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  1. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    This is an excellent point that I didn't think about. Even with the Switch 1's (not talking about the Switch 2) current user base, I can't imagine Nintendo coming out with a live service game...

    I 100% disagree with this. I don’t think they could. Nintendo would need to lower the barrier to entry and at the very least would need to have their game on every platform. Or at least mobile/pc/Nintendo. I just don’t know if they are willing to do that.

    This is an excellent point that I didn't think about. Even with the Switch 1's (not talking about the Switch 2) current user base, I can't imagine Nintendo coming out with a live service game (which by nature would need to be an online multiplayer game, which they are notoriously bad at supporting) that would actually attract a large enough audience from among their NSO subscribers that it would become profitable in the long term. Even if people could play it without NSO, it would need to be multi-platform to break even on their investment.

    I think that the only thing that comes close to this, which they have had a lot of success with, are their iOS mobile games, like Fire Emblem Heroes, Pikmin Bloom, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (I don't know how well Super Mario Run did). I played the latter two and spent actual money on Pikmin Bloom (maybe altogether somewhere between $25 to $50). That proves the point though: That kind of success cannot be replicated on the Switch, or at least not on the Switch by itself.

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  2. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    lol I felt this.

    They never get around to porting Radiant Dawn, causing used copies to skyrocket to $500.

    lol I felt this.

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  3. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    I played the heck out of my Wii and it never felt uncomfortable to me, even before I got the sleeves (which I never really needed).

    I played the heck out of my Wii and it never felt uncomfortable to me, even before I got the sleeves (which I never really needed).

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  4. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    I had not considered points 1 and 2. It makes sense. The Switch 2 user base is too small for now. They need more people on the new console before they can go all out on their most popular...

    I had not considered points 1 and 2. It makes sense. The Switch 2 user base is too small for now. They need more people on the new console before they can go all out on their most popular franchises. Of course, strategically releasing them to draw attention away from their competitors must also be a consideration. It's actually a really good thing for them that they can release cross-generation games that will sell on either platform, especially the previous one, which has hundreds os millions of people still playing on it. They can't throw that out right away. That's also good for people who want to buy a Switch 2, but want to wait a bit longer. They are, of course, trying to convince folks to move over, which is why some games are exclusively coming to the Switch 2.

    You also made a good point about younger audiences. I recently heard someone say that the kids don't identify themselves as "gamers" anymore, but as "players" of a certain game, like Fortnite, Minecraft, or Roblox. Those games are universes unto themselves. The kids don't care about platform loyalty or any of that nonsense. Nintendo doesn't have any experience with live service games as such. Well... maybe the Splatoon franchise, which is a big deal for the company, but it doesn't attract that many players (especially young ones) as a whole, I'd say.

    It's Pokopia, but I funny enough, I kept thinking that Pokotopia would have made more sense. Maybe they wanted to keep the name short, but I suspect that many more people will keep saying Pokotopia in their heads. lol

    I would wait on making any premature judgment about the state of Mario Tennis Fever. lol I didn't play the last one, but I heard that it was pretty bare bones.

    You made a good point about 3rd parties. It's odd that there's no Minecraft for Switch 2 yet.

    I also hope for a Metroid Prime 4 Direct before launch.

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  5. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    I agree. The shape of the Wii Remote was just so ergonomic, especially for point-and-click mechanics. The Joy-Cons are so tiny and unwieldy in comparison.

    I agree. The shape of the Wii Remote was just so ergonomic, especially for point-and-click mechanics. The Joy-Cons are so tiny and unwieldy in comparison.

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  6. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    I wish that more people (including at Nintendo) understood how big of a difference this makes.

    The Wii/Wii U IR sensor bar not only serves to bring up the cursor on screen exactly to where a Wii Remote pointing at, but some games also use it as a way to automatically recalibrate the motion sensor. It's all done by lighting up one set of LEDs at each side of the screen, to which the IR pointer will rely on.

    I wish that more people (including at Nintendo) understood how big of a difference this makes.

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  8. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Yeah! Let's go! I'll definitely be playing that one too!

    Yeah! Let's go! I'll definitely be playing that one too!

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  9. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    I won't disagree (I hope that they improve the graphical quality a bit), but I'm still super excited for it. Before I had my Switch 2, I was procrastinating on settling for one of the hundreds of...

    Similarly for Pokémon. Pokopia looks like the same generic sandbox life sim surivival game slop you'd see everywhere on Steam...

    I won't disagree (I hope that they improve the graphical quality a bit), but I'm still super excited for it. Before I had my Switch 2, I was procrastinating on settling for one of the hundreds of sandbox life sim survival slop games available on Steam, so I'm happy to finally play a sandbox life sim survival slop game from Nintendo, and a Pokémon-themed one to boot!

    ...while it's shocking that they're already announcing paid DLC for Legends Z-A over a month before its official release date...

    I found this to be almost criminally offensive. I already deeply disliked everything that I have seen from that game, but to then be told that there will be paid DLC upon launch, makes me hope that the game fails so hard, that The Pokémon Company never pulls this off again.

    I think that the Virtual Boy was someone's pet project, and the higher ups really wanted to push it. It makes no logical sense in any way, not from a marketing standpoint, not financially, nothing.

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  10. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Did you play Three Houses? If yes, was it fun? I only ever played the Tellius games and loved the heck out of them.

    Did you play Three Houses? If yes, was it fun? I only ever played the Tellius games and loved the heck out of them.

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  11. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Are you a long-time fan of the series? Are you're saying that Engage isn't worth the money? What about Three Houses? What is a Fire Emblem game that you'd recommend to a newbie like me? I only...

    Are you a long-time fan of the series? Are you're saying that Engage isn't worth the money? What about Three Houses? What is a Fire Emblem game that you'd recommend to a newbie like me? I only ever played the Tellius games and I can hardly find the words to explain to you how much I loved them both in terms of gameplay and the story. I'd like to play another entry in the series someday, but there are so many to choose from...

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  12. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    That's exactly right. How could I call myself a fanboy if I saved $10?

    That's exactly right. How could I call myself a fanboy if I saved $10?

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  13. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    You know, reading your comment I began to wonder again about how Nintendo of Japan just doesn't understand the world audience. I mean, I assume that it's Nintendo of Japan calling the shots on...

    You know, reading your comment I began to wonder again about how Nintendo of Japan just doesn't understand the world audience. I mean, I assume that it's Nintendo of Japan calling the shots on what they prioritize what they show off in a Direct. The Virtual Boy thing makes no logical sense, not even from a financial standpoint. I can't imagine that it will make them any significant money, yet... they seemed super excited to present it to us. The next installment in one of their most popular video game franchises, in a highly acclaimed sub-series to boot... well that, they couldn't care less about. It's just another game.

    Think about another oddity: While I am excited for Tomodachi Life... they announced the game now, probably a full year or longer before it will be released. Why is that franchise, which doesn't sell well and only entered the rest of the world market with the last 3DS entry, seemingly so much more important to them? Why do people need to know about it now, so long in advance?

    Also, why do we need a talking flower?

    I have therefore arrived at the conclusion, that I need to write these odd marketing decisions off as just Nintendo being a company rooted in a culture that is very different from ours, and has extremely quirky, yet influential men at the top, who like to push their agenda. They like to force their pet projects onto us, which sometimes align with their financial interests and the audiences' wishes, but very often, they also don't. if it wasn't like this though, we wouldn't get the occasional banger. Think how Pikmin basically started because Miyamoto observed some ants in his garden or whatever. So many of the great games they have released, seemed like crazy ideas at first, and ironically, a lot of people were very skeptical about the original Metroid Prime, but two decades later, here we are, impatient to play the third sequel.

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  14. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Wait, what? Did I really get confused by the way that they ordered the numbers on the date? Edit: Shoot... THE GAME IS COMING OUT IN DECEMBER!?!?!? screams

    Wait, what? Did I really get confused by the way that they ordered the numbers on the date?

    Edit: Shoot... THE GAME IS COMING OUT IN DECEMBER!?!?!?

    screams

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  15. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Yep. I couldn't have said it better.

    Yep. I couldn't have said it better.

  16. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    I saw at least two posts related to two different announcements that were made during the direct, but not an actual topic discussing the whole thing, so... here it is. Allow me to share with you...

    I saw at least two posts related to two different announcements that were made during the direct, but not an actual topic discussing the whole thing, so... here it is.

    Allow me to share with you the only four announcements that I cared about:

    Super Mario Galaxy

    I knew that they would release a new movie at some point, but although I watched the first one (which did feature a Luma), I somehow just did not expect that time to come around so fast. I mean, it will have been almost precisely three years when the next movie releases. I don't know about you, but this time just flew by for me. What I expected even less, is that the new movie would be centered around my two favorite 3D Super Mario games. I love it when Nintendo surprises me what I didn't know I wanted.

    It goes without saying that I, as the hopeless Nintendo fanboy that I am, will also be purchasing the re-releases of the games, separately, on the eShop, to vote with my wallet, as they say. I did have a Wii, and I 100%-ed both games, but I did that only once, and I've been craving them so bad for so many years. In fact, I've been thinking about these exact two games since I bought my Switch 2. It's like I manifested them or something.

    Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

    I have always been super curious about this series, but never had a chance to play the games. I don't know what it is about them, but they just look quirky, Japanese-y, and funny in a very Nintendo way. Honestly, it somehow reminds me of what the original Animal Crossing (N64/GCN) set out to be: a social simulation game (over the years, the series drifted away into what I call a "decoration sim", which profoundly saddened me).

    Side note: Just like Animal Crossing is known as Animal Forest in Japan, Tomodachi Life also has a different name there: Tomodachi Collection. I'm sure that once I play the game, I'll see more similarities.

    I'm astonished that the series has come this far at all though. The original title on the NDS was popular in Japan but didn't exactly ship a lot of units. The second installment on the 3DS sold more, and eventually got an international release, but I think that it still flew completely under the radar. Yet Nintendo is not giving up on it. This is when Nintendo is at its best for me, when they believe so much in an idea that they keep pushing it until a wider audience starts seeing the value. If they market the game appropriately, then I think that it could become a success, and establish itself as a proper IP.

    I will definitely get my grimy hands on a copy.

    Pokémon Pokopia

    Am I the only one who felt that this game is Nintendo's answer to Palworld and the Pixelmon Minecraft mod?

    Either way, it looks adorable. Finally something new in the series. I'm definitely getting this one.

    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

    A friend pointed out to me that the trailer felt underwhelming and almost like an afterthought. The game didn't get the attention that it deserves, and I agree.

    However, I also replied to him that it makes some sense to me, given that the star of this Direct was the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. (for which we get a new Yoshi game, for some reason).

    Keep in mind that the game will release in April next year. I would be surprised if they don't do another Direct until then (maybe in February), to properly start the hype train for its arrival. It wouldn't be wise to reveal their hand too soon.

    However, they had to give us the release date. This game has been in development since 2019 (and two years before that, until they started from scratch). People got to demo the game, and it looks basically finished, so they were starting to get impatient (me included). This was meant to be just a reveal of the release date and nothing else. They tried to appease us. It worked on me.

    Still, they could have been a bit more enthusiastic about it.

    On the day that the Direct was announced, I predicted that they would reveal the release date, and then joked that maybe the reason why it's been taking them so long to finish developing it is because it's going open world. Well, my joke turned out to be prophetic, and I'm not happy about it. I sure hope that they implemented the open world side of the game properly, and that it won't detract from the action that I have come to know and love this series for (I played through the entire trilogy on their original releases). I also hope that it won't require me 500+ hours to 100% because of it.

    I read in the YouTube comments something like: "Samus on a motorcycle was not on my 2025 BINGO card." Same. She completely nails it though.

    Disappointments

    No new games for the GCN on NSO. Will I ever get my beloved Animal Crossing back?

    Also, still no Pokémon gens I and II, even though Pokémon Stadium 1 and 2 are collecting dust on their servers.

    Last but not least: No Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which is the only "proper" Pokémon game that I have wanted to play since Black and White. I will get it eventually, and I will love it, but those graphics... I was under the impression that the game was actually popular, so why not give it some extra content, polish up the visuals, and make some easy cash? Isn't the Pokémon Company all about making easy cash? Come on! I'm offering you free money!

    Also, I still hate the concept of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Sorry. Not interested in being confined in a pseudo-European, colorless city, much less one where every building looks like it got copy-pasted. I feel uncomfortable every time I am reminded that this game is exists and is going to be released. I'll read some reviews after its release just to give it a chance to prove me wrong, but from what I have seen so far, it looks even more boring than Scarlet and Violet.

    7 votes

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  19. Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games

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    Why am I required to want that though? I have one Nintendo Switch 2. I don't have any of my old Wii, its peripherals and games anymore, nor do I want to go spend the time and money getting the...

    Why am I required to want that though? I have one Nintendo Switch 2. I don't have any of my old Wii, its peripherals and games anymore, nor do I want to go spend the time and money getting the hardware (second hand at that), finding space in my cramped apartment, downloading ROMS, and setting up all the software.

    This, however, is exactly what I want: an upgraded re-release on the console that I currently own, that I can just buy on the eShop and play right away. I'll gladly pay for that experience, and accept being looked down upon by the elitists, in order to have this convenience.

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