fortius54

So, I was listening to a podcast (NVC) and they had spoke with Bill Trenin about the $80 price tag. He had told them to watch the Direct because it would show the justification. IAs much as I think this game will be great, I don't see the justification. All of it looks great, but they didn't mention future support, new tracks, or anything that I thought would set this apart from others in the series besides the Free Roam.

I think for me the biggest question is how and how long they plan to support this. What makes it $80 over what seems like the new norm $70?If the expectation is support for 8-10 years then I can start to understand the $80 price tag, but if this is $80 because they know most will pay it...that could be an issue. Doesn't really matter to me at the moment. I can't even preorder.

I think this is just where we are, now. I was listening to a podcast the other day, and they were talking about how the next GTA could be $100. I look at what my kid has spent on Fortnite, and what others are spending on these games as platform titles...gaming is changing.

It is my hope that after April 17 we will have some justification for the $80 price tag. Is this a game they expect to support for multiple years with updates. Are we looking at a new game as platform type model ? There has to be a reason for it...at least, I hope.

I'm going to reserve judgement until after that Direct. If the Nintendo gods deem me worthy, hopefully, I'll be getting this thing in the bundle. That said, I bought Mario 8 twice with the DLC so it cost me more than this one will in the end.

I get that the $70 will be the new norm for games in the future. The $80 for Mario Kart World has me scratching my head. There will be a specific Direct, and I am thinking the justification for it will come at that point.

Love the box art, but sadly, if I win the Nintendo Lottery and can land the bundle, that is the way I'm going. That's too big of a discount on the game to pass up.

I thought me verse was okay. I too would like to see StreetPass make a return, but I think it should come as a mobile app. I think it could be done fairly easily.

As much as everyone don't want to hear this, it makes total sense why they haven't mentioned anything about Switch 2. Sure, it is the worst kept secret in the gaming industry, but Switch 2 wasn't going to be ready for Christmas. It would have been reckless to announce a new system that was coming soon for shareholders.

I know there is the idea that they did it with the Wii U, but Wii U sales were so incredibly bad, it was not going to hurt them for Christmas. The Switch is one of the greatest selling systems of all time, and they needed to have some sales (even lower than expected).

I still think a January presentation still gives them an opportunity for a Switch 2 release inside their fiscal.

As a kid, I would have to sell my old console to afford the new ones. I really missed them. So, when I finally got to the point where I could afford it, I have kept every system since.

He might want to check himself before he talks. One, not everyone has access to a great internet connection. Two, DVD's and CD's were considerable cheaper that a AAA game. Finally, gamers have every right to fear these game companies changing the way they do business because they have in the past.

How many times have we had to repurchase Super Mario Bros.?

I enjoyed the concept. I just wish it was something they’d continue to support, and I’m not sure they will.

I really wanted to rate this an 8 or a 9, but after looking at the announcements, I think it’s a solid 7. Thousand Year Door was a mild surprise. The first party stuff looked good.

I want to like F-Zero 99, but that’s not what I wanted from that series. I think most will feel that way. Only for online subscribers (which I am) and whether stated or otherwise it will be for a limited time?

It probably sounds crazy to most, but I’m about as excited over Another Code Recollection than anything else because it was actually a surprise.

I thought it was a solid Direct. They really had a little in there for everyone. I’m a little puzzled at only one Metroid Prime game. I thought we were getting all three, but the first one is so good.

Layton was a nice surprise. I wasn’t expecting Ghost Trick. GB and GBA were nice. Better late than never. DLC was predicted, but nothing really wrong with that. Pikmin is t really my thing, but others like it so I’m happy for them.

I was a little surprised I guess we didn’t get a big tease for the second half of the year. Nothing from Nintendo after July at this point. They aren’t at E3 so it makes me wonder what they are up to.

I am not sure I believe either of the rumors. As others have mentioned, all three console companies are skipping.

It is just not cost effective anymore. I know that these companies can afford to go, but why waste the resources when you can control your own narrative.

I understand where he is coming from on this. I look at my playtime on the retro games Switch has delivered, and it is for the most part insignificant.

I enjoy playing through a few titles, but outside of the first party stuff, I don’t mess with it. I think it needs to be there, but it certainly shouldn’t be the focus.

I feel like it is no surprise that this didn’t excite anyone. I’m not sure why they just don’t try to tighten up the original Sonic. Every time they’ve done that, it’s come off fine.

I know I will probably get roasted for this, but I am deathly afraid the upcoming Kirby maybe the same thing.

I think the staff here at NL got the review dead on at 7/10. Ninja Hideway was my favorite, and it came the closest to feeling like an MK8 track. Praise was a close second.

Overall, most of the tracks seemed awfully short. Toad Circuit should have been left off entirely. When I think of DLC, I think of of something a little more challenging.

I think a lot of fun things could be done with Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

I’m wanting to see what Nintendo can do with the Tour courses. Real world (kind of) in Mario Kart should be interesting.

GO is a grind, but if you are grinding with people you like it’s well worth it. It gives my son and I a chance to get outdoors. As we walk, we talk. It’s been great for that.

We are pretty excited about this weekend. Hopefully will fill up the Pokédex with the final few we need from the region.

It shouldn’t be funny, but it kind of is.

If this is all true, they better have one whale of a E3 Direct. The Booster for MK8 will sell an incredible number of copies. It’s essentially Kart 8, Part 2. I would have loved to have a 9, but I’ll take this.

Outside of that, many of the other titles announced in the last Direct could be considered niche. I’m interested to see how sales of Switch Sports will be. Wii Sports was a pack in game. Will people by this as stand alone? I will, but I enjoyed the first two.

Breath of the Wild 2 can’t drive sales the next couple of years alone. It seems Nintendo realizes, but I guess we’ll have to wait a few months to see.

In the end, I thought it was a solid Direct. I have to admit twice my blood boiled a little, but patience paid off. I don’t think I would have led with FE: Three Houses. My initial reaction was…not another Dynasty Warriors.

The other irritation was when I thought we were getting just 8 DLC tracks for Mario Kart 8. When it was finally unveiled it was 48 tracks, I was pleasantly surprised. I do think this was a message that the next Mario Kart will not come until the next system comes.

Klanoa was nice to see. The games are solid platformers. I look forward to enjoying them again.

The jury is still out on Nintendo Switch Sports for me. I loved Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. I’m not sure why only seven sports were announced. I’m hoping this gets more added over time. I’ll get it, but I want a little more from it.

There was just too much to go game by game. I’d say it was a grade A performance. At the end of the day, I don’t think there was a lot for me. Switch is heavy on RPG, and that’s not my style. However, I on now a lot of people like them so I’d think you would’ve had a real good time with this one.

As an aside if they didn’t announce Mother 3 with this one, I don’t know if they ever will.

I’ll give it a try, but I’m not expecting much. Disney’s game division has been incredibly disappointing. I don’t trust them. As a free-to-play title, I’ll look at it, but it will have to be extremely good for me to put any money into it. I’m still irritated over Disney Infinity.

Upon first announcement, I have to admit I was made. I really thought it was just eight new courses, but when they added that we are looking at 48 courses, I perked up.

This is a smart move. $25 for 408 course s is reasonable enough to me.

They certainly have the makings for a game that they could continue to drop dlc for. I’m a sucker so I’m sure I’ll get it. I do wish there were more games announced than just the seven.

I actually enjoyed the disc golf of Wii Sports Resort more than the regular golf.

As a Nintendo fan, can you ever afford to be anymore than cautiously optimistic? The only things you can guarantee is there will be something you don’t expect to be announced, announced, and something that seems like a no brainer to be announced mysteriously absent.

That’s okay. We’ve come to expect it, and I’ll love them anyways.

I’m in the financial services industry, and you’d be hard pressed to move the needle that Microsoft moved with Activision-Blizzard. My prediction is Ubisoft most likely will sell to Sony and PlayStation.

Microsoft will not want to jeopardize the approval of the Activison purchase. Ubisoft has been marred with bad press recently, and a buyout would help reset them. PlayStation could also make a play for Square Enix. That would fit in their wheel house.

There have been rumors floating that EA and Take Two were getting looked at by Apple. If Apple wants to be serious about gaming this would go a long way to proving that.

Of course, none of this belongs on a Nintendo site. Despite the fact that Nintendo is sitting on mounds of cash, they won’t buy any of them, and that’s okay.

I have to be honest. I didn’t particularly care for Nintendo’s slate of games this year. I guess I give them the benefit of the doubt because of COVID, but I’ll be expecting more, this year. Outside of Dread, it was pretty quiet for me.

For me, this was not a great year for the Switch. I played very little. I went back and replayed some things like Mario+Rabbids and Mario Kart 8. I still need to get into Dread.

Of course, I didn’t play a ton of XBox either. It was a pretty down year of gaming for me.

I personally preferred the old Nintendo Week from the days of the Wii.

I am a huge football fan, and a huge video game fan. I lean more towards arcade football video games. Actually, I am more of a fan of arcade style sports games than the simulation games.

I play video games to step out of reality for a bit. That said The Tecmo Super Bowl series is by far my favorite. I’d welcome a new entry for the Switch.

This is a hard list to choose from. I own 10 of these games, and I just went through Shake It the other day. My vote would probably be for The Last Story. I missed that one.

I’m not sure why this one hasn’t been updated. It was incredibly popular. I keep expecting every Direct to end with this one as a surprise release.

I certainly welcome the commitment they seem to be making in these areas. With partnerships being forged all over the industry as well as consolidation, it will be imperative they ramp up their software output especially if mergers and acquisitions is not something they want to focus on.

I do think that branching out and licensing some of these characters should be a priority. However, they’ve made this statement before the Switch was even released. In that time, they have managed a Mario movie deal that still is some time away. The LEGO thing was unexpected, but two deals in five years isn’t a lot.

As for what they plan to invest the most of the money on, it is needed. I just don’t know where to begin. They’ve had a problem online for years. It doesn’t seem to be getting any better. In today’s world, that makes no sense at all.

While I love Nintendo, I think I sit firmly in the cautiously optimistic category.

@johnvboy I don’t disagree that it’s great to have it available to but separate. However, they should have had a stand alone price for the N64 and Genesis. As it stands, you are either renting the DLC and N64/Genesis; paying for DLC on its own. That is a terrible set of choices and most everyone agrees with that.

I think the rub a lot of people have with this is how they are handling the ACNH DLC. Buy for $25, or rent it with the expansion. I love Nintendo, but that’s stupid and makes no sense.

I’m waiting for this to go solo. I can’t justify renting DLC, and I feel $25 of the price is the Animal Crossing stuff.

I’m buying the AC expansion, and I guess I’ll just live without the N64 and Genesis. I can’t understand why they don’t have the option.

I guess I’ll just skip the online expansion. I’ll get the DLC for AC and be done with it.

I have a lot of thinking to do on this. N64 and Genesis are not worth the price they are asking for the family membership which I use.

The DLC is probably worth $25, but I want to own that. I don’t want to rent it. This should not have been added in.

I’d pay an extra $10 or even $15 for N64 and Genesis, but that’s it.

A couple of things, it’s ridiculous to put an expansion dlc pack as part of the online service. The committee needs to be reassigned.

I think they realized that N64 and Genesis really didn’t constitute the price increase they were looking for. They needed some sort of justification.

Second, there is no way this stays. There will be enough people irritated about this that they will separate this out. The deal is is probably pay an extra $10 for N64 and Genesis. I’ll probably buy the ACNH DLC for $25, but if I’m going to buy DLC, I dang well better own it.

I love Nintendo, but they just can’t get out of their own way sometimes. I can’t understand why they cannot get Online right. Just copy what other people are doing that works!

Note: I currently subscribe to the family plan

Really the Genesis Collection shouldn’t be counted. You can buy the Genesis Collection and actually own most of these games.

The N64 is a nice addition, but I have the Nintendo Mario 3D Collection, and Mario 64 doesn’t age well. I’m afraid the rest of that system will be the same

I actually still have the Centipede they brought out for the Wii. It wasn’t that bad of a game. Of course, I picked it up for $10 so that might be a reason I felt it was worth what I paid.

I’m not gonna lie. I was really disappointed by this announcement. I guess they must have just scrapped the first version.

I had the tabletop arcade of Mario’s Cement Factory. My brother had the Popeye. Great games. They were both in color. I played them for hours. Went to college and my mom sold both in a garage sale for $5 each. We don’t talk about it at family gatherings.

I can think of a lot more games I’d rather have now than a third Xenoblade. I may be in the minority, but man!

The jury is still out for me on this one. I think the could have cleaned up the visuals. for $60, I think this should be a complete remaster.

I really enjoyed World Tour on the 3DS. I think im going to hold on this one for a while though. The six courses bother me. I know that the is probably the intention of DLC, but Nintendo can walk away from a game pretty fast. Not everything gets the Ultimate Smash treatment.

https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1407352692754763792?s=21

I don’t want to get anything started, but I’m not sure this will be 2022. The announcement said it hopes for 2022, and it wasn’t mentioned in what’s next for Switch.