Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@PikminMarioKirby I don't think they'll be separate considering how Nintendo's approached Wii U ports so far. For it to be separate you'd need some new content so like if WWHD had a side story where you play as Tingle or if either game had their cut dungeons restored.

I love remasters and remakes. Of course new games are great, but new games are also frequently dissapointing. An upgraded version of a classic that looks like a new game is just as good as something original to me. Metroid Prime remastered was my favorite game last year, and ttyd and Persona 3 Reload will be competing with FFVII Rebirth and Yakuza Infinite Wealth for my favorite of this year. The Until Dawn remake will likely be in my top 5 as well. I say bring on the remakes. Give me a Super Metroid remake that looks like Dread. Give me an OoT remake in 4K. Give me Prime 2 in the vein of the Prime 1 remaster. I'll take those over most new games any day.

Speaking of remasters, a remaster was just announced for Yooka-Laylee of all things.

Never thought I'd see a remaster of a game that's only 7 years old (why a remaster and not a sequel?). Steam only for now, but anyone wondering if it's coming to Switch 2?

@Bolt_Strike
OMG YES!
Improved gameplay is all I needed to hear.
Day one purchase for me.

Huh, NintendoLife reported on it anyway even though no Nintendo version has been confirmed yet. I don't think we'll see a Nintendo console announcement because I'm skeptical the OG Switch can run it, I think we might be waiting for the Switch 2 to be officially revealed so they can announce a Switch 2 version.

@Bolt_Strike
Yeah, that seems likely.

@rallydefault I wouldn't say that Twilight Princess HD is "Just fine," given that it's literally just a texture re-draw of the original. The game needs a larger face-lift than that. The animations are jittery in the original game, the music is composed with Midi despite taking an orchestrated composition approach (which creates a strange dissonance). If you're wanting to play the game, then it's alright- but it's still the bare minimum to what we got with Zelda remakes in the past (Ocarina of Time 3D, Links Awakening, etc.)

I don't think I'm insane for believing that Twilight Princess deserves a full-on remake.

Isn't it usually the Friday before Direct week when Pyoro starts chirpin' away?

So if it's happening next week, (which I think is pretty likely) maybe we'll hear some interesting tidbits tomorrow...

@Nintoz Pyoro’s hints can range from “painfully obvious” to “what the heck is this bird referring to”, so it should be an interesting couple of days haha

@Nintoz If you don't mind, could you let me know when/if they starts spouting stuff out again? I got spoiled on almost everything in the Partner Showcase earlier this year thanks to people sharing their tweets around and I am NOT gonna let that happen again for the first general Direct in a LOOOOOOONG while XD

@Fizza Yes of course haha XD
As much as I like his little cryptic sneak peeks, it does take a bit of the magic out of watching Directs.
I would been out of my seat at the F-Zero 99 reveal but as we all knew it was coming it was just sat there thinking "yep, there it is"
So yeah I totally respect you for going bird-free!

@Nintoz Yeah same here with the Pocket Card Jockey Switch port from a couple months back; never a huge fan of leak culture in general and people with large followings on social media sites like Twitter sharing those kinds of posts around make things even worse XD

And cheers for the help! I'm going to try and make a Direct bingo sheet before the next one rolls around (and before any potential leaks start spouting out) so it'll be fun to see how right/wrong things end up going

@Bolt_Strike Huh, that's odd. I don't really see why Yooka-Laylee needs a remaster since it is already on all modern consoles and PC. I would have much preferred a new game.

@FishyS Same. It feels a tad too soon for a remaster since the consoles that can still play it are still on the market ATM. Yooka-Laylee desperately needs a sequel, go for a remaster when PS4, XBO, and Switch are off the market.

I distinctly remember when playing the original on the Wii weeks after it released that the texture work in particular was fairly mid. Even compared to other Wii games at the time like Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. Of course the HD remaster on Wii U improved that but only marginally and if you blow it up to a large, clear, high resolution screen today it's a bit jarring how dated it looks

I also remember at the time them making all sorts of excuses as to why the soundtrack wasn't orchestrated. Excuses that rang a bit hollow when they released Super Mario Galaxy the very next year with a fully orchestrated soundtrack. Excuses that sound very foreign to modern ears given they orchestrate the soundtracks for just about every game now. Even more with this title given that they literally tour the soundtrack to this game with a orchestra

That's before you get into stuff like higher resolution character models, that exist already. Or maybe toning back the bloom effects which were a huge fashion at the time but now just make the game look like it's 20 years old. Maybe a newer engine would allow them to do stuff like fill Hyrule Field with actual grass rather than just flat textures? Or maybe they just take the Wii U version, use some higher resolution textures/models, throw in an orchestrated soundtrack and run it at 60fps

The game is almost 20 years old, the HD remaster was a rushed release on the Wii U as it was going out the door. The idea that there isn't low hanging fruit here where with a relatively low amount of effort they could dramatically improve the game? Yeah, you guys are smoking something. I'm with @VoidofLight here

@Fizza Returning to September's approach where Pyoro leaks are in spoiler tags if discussed here would work nicely. I managed to avoid most of the leaks from that Direct thanks to the spoiler tags (only F-Zero I failed to avoid though I didn't believe it at the time considering the concept of Nintendo caring about F-Zero seemed so unlikely).

@skywake Agreed. The redrawn texture-work was pretty mid. One of the things that always bugged me were the stone textures on the Castle Town walls. They just looked flat and unappealing. It was less noticeable on the Gamecube, given the textures were alright for the time- but redrawn versions for the Wii U version of the game were extremely noticeable.

Random thought, but Hollow Knight game trial this weekend — think that means we are about to get silksong? 😝

@Novamii I mean, both xbox and Switch are getting presentations soon and game trials often seem to come out for a reason. There was even discussion that Nintendo and Microsoft may be coordinating directs (although we will see if that is true soon). So Silksong is at least possible. 😛

Is it June yet?