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Very good interview, even more interested in the game now.

And a little off-topic but I’m glad a few here remembers The Fox and The Hound. I loved watching it as a kid, one of my favorite Disney classics really.

Never was the biggest He-Man/MOTU fan growing up but this looks cool, I give it a try.

^
"as Pac-Man hasn't appeared previously in the series"

If you mean the Sonic series in general, Pac-Man did appear before in the mobile game Sonic Dash.

Meh, the gameplay could turn out, at the very least, decent enough.
I do like, however, how the series can still poke fun at itself.

Color me excited, November can't come soon enough.

I don't feel like this shatters Kirby lore or whatever, feels more of a gameplay decision obviously then anything else but hey, thats just me.

And you can't tell me you wouldn't love seeing Meta Knight yelling with a microphone? lol

This would have excited me as a kid…
Ahhh, the heck with it, it excites me already now.😆

Before this news I haven't heard anything about Ninjala for a long time so I just assumed the support was already over.
I'm impressed the game has gone on for this long, gotta respect that.

In another timeline, Mania fans have a good time playing this follow-up.

Happy 25th anniversary!🎂❤️
I'm fine with the game just being on NSO but I can understand why most would want a remake.

Mario himself is fine and all but tbh I feel like it would have been much better if they just used Baby Mario instead (and the rest of the Star Children and other baby characters while they're at it).

Still don't like Fortnite but this was a well done trailer.

Happy 30th anniversary SMW2: Yoshi's Island.🎂

Good thing I don't need to double dip then. The third game is the only one in the trilogy I haven't played yet so I will get that separately.

So glad momma Viper is back.🥰

Thanks for the review.😊 This, Ninja Gaiden 4 and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance are three awesome ninja games I can't miss out this year.

I didn't watch the Direct live but going by what I seen in news articles covering the presentation, this is the only highlight for me.

I always knew about Silver Surfer but I had to look up Beta Ray Bill. But you know what? I take it, its good that Dotemu won't just focus on the "usual" picks within the Marvel roster.

@shonenjump86 : Respect.

^Same. I respect the work they have put into it, but there's no way I can catch up and keep track of it all. I usually make do watching most of the plot on Youtube.

Thanks for the review. I will try Shadow Labyrinth at a later point, my backlog of games is too full right now.

While a "darker" take is obviously not my personal cup of tea when it comes to classic, family-friendly IPs like Pac-Man, I can appreciate Bamco trying to do something new here. And atleast Shadow Labyrinth hasn't (to my knowledge) been explicitly confirmed to be directly canon to the "main" Pac-Man settning. Its just canon to Bamco's shared sci-fi universe (the game is also the only Pac-Man title included in there from what I seen).

Yeah, never heard of them but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m glad that it’s, at least to me, two relative newcomers that are getting a shot. Time will tell how they do but I wish them both well.

Right now I'm more curious on who they will get/have gotten to play Ganondorf.

My thoughts are the same as Erigen and Max_the_German. I assumed the same but funny how this is what actually inspired Bananza's main draw.

Now I suddenly want a Goomba game.😄

Really nice tribute by Sakurai, and I look forward to see how Air Riders will turn out. I for one hope there are more non-Kirbys playable characters.

Nice. I played the first two, never played the third. About time I fixed that.

Poor man,😞 may he rest in peace.❤️🙏

Ten years passed just like that but I still remember my feelings of shock and sadness after hearing about Iwata's passing like it was yesterday.
The man was a true visionary and a truly good person. May he forever rest in peace.❤️

One of those interesting N64 games I saw as a kid but never got the chance to try out. If the remaster happens then I give it a shot.

Also, maybe its because of the color scheme and the fact that this is a mechanical bee, but I first thought this was about Pinobee (anyone else remember Pinobee? Please I don't want to feel old again😭) when I laid my eyes on the protagonist here.

@Bobb : Thanks!👍😄

The battery remaining being 64% is a nice reference to the Nintendo 64.

Fake shocked face😱….😒…leaving…

Ideally Sonic Team would just let another more capable gaming dev (whether it is one of Sega's subsidiaries or an external company) remake SA1 & 2 while they're in a supervising role themselves, but sadly Sonic Team (especially Iizuka) has too much pride to let anyone else touch the Adventure games.

My top favorite of the 3 Strikers games.

Not what I expected (where's my Hotel Dusk collection…😢) but I take it.

Maybe its the bandages(?) but Aki's summer costume made me think of Mileena's "near nude" costume from MK 2011.😅

Nintendo knows what they're doing, messing with the head of all the fans who do care about whatever microscopic grain of canon there is in Mario, lol.😝

In any case, I never would have guessed Pauline is a teenager here. I figured she was 6 or 8 at best. I still think some age-reversal incident is the cause of her new age in this game.

Of course, the game has always been the only thing that could make me get a NS2 sooner then planned. And I have been dying for a new 3D game in the DK series for a long time now.

NPC or not, I'm just glad they are in.

"The first time we see the duo is at one of the shops towards the end of the Direct (during the amiibo section), where DK picks up a letter and carries it to the table. Both Diddy and Dixie are waiting at the stall for him there."

I actually missed that.😆 I only saw them during the rhino part.

I would love it if King K. Rool was in this as a secret final boss or something but I'm not counting on it. Atleast the Kong villians looks better then the ones from Jungle Beat.

The transformations are cool, but I sure hope there are a few more then just three.

Game is looking good, DK Bananza is the only NS2 exclusive game I really want right now (I'm gonna get MK World at some point but I was never that much excited for it). Good direct overall.

I did not expect her and Odd Rock to be one and the same.

I’m hyped for this game, been dying for a new DK 3D game since Donkey Kong 64.

Its funny, I was thinking last week what a potential Splatoon spin-off would be like.

I know recasting is, for better or worse, common in the industry but I still miss Kelly's work and I also don't like the way she was let go, she is good at what she do.
I wish her the best going forward.

Very good choices.

C. Viper!❤️ About 'beep' time she returns.😤

One of the highlights for me. I will be getting this for sure.👍

Even without the leaks in mind, Miku, Joker, and someone from Yakuza/LaD (Ichiban in this case) were expected, but still nice to see them in nonetheless. Minecraft isn't so suprising either imo.

Okay trailer overall, but what I'm really interested in right now is that tie-in comic and that artbook.

Looking good. Here's hoping to great gameplay.

I love these kind of ads, especially for the Yakuza series.😄

Meh, Miku was expected and I'm still fond of TMNT despite no longer being into the franchise like I used to be but outside of that I don't care for the rest that have been revealed so far.

Honestly when it comes to 3rd-party guests in Crossworlds the only one I had in mind was Crash Bandicoot, mainly because during all the "gaming mascots in kart-racing" craze that was going on during the 90s and maybe the early 2000s I always felt the Crash racing games were arguably the most successful or famous ones that wasn't Mario Kart, and so I thought he would make a good fit for Crossworlds (and hey atleast Crash is an actual active game character with 90s origins like Sonic).
Who knows, maybe he still has a shot, and considering some of the guest IPs in Crossworlds is having additional characters (wasn't Patrick also leaked?) maybe they can bring in Coco and Cortex as well.

With all that said, I dunno how big the amount of 3rd-party guests (including the leaked ones) will be in the roster but I sure hope it doesn't outgrow the amount of the actual Sonic characters and Sega IPs.