Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Alright, may as well share my prediction/wishlist:
Likely
 Advance Wars 1+2 release date
 Tears of the Kingdom trailer
 Some cloud game
 Hollow Knight: Silksong (shadow drop?)
 XC3 DLC
 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe courses
 NSO announcements

Possible
 Metroid Prime 4 teaser
 Splatoon 3 DLC
 Mass Effect port(s)
 Batman: Arkham port(s)
 Metal Gear Solid HD collection + MGS1
 Ace Attorney (AJ, DD, SoJ)
 Metal Gear Rising: Reveangeance
 Baten Kaitos

Unlikely
 Guilty Gear: Strive/other Guilty Gear
 Xenoblade Chronicles X
 Genshin Impact
 Pokémon Legends: ???
 Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster/port
 Like a Dragon ports
 Nier: Replicant
 Tales of Arise

Extremely unlikely
 Fighters pass Vol.3
 Legend of Zelda ports/remakes/remasters
 Elden Ring miracle port
 Metroid Prime remaster(s)
 Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War remake
 Pokémon gen V remakes
 Ace Attorney Investigations 1+2
Some are predictions, some are wishes and some are just there to show how unlikely they are, if even one thing below "Likely" gets announced I will eat my hat (it's a beret, by the way.)

Let’s goo. 1 hour and 5 minutes to go.

@ComfyAko First direct of the year, oh boy I wonder what’s going to change in the gaming world today.

@Rambler Was it one of Kate's articles?

@Snatcher I'm hoping for a big change. Not a console because the Switch is a great thing, but something that will give me hope for the future of gaming, the kind of hope I still had when I was a kid in 00s. Something that will bring a spark to the future developers and publishers, so that they no longer make pointless, storyless mush with pretty graphics filled with 3 tasks copied and pasted 4000 times on a huge empty map.

I want to have the kind of hope I had when I played Okami, Half Life 2, LocoRoco or New Super Mario Bros, when everyone was looking forward to each big new release, dreaming about a new installment of their favorite franchise months before the release. I just want this feeling back with me for a spell.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Weird, my younger sister who also keeps up with this stuff says that the Yakuza problem started 'cause of the Wii U not the Wii?

@ComfyAko Approximately how old are you, if you don't mind me asking? Sometimes you seem a couple of years older than me (I'm 18) but sometimes you seem about 30?

Oh my god ghost trick is back

Oh my gaaawd and Etrian Odyssey too

And game boy (advance) games too

I died

And died again

2/10 Direct ... I only cared for Metroid Prime Remastered and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom ... everything else was ... just bad.

@Eel I have most of the Etrian Odyssey games that were announced, but I might get them again if there's a physical collection. I'm glad I can get the 3rd one now, though.

I only liked 3 things in that Direct. The GBA games are cool but I got rid of the NSO Bundle and now just have the base NSO. I now have PC game pass instead.

I should also mention I didn't feel hyped for this Direct because my Switch sounds like a jet engine while doing anything and I haven't really played on it in close to 2 months now.

Overall not a good direct. A lot of dlc and random indies. But Metroid Prime is interesting, and I will probably get it if it is the right price. And obviously I am hyped for TOTK, and will preorder as soon as I possibly can.

Samba de Amigo
Katamari
Layton
Metroid
GBA
it was a good direct. Not the dreamy one, but still goo.d

@TeaCatherine when do I seem younger and when do I seem older? I'm really curious what gave you that impression

@Scooby-Doo yeah I never played that one either so it’s definitely on my list now.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Prequel, I believe, sorry. You never know, they might do a sequel or spin off that continues it.
@ComfyAko Older when you're going on about Half-Life and things from around that time, you seem very nostalgic for it. Younger, maybe 20 something, most of the rest of the time.

@Eel I just forgot that my 2ds is on its way out anyway, so this is actually quite good for me. But yeah, it's awesome to see it.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika @jump I feel like an adult now, I only liked 3 games, I would normally want to buy something on sale in the hype but spending money is becoming less and I'd rather save it. I feel tired.

Woooooooo, Ghost Trick, Baten Kaitos, I might even pick up the Metroid Prime remaster.

I think this was my all time favourite Direct! So many of the games fit my desires perfectly. Baten Kaitos remaster is something I've been begging for years now! Overall I loved:

Baiten Kaitos 1 + 2
Professor Layton
Tears of the Kingdom
Fantasy Life
Pikmin 4
Katamari Damacy
Metroid Prime remaster
Xenoblade DLC
Yoshi's Island course in MK8
GBC + GBA games (Can't wait for Golden Sun to come)
Master Detective Archives
Splatoon 3 DLC
Ghost Trick
Dead Cells Castlevania

So yeah... pretty much the whole direct appealed to me. I would list Etrian Odyssey but I think the map drawing fits the DS much better so I'm not sure I'll get it on Switch.

@TeaCatherine Oh ok. Well yeah, I was a kid but I remember those games so I have very fond memories of them. Sorry if I sounded like a boomer from time to time, I kinda go overboard sometimes, I don't really know how to read the room. I'll try to talk about those games less.

Ok I'm suddenly out of energy after that direct, we ride at dawn and goodnight everyone!