Where is your steady voice to help me navigate all the choppiness and the jostling of E3 season? 😏
Wow yes, it is a hectic time of year for us video game news seekers. I'd say THE busiest time, really, at least traditionally when we're not all bunkered and trying to ride out pandemics. Any kind of E3 is welcome news - once again, the anticipation is real and predictions and wants are posted in every other article. I'm usually able to dodge getting run over by the hype train, but I always see more news than is good for me and finish the week coveting unreasonable amounts of games. Not good when my backlog is already long enough to last until my Swith is on life support if not long dead...
I think your speculation that Nintendo will go for incremental Swith upgrades over time is spot on. It just seems so likely they'll roll out iterations like they did with their earlier handhelds, rather than the abrupt gen-jumps of their home consoles. Intro the more powerful Big Boy Swith Max Pass Plus in the next 1-2 years with a better screen and battery (and maybe fix the joy-con drift issue), and enhanced performance, but keep the games mostly cross-compatible for the time being.
You'll note above I fixed my woefully inadequate new Swith model name, now that you enlightened me with that Devolver video link. And here I was thinking the Limited Run Games video was out there...!
Thanks for the chuckle, and enjoy all the news this week!
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Ah, okay. So, that was just a picture you posted, then? For a minute there, I thought you had let go of your high quality, skeleton-only standards...
youve got me figured out all the way sir. ha
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As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Hope everyone enjoys the show later today. I’m personally expecting surprises.
@ThanosReXXX - It looks really good, congratulations. That’s actually the same model I’ve been looking at, and the set I had in mind when I mentioned that prices had been coming down a bit. It looks so good in store. The fact that sports look so great on it (that really stood out in your pic) is a huge plus. I’d love to have it by next NFL season. I might end up with the same set.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy the show! I'm expecting at least one or two surprises but... it's anyone's guess really what Nintendo'll do. Looking forward to discussing it in over four hours time!
@Anti-Matter - Haha, congratulations Anti! I’m sure you two will be very happy together, though I’m not sure if Cyrus has six pack abs. Hard to tell through all that wool, but I guess you need to save some surprises for the honeymoon. Good timing on that pic.
@bimmy-lee Well, from my own current experience of 2 days, I can say that you'd definitely be making the right choice if you also choose this one, so I'd say go for it.
As for Nintendo's Direct: what kind of surprises are you thinking of? I'm trying to keep a low expectancy profile, because otherwise, it might become really disappointing. Nintendo does have a knack for spending the first two-thirds of an E3 Direct on one title, just like the "Smash Bros" Direct from last year: WAY too much and super-boring info about the new player roster and their move sets and WAY too long of an explanation for both.
They could have done all that in 10 minutes max, so they could have dedicated the rest to games that are actually interesting to more people than just Smash players...
But we'll see. And otherwise, I've still got a highly interesting soccer match between France and Germany to watch on my new TV...
I don't have much to say on E3, will say I'm looking forward to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, been playing the original on PC since December, Psychonauts 2, and Lemnis Gate. All on PC. The TMNT stuff for Brawlhalla is rather cool. Looking forward to what the Direct has in store today.
@Sunsy Ah, duly noted. Thanks for the warning! It may be an eventually purchase. More than enough to get along with right now.
Apologies for being a day late. You're welcome. Will say, Doki Doki Literature Club did spark my interest in visual novels, never played any of those before that game, I was really surprised by the variety in them too ranging from horror to mystery to slice of life stories.
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Oh my god. I don't know how to feel... this Direct was both incredible and disappointing at the same time. So much new stuff was announced yet... there was always the feeling Nintendo could have done a bit more. They even said that, they admitted that there's stuff they chose not to reveal.
But even so.. Breath of the Wild Sequel... take a f*cking bow!!! I can wait as long as they want.
The directs was ok. I loved BotW2 and Metroid stuff
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https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/07/random-fan-transforms-their-nintendo-64-into-a-starcraft-battlefield
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That Direct was amazing, genuinely wasn't expecting a new Crus'n game, and Advance Wars to come back, let alone Life is Strange making an appearance. Never played the original on GBA. Monkey Ball and Shin Megami Tensei! So excited! Add those to the PC games I mentioned earlier.
Edit: Also, the Zelda Game and Watch. Don't know why I had a feeling they were making that after the Super Mario Bros. one last year.
@TheJGG Because of your previous avatar, you came to mind as soon as I saw Life is Strange getting revealed.
Well, Nintendo Direct just now was..... Mediocre. 😕
But i'm glad i was late watching as i almost overslept while waiting and after i rewinded again and skipped quickly, i saw nothing caught my interest. Well, Mario Party Superstars was good but not really a must to get game for me.
But at least, smaller games from Wholesome Indie Direct were really great than the games i saw from Nintendo Direct.
Once again, smaller games beat the bigger games. 😛
Who need AAA games if smaller games have some potential and quality.
I'm glad i trust my instinct to getting along with smaller / obscure games. 😏
The bigger game I have hype right now is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PS5.
Cartoonish shooter games for PS5 with 4K and 60fps Ahoy....!! 😋
@Sunsy It did as well. That the Remaster and 3 are available on Switch makes me very.... very excited! My thoughts now are to get the remaster for Switch and 3 on PS5... but man this is incredible news!
I thought the E3 Direct was much better than the last one! Kinda had a slow start (not the biggest Tekken guy personally) but there are some games that I'm personally excited for (like Metroid Dread, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania). I liked the footage they've shown for BotW 2 as well - all that made my day.
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