Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Glad I didn't watch the Direct.
I never like the AAA games, will never like them.
I saved my time by playing my games backlog.
Monster Hunter Stories 3?
I will get the PS5 version, enough with the BS game key card on Switch 2 version.

Man, no Blue Prince or Marvel Rivals? I'm honestly surprised. Anyways, certainly a lot of good stuff, even though the only thing I personally am interested in is HKS2E.

I had very low expectations for this Direct and got exactly that. So all good . Surprised that no Duskbloods, Metaphor, Expedition 33 and Elden Ring appeared. I guess we will have main Direct pretty soon

I'm definitely happy with the Partner Showcase. It was nice seeing a release date for Rebirth, Elliot and Indiana Jones. I'll also definitely download the Pragmata and MH Stories 3 demos. Console Archives is cool, bringing back the good days of Virtual Console.

That said, some glaring omissions like Elden Ring makes it feel like there's a general Direct around March/April.

Not that much there for me personally but a solid presentation nontheless. FFVII: Rebirth looks really good on Switch 2 and Pragmata is beginning to intrigue me...might have to try the demo.
I'm not interested in any of the Bethesda games but I have to say it made for quite a nice end to the Direct.

JAPAN HAD A GOEMON COLLECTION BUT IT'S NOT BEING LOCALIZED AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
I hate Konami so much

Well that was about as disappointing as I expected. The era of third-party exclusives seems to be well and truly over as well, so nothing really properly utilises the hardware. Blurry, out of focus ports of old games — yay...

I'll try the Pragmata and MHS3 demos but I doubt they'll sway me.

Edit: Pragmata was a positive surprise. It's a "maybe" for me, but demo was fun and performed reasonably well. Felt good to play. MHS3 on the other hand is a disaster. It's smooth and clear visually in the in-engine cinematics, but once you get to control it, the framerate is all over the place, there's significant input lag, and framepacing feels very off. It's extremely choppy and visually blurry as well. sigh

The fact the Goemon collection doesn't include the N64 games makes me wonder if the already-localized games are coming to NSO eventually or if they'll make a separate collection for them (even if there would be two repeats from the announced collection).

I didn't watch the partner showcase, but I did see a few videos from the YouTube playlist that Nintendo made. Upon looking at it, there's a few noteworthy game announcements, but as I expected, there's not a lot I'm interested in. The only thing I'm happy to see is the upgrade pack for Disney Dreamlight Valley, and that was part of the sizzle reel. Oh well... hopefully we'll see a regular old Nintendo Direct next time.

Wow, Indiana Jones is a true physical release.

Bethesda Softworks (3) - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Capcom (3) - Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections
Bandai Namco (3) - Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Square Enix (3) - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
2K (2) - WWE 2K26, PGA Tour 2K25
Konami (2) - Super Bomberman Collection, eFootball Kick-Off!

So unless I miscounted, looks like Bethesda, Capcom, Bandai Namco, and Square Enix got the most showcase for February 2026's Partner Direct, unless you count Konami's Japan-exclusive Power Pros and Goemon releases, in which case they'd have 4.

I guess it's because people have moved on to wishing for Metaphor and Clair Obscure, but I can't believe no one is talking about or seems to care that we're finally getting Tales of Arise. I am so excited to finally get to play that (although I do still need to get Xillia, too).