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I believe these global presentations about physical locations have disappointment inherently instilled into them.

I really disliked Engage from the moment it was leaked, and lament that this is what is considered “going back the series roots”.

I desperately want another Fire Emblem that captures the political maneuverings and grounded world building of the Telius games. Engage was incredibly cringey and didn’t make a grounded world at all, instead relying on nostalgia-baiting to carry the narrative appeal.

While 3 houses isn’t quite there, is it pretty close and so blows Engage out of the water.

This is not the issue Engage had. The issue is that the grounded world building that past Fire Emblems had, and Three House kept even with its more social aspects, was gone in Engage replaced with writing cringer than Fates.

I clearly don't understand game development in any significant way, but I would have thought releasing chapter 1 would have laid significant groundwork in terms of the global assets and engine, so continue to be quite surprised when each chapter is taking so long.

I am still waiting for the whole game before diving in to chapter 1 & 2 because I don't know if I can retain my memory and interest for years.

Honestly it ticked me off the day they announced bank was online instead of a standalone app using my own 3DS's memory as I knew I couldn't rely on it. I knew the "link" between Gen 5 & 6 was temporary for the first time, as are all "links" between generations. Just release another Pokemon Box, it really doesn't take that much data to store, needing to host servers for this is such a waste.

Never seen the list so short before.

This stings quite a bit. I disagree with others who believe the Game Awards replaces it; there just isn't the same expectation of big reveals from every company. There isn't any other event that will replicate even half of what E3 brought, and most announcements will just be haphazardly spread throughout the year.

@Ryu_Niiyama Careful, if you are misanthropic and incompetence you'll end up giving everyone the best potions on accident.

I think people are overly conflating the character with the trailer; Banjo & Kazooie's trailer loses a lot of points for me for giving it away too quickly.

Wartales (along with Unicorn Overlord) was one of the things to jump out at me from the Direct. Maybe after the patch I'll check it out.

@ninfriendo_1973 I've been really wanting to get into a large epic like this but I would like to start at the beginning, so a Trails in the Sky collection would be great.

I'm not even sure they are all that enthused that this game is after BotW.

He may claim to "not create things randomly", but with the information we're given it's hard to accept that they really cared about past chronology.

Better not be another prequel as I want to see the implications of the first one's ending play out.

@Anti-Matter This is what I want it to be, but I'm pretty sure that's quite a long shot.

For an episodic game, the wait between chapters has been pretty long. I probably will keep waiting for them all to come out before starting on this one.

I like Pikmin 1 & 3 because without the time constraints, being "efficient" doesn't really have any meaning or purpose. Never played 2 so I hope I'll find something else about this style of Pikmin that'll draw me in.

Thinking of getting this instead of springing for another giant board game I don't have the time or space for.

Nintendo has resented the "obligation" for a direct every June, so if they are directly being pressured anymore by the ubiquity of E3, then they won't do it.

I really love Dillon's Rolling Western; one of my favorite "hidden gems" (compared to the overall gaming community). With their closure and the 3DS eShop dead I fear this because one of those things where it can never be ported/sold again due to rights issues.

How funny would it be to put Tears of the Kingdom in the New Releases section? It is the only "highlight" this time around, but does it really need any more highlighting?

I imagine they mention their varied look and feel since that is mostly what people talked about, but I'm more hoping each one feels like one an interconnected labyrinth and not 5 separate mini-puzzles.

They are really going all out with the marketing for this movie.

I misread "Jakks Pacific" and was disappointed that there were not official "Jurassic Park Mario Toys".

They always increase the value of content as the waves go on, but this definitely feels like barely a step above the "neat bonus on launch day", not the "pack of extra variety" that typically proceed the final "true substance expansion".

I got audibly excited for Gyro controls, I was sorely missing them at launch. I'll probably be coming back to the game for this reason alone.

I’ve gotten the feeling that Nintendo has resented E3 making then put out a direct out of obligation since they have been taking the slightest excuse to not have a June direct. Part if me is a little frustrated by their resentment, because it can also feel little like resenting their own fan’s expectations.

The con isn't too bad for me, as I think dialing that back could help not detract from a grander narrative. (World's at stake? How about tea with my crush first?) Though the trailers and review still make me concerned that the story is goofier than I would hope.

No game or even other Fire Emblem has matched the large scale storytelling of the Tellius games for me.

The main reason: the map. Using the map to show where all the armies are, where conflicts are happening, where Ike is and where he is going. Not allowing you to just travel across the entire thing between chapters gave the story a grounded and serious feel.

I want remakes/rereleases of these so bad, they are so hard to find or play.

Sacrificed half the dex and still can't get any polish or finesse.

I could use a demo.

@Ralizah It's funny that the lack of a sale is why I never got it. Wishlisted for years, but don't play on my computer much so I never got it but figured I would if a sale ever happened.

I've been inching through the tutorial on the Steam demo but being able to take it with me or lie in bed with it will make learning this game a whole lot easier.

@AmyZiegfeld Unfortunately I only have a Mac for work. I have a PS5 to play Cold Steel 1 & 2, but I may be stuck waiting for something to port the Sky trilogy to something more modern instead of buying a new machine for them. While they aren't necessary, I feel like I'd appreciate the world they are building more having played them.

@AmyZiegfeld Wow, thanks for quite the detailed guide! It'd be nice if they could all come to Switch; I'd love to play such a sprawling multi-threaded epic but it will kind of challenging to play those first three Sky games.

I have a niche itch for a epic length, long-running video game story; what would I have to play to get into this one?

I'm one of the scrooges who can't bring myself to play any more pokemon after Dexit; a huge part of the experience, the key part, is just gone for me.

I think it wouldn't be very hard to put in all the pokemon at this point. There is very few left they'd have to create after the DLC and BDSP, but what is more important for them is to never set any expectation of a complete pokedex ever again so this controvery doesn't start up fresh with Gen 10 on Switch 2. So they will hold back ready-made assets to preserve fan expectation of the new normal of about 400-500 pokemon per game.

I'm mildly interested in this due to the potential of this Quitus/Season of death talk. I'll have to wait until the game is out for the details to know if it'll truly interest me, but a farming sim where preparation for some impending doom is the focus sounds much more interesting than perpetually expanding your farm for expansion's sake.

This was the highlight of the direct for me. I've been eyeing this game for a couple years, but investing the time and energy to learn it will be much easier on Switch.

Finally, and name and a date! That's all I wanted.

That being said, I'm still shocked by just how little we got in that trailer.

The Emblem mechanic feels like cheap fanservice that will detract from the worldbuilding. Hopefully it focuses 99% on the new characters, but I may have to wait for the proverbial genealogy of holy war remake for a proper grounded world.

It’s like Team Galactic but smaller.

To think that so many Pokemon's designs were affected for the worse for 3 generations all because of a super minor, never again revisited battle mode in X & Y.

I hope it runs well, this would be so much more playable for me on Switch.

I've been waiting for one every direct. I really don't like the sound of the "Emblems" gimmick. I miss the grounded worldbuilding of the Tellius games, things that like take me out of the world for shallow fanservice.

Elder Scrolls 6 is just embarrassing. 7 years after Skyrim they announce nothing but a title (not even a subtitle!) and we're 4 years after that without ANY more info.

Blaming the wait on Starfield just makes me resent Starfield. I may even be interested in it, but telling fans waiting for 7 years this random new game gets priority doesn't make a good impression.

It seems rare for me to find pre-order bonuses these days, and that is pretty much the only reason to pre-order. Games generally don't sell out, and if they do never for long, and I am BAFFLED why pre-ordering digital games would have any benefit whatsoever.

@Munchlax With all the patches I'd say "rare crashes". Most crashes I got were when base-building, so I learned to be extra careful saving when doing that.

For me I feel it runs pretty well nearly all the time, to the point I'd definitely still encourage people to go ahead with the Switch version.

Would have liked to see Neo TWEWY up there more.

I think "important catch" is ridiculous. Nintendo is taking the most efficient approach to avoid contributing to a horrible problem. Nintendo has no responsibility to improve this issue in other countries. Not sure how buying from others in the same country would help anyway; a lack of sale is a lack of a sale, whether they bought from the competitor down the street or from one across the world. The "ideal" approach would be for a country's own people and government to crack down on such activities.