Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

brazilian jornalist PH Brazil state septembre Nintendo Direct will be last Nintendo Direct focused on Nintendo Switch games

@Giancarlothomaz
That's just his conjecture. Random people's conjecture isn't really worth talking about.

@JaxonH PH Brazil is a very relieable jornalist/leaker, all his predictions come true.

check out the 2022 septembre Nintendo Direct

@Giancarlothomaz
I'd need to see hard evidence of a history prior leaks gained from reliable sources that proved true.

But even if that was the case, the tweet makes it abundantly clear he's speculating. And speculation is just that- speculation. It would be one thing if he said, "I have a source that tells me this will be xyz". It's another to say, "hmmm, big direct, must be last big one?"

That direct was amazing... I mean Kirby and BOTW 2 title, I need to take a walk. Also Golden Eye.

No Advance Wars, but a REALLY good Direct otherwise. I'm super happy.

Can't believe we're finally getting Pikmin 4 and a localized version of Fatal Frame 4.

Wow. That direct was fire, but disappointing at the same time.

Reason I say that is, still no Metroid Prime or Zelda remasters, no F-Zero, no Batman. Meh.

BUT HOLY CRAP!!!

Pikmin 4 lives! Unbelievable! New Fire Emblem looks dope! Radiant freaking Silvergun! Kirby's Return to Dreamland! Fatal Frame 4! Tunic! Octopath Traveler 2! Tales of Symphonia! Zelda Tears of the Kingdom! Raincode! Atelier Ryza 3! Rune Factory 3! SIFU! Theatrhythm Final Fantasy! It Takes Two! Goldeneye!

It was a stellar direct. But does highlight the pitfalls of setting expectations for specific game announcements.

I prefer Tinykin than Pikmin, in term of their design.

Lots of good stuff for rpg and farm-sim fans, but Radiant Silvergun and Pikmin 4 were the highlights for me.

I just needed Zelda to get a release date. Instead I got a remake of my favorite story of seasons (I swear if they add same sex marriage and let you adopt/magic baby Ima lose it.), a sequel to one of my favorite RPGs on Switch (octopath), new entries to one of my favorite genres...if they had sprinkled some fighting games in there I would have passed out. OH AND ZELDA GOT A RELEASE DATE! So I'm broke until May because you KNOW they are making a Zelda OLED.

In terms of new announcements, Pikmin 4, Fatal Frame 4, and the new Fire Emblem were the highlights for me.

2023 is already looking REALLY good.

Pretty good Direct all things considered.

Looking forward to Fatal Frame, Tales of Symphonia, Return to Dreamland, & of course Zelda!

Kinda funny though, I was watching it on mute at work & I maybe took 2-3 calls throughout the entirety of the show, then the Zelda trailer started playing & I got 5 calls right on top of each other, lol.

Mixed feelings. Some amazing stuff; new Fire Emblem, remakes and remasters, et cetera. Zelda trailer was a letdown though. Overall it felt like something was really missing.

@TheJGG
Metroid Prime. That's what it was missing. Had we gotten Metroid Prime I'd rank it as the greatest direct of all time.

As it stands, I'd still put it in the 80th percentile for best Directs. Definitely way better than your average Direct.

I guess Metroid Prime, Zelda remasters, Advance Wars and Batman are 2023 titles.

Very odd to release a Zelda game in May though. I've been pretty adamant Switch is going to last a few more years. But with all the special edition OLEDs releasing, and Zelda in May, which lines up with basically 2 years after the OLED released, and Nintendo typically does revisions every 2 years, I can't help but wonder if the fabled Pro will be announced in February for a May launch alongside Zelda, and that's when we'll see the Metroid Prime remaster announced, as they'll want a good stream of games in the release window to build hype and demand.

Still doesn't leave room for the Zelda remasters. But we've seen how Nintendo likes to finish games and just hold them for a strategic release later on. Pikmin 4 has likely been done for a while. Advance Wars has been done for nearly a year. Fire Emblem Engage has been done for a year. Those Zelda remasters could launch in 2024, a year after Tears of the Kingdom.

To be honest. The Direct was more like a partner showcase quality wise. I'm quite disappointed. Could have been a Partner Showcase and a Direct Mini afterwards.

I am really, really surprised that we didn't see ANYTHING Metroid Prime related. I was genuinely expecting either a teaser for MP4 or a remaster announcement for the trilogy.

Also, where in the world was Advance Wars?? I am confused that they are still holding it at this point.

But with that said, I still think it was a really good Direct. Pikmin 4 and TOTK got me extremely hyped, along with MK8D Wave 3, Fire Emblem, Kirby, and Mario Party. There was just a lot of filler stuff that I wasn't a huge fan of.

Good Direct overall, but the lack of Metroid Prime was disappointing. Totally called Fire Emblem opening the Direct though, and it looks great.

Cannot wait for Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.

Also I wonder what's launching in March/April. I find it hard to believe they'd have a gap that big between Kirby/Octopath 2 and Zelda.

@Anti-Matter have you played any Pikmin

@1UP_MARIO
No but I was quite impressed by Tinykin since first time I saw the game.
Remember, I still PlayStation guy despite liking certain Nintendo games.