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I mean, if they aren’t going to have a direct that could make sense

Man, these execs will do anything other than take a pay cut.

Well, that fits the bill. The other companies In the same vein as EA have been laying off, so EA probably saw that and said “oooo, what a good idea!”

Gotta make more profit than last year after all. Profit is not enough. It’s gotta be a bigger profit than last year.

Ah, sega. Still doing sega things.
Much like Nintendo doing Nintendo things, but sega aren’t as competent

@Sisilly_G I wasn’t expecting remakes of another gen, say 5, until generation 10, simply because apart from the remakes of red/blue and gold/silver, they’ve been coming two generations apart from each other. The remakes have come in gens 3,4,6, and 8. Admittedly a small sample size. And while remakes could still come this gen, I would expect gen 10 to be more likely.

Unless you count let’s go as a remake, of course, which means there was one in gen 7. But you could look at that as a sub series, or a one off, we don’t know at this point.

This is a tricky poll… because the credits appear before the game is actually over. Maybe one option should be “beat the final boss”, because their is quite a content gap between “100 %” and “credits roll”

Honestly, the most exciting thing is that it isn’t coming this year.

More development time please!

I wonder how you are supposed to prounce it?

Zee Ay? Zed Ay? Z dash A? zah?

Well, no real surprises there. Please remember, this is not a Nintendo direct, they cover things all over the franchise, not just revealing new games

Talk to Nintendo?

What do you think fans have been doing for the last 20 years?

“Some fans are upset” can be said for literally any announcement ever made for any fan base

I’m still not entirely sure what the game is. It looks interesting though

Please note, these presentation are predominantly updates to existing games and events, with maybe one, possible two main project announcements, so please temper your expectations. The most interesting announcement will most likely be at the end, almost everything before that will probably be updates regarding cafe remix, unite, and masters (which, y’know, is good for the people who play those, and they do exist) as well as presumably details regarding the next world championship, and probably some new show or shorts. These cover the entire Pokémon brand, not just main switch releases, so temper your expectations accordingly

What?! And they were able to do this without mass layoffs and even… gulp… increasing their employees wages?

Impossible!

First time in a while that a game with Mario isn’t a day one purchase for me. May pick it up eventually, but wasn’t leaping out to me like I’d hoped

The engine has produced some pretty cool stuff, if used well, that’s no bad thing

Sure, go after the studio that is consistently putting out good work, that makes sense

Executives are willing to do anything except take a pay cut for their own incompetence

The lineup looks fairly empty… but then again, that has happened a few times in the lead up to a direct, and immediately afterwards the lineup was stacked. With it being late in the switch’s life, I doubt there will be too many big releases, but I doubt the Callander will remain bare

These dev conferences can be interesting, and sometimes developers like to sneak things into them, so while you shouldn’t expect anything, it pays to keep an eye open

Are the layoffs the people that make the bad decisions?

Maybe he just wanted to visit a theme park? I know I would want to

Well, that makes a pleasant change from the myriad of layoffs in the industry. I’m here for it!

I was wondering about the voice, guess Sam’s just doing a new take on it

I’ve been actively avoiding freedom planet 2 coverage, because I’ve been waiting for a console port (I just don’t like playing games on my laptop) so here’s hoping it turns out good! It looks awesome

I rather enjoy the base game, a bite sized game priced more or less accordingly, that controls well, and leaves you wanting more.

And now, we are getting more! Sweet! And for free!
Can’t complain!

Ah, of course the part the higher ups get rid of is the ones who make sure the game actually works…

I like owning games for the simple reason that subscription services don’t last forever, and even when they are running long, they can remove a game at ANY time.

And if that’s a game you’ve sunk time and money into and it’s taken from you… we’ll, that feels like some form of robbery

Oh no what a horrible loss, however will we cope?

I’m glad to see more people giving it a go, I thought it was fantastic

I do enjoy born of bread, but it is a bit on the buggy side. I do recommend it, but maybe in a bit when it’s had more time to bake. It’s a good game! At least, it will be

@nimnio even if that were true, 7 still ain’t bad!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm… where have I seen this before?

Maybe pretty much every poorly managed big business?

Well, that’s nice of them. They didn’t have to do that, so that’s nice

Of all the problems the game has, this sounds like one of the least imperative, considering dragon cheer isn’t a very exciting move

Predicting Nintendo must be a frustrating job

And that’s why game freak make Pokémon like that

Would like to give a shout out to the soundtrack for “born of bread”. Some good stuff in there!
Some highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQs89QY8IU&list=PLJEpbVuy7WkNLsXaawfg8iovL-85AflOJ&index=53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAREo7dBvvk&list=PLJEpbVuy7WkNLsXaawfg8iovL-85AflOJ&index=11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Gw4C3sKE4&list=PLJEpbVuy7WkNLsXaawfg8iovL-85AflOJ&index=75

Please note when a game isn’t on the list, it’s probably because it simply doesn’t have enough professional reviews. Otherwise, lots of shovelware would dominate this list, like, I dunno, AAA clock ultra premium deluxe edition

Ooooo, I haven’t played any of these!

I didn’t know it had been announced for switch, so even though it’s been delayed, this is good news because know I know it’s actually coming

I mean, it’d probably mean banjo tooie would be on the switch…

@AmplifyMJ which game are you referring to? (Asking as a non UK guy who has no clue)

Well, they must be running out of people to sell it to at this rate

I’ve been plowing through Mario rpg, having a lovely time…

Not sure how high it ranks on my list of favourite Mario rpgs, but I’m still very much enjoying it

That kinda makes sense. If Nintendo is full of “geniuses”, maybe a lot of them are like “absent minded professors”, really smart, create incredible stuff… and completely fail to recognise the blindingly obvious.

And Nintendo are masters of missing the blindingly obvious.

I wonder what kind of music a game has to have in order to be nominated for best music?

There are plenty of games with phenomenal soundtracks that don’t even get a look in…

Hold on, EA FC 24 is on the list twice!

Are there two different versions that count as seperate entries?

It is interesting that sales of COD are down by a quarter, and it still takes top spot.

I wonder if that makes it a success or not, sales wise?
I guess it will depend on if it continues to sell or not.

Wow, I haven’t played any of these, and can still say I’ve played some jolly good stuff this year