Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

World of Goo 2 was the big one for me. I loved the first game on the Wii and it's been a very long wait for a follow-up.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengence looks interesting. The story of the original game was a bit thin, to put it mildly, so there's certainly room for a lot of fleshing out. With Atlus being Atlus, there'll presumably be no upgrade path or even a way to import your old save file though. Ah well, it's coming to PC too, so I'll probably pick it up there if I'm going to have to start from scratch.

Anyway, having predicted Grounded, Pentiment and Fantasy Life (as well as Hi-Fi Rush not being announced) I suppose I can now join the ranks of the "insiders". Yes, it was just educated guesswork on my part, but that's about all it is with those other guys too.

I'm very excited for Fantasy Life, but I for some reason remember it being slated for summer? A bit of a bummer but I'm very hyped for this game.

Also Another Crab's Treasure looks absolutely fantastic I'm suprise there aren't more poeple talking about it. I mean it's not necessarily new but I had completely forgotten that game existed so I'm glad for the reminder. (Though I kind of hope the voice acting is limited, optional, or available in other languages)

World of Goo 2 was a nice surprise. Pepper Grinder looked like a solid release also. And obviously the NSO was the standout. Honestly better than I expected overall but my expectations were fairly low

Also Endless Ocean.... did anyone else think it looked a bit jank? Hopefully there's a fair bit more to do before it's released. I was far more interested in it when it was leaked yesterday than I am after seeing the trailer

I always thought that the original Endless Ocean flattered to deceive a bit. Yes, it had lots of marine life but it wasn't really endless until right at the end, more a succession of gated-off areas. Also, petting fish felt a bit off to me. As someone who has done a fair bit of snorkeling, the rule is that you look but don't touch.

Also, Subnautica scratches that itch for me these days.

I was hoping Penny would get a demo.

Overall, ok direct, not thrilling. fantasy life i, pepper grinder, and Penny we already knew about but I'm still interested in those.

I'm hoping the new Monkey Ball is good; the battle royale modes looked entertaining.

Ender Magnolia surprised me; I enjoyed the first game.

The existence of Suika Game DLC just entertains me. My dream of Suika 99 is one step closer to reality 😝

Even with my ultra low expectations going in, I'd still say this was pretty abysmal for me. no disrespect to anyone who enjoyed it. But, it sort of sums it up when you close on a game like endless ocean. Again, I don't mean this in a disrespectful way. It's just not a closing game. March has a couple games for me, but not sure what else until LM2 and TTYD drop. No problem I guess, I have a bit in my backlog anyway.

Was great for me - Especially Endless Oceans, but also Epic Mickey, Fantasy Life, Penny, Arranger, World of Goo 2, Monkey Ball, Pepper Grinder, Pocket Jockey, Snufkin and maybe Pentiment

There was a surprising amount of games I recognized which made the presentation feel impactful for a hardcore first party fella such as myself, but I guess a lot of them were just ports and remasters of things already on Nintendo hardware. The thing that won me over though (and the only game shown I’ll actually play) was MONKEY BALL!!! The announcement of a brand new game was very surprising and likely would have been the highlight for me personally even if there was first party stuff shown.

It was solid for a partner direct. I'm super excited for Star Wars Battlefront and Fantasy Life. But considering they showed games all the way out to October, I think it's safe to assume that Peach, LM2, and Ttyd are it for first party on the switch this year. That only makes sense if we're getting the next system this year with some big new releases for the holiday season.

Over 24 hours since the partner direct and I feel like with all directs, you will be more positive or negative about it depending on what piqued your interest. Personally, having low expectations helped me avoid the inevitable disappointment partner directs usually bring, because a lot of the games just aren’t interesting or up my alley. However, the Epic Mickey remake looks sick, Endless Ocean does look like it did on the Wii, but it’s still a cool looking game, Monkey ball looked fun, and I finally get to play pocket jockey! Overall, it was expectedly mediocre, but there were a few pretty solid announcements in there too

@Sigran102 Not sure how Fantasy Life releasing in October means anything in regards to what games Nintendo has for this year, especially when they announced a new 1st party game in the Direct with Endless Ocean.

So, any chance Pyoro knows anything about what's in the Pokemon Presents on Tuesday?

@IceClimbers

Endless Ocean is published by Nintendo, but not Nintendo developed. Like how Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a Switch exclusive, yet it's a Bamco-developed game. Or how Luigi's Mansion 3 was a Next Level Games Switch exclusive, released before Nintendo bought NLG and brought them in-house. Just say "console exclusive" rather than "1st party", that'll clear up some of the confusion.

Because Fantasy Life i is console exclusive to the Switch.

@Magician There's no confusion here. Endless Ocean may not be Nintendo developed, but they own the IP. Same as Paper Mario TTYD, or Fire Emblem Engage, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, etc.

Fantasy Life i is a Level 5 owned, published, and developed game. It's completely 3rd party, and it being Switch exclusive has no bearing on what Nintendo published titles they have this year, nor does the fact that it launches in October.

It's true, Endless Ocean is a Nintendo property, they filed the trademark.

But then why cram it into a Partner Direct?

I swear, Nintendo can't follow their own rules sometimes, lol.

@Magician Technically it only said " focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and development partners.".

It only says 'focused' not '100%' plus the developers can still be partners even if Nintendo is the publisher.

For what it's worth, they also featured Cadence of Hyrule and Age of Calimity in previous Partner Directs.

@Sigran102 we are still in february, everyone know Nintendo never reveal it entire line up just in a single go, they do that trough waves on the Nintendo Directs, many trought only Tears of the Kingdom for 2023? and yet we got Pikimin 4 e Super Mario bros wonder.

Nintendo Directs are literally marketing so there really aren't any rules to follow. What a Direct is called and what they do and don't include in it is purely about what can we put where to sell more things. That's all it is

Is Endless Ocean a "partner" title? Not really. Was it better to announce it alongside third party titles rather than putting it next to something Wind Waker HD or Metroid Prime 2 Remastered? Or even just further footage of TTYD or something? Probably. And certainly not alongside a Switch 2 reveal or similar

Or, more likely, there won't be another Direct before this thing comes out. Or at the very least not one that's not about Switch 2. An Endless Ocean game? not really enough to warrant its own Direct.... so they jammed it at the end of the Partner Direct