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I don't even like Zelda and I knew that Midna was going to be at the top of this list no contest.

I think out of all of these I'm looking forward to the Xenoblade 3 dlc the most and Octopath 2, still playing through the rest of the characters but so far impressions are very positive.

I genuinely forgot that this splatfest was a thing let alone happening this soon.
This is one of the few times a reminder has been helpful here.

Wish him the best of luck, working on Dragon Quest games, spinoffs not mainline, should look good on his resume at least.

I find it funny how the biggest 1st party game's file size is still pretty small compared to most other games out there.

Great direct; there were really good surprise announcements, elaborations on upcoming dlc and a bunch of release date announcements.
Pretty much what you'd want in a direct, if it's stuff you're interested in then the score naturally increases.
But for me, I rate this direct an 8/10.

Is the demo 3 hours in total or 3 hours for each character?
Cause that makes a huge difference.

My predictions is that no matter what, people are going to be disappointed in some way.
As for personal wants/predictions in the direct, I have none at the moment 1st party wise and I doubt any significant 3rd party games will be shown so eh.

They lost a lawsuit for a problem there is irrefutable evidence of?
And let alone a problem that still hasn't been fixed years later?

@BTB20 These were from a few months ago:

https://twitter.com/Delladuck6/status/1597386610667986946

This is miles better than the leaked movie poster we saw a while back.
I'm so glad the leaks turned out to be wrong this time.
This looks great!

Glad I didn't pay for this game as I predicted it would go f2p inevitably.
But it's a shame it's shutting down, I really enjoyed playing this with friends.

People really weren't happy with the shift to 3D with Disgaea 6, and to be fair I don't think it translated that well, but I hope the series still keeps pushing forward and stays strong.
One of the better tactical rpgs in my opinion.

Notice how it's Nintendo apologizing on behalf the pokemon games and not Gamefreak themselves.
Either way whos responsible it's completely unacceptable that this game released in such an embarrassing state.

A bit late on this discussion but I'll say my thoughts anyway.
The subspace emissary was carried hard by it's cutscenes and when people say they enjoyed or loved the subspace, they usually mean they enjoyed the story and cutscenes of all the characters interacting.
It just so happens that they were done so well it made people forget or slog through the incredibly mediocre gameplay in between.

If we ever get a return to form to the subspace, I would need drastic gameplay changes to keep me coming back to it, let alone touching the mode, if it's just a repeat of brawl but with smash 6 characters, then it can stay gone.

E3 has been dying slowly but surely, companies are realizing it's updated but I'll still miss it when the final nail is in the coffin.

A "Legend's" style kalos taking place during the pokemon war would be really interesting.

None because I haven't played it, and that wouldn't be fair for the game or me.
But I have no plans of playing it anytime soon so it'll stay that way.

This game still looks rough but it's come a long way at least.

No drifting is now a selling point and no longer the standard, what a time we live in.

Now if only they looked a fraction this good than in actual game.

@dew12333 Oh you're 100% right I just forgot about it because I never use it lol.
But hardware besides the 3ds is basically just a stronger ds with a 3d feature.

At this point I would be surprised if Nintendo didn't stick with the Switch formula, they obviously struck gold and I would think anyone with common sense would just keep the ball rolling.

If you think about it most console successors are just more powerful versions of their predecessors, even Nintendo.
Every Xbox and Playstation console has been an upgrade in power only (not that theres anything wrong with that).
Nintendo also follows this trend for the most part, I don't get why people keep bringing the Gamecube to Wii example when it's basically the exception.

• NES > SNES -Direct upgrade, no gimmicks
• SNES > N64 - Direct upgrade, no gimmicks
• N64 > Gamecube - Direct upgrade, unless you want to count the handle and small disks lol
• Gamecube > Wii - Gimmick and complete change
• Wii > Wii U - Direct upgrade with the gimmick being the pad arguably

Now if you look at the handhelds all of them are just stronger versions of each other from the gameboy titles, gameboy advance, the DS line and the 3ds line.

So it's a very high chance that the next console will be a successor to the Switch probably as strong as a PS4 if we're being realistic, anyone thinking we'll get anywhere near 4k is delusional.

I didn't really like Fire Emblem and that artstyle definitely does not help it's case.
Hard skip.

A lot of people basically summed it up for me considering the current state of Paper Mario I wouldn't trust Nintendo to give Zelda the same treatment.

I was watching one of my friends play One Piece Odyssey, it looks absolutely gorgeous in basically every way - they nailed the artstyle, the UI is slick and the envionments and character designs for the game original characters also look great.

Didn't get anything new on Switch at least but I recently been playing Flash Party with friends, it's really fun.
It's a somewhat 2D platformer that recently released on steam, it's free to play and easy to get into so it's easy for me to recommend to people.

Aside from that I'm playing the usual smash, thems fightin herds with the occasional dead by daylight with friends.

Well maybe if your games didn't go dirt cheap after a couple weeks makes people would actually have incentive to buy them at launch.

Overall the buffs and nerfs were good.
But it's still ridiculous how crab tank basically got off scott free, it's just a 1 second nerf to it's duration which now can be mitigated easily still with special power up.
Not to mention it's hp is still very much overtuned.
Splash o matic wasn't touched either despite it being the definitive best special in the game no extra cost for it's special nor any changes to the main weapon.

Now I have a chance to test the waters, thanks Square.
I wish more companies were more open about their games.

This is probably the worst trial yet lmao.
At this point I would rather just get more repeat trials of old games than shovelware at least.

I would love to get another chance to play Mario Rabbids or any of the Disgaea games again instead of a game I could play a browser version with friends if I cared enough.

Well I can't contribute much to this subject seeing as I only played and finished Awakening, but it's story was very basic and mediocre with a bunch of throwaway characters that weren't relevant aside from Chrom, Lucina and Robin.

I'm guessing it's that high because of it's popularity.
From my experience people aren't that likely to play the older games and will just prefer to experience the most recent releases.

@GrailUK Ah that explains it thank you.

Thats the biggest spike in sale I seen in a long time and nothing new released yet, whats the occasion?

Splatoon 3's giant content droughts in between updates and garbage online put me off from picking it back up to be honest.
I don't much if any motivation to come back.

@westmeadow To put it simply - backwards compatibility is the feature everyone wants but no one uses.

This gives the same vibes as journalists "predicting" a console or game releasing by saying it'll release "X date" and when it didn't come they'll say the next week, rinse and repeat.
Basically sums up Nintendo rumours nowadays lol.

@Bizzyb Do you not see the point I'm trying to explain to you?
It doesn't matter whether or not Wii U was long dead before the Switch's release, the primarily point is that consoles have had years of buildup in the minimum, and more when the console is officially revealed up to it's release.

If the Wii U example doesn't hold much water to you then you could've easily looked at the other examples with the previous console, which again, were provided by you by @Seacliff and also repeated to you by me which you seem to be consistently disregarding for some reason.

You're making an assumption that for this delay in particular is related to new hardware releasing in the first place despite you not having any evidence that is the case.
It isn't a false equivalency until you can prove that these delays are in correlation with new hardware, which you can't.
Quit projecting.

@Bizzyb

Thats ignorant to say, I know full well you aren't familiar with game development works or the full scope of it (Neither am I but I'm not claiming or implying that I do).
A games developments takes as long as it needs to.

You're missing the point, I'm saying game delays aren't anything new with Nintendo or even the industry as a whole, which you were using as an argument to new hardware which was a false correlation.

Yet even with a dead console we knew we were getting the NX for years and when it was finally revealed it took months for it to release, yet you think it's plausible that we're getting a new console to release out of the blue despite no buildup whatsoever.
You also ignored the other examples @Seacliff provided you:

The way I see it the only "apples and orange" comparison I see is you trying to equate TotK to a new successor.

Maybe with games but as many have pointed out announcing new hardware after the holiday season (aka the strongest sales period for a console) only to release early next year also makes no sense.
Furthermore consoles never release without buildup.

When we actually get hints from official and actually credible sources I'll assume we won't get any new hardware and will be ignoring your headcanon, along with a bunch of other fans here.

@Bizzyb

You could easily equate the delays to them wanting to polish their product as much as possible, this happens all the time especially with Nintendo. Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing, were delayed and Metroid Prime 4 restarted development.

That is a false equivalency, just because X happened doesn't mean it's going to lead to Y and Z.
A game being delayed isn't going to confirm new hardware.

Even then it makes no sense to announce a console out of the blue with no buildup.
The Switch for example was revealed October 2016, then had a dedicated presentation 3 months later and then finally released 2 months after said presentation.

Probably because them, as a business, aren't planning to release new hardware anytime soon and instead are focusing on their current console which still has a high attach rate and is still selling well?
Also the release of new hardware doesn't mean a company won't still support their old one.
Even when the 3DS launched the DS still got Pokemon Black and White 2 for example.
The PS4 still got God of War Ragnarök despite the PS5 being out for over 2 years.

Until Nintendo themselves states that they plan on making new hardware I have no reason to believe that we're getting any news of a Switch successor this year.
Because as we currently stand there are no such implications that aren't coming from fans setting themselves up for disappointment.

Yeah respectfully, that's just your pure headcanon, theres nothing in the realm of reality thats even implying that TotK will launch alongside new hardware let alone new hardware being announced this year.

It makes absolutely no sense to even announce new hardware at this current year, let alone release it.
People here seem to be basing their conclusions on their personal bias' and want for a new console rather than actually taking the time to critically think.
There are too many major factors to give Nintendo any good reason to release new hardware currently.
Three major ones are the chip shortage still being a global issue and the Switch still selling as if it was brand new.
And thirdly Nintendo literally stated themselves they plan to support the Switch longer than the average console lifespan and reiterated time and time again that it's in the middle of it's lifecycle, even as early as last year.
People don't seem to be applying these factors at all for some reason, it should be common sense.

The earliest I think we'll see of any new hardware in my opinion would be an announcement in late 2024, probably around the same time the switch was first revealed, and an official launch in 2025.
I just hope I don't get a bunch of articles, rumors and speculation videos shoved down my throat for the rest of the year..

No drifting is now a selling point and no longer the standard, what a time we live in.

Wow people really like Persona, it's 5 points higher than Xenoblade 3.
Maybe cause it has a lot less reviews. (115 - 25)

The handhelds in general have the best designs for limited releases, theres just something about it that allows so much creativity.
The consoles on the other hand have incredibly boring designs, especially the switch.

I didn't even need to click the article to know that Joker was #1.
He seems to be the most popular self insert as of recent years.
Even people that don't play the games are aware of Persona in one way or another example being all those Joker pfps you see online.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Oh my bad I missed an obvious joke.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika

All you did was just list a bunch of good games and call it a bad year lol.

Wait Konami makes games?

@Bolt_Strike Sure every game has at least one "big" game in it either at the beginning or end. But people act as if a year is bad if it doesn't have any of the "big 3" (mario, zelda, pokemon) which isn't true, it's all a matter of preference.

If we're going by your metric then 2022 was an amazing year for the Switch since we had a bunch of 10 million+ selling games as pointed out by multiple people (Splatoon 3, Pokemon Arceus, Pokemon Scarlet Violet etc.).

I won't be surprised about people complaining about this subject, but I could care less since people will always complain.