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WHAT A JOLLY FELLA 😭

Not too crazy about the continued Kanto pandering (though admittedly that is very much in-line with the original XY 😆) but Victreebel absolutely deserved a glow-up and what a glow-up it is XD

Its quite fitting that I just started RE2 for the first time today because those teaser images are straight out of a Resident Evil game XD

I'm surprised they didn't show this off at Worlds a few days ago but I'm certainly not gonna complain about a potential new Mega reveal for PLZ-A . Looks like it might be either a Ghost or Poison-type one judging by the images so I'm excited to see which lucky mon gets blessed with a second lease-on-life XD

@Vil The bit where he said 'we added a second button to the control scheme (unfortunately)' killed me XD

Happy to see its still coming out this year but November is definitely a fair bit later than I was expecting. Air Riders definitely looks like a worthy successor to the original in basically every way though (never thought I'd see the day where Magolor/Susie get added to a Sakurai-made Kirby game XD) so I'm sure the wait will be well worth it 🔥

Never doubt Sakurai's ability to find a way to do yet another obsessively-detailed Direct for one of his games post-SSBU 😆

I'm glad they're finally going into detail about Air Riders (especially if its still scheduled for 2025 like they claim) but I'm gonna go into this with some mild skepticism as Sakurai is rather notorious for ignoring Kirby games he didn't have a direct hand in developing in his games which may cause Air Riders to suffer by extension but I'd be happy to be proven wrong nonetheless XD

Mentioned it under the announcement article itself but I'd love to see another game in the 'respected indie dev gets a crack at making a new entry in a long-dormant franchise' trend we've seen rise to prominence as of late. Between Streets of Rage 4, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and Shinobi Art of Vengeance, the batting average for those types of games has been spot-on over the last long while and I'd love to see even more currently-sleeping IPs get the same love personally (plus its probably the most likely way we'd get a brand new Castlevania game so that influences me a fair smidge too XD)

Why they didn't decide to just combine this with the Partner Showcase when they literally just did exactly that the last Indie World baffles me but I'm certainly not complaining about getting another one of these myself. Don't really have any expectations for it myself but I'd love to see another 'indie dev gets to make a new game in a long-dormant franchise' like what Dotemu's been doing with stuff like Streets of Rage and Ninja Gaiden as of late 🙏

I just want a date man 😭

My best guess is that Nintendo (understandably) didn't want to give Prime 4 a release date until they knew for certain when GTA 6 would come out and now its just a matter of waiting it out until the next proper Direct for it to finally be shown off for real this time (I've waited 8 years for it already, what's another one for the pile amirite XD)

Kind of a strange duo here where the Western BA has a more sensible composition but the Japanese BA has a more visually appealing look to it 🤔

I think I'm ultimately gonna go with the Western one this time around as I think the darker style suits Hobbit a bit more but they're both equally....whatever XD

@HeadPirate 100% agree with you there; in my opinion the Switch 2 is for those who just want a better Nintendo Switch at the moment and I'd say it won't be until around 2027 (and potentially beyond) where we start to see the real heavy-hitters arrive for the system (I don't think it'll be PS3/PS5-levels of barren until then but still not great either XD)

mhm ok cool cool, where's the graphic that shows how many of these have game-key card physicals? XD

Certainly a bunch of solid announcements here but man so many of them being tied to those accursed game-key cards is just so deflating 😭

WE ARE SO F***ING PAC BROS

I still remember the legions of Pac-Man fans swarming Bamco surveys requesting Re-Pac 2, so glad to finally see it materialise after all this time 💛

Miffed that this was the big Capcom announcement of the presentation as I have zero interest in Monster Hunter but other than that it looks like another solid entry in the subseries and was a great opener for the show 👍

my son has come back to me 😭

Might be in the minority here but for as neat as it would be to see current-gen games make their way over to Switch 2, I feel like if that was what the majority of the presentation consisted of then it would wind up being immensely dull personally since you know exactly what you're gonna get from whats shown off without any real mystery/intrigue.

I'm moreso hoping to see brand new games for third-party series which have held significance on Nintendo systems in the past (Ace Attorney anyone? XD) or ports for games which aren't readily available on other systems as of now (think collections of older titles and such). There isn't really any one specific game I'm praying for but I hope to be surprised nonetheless ^_^

the monkey's paw curls once more XD

Even though this is absolutely the funniest way they could've gone about doing a July Direct, I actually really enjoy Partner Showcases for the most part so I'll definitely be tuning in for this!

plus its the most likely chance we have for a new Ace Attorney/Castlevania game to be announced so I'll take what I can here🤞

Its been rumoured/datamined to hell and back over these past couple years but even still I never actually imagined they'd figure out a way to get Mario Paint of all games working on modern hardware XD

The fact they even went out of their way to have it be playable on a Switch 1 via a USB Mouse is absolutely unreal stuff, can't wait to play this down the road and hopefully this opens up the possibility for more SNES Mouse games down the road (the sheer collective shock if they decide to add Sound Fantasy would be INSANE XD) 🐀

I typically have at least one thing to complain about when it comes to licensed LEGO sets such as these but damn, I actually don't have any gripes with this whatsoever: great ad, great build and a shockingly decent pricepoint compared to most other licensed LEGO sets of the past couple years. Genuinely fantastic stuff all around 🌟

I could certainly use with one after how dull the Pokemon Presents yesterday was XD

....did they REALLY have to call it PokePark though? 😭

Like it looks cute and I get why they named it that but man you can't tug on my heartstrings like this XD

@VoidofLight Pokemon Champions might remedy this actually since its gonna be a full-on battle sim with assumedly most previous mechanics returning (we know Megas, Dynamax and Tera are there for instance) so the new Z-A Megas might end up having a permanent home in at least one game going forward 💖

At long last: Dragoniteite will be real XD

Its a nice Mega for the mon though overall especially in how it retains the iconic cuteness of base Dragonite while adding some flourishes which harken back to its previous evolutions on top (the big wing ears are particularly delightful XD). Bit sad it was the only new Mega revealed today but they certainly hit the target with this one, no complaints here 🪽

@Dogorilla Yeah I grew up with the more modern reboot of the show and I don't remember jokes like that being a part of it whatsoever XD

Still very much willing to give it a shot though 😁

This is made for an unfathomably niche group of people but I'm not gonna lie: I am a part of that audience XD

Very wary of the whole 'toilet humour' bit since I'm not sure why you're putting that in a game about Danger Mouse (unless the show was always like that and I'm misremembering XD) but I'm a sucker for beatemups either way and the screenshots capture the show's visual style really nicely, definitely one I'll keep an eye on for the future🔥

@Axecon Very excited (i.e. fearful) for Bananza to go through the exact same cycle as Mario Odyssey did back in the day:

• Game comes out, everyone loves it
• A year or two passes and people suddenly get far more critical of it
• Two-to-three more years pass and it loops back around to being near universally beloved XD

NEVER DOUBTED THE GREAT APE FOR A SECOND BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Its unfortunately going to be a very long time until I can get my hands on Bananza due to not having a Switch 2 but as a huge fan of Mario Odyssey, I can already tell that its gonna make for one hell of a console introduction 🔥

Great to see they're casting based off of actual talent rather than relying on prominent celebrities (cough cough Mario Movie cough cough) though picking two very youthful-looking actors definitely has me thinking the plot is gonna pull very heavily from Ocarina of Time and that there'll be two different actors with Link and Zelda for both the Young and Adult versions 🤔

alternatively it could just be like Wind Waker where the cast is overall younger than the norm XD

Given how this was inexplicably playable alongside the launch lineup at the Switch 2 event in April, Strikers being the first post-launch game was more of an open secret than anythng but its a decent pick nonetheless thanks to the added online play of GCN NSO. I've heard Charged is a far better game but getting to experience the origins of Mario Strikers sounds like it'll be a good time regardless 👍

Played Another Code Recollection earlier this year and loved my time with it (though primarily with the second game XD) so a brand new game from the devs behind it (who are basically Cing in all but name) is wonderful to see. The rotoscoped visual style is stunning and the distinction of being a 'textless' adventure game is immensely intriguing (makes me think it'll essentially be a playable silent movie in that case which sounds awesome) so this is an easy one for the Switch 2 wishlist for whenever I cave in and upgrade XD

@roboshort I understand the point you're trying to get across but this isn't really a fair comparison given how Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is playable on the exact same system as MKW and also costs way less money 😭

I have to imagine this is the result of a sunk-cost fallacy almost because if I was on the dev team and the intermissions I spent years working on to ensure that all of them flow naturally from track-to-track were ignored by 99% of the playerbase, I feel like I would also be butthurt about it enough to the point where I'd want to incentivise people to play on those types of races specifically whether they want to or not XD

Even still though, I feel like there's such a simple fix for this: when determining the three courses available for online play, give players the option of picking from both the standard or intermission version of those courses at the same time. That alone lets you have the best of both worlds and I'm baffled as to why that isn't the way its structured to begin with 💀

Realistically speaking, this is most likely due to the fact that the general install base for Nintendo systems doesn't tend to care about 3rd-party games unless they're exclusives....but I can't lie, it does warm my heart to see Game-Key Card releases sink like a stone and for the one proper physical release in Cyberpunk to actually perform the best here XD

oh OK then XD

Bit sad this all but rules out the possibility of a general June Direct but they've been fairly coy about Bananza outside of a handful of short clips so I'm excited to see what they got cooking for it 🍌

also this is just a personal aside but between this and Splatoon Raiders a bit back, I find it very funny how people initially complained that Nintendo Today was pointless because they didn't show new info on there and now they're complaining that new info is revealed there first XD

This is absolutely just a one-off thing to coincide with both the series' 10th anniversary and the announcement of Raiders but holy s*** dude I don't care, 30+ new weapons AND Urchin Underpass!?

WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU CAN'T JUST ANNOUNCE THIS OUT OF THE BLUE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I've been wanting a single-player oriented Splatoon game for years dude and they just randomly drop the game of my dreams out of thin air, I am losing my marbles right now XD

suddenly Deep Cut not getting the spotlight in their debut game makes all the sense in the world too 🤯

@Tyranexx Same here honestly. A live-action Zelda movie on the level of something like Lord of the Rings would be super cool to see (and as I've said before, my hopes are a smidge higher thanks to the Mario Movie being a fun time), but the opportunity cost of not doing a fully-animated film for the franchise really stings for me. Like imagine if they got Cartoon Saloon to do a Wind Waker movie for instance 😭

this is obviously to make sure they can include Groose in the cast XD

While it is pretty funny this comes just two months after they revealed the initial release date, a delay of under two months isn't anything too crazy. My expectations are fairly low for the movie as of now as I'd much prefer it to be an animated endeavour overall but hey, the Mario Movie was better than I was anticipating so maybe I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now XD

I've been seeing people online doomposting about this for the past bit but I really don't think its that big of a deal myself. Miyamoto is in his early-70s at this point and has very clearly shifted to being a key figurehead in Nintendo's expansion past exclusively video games with his involvement in projects like the Mario Movie and Super Nintendo World. Mario in general has also had a new franchise leader in Yoshiaki Koizumi ever since Odyssey so while his name being completely absent is certainly surprising, Miyamoto not having a big involvement in MKW really is just the sign of the times with his pivot away from the gaming side of the company.

except for Pikmin, he always turns up for Pikmin XD

@PJOReilly Ah my deepest apologies, I must be as blind as a bat since I don't know how I missed that paragraph 😅

Cheers for addressing it though and a great review all around nonetheless! 👍

I think Tribute might be one of my new favourite devs ever actually XD

@Ainze Thank you for clarifying, I was terrified I was gonna have to sit through another hour's worth of downloading again XD

Anyone here know how much space this update takes up on the system? I still have war flashbacks to the last SV update being 5.2GB all on its own XD

why PLZ-A's framerate buff is a paid upgrade while this is just a free update is beyond me but hey I'm not complaining XD

@SViper Oh wow, I'm definitely rusty with Pokemon fan speculation then because I completely missed that. Cheers for spotting it! 👍

@JohnnyMind Pokemon Stadium 2 and Trading Card Game GBC were shadowdropped in a Presents in the past so I could potentially see the same happening here (though the Presents also falls a bit too close to the launch of GCN NSO for me to be wholly confident in it XD).

between the release date reveal and now this, I'm pretty sure there's a bus metaphor in here somewhere XD

Strange they announced this so far in advance but the confirmation that one is gonna happen is still great to see. I'm praying they actually show off a new Mega or two for PLZ-A but given how this is gonna take place about 3 months before release now, its hard to say. I will undoubtedly be seated for this though XD

@JohnnyMind Funnily enough, they also announced the release date for SV's Indigo Disk through a Youtube Community/Twitter post as well now that I think about it XD

YOU CAN'T JUST ANNOUNCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT OF NOWHERE BIDOHIWYIFGWHILFGYIWHOFUVWIF

An October release is certainly highly unusual for a mainline Pokemon game (though Legends Arceus also released outside of the traditional November timeframe so maybe that's just gonna be the thing with Legends as a subseries? XD) and it certainly makes my Spooky Month plans a bit more awkward than I initially anticipated....but I don't care in the slightest man, A NEW MAINLINE POKEMON GAME IS COMING SOONER THAN EXPECTED 🤩

still weird how this wasn't tied to a trailer though XD

Both are very sweet but there's something about Kirby's face on the International boxart that appeals to me greatly so I'm gonna go with that one XD