Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Dark_Magician wario and waluigi ... that is a good idea.

@Ninja84 I’m hoping the release date for Bravely Default II will pop up in the next direct. I kinda hope something Sonic-related comes soon too but SEGA seem to announce stuff like that themselves.

@Octane Not as dated and boring as yet another retro platformer. As if we don't already have 50 billion of those. I happened to enjoy Unleashed and Knack thank you very much. I can't say the same for the likes of Returns and Tropical Freeze, which did far too little to evolve the series from the original trilogy.

I felt Sonic Unleashed's biggest problems were the daytime stages and Eggmanland, Sonic was an uncontrollable mess during daytime and Eggmanland was way too long.

@Grumblevolcano Disagreed on the former, the daytime stages are really fun, you just need to get good at reflex based platforming and know the stages. Unleashed/Generations' boost gameplay is pretty much the closest SEGA's come to good 3D Sonic gameplay. Eggmanland is definitely way too long though (My record is like, 19 minutes).

@Bolt_Strike I felt Generations improved upon Unleashed's daytime gameplay massively.

@Grumblevolcano Eh, a little bit, but the main things that improved were the level design and making the drifting tighter. If the latter was your main issue, fair enough, but other than that I don't really see what's so massively improved. A lot of what I liked about Generations' gameplay was also in Unleashed's gameplay.

Eh? Most Zelda games either have or are direct sequels.
LoZ -> Zelda II
ALttP -> LA -> ALBW
Four Sword -> FSA (with Minish Cap as a prequel)
OoS <-> OoA (Does this count?)
OoT -> MM
WW -> PH -> ST
And now BotW -> BotW 2
The only games that are standalone are Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and Triforce Heroes. You could argue Link's Awakening too I suppose, but all media surrounding it at the time positioned it as an ALttP sequel.

@link3710

Back then basically everyone refered to A Links to the Past as ZELDA III and Link's Awakening as ZELDA IV.
I guess that happens when you name Zelda 2 ''Zelda II''.
It was until Ocarina of Time (often refered to as ZELDA 64) when the unofficial numbering went away. With Majora's Mask and The Wind Waker the numbering thing dissolved. I don't remember anyone calling them Zelda 6 and Zelda 7.

@Glitchling78
Ah yes i forgot Bravely Default! I think that will be present as well.

@SKTTR That was supposed to be a reply to @theJGG 's comment that direct sequels in Zelda were rare and BotW2 is an exception.

@link3710 Very good point, excuse my presumption. Mini duologies are common in Zelda, to amend my statement. But trilogies are as common as flying pigs.

In terms of story not much really. Links Awakening is the same Link from A Link To The Past set after that game and A Link Between Worlds is a hundred years (maybe a thousand?) afterwards, it's more of sequel in the sense it's the same world. Tbh I'd consider ALTTP to ALBW more sequelly than most of the "direct" sequels since it's trying to capture a certain vibe and adding to it rather than here's the next game in the series which may or may not be connected to the last one.

ALttP to ALBW is how I imagine BotW to BotW 2 will be. Same world but story events change something, maybe given the E3 trailer you get to explore underground.

Technically you could play as her in Sprits Tracks

Even Stadia gets a Direct before Nintendo

@Grumblevolcano Well of course it will. When Nintendo decides to not do another Direct this year, Stadia is bound to come ahead. It’s the only time it’ll be ahead of anyone.

@korosanbo That does seem kind of likely, and could be a good way to expand the mechanics and make revisiting the overworld fresh again.

Edit: She's also been playable in Smash, Cadence of Hyrule and Hyrule Warriors, not just CD-i. Oh and the topper, she was playable in Spirit Tracks too, which was a Nintendo developed title.

Question... why Link? Every Zelda game I know of, you get to chose the name, and so the majority of the time you’re not playing as Link.... So is every game completely different characters?

I feel like I’ll regret posting this when everyone starts sharing crazy conspiracy theories.