Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@GrailUK The thing is, what good is a "Switch Pro", if it can't even get into the hands of the consumer? There's a literal chip shortage, and Scalpers are taking full advantage of it. Nintendo can't even manage to produce enough normal switches right now to meet demand, so I don't see how people are expecting them to produce enough "Switch Pros" to do so as well.

Not to mention, you shouldn't expect exclusive games on switch pro, or at least many. If a game's exclusive to a console revision, chances are it won't sell well. The games that were exclusive to the New 3Ds didn't even sell that well, due to it being exclusive to a mid-gen refresh of the console.

@VoidofLight Yeah, I see your point. Weird times indeed. Totally agree with you about this year. And I would be surprised (but crazy happy lol) if we saw one this year

@Slowdive That's why my thought process is saying "There's gonna be a Smash reveal. It's better than nothing." XD

I'm expecting Nintendo's lineup for this year, a reasonable amount of notable 3rd party games, and one or two MAJOR announcements with either a vague 2022 or no date at all. Also if we don't get BOTW2 gameplay, I'd bet money a Zelda direct is happening this year.

It maybe hasn't aged as well as some, but it wasn't badly received and it was the 7th highest selling N64 game.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/nintendo-64/donkey-kong-64/cr...

Also:

"It was the Nintendo 64's top seller during the 1999 holiday season and Nintendo's chief defense against competitor Sega's introduction of its Dreamcast console. As a bestseller, Donkey Kong 64 joined Nintendo's "Player's Choice" game selection, where it continued to sell well through the next year's holiday season."

Yeah, and even if DK 64 wasn't the greatest that doesn't mean they can't do better the next time around. Mario Sunshine was a dud in all respects, yet the next several 3D Mario games were excellent. Bottom line is what matters at the end of the day, not whether people on the Internet are happy with it (see: the Pokemon franchise).

Uh-oh, them's fighting words...

W.r.t. DK64, this is a weird game where I remember it being quite fondly remembered until recently. Personally I've never played much of it, but hearing about it its more egregious collectathon mistakes makes me never want to touch it again.

Sunshine is my favourite 3D Mario!! It has it's flaws, but there are some epic levels.

Given the choice, I would take Sunshine 2 (with updated mechanics etc) over Odyssey 2, and I think Odyssey is fantastic.

Yeah, Donkey Kong certainly deserves another chance at 3D. I give DK64 the benefit of the doubt because I can get some enjoyment over it, even though it’s far from perfect, and I actually struggle recommending it to others.

If the Super Mario Odyssey team is working on it, consider my hype peaked. It could really be something special.

We're going to get a new 3D Mario at some point...given a choice of the NEXT game released by this team (i'm assuming no other team would be given responsibility for a 3D Mario game) would you prefer a 3D Mario game or a 3D Donkey Kong game?

I know other teams were involved in Bowsers Fury, this is just a hypothetical question!

My prediction for Pokemon info outside the more obvious stuff like Diamond/Pearl remakes info:

• New Pokemon Snap DLC
• More Pokemon added to Sword/Shield

There's Pokemon in both New Pokemon Snap (e.g. Meganium) and the Diamond/Pearl remakes (every Gen 4 Pokemon not in Sword/Shield) that aren't in Sword/Shield so I could see another update to add more. With Pokemon Legends Arceus being single player only and the divide between the Pokemon in Sword/Shield and Pokemon in the Diamond/Pearl remakes, the main Pokemon games even after early 2022 will still be Sword/Shield.

As for New Pokemon Snap DLC, Pokken DX got DLC a few months after launch so I could see the same happen here.

@jump But Legends isn't a mainline game.

@timleon In terms of it's controls and platforming aspects, DK64 is probably my favorite of all the collectathons of the era. The big issue is that people lately seem to find the fact that 100%ing it is disasterously annoying enough to make the whole game a trash can fire.

I still think it's fun for just reaching the end without trying to get everything

@ok1 it’s considered mainline just like let’s go.

@Grumblevolcano Can’t see them adding more pokemon into sword and shield, given they’re done with the game, aside from rotating raid battles

@link3710 Might give it a go and see how I feel then. To be honest, I find the idea of having a collectathon where I don't want to collect everything to be a bit...bizarre. But sometimes you have to overcome these perfectionist tendencies and not force yourself to do things you don't enjoy.

To be honest, there are lot of things I hate about Banjo Kazooie but I don't mind playing that game from time to time.

@Slowdive I don't even think I knew Donkey Kong 64 existed until 2007 or so...somehow. I think I had always just assumed the DK rap was an invention of Melee.

@link3710 I agree with you. People should have the same feelings for 3d world then as to collect the last stamps you need to finish all stages with all 5 characters which is an absolute pain

@VoidofLight I thought the "Legends" talk was hinting at it being a spin-off, but if you say so.

@ok1 That's like saying the moniker of "Let's Go" implies it's a spin off, when the director confirms it's main series.

It's probably it's own sub-series, but it's still the main series of pokemon, due to being developed by Gamefreak themselves.

@VoidofLight This. I think Legends is going to be for Pokemon what the sandbox Marios are for Mario or Metroid Prime is for Metroid, a subseries that is very different from traditional entries but still viewed as main series games. They're main games, you catch and battle Pokemon like normal, it just seems to be a different take on the core gameplay.

@Bolt_Strike I took it more as Game Freak hedging their bets. Pull it off and it’s the new mainline series but if it flops or is too hard for them then they can walk away and go back to the copy and paste adventures.