Woof. Not much in there for me, but I'm glad that we at least got something. I guess I'll be sticking with Animal Crossing and my Xbox One until at least June or so...
@NapiLinkJC Same thing man, I feel like me and my family were the only beings in the universe who enjoyed playing Wii Play from time to time. I’ve been hoping for a new entry in the Wii series to somehow happen so this does seem like the next best thing; you even select a Mii as an icon. Seeing shooting range, air hockey, billiards and even tanks in a Nintendo developed title again just made me smile. Do you know if the game is getting a physical release?
I thought Good Job looked like a riot. I’m knee deep in Animal Crossing at the moment so unlikely to pick up new games too soon, but if it’s well reviewed I’m definitely interested in getting it a bit later. I got some very light Goose Game vibes from it: cell shaded, objective-driven miniature chaos simulator. But more chaotic and less goosey.
Also glad to finally get the chance to play Burnout Paradise. Haven’t touched the series since 2, but it stands as one of the only realistic (well, realistic looking) driving games I’ve really enjoyed.
Virtually everything in that mini Direct is a BUY from me. Sure nearly everything was a port, but thankfully I barely own any of the originals (unlike Wii/Wii U ports).
Wasn't sold on the facial designs for Bravely Default 2, but the environments looked nice.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@NintendoWiiDS yeah man it made me smile too to see Nintendo develop a game with these games in them. I just rewatched that section of the Direct and it seems it will be a physical release and digital download since they are accepting pre-orders now ahead of June release.
@Maxz I liked Good Job too and same for me as I got Goose Game vibes too. Looks like a pickup for me too.
Clubhouse Games: 51 World Classics looks like something I'm picking up when it releases. 42 All-Time Classics on the DS was a great game, so I don't doubt this one will be fun too.
Ninjala is also looking more polished and less janky than last time I saw it. It's free-to-play too, so I'll probably check that game out too as well.
EDIT: Ah right, Burnout Paradise Remastered. I have the game on Steam, but for some reason it fails to start up after the first time I played the game. The game is rather fun too, so maybe I'll double-dip for Burnout, too.
For a Mini Direct, I walked away feeling pretty satisfied. Sure, no heavy-hitters for now, but I wasn't expecting that from a Mini. Besides, I figure Nintendo still has to figure out the logistics for those titles due to the current world situation. I'm not at all bothered, though. I have Animal Crossing to play right now, and I get to work on my huge backlog across multiple systems. Plus with the new games shown in the Mini Direct?
@NapiLinkJC Thanks for finding that out, I couldn’t find the answer anywhere. Looks like I’ll be going physical then. I wonder how people will feel about the price tag though.
It’s kind of funny that the only new title Nintendo themselves announced was Clubhouse Games. I wonder how much content they actually have to release this year.
@NintendoWiiDS it seems to be the first real mainline couch co-op and online game title of traditional games and not kid targeted party games. So I think for a lot of adults and families will see value in it just for the sheer diversity of traditional physical games on the most sought after video game console in the world.
@fragred good eye! I just went back and checked and you are correct it is a Nintendo title!
Meh, Mini Direct does pretty much nothing for me (aside from one or two third party games). Still waiting for the big reveals which are conspicuously absent.
It's blatantly obvious that coronavirus is impacting things however.
Either that or they've deliberately planned to do the same as 2019, and have most of their releases in the second half of the year.
They have said before that something like 50% of all revenue comes from Q4 each year. That wasn't the exact figure but it's something like that. So maybe they've just decided to deliberately adjust to that fact.
@IceClimbers Technically, they have that 51 games in 1 pack coming out as well. Usually, I avoid multi-game packs like that, but that looks like it might actually have Nintendo's usual level of polish on it, and if the online play let's you play with friends I'd say it definitely would be worth it at the probably 20$ mark it'll be at.
@Dezzy Most of 2019's releases were packed into the summer/early fall months in response to them missing their sales targets in the previous fiscal year due to a lack of titles in those months in 2018.
Given that Xenoblade is looking to be the only 1st party title at retail until August at the earliest most likely, it's pretty clear it wasn't planned that way.
Assuming there's no Direct between now and June and the E3 Direct drops on June 9th, looks like we'll go about a week again between the release of a first party Switch title (Club House 51 games) without knowing the release date for any other Switch first party title.
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