Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS finally ... but.... "focuses on available games" ..... I don't want a bunch of DLC, I want new games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Nintendo DLC is usually pretty great as long as it's not Fire Emblem, though. I wouldn't mind expanding on some of what they have already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 "and games coming to #NintendoSwitch in the first half of 2021." Plus I'd bet on at least a tease for something coming later than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 LOL, I missed that! Oh yea, there will absolutely be teasers (probably one to open and one to end) for games coming later This is great, as I mentioned in this post right here, they haven't done one of these IN 2 YEARS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hopefully they announce more retro or remastered games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 There's a lot, and I mean A LOT of retro and remastered games already available for the Switch. You've got 4 years of them adding new games to the store literally every week to catch up on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 The Episode I Racer port is fun and seems like Justin material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Both N64 Turok games are also on Switch, and Doom 64 and Mario 64 along with Episode 1 Racer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 This must mean that BOTW2 is coming in early 2021. Thank you, Nintendo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Confession: what I really want, even more than BOTW2, is a new 2D Zelda. Would I settle for another remake (a la Link's Awakening)? Yes of course, but I don't want Nintendo to let that style die. 2013 was the last new one! (before someone 'well actually's me, Triforce Heroes doesn't count) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Wow, I can't believe Link Between Worlds is 8 years old already! I think Link To The Past -> Link's Awakening -> Link Between Worlds is the holy trinity of best and perfect Zelda games, I love all of them to death and find them endlessly replayable and fun every time I don't know how or why I haven't played Oracle of Ages/Seasons or Minish Cap yet, I really need to rectify that So hell, yea, sign me up for a new 2D Zelda for sure! In general, I wish Nintendo was better at making the Switch be a combination of their home console and portable console on the software front; When Switch first launched and 3DS was still going strong, it made sense all the first party games that came out were big massive games that are in line with what they do for home consoles. But I want their style of games that were most relegated to GBA, DS, and 3DS to continue strong on Switch, too! Everything they make doesn't have to be a huge game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I think the only 2D Zelda I've really loved was Link's Awakening I have only played a handful, but LoZ, AoL, ALttP, and whatever the first DS one was (the one with the boat, not the train) were not for me. But I hope for you that they put another one out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I'd like them to release the LucasArts Nintendo Collection with the Rogue Squadrons, Super Star Wars and Shadows of the Empire. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: I'd like them to release the LucasArts Nintendo Collection with the Rogue Squadrons, Super Star Wars and Shadows of the Empire. Yeah they put out those three ports on Switch (Episode I Racer and the two Jedi Knight games) and then just stopped for some reason. I was hoping to see more of those old SW games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I bet Rogue Squadron and Battle for Naboo really hold up. For some reason I never really got into the GameCube one. I really loved SOTE at the time, but I'm not convinced that one would hold up quite as well. At the time, I held it up there with Goldeneye's single player campaign though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,358 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah they put out those three ports on Switch (Episode I Racer and the two Jedi Knight games) and then just stopped for some reason. I was hoping to see more of those old SW games. More of a newer game, but Republic Commando is rumored to be coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I played SOTE recently and it holds up. It's not a great game or anything, but it's one of those definitive early N64 games that established that console. Level 1 snow battle is a classic demo stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 My memory was that the opening Hoth stuff was completely fantastic, and then everything that came after never reached that peak again Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 But man I played the opening levels (both the ship battle and the base escape) over and over and over as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Yeah, I used to come up with all sorts of imaginary dumb adventures in the areas where there is some limited room to free-roam (the cliffs on the Boba Fett planet, Echo base). Always did the same in GoldenEye after I cleared the baddies. I'm not sure they've done the snowspeeder battle better, although I know they've tried. The later games always try to beef it up with a ton of extra locations and objectives, which makes sense from a video game standpoint, but it's much less simple/pure. Mostly I just miss when Lucasarts would put out like five games a year and maybe only three of them were good, but at least they experimented with different styles of gameplay. Being so limited in Star Wars releases means that they alienate fans who don't care for the current release (i.e. fans who don't care for multiplayer when they released Battlefront) and don't get money from those fans for at least a year or two when the next game comes out. Give me a dumb Yoda's Desktop Adventure any day. Dumb card collection smartphone apps don't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I actually quite like SOTE in its entirety, including the train level which was ripped off in that crappy Solo movie, the really long canyon level that went on for an hour and ended with Boba Fett and the maligned speeder level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I dug it all at the time, and probably would again. If I had nits to pick with it today, playing it fresh with 20 years of distance, I'd imagine t would probably be little things like the kinda weightless jumping. Very fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 The floaty controls were rather shitty. There were some preposterous jumps and weird chicken walker fights where you had to run behind it while it kept turning, jetpack running out of fuel and those awful swimming bits that were impossible to figure out and you just sort of shot the gun rapidly and kept hitting B. I could probably own this Nintendo Switch for years and only play RCT3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 There are currently 9,000 people that just have a tab for the Nintendo Direct stream sitting open Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Whooo! Excited. Hoping to hear about BOTW2 and some 35th anniversary Zelda treats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 hours ago, Disco Stu said: The Episode I Racer port is fun and seems like Justin material? My physical copy finally shipped last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I didn't care for Racer. The later stages were incredibly frustrating. I preferred all other N64 SW games. The Factor 5 titles would make for awesome remasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Anybody else wish the Direct later today was at a differen time? 5PM EST is awkward for eastcoasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Quote We are now less than hour before the start of festivities for the afternoon. It has been roughly 531 days and 22 hours since we last received a full Nintendo Direct. That is the longest gap between full Nintendo Direct presentations since Nintendo first started producing them in October 2011. In that amount of time, over 600 games have been released for the Nintendo Switch, and we've had 22 separate Direct presentations in various formats. https://www.reddit.com/live/16i3888lr62uf I somehow hadn't realized they started as far back as 2011. That makes them taking 2020 off entirely from doing them even more significant! Here we........... go! Xenoblade 2 music! I recognize it immediately! A second DLC? Xenoblade 3? Ah, just a Smah Bros character. Meh At least it will expose more people to the great music! Takahashi is hosting Falls Guys is coming to Switch - no surprise there The Outer Wilds is coming to Switch! Kind of surprising considering its graphics Wow, they are localizing some Famicom Detective Club games! Didn't see that coming. They are full HD remakes too. Drops in May Samurai Warriors 5 - meh WOW!!!!!! Legend of Mana HD remake!!!!!!! Gorgeous sprite art! Re-arranged music and the original music too Monster Hunter Rise footage - meh A new Mario Golf game! Mario Golf Super Rush! Ha Speed Golf mode looks super fun for playing with others in your living room Wow, they are bringing back MIIS for this!? Tales form the Borderlands - meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Love me some Mario Golf. Buying that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Capcom Arcade Classics - some great games here, but this is overpriced Stubbs The Zombie - wtf No More Heroes 3 - i still have never played this series Neon White - not for me DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power - cool for children Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborvlle - not for me Miitopia - WTF!?!?! I never would have that that 2021 would see the return of Miitopia and Miis in general. Wow. Animal Crossing - Super Mario themed items being added. HOLY cow the Animal Criossing versions of Mario, Wario, and Luigi look ridiculous Octopath Traveler folllowup!! IT looks even better than Octopath did! Ooh, it's a tactical RPG! Project Triangle Strategy. Neat! coming 2022 Wow - demo available today!! Star Wars game...... Star Wars Hunters. Doesn't really explain what it is. Oh "competitive online game set between episodes 6 and 7". Huh. Knockout City - no thank you World's End Club - nah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 There is just far too much boring anime stuff in this Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hades physical release - no surprise there Ninja Gaiden Master Collection - no surprise, this leaked this afternoon Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity Expansion Pass - I wasn't planning on picking up this game after hearing about all the performance issues. this didn't even really explain what the expansion pass adds Bravely Default II - looks amazing Ghosts N Goblins Resurrection - I think these graphics are cheesy looking. Looks like a 90s flash game. The originals were never favorites of mine anyway SaGa Frontier remastered - Neat! Apex Legends - not for me Eiji Aonuma is part of this! LOL! The first thing he does is apologize for not having anything to show for BOTW 2. Promises more information is coming later this year. To me, this means the game itself is certainly not coming this year. Holy shit, Skyward Sword HD! They're keeping the motion controls, using joycons Ah, they are letting you use more traditional controls too! The right stick controls how to swing the sword. Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blues 65 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Another anime swordfighter? Does Sakurai have a fetish for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Probably Splatoon 3 is the final thing shown. Not for me coming 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I will be buying Mario Golf, Skyward Sword HD, and Splatoon 3 (pending more news about single player). Splatoon is TONS of fun but I just don’t play online games. I really enjoyed my time with the first two though. The single player modes were like 3D platformers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Did you find the single player mode in 1 and 2 lacking, or have any reason to think they are scaling back the single player experience for 3? So, 2021 and beyond games published by Nintendo list is: Feb 12 - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Feb 26 - Bravely Default II April 30 - New Pokemon Snap May 14 - Famicom Detective Club 1 & 2 May 21 - Miitopia June - Age of Calamity Expansion Pass Wave 1 June 25 - Mario Golf: Super Rush July 16 - Skyward Sword HD November - Age of Calamity Expansion Pass Wave 2 2022 - Splatoon 3 no date - Metroid Prime 4 no date - Bayonetta 3 no date - Breath of the Wild 2 no date - Detective Pikachu rumored to be "very close to completion" in 2015 - Pikmin 4 Hopefully an E3 direct in June sheds light on what we're getting from them in the second half of 2021! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,358 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, Jay said: Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity Expansion Pass - I wasn't planning on picking up this game after hearing about all the performance issues. this didn't even really explain what the expansion pass adds Honestly while I have noticed some slowdown here and there, to me it was fine, it wasn't gamebreaking, no worse than a lot of other Switch games even some SNES online games IMHO. Call me an apologist I guess lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just doesn't look like I'd get $60 worth of enjoyment out of it tbh. Maybe if I can find it for $40, or a $60 version with all DLC included and performance issues fixed comes out for a Switch Pro or the Switch's successor, I'll check it out then. From all accounts it won't affect the plot of BOTW2 at all so I won't feel like I'm missing out I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The Star Wars game sounds basically like a mobile game. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 14 hours ago, Jay said: Just doesn't look like I'd get $60 worth of enjoyment out of it tbh. Maybe if I can find it for $40, or a $60 version with all DLC included and performance issues fixed comes out for a Switch Pro or the Switch's successor, I'll check it out then. From all accounts it won't affect the plot of BOTW2 at all so I won't feel like I'm missing out I don't think. I haven't heard anything about performance issues, and haven't noticed anything horrible while playing myself. Where was this from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Every Nintendo podcast I listened to mentioned performance issues, IE slowdown when there's lots of enemies on the screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I think that's just normal when the action gets too heavy in a Warriors game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I think I'll get the Ghostbusters game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Project Triangle Strategy Demo I checked this out last night. It's such a poorly constructed demo! You fire it up and after choosing your camera controls, it begins with not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 long cutscenes in a row before you finally get control and get to play the thing. Why would they do that for a demo!? Then there's barely any tutorial / explaining how to play the damn thing. It just kind of assumes you've already played Final Fantasy Tactics or a Fire Emblem game I guess. I moved a bunch of characters around a grid, sometimes I could attack a bad guy sometimes not, eventually they killed one of my guys, and I got a game over. And that was that, for me. It looked gorgeous, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 These RPGs are made by hardcore fans for hardcore fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,370 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 I dunno, Octopath Traveler was pretty straight forward. Modern RPGs do tend to have way more complicated combat systems than the golden era of RPGs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,370 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Nice video showing the difference in graphics between Wii and Switch for Skyward Sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 and here's an alternate one if you'd rather not give GameXplain views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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