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Almost none of these have any specifics, so it's really not that big of a deal to me. Nor are any of these teases particularly surprising. Maybe Nintendogs, but okay. In my mind, that doesn't cause massive coronaries like one of those other big series.
That being said, folks, strap in, because there's still plenty of time between now and the Directs for someone to tell us all the details of what will be shown. So, like, you've been warned. You know how the internet is.

Oh man, I already know people are flaming because you name-dropped the series in the headline and subheading. XD

Thanks for the reminder! I've got to scour this for any can't-miss deals.

@HeroOfCybertron Lucky you, my wish list is full. DX

@foursider @PurpleG I was going to say, I felt like we did know about a revival. Great, thanks!

That's incredible. Good for them! I feel like lower S2 sales may be (at least partly) affected by familiarity with the series across console families. I don't think Nintendo consoles have had Onimusha games, so if you've been on this train, it might have less immediate appeal to you. Still, great games can sell regardless, so we'll see. I'm eager to try the demo, since y'all say it's so excellent.

@SplatRay001 No, no, that's for Wednesday... Oops.

XD This is great. Thanks for the information! Hahaha!

@JohnnyMind RIght, we're kind of talking about the same thing, but you're saying lean into it and use it to your advantage, while I was just stopping at: this is part of why they complain. Haha. You're just trying to offer them a solution. A sensible one. I totally use DekuDeals, it's great. My one friend just got a Switch 2 for the upcoming FE, so I'm hoping I can convince him to try Orbitals with me at some point!

@JohnnyMind Agreed. It feels like a can't-win situation for some. And the discounts are also a thing, because now many people just wait for what they assume will be an inevitable discount. I guess I fall into that category too. I do want to check this out, as I've never played it, but I'm just trying to pace myself a bit. Both with more games and with money, of which I don't have that much available anyhow.

If you're interested in such comments, the paragraph under the NA art says "start contrast" when I assume you meant to use "stark."

Apart from that, I have questions:

• What is the "Midnight Edition?" The game is brand new. Or is Switch getting a separate version?
• Why is there an early purchase bonus sticker on a physical box cover? Does that "early" window extend a bit past the release date? Or is this just from the current store page, where everyone can view it before release?

@larryisaman Personification is power!

@Grumblevolcano Beyond gigantic, yeah. Hahaha, that's a good point.

I totally agree. Plus, if they are releasing Ocarina around the same time, which seems likely at this point, then they would be fighting themselves for sales. And I think they want Ocarina to be big. Another reason I think it's more than just a new coat of paint. But anyway. Oh, Sony has exclusive rights to that?

@Andee9001 Unless they want to build enthusiasm for the next ME and help people catch up on the story, if that's a thing for this one. They could release a remastered trilogy to do just that. But I'm not sure the news of that would break in a Nintendo Direct first. But we can hope!

@Grumblevolcano When is it out, November? They might be pushing it, but it's already getting a ton of coverage, so maybe Nintendo could just piggyback off of that and start their own now. Just a thought though. Yours makes sense too. I hope you're right about it coming to S2. And released alongside PC would help, because they wouldn't have to feel like the only afterthought. Regardless, that would be a HUGE get for Nintendo and S2. I hope for them and all of us that it turns out to be so.

Hope the little one's okay, Alex!
Mr. Sleepy Man looks ridiculous but seems very cool. Haha.

One might think Zero Company will come to S2. We might even get the announcement during the Direct.

Good games, all!

I'm probably going to continue with Bananza. I couldn't make the cut for the DK Challenge deadline. I hope more people enjoyed that than just me and seemingly a few others. I really liked what they did with it, even if it could be built upon and tweaked. I've already said this elsewhere, but I wish they would at least keep the challenges available for completion, even if we can no longer win a prize or anything. And I'm hoping this was just the first one and further hoping that Zelda is the next one and will be announced during the Direct!

Happy you're getting to enjoy it. Appreciate the spared thought. Maybe someday...

@Tyranexx Hahahaha! Can't wait for us to be proven right! XD

@JohnnyMind Oh, cool! I heard the developer ones were pretty difficult. Good for you! Yeah, thank you. I had meant to get the game sooner, but I never got around to it. So, I probably had a month or so, which wasn't enough time for me. Still, it's a great game, and I'm having lots of fun with it. I would like to challenge myself with those challenges though, since they used specific conditions for completion. It's a bummer that they cut it short.
I'm hoping it was testing the waters for Nintendo or even just the first of a continuing event. And Zelda would be so great. Happy Direct(s) watching!

@NintendoWife Huh, that's very interesting. I'm not sure I understood all of it. But I don't know the technicals of music recording. I may have misused a word or two there. Fascinating technology though.

@Van_Helsing Okay! Yeah, I'm very curious to see what that is, too. I'm not really a horror person, but I'm intrigued by Cronos. And an unexpected exclusive is always fun.

Great predictions. I'm still banking on a bigger overhaul for Ocarina. I'll be slightly disappointed if not, honestly. But I'm still buying it regardless. So excited for it.
I think Ollie makes a great point about Mario stealing thunder. Although, similarly, I didn't think they would hold a Direct so close to FE's release, let alone BEFORE it. I guess they're running out of time though.

I mentioned predictions in the announcement comments. But I would add one more. Someone else said this in these comments, but I'm also wondering about the Playtest thingie. They said it was for a planned NSO addition. I wonder when we'll hear more about it. Now, maybe?

@Markatron84 Hahaha! I had the same thought about a trilogy. People would lose their minds. Imagine though, it could probably be really cool.

@Lizuka I've never played Chrono Trigger - not much of an RPG fan, historically - so I would love that as well.

@abe_hikura But we don't know who is developing it. We had the supposed leak about Monolith Soft. But to me, if true, that DOES signal an internal development.

How about open-world Luigi? Luigi's Silent Hill?

@Zeeba * + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

@Oldstalk 40 Swords is not a typo, right? Is that like Mario 35?

@moevot138 A collection of the Rogue games would be so cool. Especially since I probably only played one of them.

@JohnnyMind YES!! I'm hoping for a Zelda Challenge. It feels like they might be lining up for it.
Did you play any of the DK one? I thought it was really cool! But I was disappointed that I wasn't able to finish. I bought Bananza too late. I'm hoping they either come back around with it or just allow us to continue completing them even without a final prize or anything like that.

@PlatinumTour I was thinking the other day how some kind of WarioWare game might be really cool as an NSO app. Either a 99 game or something else.

@Cheez Don't talk about it or it won't come true!!

@Tyranexx XD Very in check. I expect we'll get some video footage of games, a few release dates, and they'll show stuff we know about and stuff we don't know about. XD

@Ooyah Wait, but I don't know.

@Dm9982 Wow, you're thirsty! Good call-outs though.

@Stephenr2190 No, he's left the building.

@IllusiveMan That's good, go for the sure thing. You'll never be disappointed.

@BloodWolfe Uhhh, I think "okay, sure" was acknowledging that Nintendo takes a cut from subscription fees.
Oh yes, I see now. Ha. I legitimately was confused.

@Van_Helsing Project M? Is that the game that Bloober Team is working on exclusively for S2?

@Member_the_game Haha, very sneaky! Well, I love Mario too. I've definitely finished more Mario games than Zelda ones. Although, I also need to return to Odyssey for that reason. I'm not sure I ever made it out of like, the Forest Zone or whatever they are called. Lots of fun, just got away from me.

@NintendoWife I see. I suppose that makes sense for today's media. I assume that must be the case for vinyl copies of new releases for musicians as well?

@Member_the_game It was! But probably took around an hour.

Okay, nice. Those kept you busy.

Haha, perfect! Still need to play Undercover. I bought it on Wii U though, so I may just grab it on sale for Switch some time.
It's just funny, because I was practically the opposite. I also grabbed Snipperclips so I wouldn't just have one game, but I basically just played BotW for like, 70 hours or whatever until something else came out. And I didn't even hardly advance the story. I have to go back to it (with the S2 Edition, I think), but I'll probably just start over. It's been so long. Oh, not that it much matters to you.

Appreciate the review here. I don't think I want to spend that much on this, even if it does look like a nice product.

Just curious, you thanked Nintendo for providing the "sample." This could just be a difference in cultural dialect (USA here), but are you just referring to it as a sample because it was a - I assume - freebie? Or did Nintendo only send a portion of the package? That's how I hear sample, like, just a taste. Only wondering how that works for you guys.

@jojobar To each their own, of course, but I was thinking near to this. I wouldn't say it's forgettable. But it's not as... symphonic? Maybe? Perhaps the Symphony of the Goddess or whatever that was called would be a nice vinyl release like this package. Hey, maybe they'll do one for the new Ocarina! That actually sounds amazing to me.

@NintendoWife But couldn't they have recorded the masters with analog in the studio, then converted it to digital for the game software?

@shawnryan85 Oh man, I hope that's legit. I have seen some games LOOK better on S2 versus Series S. But again, that feels like a GPU edge. I wasn't even that moved by the GTA VI footage, but I'd still be happy to get it for S2.

@Member_the_game Say what?!??!?!?? *NON*tendo fan here!!!
So, did you enjoy displaying it next to your television for a month or whatever? Or did you have Snipperclips?

Heck yeah.

@Yomerodes Haha, you think they will do that again with Skyward Sword? That would be funny. But, sure. It'd probably be simple enhancements.
Love your other predictions. I'm skeptical about showing off the "next" Zelda while showing us OoT though. If they're even ready for that.

@andyg1412 OR what about something like that as a new NSO game we can all play together?? A la F-Zero 99 or Tetris 99. Not that it necessarily has to be a 99 game, though that might be really cool.

@shawnryan85 Hmmmm, that's true... But I guess it sounds like all the systems in the game and people and whatnot puts a heavy strain on the CPU. Which is not as strong as the GPU with S2, right?
I'm happy to be wrong.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Maybe Zelda will be the next "Challenge" they'll do like they did for DK. I really hope so. I didn't see it talked about much here, maybe especially because there weren't really many articles about it, but I thought it was an awesome system (at least for a first try) and had a lot of fun attempting to finish it. Let's hope they drop time limits for the future ones, if they do them. A time limit is fine if you're wanting to give away some sort of prize, but why not just let everyone continue completing the challenges afterwards?
I still think that they've left us in the dark for far too long after that tiny tease for Ocarina to be a simple makeover. Everyone's theories have been running wild, and they want to manage expectations. Either that, or they miscalculated.
I'm pumped for a movie trailer too. I just hope it shows off a real feel for the film and not just equivalent to the first OoT Reborn reveal.