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This is probably my most anticipated release of the year. It's nice that it's been a pretty short wait between announcement and release as I'm pretty keen to jump into it.

@Lightsiyd I'm pretty far into the game and my inventory is full of crap so if there's a limit, it's large enough that it doesn't matter.

@B238ben Once your party limit is 6-7, you can pretty reliably hit two or three missions per day before resting. It adds a little extra layer of strategy when it comes to picking which missions to do and how to divide your party in order to get some of the higher cost bounty rewards. Even if you choose to go back and rest after every mission though, it probably only takes like a minute tops to get back to where you were anyway so I don't think it's that big of a deal.

I'm still keen on the game but I'm not too impressed about the editor being paid DLC, to be honest. Gameplay features like that should be included in the price of the base game which isn't exactly cheap as is.

If it's even half as good as CrossCode then count me in.

If I was picking purely based on the actual theme then it'd be an easy vote for Present but I'll probably end up ignoring the theme for this one and just going with the Squid Sisters.

Very interested to see what they come up with next. Xenoblade Chronicles is probably my favourite series ever and I'm pretty confident whatever they come up with will be amazing whether it's continuing with the Xenoblade line of games or something completely new and different.

Was thinking about grabbing and playing it at launch on PC rather than Switch but it's priced a little higher than I would have liked which is making me hesitate a bit. Might end up waiting for a sale instead.

Not sure how I feel about owning 18 Joy-Con, two of which are still functioning properly. I love them as controllers but hope the next system's iteration have much higher quality.

Mostly just really keen for the new Famicom Detective Club game, definitely playing that at launch. Also probably going to grab Zelda and hope that the blur effect doesn't bother me as much as it did when I tried playing Link's Awakening way back. I want Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku as well but I'll likely just download it at some point after I get a new TV.

As much as I have nostalgia for a lot of the early cartridges, it's pretty hard to go past the practicality and convenience of the tiny Switch cartridges.

I feel like my OLED Switch is kinda on its last legs at this point so pretty keen to get my hands on the new system and transfer everything over, assuming it's backwards compatible.

Just played through it recently after finally getting my physical copy. Great game, very much enjoyed it. May or may not buy the DLC depending on what is is and when it releases.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Haha nice. Hope you enjoy them.

I gave up on trying to fit everything onto one card years ago and got into the habit of just archiving anything I was finished with or wasn't going to play any time soon so I'm still making do just fine with a 400GB card despite my pretty extensive Switch library. I'll likely grab a bigger one for the next console though.

@anoyonmus Personally I'd recommend just playing both first as they have recurring characters and are pretty short anyway. I played them in the original release order, The Missing Heir followed by The Girl Who Stands Behind.

@anoyonmus I'm happy for them to go a bit darker with it. I actually do quite enjoy horror visual novels. It's when I need to actually react and do stuff in real time that I tend to nope out of horror games.

I was expecting Emio to be some random horror game that isn’t really my thing but now I’m officially excited. I love the Famicom Detective Club remakes and I’ve been hoping that they’d decide to build on them with a new entry but wasn’t really expecting anything. Coming out so soon too.

I'm generally not into playing horror games so not sure I'll necessarily care for whatever the heck this ends up being but I'm very curious to find out more just because of how bizarre this is, coming from Nintendo.

Forgot this was coming out for some reason but it's definitely one I intend to read at some point.

@KingMike I'll definitely be preordering it as soon as it's available. Just don't want them to wake up in the morning to find that preorders have already come and gone before I got the chance.

As long as the preorders aren't going to immediately sell out within hours, that'll do me. I would be quite annoyed to miss out on one at launch.

Heist is the best game in the series IMO so it's the one I wanted to see a sequel to the most. Not that I would be complaining about a SteamWorld Quest 2 either.

@Roibeard64 Almost as scummy as posting leaked info on the Internet.

Maybe they're just waiting for me to actually finish Hollow Knight.

Been a little curious about how this one would turn out and that sounds promising. Might have to check it out.

I'm usually pretty keen to check out anything they make so I'll do my bit and buy a copy at launch. Game looks pretty crazy, was probably the most interesting announcement of the Direct for me.

I've already played both games but it's still very exciting to see Investigations 2 finally get an official English release. It's an incredible game that all fans of the series deserve the opportunity to experience. Hopefully now that all these ports are out of the way though we can finally get an Ace Attorney 7 next, it's been quite the wait.

Nice to finally see some footage, looking really good. No surprise about it releasing next year, I would have been shocked to see it release before the next console.

Looks like it still has that blur effect that ruined Link's Awakening for me which makes me hesitant but aside from that it looks interesting.

We all knew it was coming but it’s nice to get confirmation of the date and time. Not getting my hopes up too high for this one as I’m expecting Nintendo to be focusing on the next system at this point. Anything more than ports/filler games would be a pretty nice surprise.

It's just a single charm so not really much of a crossover. Really nice content update with a lot of fun new battles, companions and charms. One particular companion might be a tad OP though as most of my recent runs have ended with them in my team and just obliterating everything.

They missed the boat on this one for me. If they ported it over to the Switch before the sequel came out then I probably would have bought and played it first but I'm not interested in playing 1 after playing 2.

Actually pretty keen for this. If it's releasing here later then I might just download it from the Hong Kong eShop.

The ability to save anywhere is a really nice addition. Main reason I scored the original game an 8/10 instead of a 9 was that I found running back to the nearest save point every now and then to be pretty tedious and took away from exploring the areas which was otherwise pretty fun. Still not enough to make me buy the whole game again though. Maybe later down on sale.

I went into this year expecting mostly just filler titles so not getting my hopes up for any particularly interesting reveals in this Direct. This year is mostly just a chance to get through as much of the backlog as possible before the next console comes out.

There aren't too many tempting deals on my wish list but that's because I already own most of the stuff I was particularly interested in at this point. The Case of the Golden Idol though and Sentiment are the two that I might grab.

Skipped the first one due to the lack of gyro support and will do so again if it's the same with this.

@edgedino @datamonkey It's been in the coming soon section of the eShop for a while so check that to see the exact price for your region. Here in Australia it's $44.94 AUD which is like 50% more than SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition which is $29.99 (when it's not on sale like it is half the time).

Definitely gotta give it to Animal Well this month. Also picked up Touhou Mystia's Izakaya as a chill game to play on the side while watching YouTube and ended up putting a good 75+ hours into it.

In the middle of playing this game at the moment. It's been a fun time so far.

I played probably close to ten hours when it first came out on Switch before getting a bit tired of it and taking a break. Still haven't gotten around to it. I'll definitely have to start over from scratch now after so long if/when I do eventually give it another chance.

@ShonenJump121 I was hesitant to upgrade to the OLED at first but then caved and bought one like a week after they came out haha. As someone who plays pretty much exclusively in handheld mode it was 100% worth it, such a big improvement. Bit harder to justify an expensive upgrade now though with a new system being just around the corner.

Been quite a while since I've played the game at all but honestly might check out the online multiplayer. Could be a bit of fun.

I've had the anime in the pile of anime that I plan to watch for quite a while but it's a large pile so I dunno when I'll end up getting around to watching it. Won't consider buying these until then but threw them the wish list for now just in case I get around to it.

I ended up grabbing the iam8bit exclusive edition of Sea of Stars instead of just buying a local copy so still gotta wait a little longer till whenever that eventually ships. Not really in any hurry but looking forward to finally playing it at some point.

I'm thinking about switching to digital next system as I don't have endless space to keep filling with physical games forever plus I'd probably end up buying less games that I don't end up playing that way. I do still want backwards compatibility with my Switch cartridges though.

Not a huge Metroidvania person but occasionally I do play one that manages to hook me so I'll have to take a closer look at this one.

More ports and smaller stuff to fill the schedule till the next console is all I'm really expecting. Gotta save all the big stuff for the new system so we can hopefully get a strong launch year like the Switch got in 2017. I'm taking the time to work through some of my huge Switch backlog in the meantime.

Not surprised by any of that but a little surprised that they're actually telling us.

@Greatluigi SteamWorld Quest doesn't seem to be getting too much love but it's my second favourite in the series behind Heist. Worth checking out if you have any interest in games with deck building mechanics. I hope it gets the sequel treatment at some point too.