Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@kkslider5552000 Saw it. Probably not going to come back to New Horizons unless this is a huge overhaul that gives us years worth of content the game's sorely lacking. Right now, I'm convinced it's probably just a coffee shop upgrade, and nothing more.

Something from all tiers from me. Honestly didn't expect N64 for NSO given the volume of N64 titles with difficult licencing. An additional fee gets around that obviously. Mega Drive was a real surprise but

Very happy we got a Bayonetta 3 trailer. Honestly I was mostly just setting my expectations low on that one to avoid disappointment. Glad I was wrong

GB on the basic NSO tier still makes sense to me. I would have thought that'd be something to show here? Maybe they're holding out to soften the likely backlash from the usual suspects when they announce pricing.....

Very impressed myself. It wasn't the best Direct ever...but it didn't have to be, and personally I would place it in the top quartile of directs.

We already had a solid lineup for the rest of the year and knew about a few titles for next year, and this Direct filled things out a lot. We've already got BotW2, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3, Mario and Rabbids 2, Triangle Strategy and now Kirby to look forward to in 2022...and the year hasn't even started yet! Who knows what they'll announce for the rest of the year given Nintendo's tendency to hold cards close to their chest.

Plus we finally got things that people have been clamouring for for ages (N64 games including BANJO KAZOOIE of all things; 3D Kirby; Bayonetta reveal).

As for the direct itself, I had no expectation, and yet it still was disappointing. The kirby title looks interesting, but I'm probably going to wait for reviews since Star Allies was a waste of time and money. Bayonetta 3 looks alright, but I'm not a huge fan of Bayonetta in general. I'll probably watch the Animal Crossing direct, but I'm not particularly excited for it yet, and I still doubt I'm going to return to the game any time soon.

Pretty good direct overall. Definitely looking forward to Kirby and the Forgotten Land, that was literally the biggest surprise for me! It was cool to see the rest of Mario Party Superstars' boards being confirmed, those were nice choices though I was hoping for Mario's Rainbow Castle and Western Land making the final cut. I'm looking forward to the AC:NH direct and SSBU's last DLC fighter too. Nice to see Nintendo 64 games come to NSO...though I can't say I'm excited for those upcoming Sega Genesis games. Was hoping for Game Boy games, honestly.

So, I didn’t get to start this Direct until it was three quarters over. So I went back to watch the beginning when it was over. I was very confused about why they were talking about a bunch of previously released things like they were new, such as Kazuya in Smash, Mario Golf Super Rush and Metroid Dread.

I was half way done the Direct when I realized I was watching the one from June...

Great direct.
When is it 3pm GMT in the uk again

That was a very odd Direct. Smash and Animal Crossing were announcements of announcements meanwhile the Mario movie stuff really didn't belong.

AAHHHHHH FINALLY! Im so glad Bayonetta 3 is here. I've been saying all year she'd be revealed by the end, and I was totally right. She looks amazing tooooo.

So were there rumors of a new Actraiser? Because I saw someone mention that either yesterday or today, and it felt like a random as heck guess until it came up.

This wasn't the most exciting direct, but it did focus on obviously good things. Games that either are already known to be great or seem incredibly likely to be great. But boy was it random at points.

Kirby in 3D is the highlight, outside of maybe the bizarre Astral Chain fakeout. It's about time, all the big Nintendo series beat Kirby to it, some by literal decades. In general, a big budget 3D platformer that isn't Mario is exciting to me!

The one downside for me is that I kinda shrugged at the Splatoon 3 thing. Like nothing about it added any interest to me beyond what we knew already. And I guess the other thing is that literally no video game news is going to matter to "the mainstream" compared to the Mario movie stuff.

@Snatcher Hehe, I was right this time.

@Varkster Congrats, I wish I was right, Maybe I will be, about tetris!

Why are 70% of the comments here disappointment? I'm so lost nowadays with the comments and expectations people have of these showings, I don't know if I'm easy to please but most of what they showed on the presentation is quite great.

The only real weird parts were the Final Fantasy racer which I think will come out and be forgotten in 2 days and the Mario movie stuff, which while exciting, is still very odd to have in a games-focused Direct.

I agree that it was a bit odd... but I enjoyed it. There’s a few games that look interesting, and it was definitely more than I was expecting. And at least we don’t have to wait for the Game Awards for the next Smash fighter.

Decent Direct.

Objectively there were some pretty good reveals, just not a lot to my tastes specifically. Kirby looks absolutely fantastic though, and I'll probably get the Castlevania collection (never played anything in the series, & the "Metroidvania" styled ones seem more interesting to me).

Otherwise Chocobo GP looks cute, though I'm not sure how much I'd get out of it being a primarily single player guy. Never played any of the Bayonetta games so I see no reason to start with 3 (glad it's finally materialized for those excited though, although I'd have been more interested if the Astral Chain tease had been real). Same with Monster Hunter & Splatoon 3 (quality releases, just not my thing).

Oh well, still excited for Metroid soon.

@skywake Ah yes, telling me that I have the worst takes, as I expect barely anything from a game that's been recycling the same content over and over again.

@RR529 I agree with you on the Kirby game, it looks great upon seeing it for the first time. I'd like to get that Castlevania collection too, I was thinking of getting them on the Wii U VC, but I never got around to that. Looks like I'm getting them on Switch instead. I should mention that I never played Actraiser back when it came out on the SNES, so I may give the Switch remake a shot as well.

It was a decent enough Direct, the things that caught my interest were...

• Kirby and The Forgotten Land.
• Free update and characters to Mario Golf: Super Rush.
• The N64 stuff (the Genesis games aren't a bad add-on), Ocarina of Time (although I have it on 3DS), Mario Kart 64, and Yoshi's Story are the initial games to catch my interest. Throw in Majora's Mask, F-Zero X, Kirby 64, Pokemon Snap, Paper Mario, and Banjo-Kazooie, coming at later dates and year one for this should be worth the price increase.

Everything else I'm not into but yay Bayonetta 3 is cool for those that were waiting for an announcement.

The only Direct since the Switch's launch this wasn't better than was this year's E3 Direct and any Direct from 2017, because 2017 is still the Switch's best year. The best game of the broadcast was the new 3D Kirby game, and I will need to revisit the Bayonetta games again. I would like to beat the first two before getting into the third. It's looking good.

It was a solid Direct in my opinion, not as good as this year's E3 one but definitely had enough to satiate my Nintendo news appetite for the next few months. Super happy to get a release date (and name!?) for Triangle Strategy, another look at Splatoon 3, KOTOR on Switch, and especially N64 on NSO and (FINALLY!) a 3D Kirby game.