This was a Direct I really enjoyed even if I am not into all the games. I will most likely get Live A Live and Chrono Cross in PS4 at some point but I am hyped for Xenoblade 3.
Absolutely fantastic Direct! The highlight for me was definitely the Mario Kart 8 DLC. I wanted a new game, but this is better I think since now the game will have almost 100 courses in total. Much larger roster than the typical 32 courses. Looking forward to the first wave in March!
I have to say though, as much as I didn't like the Switch for constantly getting Wii U/3DS/Wii ports since I already own most of those games, I'm glad to see so many remakes/remasters of other titles that I haven't actually played. I've been wanting to play Klonoa for such a long time and now the first two games are being remade. Not to mention Front Mission 1 and 2, I've been eyeing that series for a while now so I'm glad to see that one receiving remakes as well. And of course, Advance Wars 1 and 2 are looking great as well.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 looks amazing and now I feel like I really need to get into this series as I own the first two games on Switch but I haven't played through any of them yet.
Splatoon 3 is laughable and makes CoD games look new and innovative. Mario Strikers… I love the originals but this looks like it’ll fall back on the same in-game economy issues that plague all their newer sports games with the gear and stats system. Hopefully it has a full story mode.
Switch Sports I’m very happy with even if there aren’t many sports. Golf being added means there’s potential for DLC.
Squeenix really did a great job and carried the momentum with a couple of great looking remasters/remakes minus the KH Cloud thing. Plus Toblerone Strategy.
Xenoblade 3 I’d probably never play, the first one is a bit of a chore to play and I dropped off after about 50 hours of nothingness.
Mario Kart 8 DLC is no replacement for 9 but hey, I’ll get it for free. 48 courses is great value.
Mother 1 and 2 great to see but again, played them a few times and I’d rather just play them via RetroArch these days along with 3.
No Zelda or Metroid Prime 4 or Bayo 3 is a bit disappointing so I guess they’re a while off.
Fire Emblem Warriors Three Houses irritates me for the exact same reason the BotW one and Persona 5 Strikers did. It’s a long running series in which the older titles get less love so the first musou Fire Emblem one was a great way to give those older games their time in the limelight. So having one based solely on the newest one feels a bit ‘upsell’-y to me, drawing in only fans of the newest title. Besides, not a fan of the yass queen attitude around Edelgard who’s literally a Nazi.
Portal is cool but again, for the millionth time, played it years ago on another platform.
So I guess Kirby is the one new game I can truly say looks innovative. Decent chunk of gameplay with new mechanics. Hopefully it comes together.
@LtSarge I really like XBC2, can’t get into 1 at all though and I’ve tried 3 times. It’s just really boring. I hope XBC3 is more like 2 overall.. seems that way in the trailer.
@kyleforrester87 I did play a good chunk of XBC1 on 3DS but I never finished it for some reason. Maybe it was because it became boring for me as well But yeah, I have the remake on Switch so I'm willing to give it another go. I just love the scope of these games, very massive and ambitious JRPGs.
Am I going to have to finally buy Mario Kart 8 again on the Switch 🤔😅. I haven't bought it yet because I already own and 100%ed the Wii U version and it's DLC.
I wish the new courses were standalone as a MK: Classics Collection or something. Or maybe I will just wait for the pipedream physical release that is MK8: Deluxe-ier Edition.
Biggest highlight is playing the Tour tracks on a console! I was hoping for paid port/remix of Tour on Switch without all the freemium stuff but I'm happy enough with the tracks making their way over.
Yeah I might have to finally get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch as well, having previously had the Wii U version. Waluigi Pinball and MK7 Rainbow Road are the tracks I'd most like to see return.
That new Kirby trailer got me interested in it, the game is looking sweet. And I could do with playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 before the new one hits.
Today's Nintendo Direct was hype honestly! I'm looking forward to playing Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, and both Earthbound games.
Also Kirby and the Forgotten Land too, but we already knew the release date.
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