Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

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.

@kkslider5552000 I think it's Splatoon3's setting. That chaos city just looks a bit on the bland side, like yet another post-apocalyptic shade of dirt. The gameplay itself looks solid, and customization looks much improved, replete with a proper story mode at launch. The nitty gritty of Splatoon 3 looks great! It's just the aesthetics, between the sandy setting and the same-y arenas, that feels a bit tired. Just from my perspective.

@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.

@Varkster Totally agree. I'm always a bit surprised to see so many jaded posts across many different websites. I thought this was a superb Direct, and had a great variety of games showcased, for all ages. I mean obviously there were games I have zero interest in, like Dying Light, but sitting through those few games for a minute or two aren't immediate knee-jerk dealbreakers for the enjoyment of watching it. I don't know! I think people just can't be pleased these days. Or perhaps we're all just too stressed out with life and end up venting our negativity online.

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.

You literally went out of your way to say people were wrong for guessing that AC content would be in the Direct. Then I'm fairly sure I said this was a bad take because they had already announced new content was on the way. Your comeback was a bit on about how this game you've poured 100s of hours into has "no content" like that was some kind of proof there'd be no update......

Not the first time I've strongly disagreed with your crystal ball gazing. So as I said, you have the worst takes. Exhibit A: This Direct

That was an interesting Direct.

Don't know what to say about the Mario movie casting haha

Kirby and the Forgotten Land looks fantastic!! Finally a 3D Kirby! Triangle Strategy looks pretty good, KOTOR and Castlevania Advance Collection are must gets, Metroid Dread is gonna be so freaking good, Chocobo GP was a neat surprise, N64 and Genesis titles including Banjo Kazooie of all games is great besides the higher pricing tier, looking forward to the Smash presentation Splatoon 3's single player looks more expansive, etc.

BUT BAYONETTA 3 BABY!!!

@skywake The thing is, I never said people were wrong. I was personally stating that I don't expect anything substantial to make it in, since it was months of recycled garbage getting updated into New Horizons. Doug Bowser did announce more updates for New Horizons were on the way, but never mentioned it was going to be new content, so judging by how the first half of the year was, I was of the belief that we weren't getting anything "new".

Secondly, as for the "Hundreds of hours" thing, I have 100 hours in the game. Yes, this is more than other switch games I've owned, but in comparison to how many hours I have in New Leaf, and how long I've spent in New Leaf alone, it's nothing. The point of my argument was that hours doesn't equate to the amount of content in a game like Animal Crossing. You generally have to count the years. This was in remark to a statement you left earlier stating how it wasn't lacking in content because of how many hours people sink into it, when hours genuinely don't matter in a game like this, with time syncing to a real life clock.

If you want to know why I think the game's clearly missing content, then I'd be happy to tell you.

Just out of curiosity, when Lappy showed up during the final trailer was anyone else expecting the announcement to be for Astral Chain 2?

If that dog is some kind Platinum Easter egg, I wasn’t aware of it and was sorely disappointed that it was Bayonetta instead.

@Screen I was a bit, but then I realized that the area in question wasn't quite futuristic enough to be Astral Chain.

I feel like that's why they did it. Which is really funny but I hope it means it will be back.

Good direct for me. Lots of demos (Squenix has been busy), NSO updates, release windows and the new kirby looks spiffy. Just finished updating my wishlist and BF cart.

I suspect they just put Lappy in there to get people talking about the trailer on internet forums.

Yeah, the Lappy cameo seemed to be a troll on Platinum's part to fake out fans thinking it was Astral Chain 2, and I hate Kamiya for it because I like Astral Chain much more than Bayonetta. I do think we'll get Astral Chain 2 eventually, AFAIK it's Platinum's highest selling game (at the very least, it's outsold Bayonetta), but admittedly it would be weird for it to be announced this soon.

@Bolt_Strike I also like Astral Chain much more than Bayonetta so I'm kinda glad that the annoucement was pretty much spoiled beforehand so that I knew exactly what it was straight away instead of getting my hopes up.