Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Pretty underwhelming, I thought “oh cool” a few times, but never anything beyond that. Penny is good, Super Monkey Ball was nice to see, and the Battlefront collection brought back memories, may actually pick that up. Otherwise, no feels. All good, we’re coming off a very strong year for Switch, and am sure we’ll see some good stuff in the summer.

So glad I don't need to play the original MH Stories on mobile any more.

5.5/10
imo, it lacked a proper heavyhitter in it.

Some pretty decent announcements, but nothing that was a 'must buy' for me. I've still got SMTV in the backlog so it's unlikely I'll pick up Vengeance. I will likely pick up Epic Mickey at some point though as I never got around to playing the Wii version.

Oh, SMTV Vengeance may be a situation where you have to rebuy the whole game to get the new content. I'll probably skip that if the case.

That was alright, didn't go in expecting anything that would interest me and came out feeling pretty much the same.

Monkey Ball and Epic Mickey looked pretty cool though but damn it there goes Mother 3 XD

Finally got around to watching the Partner Showcase in full and I've got some thoughts:

• Getting FIVE different Rare games in one massive NSO drop was definitely the most shocking announcement of the lot and I for one am EXTREMELY excited to eventually give them a go (I CAN FINALLY PLAY KILLER INSTINCT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS)
• Pocket Card Jockey getting ported to Switch was unironically, hands-down, THE best announcement of the show for me; I've been wanting to play through it for years and was absolutely devastated by the announcement of it's remake being Apple Arcade-exclusive all those months ago so to see it finally make the jump to Switch feels like destiny being fulfilled. It also has a demo so you guys have NO EXCUSE not to try it XD
• A remake of Epic Mickey was not something I thought would happen in a million years but WOW does it look gorgeous. Framerate is a tad concerning from the gameplay footage shown but hopefully that can be ironed out before release.
• Mother 3 coming to NSO but only in Japan is very funny.
• Grounded and Pentiment coming to Switch is good to see (especially Pentiment, that s*** is right up my alley) though I'm very surprised we didn't see Hi-Fi Rush alongside them; definitely thought that was going to be an opener/closer for the Direct.

Overall, it was....fine. Not the worst Partner Showcase we've had but also nowhere near as enjoyable as the last one, made even worse by how I still feel like we're in the dark about the majority of the Switch's 2024.

they did bring back Pocket Card Jockey though so it gets a 10/10 for that alone XD

So, can't wait for the next mainline Direct in June.

Am I right?

Its was alright, probably wont get anything shown except maybe the Endless ocean day but idk.

Also most of the games release before or on May or have no release date (Epic Mickey) does that mean all the good stuff comes after?????? Switch 2??????

@DiamondCore Silver/platinum

@Magician The Partner Showcase gave me the impression of an April general Direct to be honest. Let Princess Peach Showtime pass and then do a general Direct that would reveal the release dates of TTYD and LM2 (1 is probably June while the other is probably July) as well as reveal what's coming during Fall/Holiday 2024 outside of Pokemon. April 10th would be my prediction given the weekend before is likely SpringFest.

@Grumblevolcano The rumor is that there will in fact be a Direct in April (likely a Direct Mini), followed by the Switch 2 reveal in June.

I could see a Direct Mini happening. Give release dates for Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion and reveal the Fire Emblem Genealogy Remake and whatever other titles they have for the year.

Did anyone else notice the fancy new Nintendo Direct intro and transitions?
They were pretty cool!

now I'm even MORE confused as to why this wasn't announced in the Direct

@Fizza It's probably as simple as "it couldn't run well enough on the Switch, so Switch 2 it is".

@Fizza Because they are saving it for the MAIN direct, when that is I dunno...

Overall I thought it was a fairly solid Partner Showcase. Not as good as the June 2022 one, but still good.

Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection made the Direct for me. Battlefront 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, so I'm beyond hyped for this.

The Epic Mickey remake was a nice surprise, and I'm excited for the new Endless Ocean and Super Monkey Ball games

@BrazillianCara Considering the presence of a Switch-exclusive shirt in the files alongside the PS5 one and reports from outlets like The Verge saying it was coming to Switch Q1 2024, it's not out of the question the port was internally delayed. (And no, the peace sign can't be taken as a sign of the shirt being meant for a Switch successor because we don't even know if it's going to be called the Switch 2.) I wouldn't hold my breath, but it's not a given it's skipping Switch for the successor, or outright skipping Nintendo platforms.

As an aside, it is pretty frustrating that no one who reported it'd be coming to Switch has said anything regarding its apparent absence yet - or the one or two people who said it was cancelled for Switch.

The only thing that took my interest in that Direct was the Star Wars Battlefront games. I’ll be getting Hi Fi Rush on the PS5 since it’s not currently announced for the Switch.