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It all went downhill for him when he got desperate last week and said a 2D Zelda remake could appear in the direct, having not been able to access Nintendo's website backend as per usual.
Even though he made it clear it wasn't his usual source and whatever, I think he knew his days were numbered and leaking his own source was just the cherry on top.

Having said that the earlier days of Pyoro were quite exciting with his cryptic clues but I think by this point, a lot of us were ready to move on and not have our precious directs spoilt.

I'll be playing Poochy and Yoshi's Wooly World of all things and also some Final Fantasy X this weekend!

A great Direct!

Super Mario Party Jamboree is the one I'm probably most hyped for but Dragon Quest III and Mario & Luigi also looked really nice!

@Jiggies Same!
Never played either one before but after trying them both out, I can see why people love them and I found that Spyro is actually quite a nice palette cleanser for the (sometimes) ruthless Crash Bandicoot stages!
And yeah it was something like £23 for the both of them which was an absolute steal!

Looking forward to diving into them more

Looks like Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars smooshed together and I'm all here for it!

@HotGoomba I've checked the website and you can still play the game with a Pro Controller.
My guess is the mini-games which use motion/gyro will just be avoided when you're not using a Joy-con?

Seeing the word MATURE underneath the N64 controller made me laugh pretty hard for some reason!

Pretty good selection although hopefully we get DK64 and Smash Bros in the near future🤞

Yeah they have no reason to get involved in Summer Game Fest when their Direct presentations are better in every way for them.

Whenever I take a peek into a Summer Game Fest livestream it just reminds me how well paced Directs are in comparison!

@Banks I mean I certainly enjoyed it.... and I'm pretty sure the others did too although you wouldn't have been able to tell in the heat of the moment XD

On paper we played through them in the quickest way possible (200cc, 2x 48 races with the 'in order' setting on so there was no fumbling around in menus in between races) but it still came to about 5 hours.
Though I suppose we did have a "pizza pit-stop" halfway through haha!

I wouldn't say it dragged, 200cc probably helped with that. I'm a 150 guy myself and having it ramped up a gear made it quite intense with some of the shorter tracks feeling like they'd finished before they had even begun!
And yes, we also had our own CPU rival.....I don't think I'll ever live down the shame of losing to Donkey Kong at the end of the DLC leg!🫣

I did this in December with a few mates and can confirm the conversation can derail into uncharted territories

Brilliant read, the driving like "genuine befuddled tourists" made me chuckle!

I got this survey myself yesterday and rest assured I hammered home the joy of having unique characters!

I also tried to praise the edgier writing/humour and the actually enjoyable battle system

Here we go! Really looking forward to experiencing this especially after just finishing The Origami King.

Ahh what a lovely birthday suprise!!
Looks like we've got an exciting few months ahead😄

Crikey what a restock!!
Very glad I managed to get in early and got Luigi, Sonic, Olimar, Sephiroth and Sora

Great!
Although I think it's only a matter of time before it gets patched

Uhhm pre-order when??😝

A good dollop of Pikmin 4!

Sort of expected this region of scores, still very good though!

Probably won't pick this up straight away but if I find it at a good price and am in the mood I might give it a shot

Super Mario Odyssey for me!

Really takes me back to the early Switch days and falling in love with Nintendo once again. Incredible!

I think the general concept of Wonder has a lot more staying power than the NSMB series was ever going to have.

I would absolutely love a sequel to Wonder, if they have enough unique ideas to warrant it of course!

Super Mario Land is an odd omission. Perhaps even with its early-portable gaming charm, Nintendo just sees absolutely no value in it.
There's nothing tricky about it technically or licensing-wise so really there's nothing stopping it from being on there except from Nintendo actually wanting to promote it!

Mario Golf World Tour on 3DS would be my pick!

One of the finest modern Mario sports outings in recent years I think

@jedgamesguy Came here to say the exact same thing 😂. Always love the Miyamoto 'hostage' tweets!

Yes please, bring it on!!
Really looking forward to seeing more of TTYD and a release date would just be the cherry on top

Happy birthday you little miracle!

YES!! Best Splatfest theme ever imo!

Playing both piano and drums, the choice is a little tricky for me but I'll probably end up going with Keyboards as that's my first love XD

The looong and winding Toad
That leads, to your hi-score
Peach will always disappear
I've seen that castle before!

Donkey Kong Country Returns and Overwatch 2
Have a lovely weekend!

It was definetly a Partner Showcase of games releasing in the first half of 2024

God I'd love to experience this.

Not even the tournement part, I would just love to hear these compositions performed live!!
One of the best Nintendo soundtracks in my eyes (or ears XD)

Wow I certainly didn't expect to see that, but good for it!

I cannot physically look at the Moo Moo Meadows cows without the stupidest grin on my face

Splatoon 3 Splatfest, Final Fantasy X and maybe even some Pikmin 4!

Happy Gaming all 😃

As always, the bird is the word😉

"Describe the Kirby series in two words"
"Happy Meal"

"hI tHeRE cArL"
"...Do you smell it?"

I read that as the "exciting skyway"... which to be fair, isn't wrong😂

That's quite promising actually seeing how they usually just flat out say "we're not releasing new hardware this FY"

Hogwarts Legacy and WarioWare Move It for me. Happy gaming all!

Once upon a time, I could name all the Skylanders and even their catchphrases!
Also, a lot of the GAME stores I've been to keep their plushes quite close to the checkout so I like to think the first thing that guy threw was a Luigi plush. In all seriousness though, I'm glad he was dealt with properly
Thank you for sharing these stories with us!

Gotta be Saturday for me!

Now this is the quality content I expect from Nintendo

I visited Universal Florida in 2018 and it was a wonderful place, I enjoyed it a lot more than Disney World that's for sure although that might have come down to the temperature and volume of people on the days I went😂

So I've been holding out to hear information on this iteration of SNW and how it would incorporate into a park I was familiar with and this new 'Epic Universe' land looks very cool and ambitious. I think it will be quite a while before I have the opportunity to go again but hopefully by that time, SNW may have fleshed beyond what already seen, who knows!

I would've rocked these in primary school!

Oh that's a nice surprise!
I also don't think this 'disconfirms' a direct necessarily but yeah this and the Peach trailer do feel like prime direct-annoucements to me

Ooo not gonna lie, I sort of wished they went for that UI

Happy 25th Anniversary Smash!

Lorax Toad is pure fever dream material

Through pretty much the whole of lockdown, I used Smash Ultimate's music player to host a game show where people had to guess the franchise the song was from. If they got it right, they then had the option to risk their point for 5 points by guessing either the name of the track or the specific game it comes from!

So I have a lot of affection for the music player but if I had to pick something from an older game, it might have to be Smash Run from 3DS.

Tried a bit of Golden Sun earlier and I think I'll stick with it for now. (This is doing nothing for my backlog😂)
On the flip side, I am close to completing Spider Man PS4!

@teksetter I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you find solace in the people and games you love when you have the time❤️

The scariest part is that some people will think this is real!
Loved reading this, thanks!