Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

@nessisonett I used to like the wrapping spaghetti round the fork in the GBA one. Of course, when you stuck it in the GBA player, it became much easier with the GameCubes analog stick so I have a ridiculously high score on it!

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/09/nintendo_direct_to_...

Nintendo Direct tomorrow. 40 minutes.

I already have WAY too much to buy on the system this year, so hopefully it's mainly updates on upcoming games, lol. Don't know what I'm going to do if they toss in an eleventh hour first-party surprise or something.

@Ralizah I really really hope we see a new Mario game. It’s basically been since Odyssey unless you count Mario Maker 2. A new 3D Mario would be very cool, even if it’s just the Galaxy 2 to Odyssey.

I’ve just seen that the Nintendo Direct will be at 23:00 in the UK. What the actual hell.

@nessisonett It's usually later in the evening, but I don't think it was ever this late before.

@Octane It’s usually between 14:00 and 20:00 at the very latest. This is very late for a Direct.

@nessisonett Probably because they also want to give Japan a shot at watching this one. Whether that means anything, I dunno. Could be a biggie.

@nessisonett A one-two punch of BotW2 and SMO2 in Holiday 2022 would be killer. Although I think we're late enough in the generation that they'll probably just develop the next 3D Mario as a launch-window exclusive for the Switch successor instead. One new 3D Mario per generation seems to be the standard, and Nintendo seems weirdly hesitant to acknowledge that Galaxy 2 even exists.

I'd rather have a new Mario. I think they're perfectly fine as they are, but a second one would probably overstay its welcome.

Maybe we'll get Pikmin 4, lol who am I kidding.

The Direct in September 2019 was this late for the UK.

It usually airs around 10pm for us if it has mature content though. Makes me think some 18+ stuff will feature heavily

@Haruki_NLI, there's rumors over on NL about Capcom working on a Resident Evil built for Switch, plus a possible GTA collection, & of course Bayonetta 3 has to pop up at some point.

If any one of those show up that's probably why.

@Haruki_NLI That doesn't make any sense, because it's still in the afternoon for most of NA, and in the morning for Japan. Mature content isn't going to affect the time it airs.

What I want is probably wildly different from most people and it will certainly be wildly different from what will actually happen but...

1. I want a proper Mario RPG
2. I want Paper Mario for the Wii - Remastered
3. I want a new Trauma Center
4. I want a new 3D Mario game that isn't Odyssey 2
5. I want a Metroid Prime Collection

I'm expecting, "Oh hey you remember Splatoon? Here's a new hat you can wear in the hit game Splatoon!" or something.

@Octane No, it doesn't. But most September shows air late night in the UK. The exceptions are Pokemon, indie world's and the Direct Minis last year.

I'm just pointing out what historically has happened, and it's a likely reason why. This is late for NA too by usual standards

@Haruki_NLI The only reason I can think of is so that Japan can also watch it live (7am), instead of it being in the middle of the night for them.

First Nintendo Direct game has leaked, and it's already on the front page of NLife, why can't we have nice things?

@johncalmc I'm actually (very slowly) playing through Super Paper Mario right now, and... I'm trying to give it a chance, but Sticker Star might have a rival for my "least favorite Paper Mario" award.

New Trauma Center would be cool, but I get the feeling Atlus is already up to its ears in work with SMT V, Project Re Fantasy, whatever new Persona games are coming out, and... eventually... the next Etrian Odyssey game.

Which, unfortunately, probably also means Devil Survivor 3 will be a long time coming as well.

I fully expect Metroid Prime Trilogy next year, since, if it's coming, it'll probably be a year or so before MP4.

@Octane Yeah, I get that they have to report these things as someone else will but it should have been behind some sort of spoiler warning. Shoddy practice.

@Octane Actually just seen that it was Nintendo themselves who leaked the announcement. Primary source leaks are fair game as far as I’m concerned, they have a duty to report on said leaks. It’s not their fault Nintendo revealed it 6 hours early. A bit of discretion might have helped in the short term but someone would have spoiled it in the chat anyway.

@nessisonett Nothing is stopping them from not mentioning the game in the title, or using that image though.