03-08-2018, 06:10 PM
Here's what happened and my thoughts taken directly from my facebook page:
I wish I could say I felt the type for this Nintendo Direct that so many seem to, but I simply can't. Almost everything on here I either expected, don't care about, or was too annoyed by the lack of things that should be coming that weren't announced. Let's go over this Nintendo Direct.
The 3DS got all of 5 minutes of this Nintendo Direct, and it was probably the best part as well. For starters, Wario Ware Gold is coming to the 3DS.
A remake of Luigi's Mansion is also on it's way: http://www.ign.com/…/luigis-mansion-rema...-to-ninten… and that was probably the highlight of the whole direct for me.
Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers is also coming which I'm happy to see.
Sushi Striker is coming to 3DS and Switch, and a port of Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker is coming to both systems as well.
Mario and Luigi, Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Junior's Journey is coming to the 3DS next year.
Okami HD is coming to Switch this summer.
South Park the Fractured But Whole is coming April 24th but it will still have the season pass, so get ready to pay more for the same shit at a lower quality.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to the Switch July 10th, as if that surprises anyone.
Undertale is coming to the Switch but I don't I can't remember when the release is if it was even mentioned, and I don't care enough to look. The game has already been out a while on PC, PS Vita and PS4 so another port doesn't really interest me.
Little Nightmares Complete Edition is coming to the Swtich, and all I can say is finally, what took Bandai Namco and Nintendo so long to reach an agreement with this game? Kinda makes you wonder what's gonna happen with Metroid Prime 4.
Octopath Travelers is coming July 13th for the Switch, but i have to be honest, I never got the hype for this game so I can't be bothered to care now.
Mario Tennis Aces is releasing June 22nd for Switch and I think all my hype died for it during this direct. They are trying to add layers of strategy to it that just seem to ruin the balance of a Tennis game. Thankfully there's a classic mode, but what they've added to it annoys the hell out of me.
Kirby Star Allies which is releasing next week got a new trailer with some new information about being able to ally with characters like Meta Knight and King Dedede, as if that's anything new. More potential allies are going to be coming as free DLC later.
Dark Souls is getting an Amiibo to go with it's remake launching on May 25th, but all it does is allow your character to strike a famous pose within the game, making it probably the most worthless Amiibo of all.
Splatoon 2 is going all Let It Die on us as it introduced a new character named Agent 8 who will be going through a story mode of 80 floors to find out what memories she lost. This DLC will put you out 20 dollars.
Travis Strikes Again was shown off but honestly it looks like a downgrade from No More Heroes in just about every sense so my hype for that got killed as well.
The big announcement at the end was that Super Smash Bros is coming to Switch, but given that it's releasing this year, it more or less means it's a port, which is not what I wanted. The ink boy and ink girl characters from Splatoon are going to be added in as well.
I don't know what it is, maybe it's because I'm mad there was no Yoshi, no new updates for Super Mario Odyssey, nothing from Level 5 or Atlus, but this direct didn't interest me as much as it should have. Some of this announcements were way too predictable, and the 3DS, despite having a long awaited game for fans in Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers and a remake of Luigi's Mansion, was kind of thrown to the wayside like Nintendo is only supporting it because they said they would, not because they want to. There are a lot of games people are very excited about and I get why they would be, but for me, it's just not going to click. I'm actually getting mad and frustrated talking about this. I give the thing a 2.5/5. Half of it was good, but because too much of it was too safe and nothing that I really, truly wanted to see was there, it felt half-baked to me. Nintendo has done worse, but they've done a lot better before to.
I wish I could say I felt the type for this Nintendo Direct that so many seem to, but I simply can't. Almost everything on here I either expected, don't care about, or was too annoyed by the lack of things that should be coming that weren't announced. Let's go over this Nintendo Direct.
The 3DS got all of 5 minutes of this Nintendo Direct, and it was probably the best part as well. For starters, Wario Ware Gold is coming to the 3DS.
A remake of Luigi's Mansion is also on it's way: http://www.ign.com/…/luigis-mansion-rema...-to-ninten… and that was probably the highlight of the whole direct for me.
Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers is also coming which I'm happy to see.
Sushi Striker is coming to 3DS and Switch, and a port of Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker is coming to both systems as well.
Mario and Luigi, Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Junior's Journey is coming to the 3DS next year.
Okami HD is coming to Switch this summer.
South Park the Fractured But Whole is coming April 24th but it will still have the season pass, so get ready to pay more for the same shit at a lower quality.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to the Switch July 10th, as if that surprises anyone.
Undertale is coming to the Switch but I don't I can't remember when the release is if it was even mentioned, and I don't care enough to look. The game has already been out a while on PC, PS Vita and PS4 so another port doesn't really interest me.
Little Nightmares Complete Edition is coming to the Swtich, and all I can say is finally, what took Bandai Namco and Nintendo so long to reach an agreement with this game? Kinda makes you wonder what's gonna happen with Metroid Prime 4.
Octopath Travelers is coming July 13th for the Switch, but i have to be honest, I never got the hype for this game so I can't be bothered to care now.
Mario Tennis Aces is releasing June 22nd for Switch and I think all my hype died for it during this direct. They are trying to add layers of strategy to it that just seem to ruin the balance of a Tennis game. Thankfully there's a classic mode, but what they've added to it annoys the hell out of me.
Kirby Star Allies which is releasing next week got a new trailer with some new information about being able to ally with characters like Meta Knight and King Dedede, as if that's anything new. More potential allies are going to be coming as free DLC later.
Dark Souls is getting an Amiibo to go with it's remake launching on May 25th, but all it does is allow your character to strike a famous pose within the game, making it probably the most worthless Amiibo of all.
Splatoon 2 is going all Let It Die on us as it introduced a new character named Agent 8 who will be going through a story mode of 80 floors to find out what memories she lost. This DLC will put you out 20 dollars.
Travis Strikes Again was shown off but honestly it looks like a downgrade from No More Heroes in just about every sense so my hype for that got killed as well.
The big announcement at the end was that Super Smash Bros is coming to Switch, but given that it's releasing this year, it more or less means it's a port, which is not what I wanted. The ink boy and ink girl characters from Splatoon are going to be added in as well.
I don't know what it is, maybe it's because I'm mad there was no Yoshi, no new updates for Super Mario Odyssey, nothing from Level 5 or Atlus, but this direct didn't interest me as much as it should have. Some of this announcements were way too predictable, and the 3DS, despite having a long awaited game for fans in Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers and a remake of Luigi's Mansion, was kind of thrown to the wayside like Nintendo is only supporting it because they said they would, not because they want to. There are a lot of games people are very excited about and I get why they would be, but for me, it's just not going to click. I'm actually getting mad and frustrated talking about this. I give the thing a 2.5/5. Half of it was good, but because too much of it was too safe and nothing that I really, truly wanted to see was there, it felt half-baked to me. Nintendo has done worse, but they've done a lot better before to.