Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@neogyo you forgot Mario Kart Home Camera Racer, in theory No More Heroes 3 and Bravely Default 2 are also coming out this year plus there's a physical release of Cadence Of Hyrule with DLC but I wouldn't include Mario 35 myself.

@neogyo Nothing really exciting for me but at least it should ease the constant complaining a bit for a little while.

@jump True! I guess Bravely and Heroes are 1st party published. But yea ,, still no release dates.
Its funny bc I’d include Mario 35 over the Mario Kart game just because I’m not sure it’ll be much of a full game experience? Well M35 isn’t much of a full game either, or is it?we’ll have to wait and see for both I guess- maybe both should be omitted haha

@benav I hear ya , it’s not a killer lineup (especially considering the port/remaster nature of most of these) but yea at least it’s something to keep everyone clear on. No more need to panic! Hyrule does look pretty awesome to me tho, and I’ve never played Pikmin 3 or 3D World so stoked to finally do so. Also haven’t touched Sunshine or Galaxy since their respective eras so I’m happy to revisit them as well. I hope something you’re stoked on gets announced soon!

@neogyo Thankfully I have more than enough to play as it is so I'm not sweating it too much if the first party release schedule is a bit bare for a while.

@Slowdive
Pokémon Let's Go to Johto... maybe?

@Slowdive
I honestly would be down for it. I enjoyed Let's Go more than Sword/Shield.

@TexanSansei Hard doubt. The only thing they could possibly have lined up for a Zelda specific Direct that we haven't actually seen yet is a Skyward Sword Remaster or even a 35th Anniversary Collection, which isn't nearly enough to cover the length of even the Mario Direct we just had. Hyrule Warriors is probably going to get at least one or two more trailers and Aonuma basically said they're not ready to show anything from the BotW sequel yet. I predict another Partner Showcase and some more shadow drops on Twitter

It's actually pretty much saying "People are complaining about the remasters, just wait until they see what is coming for Pokemon next." That implies it would be something really disappointing.

I suppose a LG sequel fits that bill, but the tone of that suggests something even worse. I know that's hard to believe that there could be something worse than LG. Lol.

I really don't know what it could mean. Are there any Wii U Pokemon titles left to remaster?

@Harmonie Pokemon Rumble U.

Pokken Tournament wasn't technically a Wii U game, it was an arcade game first.

@Harmonie Very easy, Gen 4 remakes in the style of Let's Go with a smaller Pokedex than the original games

@Grumblevolcano holds up cross How dare you even utter out that blasphemous idea!

Like seriously, that would be the end of traditional remakes. =( And all for another lousy LG game.

I don't think they could even disappoint me with the Pokemon series at this point. My expectations are that anything they release from here will be complete garbage so anything even slightly better than complete garbage would be a positive.

I'm a bit saddened by all the Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee hate.
Sure they were much simpler than Sword / Shield but they also had much more charm and in my opinion were much more pleasant to look at than Sw/Sh.

@Reynoblade I agree but I think that's more about how disappointing Sword and Shield are rather than how great Lets Go is.

@jump
That's a fair point.

@BenAV aw I feel ya! I was so close to getting thru my backlog...but I keep getting sucked into buying new indies and I still gotta beat Paper Mario. I also perpetually want to dive back into Mario Odyssey and BOTW as I still got so much more to conquer in both.
What’ve you been playing lately?

Yeaaa think you’re right..

@Reynoblade I don't want to pay $60 for a 2.5D remake of Kanto with similar scale to the originals and blocky locations just like the originals, on the GAMEBOY. I don't want to pay $60 for a game that only has the original 151 Pokemon. I don't want to pay $60 for a game with forced motion controls.

$60 is twice the price of the originals on the Gameboy. Yet, there isn't any justification for that at all. Just "we can do it and people will buy it".

Sword/Shield were disappointing in many ways, but at least they were a new game. New Pokemon. New region to explore. Not an unambitious 2.5D remake of an over two decade old Gameboy game selling for $60.

Is that a hint for upcoming Pokemon game?