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I had this discussion this week with some one. They didn’t think a 2D side-scrolling game was worth it.

I have been buying games for a very long time. There hasn’t been a great deal of price increase especially compared to inflation. I don’t mind the $60.

Not a lot in the Direct for me. That said, I do realize that there was a lot of stuff for other so I’m happy for you. In general, I thought E3 overall was just okay.

I guess it’s my fault for expecting too much coming off of COVID. In the end, I think Metroid Dread is the one I didn’t know about that I’ll get.

I still think that an Ultimate Mario Kart game could have been done, but I’m just a fan. I don’t know much.

Didn’t love the final comment that it was the goal to bring it out in 2022. That puts this in a position of slipping to 2023. I know. I’m negative, and I know Nintendo is not wanting to create expectations similar to Metroid Prime 4. However, I can’t help but be just cautiously optimistic, now.

This was by far there best announcement of this Direct.

Mario Golf World Tour was a great game. I enjoyed that game so much more than I thought I would. I hope there is some sort of DLC for courses. Most of these look fairly realistic, and I was hoping for something a little crazier.

I’m cautiously optimistic on this. I don’t know if it will be day one though. I may get a feel of how some of the fans are reacting to it considering how Mario Tennis turned out.

@AtlanteanMan I understand where you are coming from, and I agree with a lot of your points. However, I see it from a western love the old Nintendo characters perspective. I think the Switch has been solid for fans of the RPG especially the JRPG.

I do think that COVID has given them an excuse to dial it back. That is why I think this E3 is important.

COVID has also put Microsoft and Sony on its heels, and Nintendo is in a rare position to keep market share despite new consoles being introduced. We’ll see what they come up with, I guess.

I really think it’s going to be Mario Kart 9. They are sitting on a gold mine, and if they were to give it the Smash treatment, it would push hardware sales through the roof even more so than they are already.

This was the equivalent of WiiTelevision or whatever they called it.

I just want to let everyone know that you have nothing to worry about. Nintendo will announce the release of Mario Kart 9 at E3.

I resisted buying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe because I did not want to purchase a game I already had on the Wii U. Well, the Wii U but the dust last month. I received a 20 percent off coupon from GameStop and thought why not?

Now, that I have done the very thing I said I wouldn’t, you can probably expect the gaming gods will make me pay for my mistake.😁

I love Nintendo, but I really think they missed an opportunity with the Zelda Anniversary. I know some were really want Breath of the Wild 2, but I just didn’t think that was feasible considering the shutdown of the last year.

However, if you can put Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy together, you could have done more than Skyward Sword. I know it’s HD, and that leaves room for Ocarina, Mask, and Windwaker, but if they were going to do that, it should have been announced as well.

I didn’t hate this Direct, but I didn’t love it either. For the life of me, I can’t understand where Prime Trilogy is. That alone tilts this Direct to Meh!

That was one I wanted but wasn’t able to pick up. I’d grab this one. While they are at it I would like the Wiiware Burgertime and Excitebike World Tour.

I don’t really need another Skylanders though I’d take it, but I would like to see some of the characters to get their own adventures.

I don’t think this will be all. It typically never is. I don’t expect a ton, but they’ll have a few more. While I don’t think it is likely we will get a BOTW2, I can see Zelda All-Stars (limited time of course). May get the Prime Trilogy, and at least one thing we are not expecting.

At some point, I expect a new Mario Kart. The are sitting on a gold mine with it. I would love an Ultimate version similar to Smash.

While the list does contain some games I really want to play, Nintendo is going to need to give us an idea of the future.

With Nintendo 3D World, they will be real close to being out of ports. While BotW2 and Metroid 4 are definite purchase, they’d both need to be next year for it to be considered a good year IMO.

Here’s to hoping they have something up their sleeve in 2021.

It’s hard to get to angry over a list like this. For instance, Zack and Wiki was one of my favorite games, but not everyone was exposed to it. I feel ashamed to say I’ve not played some of the ones on this list.

It was fun running through the list. In fact, I guess I missed a page because I missed Muramasa: The Demon Blade, and that was a great game. If I were to have casted my vote for it, it could have went higher,

I don’t quite understand the limited time angle.

Yeah, this guy probably needs to retire. I think the industry has passed him by. In lockdown, the duel modes helped us watch what we wanted to and play what we wanted to. Plus, if it is so dumb and ridiculous, why has xCloud for Microsoft become such a big deal?

I actually enjoyed this on Switch. I understand where people get it feeling like a mobile title, but it had some meat to it. For the price, I wasn’t disappointed.

Of course, this brings me to this title, and price is likely to keep this from being a day one purchase. I just don’t see me dropping $30 on this. I know it will most likely get a huge discount around Christmas.

I’ll wait for that like I did the first one.

Man, if this works like they say it will work, this should be a pretty hot item this holiday season. I wonder what the maximum size of an area can be. If it was stated, I missed it. Sorry.

I really enjoy this. The highest I've managed to finish is third, but I seem to be my own worst enemy. It's usually a mistaken jump that does me in.

I can't imagine this not staying around. It will be real disappointing if they decide to remove it.

I am very disappointed. Anytime I see Wayforward attached to something, I usually purchase it. In my opinion, they come as close to making a Nintendo quality platformer as anyone can expect.

I hope this is just an anomaly, and they can get back to there usual great self. Thanks for the head’s up. I’ll probably skip this one.

I would love for these guys to expand into other sports games. I loved Tecmo Bowl, and if they would try their hand at American Football, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Hockey would be fine as well. I'm not sure about basketball. They've had Jam and a few others in the past.

This is a great list as long as you’ve not owned a Nintendo system. At least, that’s what I’d say for the short term. I feel like Nintendo kind of punted this year.

Don’t get me wrong. If there were ever a year they could rest, this is the year. However, the games listed had better be here by the end of 2021.

I just don’t want another Indie World Showcase. I want Nintendo to give us something. I’m sorry about being negative. I think I’m finally cracking under this COVID thing.

@Dringo Oh, I completely agree that the company is in good shape. They have an incredible amount of cash on hand with little to know debt. I can even understand the fact of kicking some titles to next year considering the current situation, but they need to give their consumers something to look forward to.

We are not hearing anything from them. The best we get comes from the rumor mill. It's not a good marketing plan. They have a difficult time maintaining momentum, and too often, it is more of an internal problem than an external.

Pikmin 3 while a great game doesn't light much of a fire under anyone. It's another remaster. Meanwhile, June comes and goes with no news of games. July comes and goes with no news of games. I guess we just wait and see if the August rumor of a mainline Direct will take place.

So, it is becoming grossly apparent that Nintendo was the most impacted by COVID. I love them. I’ve owned just about every system they have had, and I really enjoy the Switch.

However, Animal Crossing aside this has been a miserable year for them. Two remasters, board games, and a Paper Mario is what we are looking at.

They skipped the whole virtual E3 thing. They can’t restock their console. No mention of any new games. The rumors we’ve heard have all been for new versions of old stuff.

The saving grace is they can lean on the pandemic, but come November, their competitors are trotting out new hardware. They are running out of time to put something together.

I’m disappointed. I love them, but I don’t like them very much right now.

I wouldn’t call 2021 a bad year for games. I think like everyone else Nintendo was blindsided by all of this COVID junk. They have not communicated with their fans very well, but when have they ever done that?

The year isn’t over. I’m sure they have some plans, but they will need to do better than the Mini Direct. They at least need to give us an idea of what to expect in the second half of the year.

@Muddy_4_Ever Completely agree on this. How better to stay in front of people if you can’t produce the high score? Be the villain.

Bless their hearts! They try to be relevant, but they just are not. Every good idea they have gets lost in the implementation. I would be out on this one no matter how many games. I'm just too old to try to play on a screen that small, and years of gaming have cramped my hands enough to where there is no way that could be comfortable.

I’ve played the first two entries on the XBox. I’ve enjoyed both. I really enjoy the series. I actually find the cartoonish style very refreshing. If they would do this with other sports, it would be great.

I know this is such a first world problem, but I really miss the Direct. I am glad that Nintendo tossed us a bone, but I like them lining these reveals up and just spending 30 minutes going one right after another.

With this reveal, it feels like that this will be the Nintendo-norm throughout this time period. I know it doesn't matter in the vast scheme of things, but I really did enjoy this time of the year for the Directs.

I am a little torn. I understand why they aren’t making an announcement. Typically, they do not have much in The June/July time frame. This should give them a month or two and still hit the games they have for the second half of the year.

However, if these Mario rumors are true, They should be able to give us something. I mean we are going to get quite a bit of news from XBox. PlayStation has been giving us something.

I'm not mad that we get the game for a little more than others. I look at it as those dollars helped this game get made period. Plus, have they determined if the stretch goals will be available in the retail copies? Backers get that stuff for backing the game.

However, I do question the distribution of Steam codes to everyone as opposed to just giving us the code of the preferred system. That is a little lazy.

If I'm not mistaken, Nintendo typically doesn't bring a lot out in the June or July months. They can afford to kick this down the road a bit.

I know people are talking about a next-gen Switch, but I can't see Nintendo doing this considering the fact you can't find a Switch anywhere. In fact, this may push the next upgrade out a year further.

As for games, I agree with many on here that Nintendo did not have a lot to show here for the remainder of the year. 3D World will show up, and if the rumors are true with the other Remasters, this could get them through the end of the year.

However if we get past this virus thing in late summer, Nintendo could forfeit more share of the market than it would have if it had a holiday game.

It was okay. If this update gets us to what would have been E3, it will suffice. I was expecting a big surprise that might give us an idea of what the show floor would have been themed. I guess that in the current state of the world there is a possibility the games that we would have had at the end of the year might have trouble making the date. I don’t know. It was an okay Direct.

Legit question from an Animal Crossing newby. Will it be possible to set this in-game clock behind or ahead? I usually don’t get to play much during the day, and I was hoping to be able to participate in the daytime activities.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we did receive some sort of surprise at the end of this Direct especially if there isn’t another one soon. They will need to have something to fit into that AprilMay slot even if it is just a port of something like Super Mario Nintendo 3DS World.

I really enjoyed what I played if this game. It did take a while to get the controls down, but it was quirky and different. I got quite a ways in and got stuck on one part so I never went back to it.

I’ll probably grab this, but after initial sales, I doubt this does great. It’s too different for most people.

@Pinkarray They are falling for my nefarious plan.😄

worries me that there won’t be any kind of Direct for new games this first quarter. They put the timeline out last week. They’ve held the Pokémon Direct. I imagine there will be a March Direct, but it will be for Animal Crossing. I’m think that we will not get a Direct in February. I dare Nintendo to prove me wrong. 😉

I’m going try to finish Oceanhorn. I’ve then decided to go through the entire Luigi’s Mansion series. I’ll be beginning the first one on 3DS. I also play some more of Jedi: Fallen Order.

I’ll admit. I haven’t played Fire Emblem games, but I thought Galaxy 2 was a near perfect game. Breath of the Wild revolutionized open world gaming, and I was not a huge Zelda fans at that point. This would need to be awfully good to beat those two games.

So, I’m thinking we get the update on Pokémon Home, Pokémon Sleep, and that little Pokémon Go Plus Plus. We might get a look at the next game in the Let’s Go series as well, but I doubt it.

2019 was certainly a year for pop culture in general. Marvel and Star Wars ended arcs. Nintendo had a bang up year. The announcements of Xbox Series X and the PS5. The list could just go on.

How does 2020 come close to matching it? I'm not sure the theaters can, but the world of video games should be okay.

I'm actually looking more forward to Animal Crossing than I ever have. This first Direct will give us an idea of what to expect for the year. Will we have an idea of what will dominate E3? So much suspense.

This is just pitiful. I knew they’d turn their back on it when they announced they were leaving the monthly drop. They announced and dropped the SNES, and they’ve done nothing.

NES was already an afterthought in North America. I forgot to turn my subscription off or I’d have probably skipped it. Its just not worth it at this point.

Tetris 99 is certainly a bright spot, but the NES and SNES Online has fizzled our. I’m a Nintendo apologist, but even I think they continue to drop the ball with the online offerings.

They’ve all but forgotten the app which isn’t necessarily bad, but the abrupt decision to for go the moNthly additional titles is not a good sign. We’ve seen Nintendo do things like this time and again.

If it’s off the schedule, it out of their thoughts. Not another single NES or SNES game has been added since the decision was made. There are a ton of SNES titles that could be added but it hasn’t happened.

Props to Sony for taking the problems they faced in the last generation, listening to the consumer, and creating a solid system. I appreciate the fact that the console war isn't really that anymore. They are coexisting quite well which should lead to even better and more original content going forward.

I'm not surprised it surpassed the Wii. The only aside I would give would be the profitability of the console. Every single Wii sold made a profit. I'm not sure that can be said about the PS4. However, I have not paid near enough attention to that number.

I do not actually own a PS4. Since the PS5 announcement coupled with my ever growing backlog, I think I will wait especially considered backwards compatibility.

I’ve stopped worrying about what Nintendo is releasing on the NES App. I’ll give you the fact that $20 is cheap to play online, but the extra benefits are an after thought to these guys. I seriously do not think they give a ton of thought into what they are releasing. One dude says on Tuesday, “ How about we just do Kung Fu Heroes?”

I completely recommend this game. A lot of customization, Scalable difficulty, and fun similar to the old NEO-GEO, NES, and SNES way. I think it’s worth it.

This is a solid mobile game. You don't have to pay anything to get through the game just fine. Nintendo's hands are tied. Some people do not want to drop $10 on a mobile game while others will get irritated at microtransactions.

The only complaint I have is the initial screen takes a while to load. I can't figure that one out, but if that is as bad as it gets, I think this has a great future.