Yosher

I just tried the Street Fighter 6 demo, and I think I'm forever cured from wanting this game. I don't like how it controls, and the setting is way too.. what's the word, rap culture? Can't say I care for it. Unless it ever gets down to say, 5 bucks, I'll steer clear from it.

Actually kind of tempted to get Street Fighter 6.. hmm.

They can take all the time they need really. This is one of those games that keeps on giving, and it's already chock full of content.

Europe and it's really not even close. The Japanese background is too boring.

I actually quite enjoyed this game, by the way. I know it's just a glorified tech demo but the gameplay loop was fun for me and I enjoyed seeing how far I could go.

I would if you didn't need that dumb gadget for it. I'll download it and see if it works anyway without that thing, but if it doesn't work then I'll also not get it.

I still have to properly play through the base game, but what I did play of it was really cute and charming. I'll be glad to get this expansion!

As far as I'm concerned, gen 5 was the last truly good generation. I loved Black & White a ton, same with Black 2 and White 2.

If they're remade, they most likely will be butchered with new mechanics anyway, even moreso if they're handled the same way as the Diamond and Pearl remakes. So I don't really care if they're remade or not. I'll stick with the old versions anyway. Still some of the best Pokémon games.

Cool, more Yoshi icons for me to use.

It is frustrating, but I don't think Nintendo is really doing it on purpose necessarily. Ryu_Niiyama explained it well better than I could, really.

Of course, they can still do better. For me personally, a big gripe I have is that for pre-orders, including that from NSO exclusive stuff, they require a credit card for payment. I don't want to get a credit card, so I'm locked out of pre-orders for this reason. Otherwise I have access to pretty much everything I think (aside from region exclusive rewards and certain smartphone games due to gambling policies in my country), so I personally can't complain.

All I can say is that I hope everyone is able to get everything they want before too long.

Adding to the discussion on Super Mario World 2.. It's really weird to me seeing Yoshi's Island not being on this list. Considering they announced a new Yoshi game for the anniversary. That new game seems to have very little to do with Mario himself, whereas that original Yoshi's Island had baby Mario in it, so that one had more of a connection. Just feels off to me.

I really wish Nintendo wouldn't wet sock so many of their announcements though. And a lot of it comes down to things just being too expensive. Really brings down the excitement of what would otherwise be very hype announcements.

Yeah I'm not going to get a second pair of joy-con unless they make special edition ones I really want. They burned me too much on the drifting Switch 1 joy-cons. So this thing is lost on me.

Though I think even if I do get a second pair I still won't get this, I'll just attach one set to the system and when the disconnected ones run out of charge, I'll stap 'em around. Been doing that with Switch 1 and that works just fine for me.

I guess it looks pretty, though.

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I really want to, but the price is too hard to swallow here. I'll wait until I can at least find it for just a little bit cheaper. I still have the Wii versions anyway if I really want to play them, and the 3D All Stars version for Galaxy 1.

That's okay, I decided to cancel my Legends pre-order anyway due to the sour taste that DLC announcement left me with. I feel like I'm now fully done with the main games of this series. I'll stick with potentially fun spin-off games and the past main entries that I do enjoy from here on out. They absolutely lost me now.

I'm just thankful this isn't an amiibo or I would have had to buy this thing too lol.

I don't really see why this game needs a second Direct, but I'll tune in regardless. I have faith in Sakurai. He feels like one of few genuine developers left.

Looks like a good box art to me. Will look good on my shelf!

If it had all the pages I would've gotten it. Now it just feels incomplete and I'll be passing it up, as such.

I'll pass. Needing this thing to play those games is absolutely ridiculous.

Overall, this Direct left me feeling pretty mixed. There wasn't a ton that interested me, but that Yoshi announcement absolutely made this Direct for me.

NEW things that were shown that I'm absolutely gonna buy:
Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 pack
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (♥♥♥)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition
Mario Tennis Fever
Stardew Valley Switch 2 update (I mean, it's free)
All the amiibo
I guess the Mario Galaxy movie also counts kind of

Things we already knew that I'm gonna buy:
Kirby Air Riders
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Games I'll certainly pick up later:
Hades II
Suika Game Planet
Fire Emblem
Popucom

Games that are (probably) gonna be a game key card that I would have gotten if they weren't:
Final Fantasy 7
Resident Evil 7
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil 9

Games I might pick up sometime, depending:
Storm Launchers
Pokémon Pokopia
DK Bananza DLC (still need DK first sometime down the line)

Aside from that, the only reason I'm still getting Legends ZA is because I already pre-ordered it, otherwise I would have just not bothered anymore. The DLC really pushed down any hype I had for this game.

I gave the Direct a 7, and 2 points of that is solely Yoshi's game. Nintendo's greed and dumb decisions made this Direct worse than it could have been, but that one announcement left me walking away more than happy at least!

I preordered the game on a small discount a few weeks ago, on the notion that I enjoyed Legends Arceus decently enough. But if I hadn't, I would not have bought this game at this point due to the pre-release DLC announcement.

I'm so sick and tired of them milking this franchise to the death in all the wrong ways.

Looks good. Looking forward to this. Gonna need to be making some Miis in preperation for this.

You already know my vote. Yoshi looks so good. Though I hope they deliver, since Crafted World, while still good, wasn't up to standard to what Yoshi games can be. This one looks promising though.

Also miiildly disappointed that the new Mario amiibo isn't Mario riding Yoshi, to tie in with both Galaxy games. Gonna get them regardless, though.

Honestly though, overall, so far I'm a little bit underwhelmed by the 40th Mario anniversary announcements. I would've expected a little more. Still happy with what was shown for it though. Well, aside from the museum and marathon things. I don't live in Japan and don't plan to go there for a while yet, so those things are lost on me.

Definitely appreciate this update. I might jump back in once this update launches.

Looking forward to this game for sure, though I do really hope this will be the last time we see this world of Zelda. Next time I hope they make a Mario warriors game. It's not gonna happen but that's the one I personally would love to have.

I just hope they're not gonna scrap Yoshi from the movie now. That teaser at the end of the first movie better not lead to nothing.

I guess Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine are pulled out of the package to sell people on NSO+EP subscriptions. Regardless, I'm still getting this game.

Please please please please update the Yoshis to be properly playable without having them be easy mode characters, PLEASE....

Just let us play without the stupid peripheral. It really is not necessary. We didn't need that thing to see the footage in the Direct, and we don't need it to see it when we play regularly on our systems. This is ridiculous.

The game looks cute, but.... why do you have to play as a human, even though you're playing as a Ditto?

I don't like that decision at all. Other than that the game looks decent enough.

Yeah, no. I would love to get this but not like this.

No cloud versions, but they'll almost definitely be game key cards, so I'm skipping them anyway if that's the case. Too bad.

Nintendo please stop making amiibo, there's TOO MANY, I'm gonna need a warehouse to store all amiibo if this keeps up lmao.

BEST GAME OF THE DIRECT NO BIAS AT ALL NO SIRREE BEST GAME HERE

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I am very much looking forward to this game, if you couldn't tell. It looks so adorable! The artstyle is so good! I'll admit i was hoping to finally have that 3D Yoshi game but I'm happy to get a new Yoshi game at all.

@Tropicallo Just googled it, it looks pretty good at first glance. I'll look into it more when I'm not at work. Thank you very much for your suggestion, it's much appreciated!

So I guess the other ones there will also be coming. I guess Rayman maybe as part of the series anniversary?

Hopefully one day I'll be able to understand Japanese enough to be able to play games in Japanese like this. I was learning with Duolingo for a while until they started using AI, at which point I dropped it right away. I don't know which app would be a suitable replacement.

Personally I'm still waiting for Jurassic World Evolution to get this treatment. Hopefully while also adding mouse support.

I'll wait for a review before diving in. But I'll be happy to support it if it's a good port.

I can't believe this series is still selling as well as it is, honestly. But there's more series you could say that for, probably.

Cool, I missed the online one so this is good for me.

For me, this falls under the "I was going to extend anyway but I'll gladly take the offer" category. I think the service has become decently worth it over the years. And here's hoping they will continue to expand upon it. Though I also expect them to make it more expensive later down the line.

@Thomystic I suppose that's fair. It still takes away from the excitement from a proper direct announcement though.

Cool for the fans, but I just can't imagine paying almost 700 for a bunch of plastic bricks. I wouldn't even pay half of that. But I guess since I'm not really a fan of Lego anyway, so that makes sense lol.

I really wish someone would shut this person up. Leaks are the worst, even if they're just direct dates.

@Daniel36 @Picola-Wicola I was like that at first too. I hate time limits like that in video games usually. This game was no different. I tried it once and then put it down for a long time.

Eventually I gave it another go, and tried to push through. I learned to manage with the time limit system, and I had more fun with it. The idea is that you'll make things easier on yourself as you go (like automating the crop watering process), so that you'll have more time for other things more and more. I never grew to love the time limit thing, but it did become just another aspect of the game for me to the point where it no longer really bothered me. Not nearly as much, anyway.

I'm not telling you to give the game another try, but it isn't impossible to get accustomed to the time limit and really start to enjoy the game for what it is, even if at first that time limit didn't click with you. Same with the stamina thing, for that matter, which also bothered me at first. But you can upgrade that later in the game, so that that part at least becomes a lot more manageable.

I do have to admit I don't quite understand the hype this game often gets either, but it's still a really fun game. I hope that if you guys give it another try one day, you'll learn to deal with the time limit like I did and manage to actually enjoy the game! If not, well, there's still plenty of other games to play, both in and out of this genre.

I hope they make it hard on Nintendo so that both parties will stay on top of their game, so that us consumers can get the best end products as possible, for the best gaming experiences we can possibly get, on the best possible platforms they can give us.

Either way, I probably won't get the PS6, but I do wonder what it will be like.

I am so very proud of everyone who bought a physical copy of this game, y'all doing good. 🥹

I've never used them, so I don't mind much personally, but it does suck to see them pulling away things from consumers for no real reason other than making more money, when they're already making a lot of profit to begin with.