Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Ding ding ding. This is exactly the issue. Bananza definitely has the ambitious budget and design philosophy to be a major title for Nintendo, but in one sense a "major" title needs to be one that a lot of people buy and a major factor in why people buy the system. And the current sales so far don't support the idea that it's that kind of game. I would love for this game to prove me wrong in that regard, but the sales collapse is not encouraging.

Ah sorry, that was unrelated to the Bananza discussion.

I was speaking more generally in terms of Nintendo and the Switch 2 philosophy. What I find to be insufficient is the game lineup, too reliant on re-releases and spces bumps and not enough new, original content. There's not enough new, next gen-ness in the Switch 2 lineup.

Part of me wonders if Bananza would have hyped more casuals up if they put Mario on DK's shoulder. I'm glad they didn't, but I feel like people probably would've taken more interest with it's reveal.

@VoidofLight I think it's the fundamental game design. It's chaotic and destructive but quite hollow. It didn't look very fun in trailers to me and others I know. Some of us still took the chance on it given Nintendo's pedigree, myself included, and didn't like it. So I didn't recommend it to those on the fence. Obviously anecdotal, but that's my journey with the game. I recommended Odyssey to many people on the fence back in the day — that time because the "capturing" gimmick turned some people off the game's reveal.

@OmnitronVariant Ehh I doubt it was the premise. Otherwise it wouldn't have sold as well imo.