Potential:
XB1 - enjoyed it, but debating how willing I am to sink another 50 hours into it
Little to no interest:
Almost everything else
Infuriated:
Animal Crossing - 5 minutes too long
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