Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

That Direct essentially confirmed that Nintendo is more or less all in on Switch 2 at this point like I've been assuming. I'll take the AI: The Somnium Files spinoff and Rhythm Heaven game though, they were a pleasant surprise.

I unfortunately came in kind of late. Unfortunately a lot of the games there didn’t seem too exciting to me, but I hope others enjoy them. Super excited that Tomodachi Life is back, and Rhythm Heaven looks fun. I played the 3DS demo and enjoyed it, but never got the full game, so I’d definitely want to try Groove.

However, I’m expecting the Switch 2 announcement to have more exciting info and news. I see the Direct as sort of like an appetizer before a bigger meal, that being the Switch 2 Direct next week.

Wow that was rough. MP4 looks like a phenomenonal game though. No release date is crazy, but maybe next week we'll get one.

I was definitely wrong, that Direct makes it very clear that the Switch 2 Direct is going to be really packed full of software.

Rough Direct, but to be expected with what should be a massive show right around the corner. I personally don’t mind what they showed today, with the exception of Pokémon… far too long, we already had a presentation for that and it took up valuable space for other games we could have seen.

All good. Now back to Switch 2 hype mode.

Rhythm Heaven! Finally!

It was definitely a very light Direct no question but it's hard to be at all annoyed by that when there's a Switch 2 Direct in less than a week. I think it's fair to say any titles with any kind of bulk are going to Switch 2 (or cross gen). Leaving Switch with games that have had a stalled development or don't really need the extra power

As a side note, I honestly haven't played that much Switch in a while. Outside of small indies and comfort games. I'm not really as familiar with the render quality of Switch tier software as I used to be. And being completely honest, watching most of these trailers? I don't know how some people continue to say the jump to Switch 2 won't be significant

So basically this presentation was just a way to say 'Switch 1 support isn't ending immediately!' since most of the titles were for next year. Anyways, Rhythm Heaven was a good announcement for me, as well as surprisingly that Marvel game.

Lol this was one of the weirdest Directs of all time, probably the worst general one in recent memory. Perhaps they made this Direct intentionally bad to make the Switch 2 one look that much better?

I was expecting something a little more, especially as there was those rumours of Kirby and Fire Emblem going around but I think everyone needs to chill out when they say how bad it is. It’s the final Direct for a console that’s no longer the focus of either Nintendo or most major third party publishers. All the big hitters will be coming to Switch 2 and next week will likely be when that all start to be announced.

One thing I don't get is that I thought the purpose of the Direct was to fill in the rest of the year with Switch games, but the only 2 games they announced are 2026 and Z-A/Metroid had no release date update. I actually don't get the point of this Direct besides to get people more desperate for the Switch 2 Direct.

I don't think they decided to do this direct until recently and then threw it together in a rush... Metroid, Rhythm Heaven, and Tomodachi Life trailers felt choppy, third party support felt like more of a shovelware fest than usual, and opening with a Dragon Quest trailer without so much to add as a release date... seriously?

@PikminMarioKirby I think the main point was probably to remind everyone about the Switch 2 Direct next week and show off stuff like the virtual game cards and phone app. I doubt they'd have bothered otherwise.

i feel like nintendo today and the game cards is something they could save for switch 2 direct. its just so odd! @BenAV i feel like everyone was reminded enough by the press, wont it be a danger of distraction from the switch 2 direct?

@OctolingKing13 Nintendo clearly doesn't think so

Where is Layton?

@OctolingKing13 I guess the switch 2 has better and interesting features (totally not getting my hopes up) so they probably added the virtual game card part in this direct to able to feature more stuff in the upcoming direct

That Marvel game was cool. And Metroid looked good. Pokémon actually looks decent too, no doubt thanks to being in the Arceus line.

That virtual game card thing is actually dope. That's more than PS/Xbox have come up with all these decades later. We'll, Xbox One had a game sharing plan originally but it required constant internet connection. With this you just connect when "inserting" the card, then you can play offline all you want, even on the system where someone is borrowing it. It's a good solution. Props to them for caring enough to go out of their way to provide a digital game sharing solution. They didn't have to but they did anyways.

So what was grubb hubb referring to? I can't pick one thing from the direct that would make sense.

@NintendoByNature Probably Patapon and Everybody's Golf as they're Sony 1st party franchises. There's 2 potential big discussions:
1. What's next for Sony supporting Nintendo hardware - Astro Bot on Switch 2? TLoU on Switch 2? etc.
2. Both Patapon and Everybody's Golf are skipping Xbox leaning further into the concept of Xbox's future being PC

@Grumblevolcano ok got it. Didn't see like that big a deal if I'm being honest. I thought it would be some big Capcom or EA game if anything.