For me, the direct was great. I don't think I touched on my opinions earlier, but there were some pretty good games revealed. The new Fire Emblem looked interesting, Octopath II is a game I'm most likely going to purchase on day one, hearing that Pikmin 4 isn't just a collective fever dream is nice (But I wish we got to see gameplay rather than a Pikmin Bloom ad), and Tears of the Kingdom was alright. Wish we saw more than just another teaser for it though.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
We went from a remaster of the Metroid Prime Trilogy rumor to just the first game.
Metroid Prime is my favorite game but I'm not sure I really what this, nor believe the rumor. It just seems stupid how conveniently this trilogy is totally happening to this remake of one game is totally happening, and I feel like it would just anger everyone that they would (presumably) pay full price for one game when it was already re-released as a trilogy for cheaper.
I have a growing concern that I would need to purchase more powerful hardware to play that game.
I sincerely doubt Nintendo is selling a game console on Metroid. Worst case scenario its FFVIIR (also a long delayed game that made it to its promised console anyway) and its a late Switch game that gets a port to new hardware a year later (quite frankly this is probably a more profitable move).
The Metroid Prime remaster rumors have a lot more merit than you may think.
Why? Well, the benefits of Retro Studios being a western game studio based in the US is that a lot of their employees and contractors have LinkedIn accounts which they regularly update.
Why is this relevant? Because a lot of Retro Studios workers, particularly those who specialize in the art-related departments, have indicated on LinkedIn that they have completed an unannounced project as of September 2021.
Metroid Prime 4 is an already-announced project, so it can't be that. What this means is that this completed project is likely the Metroid Prime remaster.
Metroid Prime is my favorite game but I'm not sure I really what this, nor believe the rumor. It just seems stupid how conveniently this trilogy is totally happening to this remake of one game is totally happening, and I feel like it would just anger everyone that they would (presumably) pay full price for one game when it was already re-released as a trilogy for cheaper.
Like I said, I thought it was more possible as a remaster of just the first game is a much lower bar to reach. I do think it would be a very stupid decision to have such a release, considering Nintendo has offered the Metroid Prime Trilogy itself for as low as $10 on the Wii U eShop. $60 for even a Prime Trilogy remaster could be criticized let alone just a remaster of Prime. The fanbase is hungry though, so I don't know if the pricing would go over as negatively as it should if ever such a release was real.
I sincerely doubt Nintendo is selling a game console on Metroid. Worst case scenario its FFVIIR (also a long delayed game that made it to its promised console anyway) and its a late Switch game that gets a port to new hardware a year later (quite frankly this is probably a more profitable move).
I don't think Nintendo would sell a next generation system solely on Metroid Prime 4 either. I could see the game being part of a plan to get more of the Switch user base to upgrade though. Nintendo will probably do what they did with the Switch, and do a blow out for that first year. I hope though that Prime 4 is coming to the Switch.
The thing about the rumours is if they were fully true (which the Direct confirmed the rumours were at least somewhat fake) they'd clash with Bayonetta 3. Let's say for example Metroid released in November and Zelda released in December with both announced in the Direct, a fair proportion of people who may be interested in Bayonetta 3 would pick the remasters instead which isn't good for Bayonetta 3.
Meanwhile if the remasters were real and got announced a certain amount of time after Bayonetta 3 launches then Bayonetta 3 would be safe.
Given the timing of BotW 2 the only way WWHD/TPHD could be real in the near future is announce in November, release in December but even that seems unlikely. Maybe 2024 as part of a release strategy similar to the 3DS releases in 2017-2019 while the Switch was the main system?
As for Metroid Prime remaster(s), that has more credibility as the connected storyline makes releasing Prime 4 as the only Switch Metroid Prime game sounds very counter-intuitive. Sure Switch never got Metroid II and Fusion before Dread but it did get Metroid and Super Metroid which is more than can be said for Prime at the moment. Nintendo would likely want to time Prime at a point where Prime 4 is close to being shown off, the nearly 5 year gap between the Bayonetta 1+2 ports and Bayonetta 3 won't have done Bayonetta 3 much favours.
I just think at this point that the Twilight Princess HD/Windwaker HD rumor is nothing but a desire that keeps being spread around like a leak. It's persisted for years and years because it's one of the only few games that haven't been ported from the Wii U yet, and hasn't been debunked like Xenoblade X has. If it does happen, I don't feel like it'll happen because it was leaked to happen, but rather happen because people kept guessing enough times and finally wound up being right eventually. Same with the Metroid remasters.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
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Releasing Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD as cross-gen titles on both the current and next-gen Switches in 2024 makes sense. The next-gen Switch versions would probably be 4K remasters (rather than being direct, largely unchanged ports of the Wii U versions) as well.
Metroid Prime remaster existing has more validity behind it thanks to LinkedIn, so I am indeed surprised it never showed up in the Direct, but the Zelda ports feel like they are being willed into existence by desperate fans.
I just think at this point that the Twilight Princess HD/Windwaker HD rumor is nothing but a desire that keeps being spread around like a leak. It's persisted for years and years because it's one of the only few games that haven't been ported from the Wii U yet, and hasn't been debunked like Xenoblade X has. If it does happen, I don't feel like it'll happen because it was leaked to happen, but rather happen because people kept guessing enough times and finally wound up being right eventually. Same with the Metroid remasters.
Of course, that doesn't rule out Wind Waker, and it's always possible that Nintendo could do TP in house or with the aid of some other developer. It just seems a heck of a lot less likely if Tantalus aren't involved.
@Grumblevolcano The rumour about GameCube games coming to NSO is interesting, the speculation is it would be games they don't want to remaster/remake etc...if true, surely Pikmin 1 and 2 would fall into that category?
Just rewatched the Direct in the background while working, and I have to say, it was better than I even remembered from just how long ago it was. I forgot about the Rain Code game which looks really cool (although I've still never played Danganronpa, so I'll want to get that first). Also somehow, maybe because they didn't really show anything, I keep forgetting that Pikmin 4 was in there! That alone makes it awesome. Plus I didn't notice the first time, but is that a green Pikmin on Miyamoto's shirt? Or just a shadowy one? Because there has never been green Pikmin before, has there? Either way, too much to look forward to for someone who hasn't even started Xenoblade 2 yet.
Now that I've calmed down after Tears of the Kingdom and Return to Dreamland Deluxe, I can say for sure that September's direct was definitely very... not good.
The Mario Movie still hasn't received at the very least a SINGLE SCREENSHOT, and I feel like the time Miyamoto took to give people the run-down of an app that literally came out nearly a year ago was meant to be taken up by a trailer for said movie. This movie must be giant if it's been 2 years and they still have nothing to show. If we don't get a trailer by December, I'm gonna give up hope.
I'm also shocked that Sonic Frontiers only appeared in the Japan version of the direct. It's probably because they were literally going to post a trailer a day later but it's still kind of odd.
Overall, 5/10. Hopefully the next one has less Farming Simulators and a LOT less Square Enix.
Meh, I’m not keen on the idea of using video game marketing to market a movie. It’s a different medium and after the last time they handled the Mario movie news in a direct I’d rather they let people who know how to market a movie do it as it was pretty shoddy.
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