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Zelda, Ace Attorney Investigations, and Metroid (along with a new Mario & Luigi) make this the best direct since 2021 for me.

It was a solid direct - shame the 2 biggest announcements (Super Mario RPG and Wonder) were leaked before hand, but they look really good. Overall a nice mix of new games and remasters to tide fans over until Nintendo ramps things up for the Switch 2, which I believe will release Holiday 2024.

The decline of the franchise continues... Legends: Arceus is the exception rather than the norm. Game Freak should either turn the franchise over to a developer who knows how to make competent 3D games or return to making 2D games.

I guess I shoudn't be surprised with Scarlet/Violet's sales - probably a lot of parents just buying the next game in the series for their kids. Those are also great numbers for Kirby.

Zelda and Pikmin 4 will be more than enough for me for the rest of the summer - and I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo has a major Mario title in the works for the holiday.

Well, if Nintendo is still sticking to their eight-year life cycle for the Switch then late next year or early 2025 seems to be the most likely time for a successor to be released. I wonder if TOTK took so long in part because they wanted to get it ready for the next system as well.

The Ace Attorney games are a steal at that price!

It was good. Relied too much on ports in my opinion but I’ll happily buy Pikmin 4 this July, so I can’t complain.

I wasn’t able to watch the Direct live so I learned about the reveals first then viewed it later - in terms of announcements this Direct was very good (Pikmin!!! Zelda! Fire Emblem! Octopath II! Kirby!) but it was not structured well at all, especially at the end. I was really surprised that no game (not even Zelda) had an in-depth segment. Overall Nintendo doesn’t need a massive presentation with the games they have coming this holiday, but I will be expecting more from the first Direct next year

I liked the S/V trailer well enough but I wish there was one more surprise besides the usual updates for all the live service games. Perhaps news about Pokémon Sleep or Detective Pikachu (which are probably dead at this point)

All three of the new Pokémon revealed yesterday were great. I’m a big Pawmi fan myself.

It looked good, and if the whole game is multiplayer (and runs well) that would be awesome, but it still feels too soon.

Assuming a physical version will come out down the line with all of the content so I'll hold off on purchasing, especially at that price

I was lucky to recently find a pre-owned copy of Kid Icarus Uprising (cards and everything included) for just $35. Wasn't going to miss out on that!

Unfortunately after Sword and Shield I’m worried it’ll be rushed, especially with Legends Arceus just having released. It may end up being a good game, but we won’t know until it actually releases, so I’m not very hyped right now.

The duck is my favorite and the fire one is growing on me but I’m not at all a fan of the grass starter

Zero excitement for this. We just got Legends Arceus and this new game looks rushed and unimpressive. Game Freak really needs to take more time to polish their games.

Nintendo is doing exactly what they think will make them the most money, not what’s best for their customers. The only way to pressure them to change their strategy is for NSO subscriptions to decrease, which doesn’t look like it’ll happen anytime soon.

Wild to think that Nintendo-published games released less than a decade ago (Pushmo, Boxboy, etc.) will no longer be able to be purchased in any form... Even if one supports the closure of the eShop for infrastructural/financial decisions, I don't understand how Nintendo cares so little about the games they had a hand in making just last generation.

It's a fun game (played on iOS), would recommend!

Loved the first one, can't wait for this!

Tri Force Heroes is a good game but the online multiplayer was so bad, single-player was a better experience, and it wasn't worth it. Zelda II also really hasn't aged well.

I’m so glad the Museum is returning; it was one of my favorite stages in Splatoon 1 and I hope we get more stages from that game!

I wouldn’t even consider it in the top half of Directs but I was still satisfied. As long as the NSO Expansion is $30 or under I won’t have an issue.

It was a solid Direct in my opinion, not as good as this year's E3 one but definitely had enough to satiate my Nintendo news appetite for the next few months. Super happy to get a release date (and name!?) for Triangle Strategy, another look at Splatoon 3, KOTOR on Switch, and especially N64 on NSO and (FINALLY!) a 3D Kirby game.

NSO N64 really does have a great starting lineup.

There’s been a September Direct for the past 5 years, so I was pretty sure the month wouldn’t pass without one. Nintendo already has a strong holiday slate so I’m excited to see what they have for early next year (hopefully more consoles on NSO too!)

Yes, but on sale.

Celeste wasn't for me unfortunately but Lena's soundtrack was fantastic.

It looks a lot better and it will most likely be a great experience for those who never played the original games but for me this trailer didn't do anything to convince me why I should double dip, which is a shame.

Not my favorite but it was definitely a good one. I was happy to see more of Pocket Dungeon and to see Tetris Effect coming to Switch. Axiom Verge 2 shadow-dropped was great for fans but I haven't played the first (yet) so I wasn't personally excited about it.

The big shadow-drop I expected today; hope it turned out well!

Reminds me of that E3 2011 Zelda tech demo.

Both this and Aces seemed bland (though Aces' core gameplay was admittedly pretty fun) so I bought Toadstool Tour instead; unfortunately the disc didn't work so I'll just stick to Wii Sports Golf.

@BloodNinja You have the Comment of the Month in my book!

I’ll be happy to buy them if they bring anything new to the table.

Went to my local Best Buy last weekend and they had both. To be honest, Nintendo could have saved themselves a lot of grief if they hadn’t announced 3D All Stars was only a 6-month physical print run because I think people wouldn’t have really noticed (besides it being taken off the eShop, which is unacceptable.)

StreetPass is one of the features that makes the 3DS the best Nintendo console in the last 20 years - and another thing that the Switch is sorely lacking.

If we can get a New Pokemon Snap, no reason to not make another Pokemon Pinball game. It's been far too long!

No one has a problem with these titles on Switch, it's that they aren't offering more. I think many NSO subscribers would be happy to pay more for popular SNES games (and N64 etc.) but we're approaching 2 years since the SNES update and there's been no major improvements to the surface. (Which are desperately needed, as seen with the whole Metroid series stuck on Wii U debacle)

I played through Shield and the Isle of Armor but not the Crown Tundra yet, so these might be helpful.

Shame GC games are getting so expensive now cause Nintendo wants nothing to do with them. Might as well give the rights to Xbox.

Yep, and it’ll be the launch game for the Switch Pro too!

Can’t wait to hear about Mother 3

I'm definitely interested in the Steam Deck but would honestly rather purchase a PS5 first.

Interesting that Mario Golf is doing so well but it seems already forgotten, at least to me.

For me, it would be Ocarina of Time 3D, specifically the Volvagia fight and final battle (the latter of which I wrote an essay about in class!)

The original was my first Zelda game and I've always had a soft spot for it, but I (once again) can't justify repurchasing a game I already own for $60. Hopefully this follows Link's Awakening's path and has a good sale every so often.

Are button controls available in TV/tabletop mode as well?

Read this book over the past few days (coincidentally) and it was a treat.