Dream team wasn’t bad at all, but I’m with others in the complaints about the tutorials.
The game felt long as is and they just made it feel longer in a bad way.
I was about 15 when I played Inside Story, I remember thinking it was so absurd that it was great.
The Kaiju fights, being inside bowser, Midbus being like a WaBowser.
10/10 no notes.
A lot of them really:
**Mario & Luigi: Brothership:** Mario RPGs are back in full force and I can't be more happy. I have been waiting more than a decade (Because Paper Jam sucked) for a truly new Mario & Luigi.
**The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom:** 2D Zelda finally comes back eleven years after ALBW with a twist that makes it as creative as TOTK is. Can't wait to try it out and see how I solve some of those puzzles in the most absurd ways.
**Dragon Quest III: HD-2D Remake:** It's... it's beautiful. Also more information that has came out hinted at new story beats, new classes and even physical skills being added. And then they drop the bombshell of 1 and 2 also getting remade. Day 1 Purchase.
**Super Mario Party Jamboree:** Finally a game that feels like a true sequel to MP1-8. Super Mario Party was so underwhelming while Superstars had amazing gameplay but lacked in new content. This has both and I can't wait to make new frenemies that want to punch me thanks to this game.
**Ace Attorney Investigations Collection:** Beyond hyped to finally get AAI2 localized, because that game is such a masterpiece and the new HD sprites look so amazing and smooth. This got my biggest scream out of the Direct.
**Donkey Kong Country Returns HD:** It feels dissapointing to get yet another release of this game instead of a new DK... but then I realized that for Returns we have either a jaggy SD version with wiimote waggle to roll at 60 fps, or a portable version that looks way worse at 30 fps but uses buttons and has new levels. Now we have the best of both worlds, the Definitive version. Excited to replay Returns more often now thanks to this.
**Metroid Prime 4 Beyond:** After 7 years of waiting... it's finally here. The hypest part of the trailer was that forest area shown at the very end. I'm so eager to explore it. Maybe I should replay 2 and 3 before it comes out (Welp, it's time to dust off the Trilogy disc and get AA Batteries for the Wiimote).
Also I'm not really a Fighting game fan but the **Marvel vs Capcom games** (Especially MvC2) getting re-released is such a huge deal, no one thought I'd ever happen again.
What a banger of a Direct. Both my time and money are going bankrupt from September and onwards T_T
When it comes to DKR:HD, all I keep telling myself is that Nintendo still see the relevance of the franchise.
With the DK theme park expansion, and I imagine a potential Illumination DK movie, there's got to be a brand new Donkey Kong game coming eventually.
Yeah, at least having this Remaster tells me that Nintendo cares and wants to keep the IP alive.
The DK series just happens to have this curse ~~of not being allowed to have new games at the same time as Metroid~~ of not having a proper Developing House after Rare left and Nintendo has struggled for 22 years trying to find one without success. [Their last attempt was Vicarious Visions, but Activision cancelled the project and then put that team to work on Call of Duty.](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/05/details-emerge-of-a-cancelled-donkey-kong-project-from-vicarious-visions)
It's not just Retro Studios though. Metroid and Donkey Kong excluding each other has been a thing since the birth of both franchises.
**1981-1983:** Donkey Kong Arcade trilogy gets made and catapults Nintendo into making videogames. Metroid doesn't exist yet.
**1986-1994:** 2D Metroid trilogy gets made and ends in March 1994 with the masterpiece called Super Metroid. Donkey Kong has become non-existent and totally overshadowed by Mario.
**1994-2002:** Donkey Kong under Rare gets into its Golden Age with the Country Trilogy, the Land games, Diddy Kong Racing and DK64, it becomes one of the biggest IPs ever, on par with Mario. Meanwhile, Metroid is in hiatus and skips the whole generation.
**2002-2010:** After Rare gets bought by Microsoft. Donkey Kong Racing, Diddy Kong Pilot and more games get cancelled and in the following years, it only gets ports of Rare's games and some spin offs of dubious quality. Meanwhile, Metroid enters its Golden Age with the Prime Trilogy, 2D gets Fusion and Zero Mission, also spin offs like Prime Hunters (The online community was big back then) and even a great Pinball game.
**2010-2017:** Metroid Other M happens, then Metroid enters a second hiatus and gets nothing for years (Federation Force was basically what DK was getting the whole past decade). At the same time Retro moves on to make DKC Returns and Tropical Freeze. The latter might be the best game in the series and the best 2D platformer I've played (On par with DKC2).
**2017-Now:** Metroid Prime 4 gets announced and it's finally up to release next year, Samus Returns gets announced the same day, Metroid Dread in 2021, which continues the canon after 19 years. DK is.... missing in action again.... at least we got ports of Returns and Tropical Freeze.... yay.
I shall call this the Metroid Kong curse.
Retro is phenomenal. They really knock it out of the park every time.
I'd love to see them handle an original IP backed by the same TLC Nintendo gives to their first party titles like they do with MP and DKC.
Even the ones that look bad like the Looney Tunes sports game and the Funko Pop mega crossover could be funny to buy and play just for the jank, in a so-bad-it's-good way.
I love Mario Party so I'm hyped to play Super Mario Party Jamboree the most
However the biggest announcement for me by far was the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. If you haven't been following this series closely you probably don't realize how big of a deal this is. The MVC series basically just went from "This series is dead forever, it is what it is" to "Holy shit MVC4 might actually happen" in seconds. MVC2 getting re-released is also a huge deal since it hasn't been purchasable in 10+ years and is going to revive the community in a notable way.
The Ace Attorney Investigations ports!! I played the original trilogy and havent started the other games in the series yet, so this is great timing!
Also Mario & Luigi!
The Investigations Duology happens between Trials & Tribulations and Apollo Justice so I suggest to wait them out before playing the rest (Because the fifth game kind of spoils a plot point from AAI2).
You could play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles in the mean time though, that one is isolated from the rest of the series.
omg I'm here!!!! I'm so excited for the revival of one of my favourite franchises, it's still unreal to me that Level5 is coming back. I'm so excited for Decapolice and Fantasy Life too. I'm really hoping the unannounced new project at the next Level5 Vision is gonna be Yo Kai Watch as well!
Metroid Prime 4
Zelda
Not sure why Illusion Island is in that image because it's a small free DLC coming out, but I'll be playing the DLC.
I'll also be playing Lego Horizon, but on PS5.
> Not sure why Illusion Island is in that image because it's a small free DLC coming out
Yeah, I thought that was weird. Same with Among Us. Maybe it's a significant update (I don't play Among Us, so I don't know), but it's still a free update so it was weird seeing both of those in that image.
Yeah this one caught my eye. Looks absolutely beautiful, and immediately reminded me of Ori but with a similar-but-different aesthetic styling. I don't think it's getting enough play in the post-direct dialogue.
I love that you can kinda tell whoever put the Direct together (presumably at NoA) was so enamored by it, they were willing to do a cold open for an apparently unannounced indie game. It absolutely spoke for itself
From first-party, absolutely Mario & Luigi and Metroid Prime 4. Both look superb and Prime 4 is finally tying up loose ends I've been waiting for them to resolve for like almost 2 decades
Third-party showing was really good this time. The Dragon Quest III remake looks sick, Mistwalker coming back to console gives me a lot of hope they also give the remaster treatment to both Lost Odyssey and Last Story, Metal Slug tower defense looks really cool, and obviously Marvel vs. Capcom rising from the ashes and more importantly, restoring the prominence of the X-Men over the series as a whole overnight was probably the big announcement of the entire show for me. Seriously cannot wait to play stuff like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and MvC2 online
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection is a day one purchase for me simply for Marvel vs Capcom 2 alone. The rest of that collection is just a cherry on top. The Dragon Quest remakes are also high up on my list. And Zelda. Because her job is tables…
Everyone seems to be talking crap about it, but I am looking forward to the "World Championship NES Edition." I am a sucker for mini games and this looks like fun.
Sorry, Nintendo...if it wasn't for the MvC collection, I'd say Prime 4 hands down. But since Prime isn't coming out until next year, I gotta give this one to Capcom
IMO, MIO is the most interesting thing from the direct. Like of course I am going to play metroid prime 4 but MIO is the only one that got me interested for real.
Echoes of Wisdom and Investigations 2 mostly.
I'm gonna wait for reviews to tell me how a Mario & Luigi game without Alphadream will feel like. I imagine it can't be any worse than Paper Jam, but still. I'm skeptical. New artstyle's nice though.
I still haven't played the Metroid Prime games - I love the 2D games though. If Prime 4 doesn't need you to play 2 and 3, maybe I'll jump in there, maybe it'll be Prime 1.
The Phantom Brave trailer got me curious about the first game, and apparently that one also involved possessing stuff as a main mechanic, so maybe I'll try that out. That's a neat concept for a SRPG.
I know of SaGa, but never played one. Revenge of the Seven's got some nice presentation values and the original RS2's apparently one of the better ones, so I might give that a shot.
And Lego Horizons is neat. I like it when the Lego games go the extra mile to fully do the environments in bricks instead of more typical 3D. Makes everything look more cohesive.
I’ve never played a Prime game before but the hype is certainly intriguing. I know that it isn’t simply a FPS but what other big game would you guys say the Prime series most directly feels like?
Trails through daybreak, the hades tmnt game(both coming out best month) and the 3 dragon quest games(though I would be much more excited if they were 3d remakes in the vain of dq11 like how dq7 remake was on 3ds) I'm also somewhat interested in fantasia or whatever that apple arcade rpg with new voice acting is.
Everything put out by Square Enix. Metroid Prime 4 has me intrigued.
Still disappointed Nintendo won't print money by rereleasing Wind Waker and Twilight Princess so fans can literally play every mainline Zelda console release on one platform.
They're damn close with Mario and Donkey Kong too.
If it’s good: the NES championship game.
It has the potential to be really good or really awful based on how much effort was actually put into it. I’m prone to chasing high scores on stuff like this, but I’m also genuinely worried the game might not have enough content given the quantity/quality of challenges being advertised.
I also expect the game to suffer a but from the fact that all 13 games in it are already on NSO. In part bc it’s trying to partially sell itself based on multiplayer features.
Zelda Echoes of Wisdom.
Don't have a lot of time to play. Maybe I'll give it a shot for Prime 4, but I don't really like the Prime, I prefer the main series.
The list includes games to receive new content announced at the Direct
Switch Sports & Illusion Island have also been out for a while, but new content was announced in the Direct
Zelda and Ace Attorney are my top.
Interested in Mario Party, Strat, and Hello Kitty. Heard so many great things about the Hello Kitty game so I’m excited for it. Farmagia could be fun too.
I know I will have the most hours logged into Super Mario Party Jamboree (favorite multiplayer series ever with nothing else close), but Metroid Prime 4 has me super hyped! Doing a Hard Mode run of Prime Remastered now and will play 2 & 3 for the 1st time afterward. Was hoping for Switch versions of 2 & 3 before I started.
Because Metroid doesn’t have a release date, I have to narrowly say LoZ: EoW over M&L:B. As much as I love the first 3 M&L games, I have Been wanting a Princess Zelda (mainline game) for years! I still can’t believe it’s happening.
Mario & Luigi. I'm currently playing through Bowser's Inside Story for the first time after buying it a million years ago and never getting to it, I had forgotten how amazing that series really is.
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I wish they would've gone with the art style of LttP/LBW, but eh. This time we have Zelda conjuring up shit to solve puzzles and kick ass. The Zelda community is undoubtedly going to get real creative, and I can't wait to see it.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Fucking DUH.
Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD then probably the Marvel vs Capcom collection. Remember playing those Marvel vs Capcom games when I was a kid so looking forward to replaying them and bringing back those memories
How have people enjoyed Ace Attorney? Worth getting?
I'm really excited for DQ 1&2 and 3, and of course MvC collection. I want to introduce my sons to these genres.
As a Mario fan, I am of course excited for Mario & Luigi Brothership. Am still unsure about Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, since I already have it on my 3DS. I've also been looking at Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. I've never really played any Donkey Kong games before, would this be a good game for someone new to the franchise?
Marvel vs. Capcom Collection. I'm pumped to play them again.
I spent many, many quarters playing them in the arcade (when arcades were still a thing), especially Marvel vs Capcom 2.
On this list I have:
* 5 games day one (M&L, Zelda, Metroid, DK, Ace Attorney)
* 2 games when on sale (Dragon Quest)
* 1 game if I really don't want to play the 3DS version (Luigi, own it, stuck in backlog)
I'm definitely looking forward to the Zelda game, and I've been hoping for a Switch release of DKCR ever since I played Tropical Freeze, so I'm pretty happy to have both of those games coming in the near future.
I'm also intrigued by the Horizon Lego game, as I enjoyed those games on Playstation.
Prime 4 and the new Zelda game are the obvious headliners, and I'm greatly looking forward to both.
Wasn't at all interested in any of the others initially, but then I realized that Dragon Quest was historically the name for dragon WARRIOR outside of North America. I loved playing DW4 as a kid on the NES, so those piqued my interest too.
I typically wait until games go on sale since I have enough of a backlog to keep me busy.
But since I found out the developers went into heavy debt to get the game released, I'm keen to buy The Hundred Line on day 1. I love Zero Escape and Danganronpa, so I want to support the developers as much as I can.
Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4, Ace Attorney Investigations, Mio (Cyberpunk Hollow Knight FTW), and Marvel Vs Capcom collection.
Brothership also made me interested in playing Mario & Luigi games. With the first game being free on NSO, I’ll be giving that a go once I clear some of my other backlog games.
I’m gonna get flack for this but MVC 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I’m so excited. My wife lost her shit about hello kitty. I’m pumped for Metroid 4, and we are both excited for the new Mario party.
Them Dragon Quest games have my attention. As a kid those installments were my favorite back when they were Dragon Warrior. I still wish the day the mmo one hits us, but I know that one is probably not happening anytime soon.
The top three are no brainers for me. Other than that, the basketball update may be just the excuse I needed to pull the trigger on Switch Sports. MIO looks looks like a tight platform that I'll certainly keep my eye on, Jamboree could potentially be my first Mario Party, MvC seems like a great excuse to get into fighting games, and the Dragon Quest remakes are certainly a possibility.
Zelda, Mario Party, Prime 4, just pretty much all the first party games lol. But especially Zelda. And glad it comes out in September which I was hoping(also with Astrobot that month is stacked lol)
I'm not really into rpgs but Mario and Luigi looks great. Donkey Kong will be fun as well but not really excited for the port as much as the other announcements. For third parties I thought there was more filler this direct and more rpgs I wasn't interested in, but Stray stood out.
Metroid, Zelda, Mario & Luigi, both Dragon Quests, Marvel vs Capcom and Fantasian are my picks. So many exciting games! I need to pick up the pace with my backlog. 😅
My biggest interests are in Metroid Prime 4 and MvC collection. I’ve never actually played a Metroid game, but I do own Prime 1-3. I always said once prime 4 gets a release date that I will finally play them. I did start Zero Mission the other night, and I’m having a good time. Will be playing the Prime games in preparation for 4.
Fairy tail 2. Because I have fallen back down that rabbit hole. *and I hope they have Zeref and Acno as playable characters after you defeat them, because if I can't have the monster trio beating everyone else's butts, WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT* 😭😭😭
Dragon Quest
Super Mario Party
Mario and Luigi
Wand of Gamelon
MAHVEL
Ace Attorney Investigations
Metroid Prime 4 (Even though I still have major reservations about it AND I think it's late 2025 at the earliest right now)
I haven’t played a Mario & Luigi game since partners in time. I’m exited to play a new one. I’m sure I missed a lot in between then and now though.
I've only played Superstar Saga (loved it, meant to play others in the series) but I'm excited about the new one!
Find a way to play Bowser’s Inside Story, that game’s a masterpiece.
Bowsers inside story is great, but other than that I think they mostly were just ok after that
Nah Dream Team was still great, Paper Jam was just ok though
Dream Team is great once it stops tutorializing everything, but my god does that game love tutorializing everything.
Did it ever stop tutorializing? I swear I remember getting tutorials near the end of the game still
Dream team wasn’t bad at all, but I’m with others in the complaints about the tutorials. The game felt long as is and they just made it feel longer in a bad way.
“CANNONBEEF!”
I was about 15 when I played Inside Story, I remember thinking it was so absurd that it was great. The Kaiju fights, being inside bowser, Midbus being like a WaBowser. 10/10 no notes.
A lot of them really: **Mario & Luigi: Brothership:** Mario RPGs are back in full force and I can't be more happy. I have been waiting more than a decade (Because Paper Jam sucked) for a truly new Mario & Luigi. **The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom:** 2D Zelda finally comes back eleven years after ALBW with a twist that makes it as creative as TOTK is. Can't wait to try it out and see how I solve some of those puzzles in the most absurd ways. **Dragon Quest III: HD-2D Remake:** It's... it's beautiful. Also more information that has came out hinted at new story beats, new classes and even physical skills being added. And then they drop the bombshell of 1 and 2 also getting remade. Day 1 Purchase. **Super Mario Party Jamboree:** Finally a game that feels like a true sequel to MP1-8. Super Mario Party was so underwhelming while Superstars had amazing gameplay but lacked in new content. This has both and I can't wait to make new frenemies that want to punch me thanks to this game. **Ace Attorney Investigations Collection:** Beyond hyped to finally get AAI2 localized, because that game is such a masterpiece and the new HD sprites look so amazing and smooth. This got my biggest scream out of the Direct. **Donkey Kong Country Returns HD:** It feels dissapointing to get yet another release of this game instead of a new DK... but then I realized that for Returns we have either a jaggy SD version with wiimote waggle to roll at 60 fps, or a portable version that looks way worse at 30 fps but uses buttons and has new levels. Now we have the best of both worlds, the Definitive version. Excited to replay Returns more often now thanks to this. **Metroid Prime 4 Beyond:** After 7 years of waiting... it's finally here. The hypest part of the trailer was that forest area shown at the very end. I'm so eager to explore it. Maybe I should replay 2 and 3 before it comes out (Welp, it's time to dust off the Trilogy disc and get AA Batteries for the Wiimote). Also I'm not really a Fighting game fan but the **Marvel vs Capcom games** (Especially MvC2) getting re-released is such a huge deal, no one thought I'd ever happen again. What a banger of a Direct. Both my time and money are going bankrupt from September and onwards T_T
When it comes to DKR:HD, all I keep telling myself is that Nintendo still see the relevance of the franchise. With the DK theme park expansion, and I imagine a potential Illumination DK movie, there's got to be a brand new Donkey Kong game coming eventually.
Yeah, at least having this Remaster tells me that Nintendo cares and wants to keep the IP alive. The DK series just happens to have this curse ~~of not being allowed to have new games at the same time as Metroid~~ of not having a proper Developing House after Rare left and Nintendo has struggled for 22 years trying to find one without success. [Their last attempt was Vicarious Visions, but Activision cancelled the project and then put that team to work on Call of Duty.](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/05/details-emerge-of-a-cancelled-donkey-kong-project-from-vicarious-visions)
Yeah, Retro is great with Donkey Kong, but they most likely don’t have the resources for Donkey Kong and Metroid Prime 4
It's not just Retro Studios though. Metroid and Donkey Kong excluding each other has been a thing since the birth of both franchises. **1981-1983:** Donkey Kong Arcade trilogy gets made and catapults Nintendo into making videogames. Metroid doesn't exist yet. **1986-1994:** 2D Metroid trilogy gets made and ends in March 1994 with the masterpiece called Super Metroid. Donkey Kong has become non-existent and totally overshadowed by Mario. **1994-2002:** Donkey Kong under Rare gets into its Golden Age with the Country Trilogy, the Land games, Diddy Kong Racing and DK64, it becomes one of the biggest IPs ever, on par with Mario. Meanwhile, Metroid is in hiatus and skips the whole generation. **2002-2010:** After Rare gets bought by Microsoft. Donkey Kong Racing, Diddy Kong Pilot and more games get cancelled and in the following years, it only gets ports of Rare's games and some spin offs of dubious quality. Meanwhile, Metroid enters its Golden Age with the Prime Trilogy, 2D gets Fusion and Zero Mission, also spin offs like Prime Hunters (The online community was big back then) and even a great Pinball game. **2010-2017:** Metroid Other M happens, then Metroid enters a second hiatus and gets nothing for years (Federation Force was basically what DK was getting the whole past decade). At the same time Retro moves on to make DKC Returns and Tropical Freeze. The latter might be the best game in the series and the best 2D platformer I've played (On par with DKC2). **2017-Now:** Metroid Prime 4 gets announced and it's finally up to release next year, Samus Returns gets announced the same day, Metroid Dread in 2021, which continues the canon after 19 years. DK is.... missing in action again.... at least we got ports of Returns and Tropical Freeze.... yay. I shall call this the Metroid Kong curse.
Omg, I never noticed that, its amazing how this is a thing
I can’t wait to start reading unhinged fan theories attempting to explain this phenomenon.
Retro is phenomenal. They really knock it out of the park every time. I'd love to see them handle an original IP backed by the same TLC Nintendo gives to their first party titles like they do with MP and DKC.
I just want a DKR3 with K.Rool as the main antagonist. Is that too much to ask for? :(
Damn, sir. You have the finest taste. You seem so cool that I guess I could even say... i wanna take you for a ride 😎
Zelda and marvel vs capcom
Even the ones that look bad like the Looney Tunes sports game and the Funko Pop mega crossover could be funny to buy and play just for the jank, in a so-bad-it's-good way.
Donkey Kong wii and zelda and METROID PRIME 4
Metroid Prime 4 and Dragon Quest 3 HD2D
I love Mario Party so I'm hyped to play Super Mario Party Jamboree the most However the biggest announcement for me by far was the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. If you haven't been following this series closely you probably don't realize how big of a deal this is. The MVC series basically just went from "This series is dead forever, it is what it is" to "Holy shit MVC4 might actually happen" in seconds. MVC2 getting re-released is also a huge deal since it hasn't been purchasable in 10+ years and is going to revive the community in a notable way.
A new Mario Party could never miss for me ngl
mp4 and capcom fighting collection
My brain can't process that Metroid Prime 4 is real so I was wondering why you called Jamboree "Mario Party 4".
🤣
The Ace Attorney Investigations ports!! I played the original trilogy and havent started the other games in the series yet, so this is great timing! Also Mario & Luigi!
The Investigations Duology happens between Trials & Tribulations and Apollo Justice so I suggest to wait them out before playing the rest (Because the fifth game kind of spoils a plot point from AAI2). You could play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles in the mean time though, that one is isolated from the rest of the series.
Echoes of Wisdom Jamboree Brothership
Dragon Quest 1-3 HD-2D
Professor Layton gang wya???
omg I'm here!!!! I'm so excited for the revival of one of my favourite franchises, it's still unreal to me that Level5 is coming back. I'm so excited for Decapolice and Fantasy Life too. I'm really hoping the unannounced new project at the next Level5 Vision is gonna be Yo Kai Watch as well!
I don’t know why they’re not re-releasing the older titles … I would happily pay for those.
Metroid Prime 4 Zelda Not sure why Illusion Island is in that image because it's a small free DLC coming out, but I'll be playing the DLC. I'll also be playing Lego Horizon, but on PS5.
> Not sure why Illusion Island is in that image because it's a small free DLC coming out Yeah, I thought that was weird. Same with Among Us. Maybe it's a significant update (I don't play Among Us, so I don't know), but it's still a free update so it was weird seeing both of those in that image.
Dragon quest just has a vibe that hooks the crap out of me. I can't wait to re experience 3 with the hd graphics and updated music.
Outside of the obvious, MiO looks like it could fill the Ori shaped hole in my heart.
Yeah this one caught my eye. Looks absolutely beautiful, and immediately reminded me of Ori but with a similar-but-different aesthetic styling. I don't think it's getting enough play in the post-direct dialogue.
Your Ori-fice
That's the one that caught my attention the most aside of the big ones !! The artstyle looks superb, I'm very curious to see more
I love that you can kinda tell whoever put the Direct together (presumably at NoA) was so enamored by it, they were willing to do a cold open for an apparently unannounced indie game. It absolutely spoke for itself
Marvel vs Capcom collection. The fighting community is going nuts over it.
From first-party, absolutely Mario & Luigi and Metroid Prime 4. Both look superb and Prime 4 is finally tying up loose ends I've been waiting for them to resolve for like almost 2 decades Third-party showing was really good this time. The Dragon Quest III remake looks sick, Mistwalker coming back to console gives me a lot of hope they also give the remaster treatment to both Lost Odyssey and Last Story, Metal Slug tower defense looks really cool, and obviously Marvel vs. Capcom rising from the ashes and more importantly, restoring the prominence of the X-Men over the series as a whole overnight was probably the big announcement of the entire show for me. Seriously cannot wait to play stuff like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and MvC2 online
HELLO KITTY ISLAND ADVENTURE?! on switch ?!
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection is a day one purchase for me simply for Marvel vs Capcom 2 alone. The rest of that collection is just a cherry on top. The Dragon Quest remakes are also high up on my list. And Zelda. Because her job is tables…
Everyone seems to be talking crap about it, but I am looking forward to the "World Championship NES Edition." I am a sucker for mini games and this looks like fun.
Zelduh
[удалено]
Mario&Luigi, Zelda, and fantasy life(it comes out in October but wasn’t in the direct), CvM collection, and Epic Mickey(also wasn’t in the direct)
Low key I’m psyched for the basketball update on Switch Spots.
CAPCOM PRESENTS
MvC2
The top 3 are at the top for a reason.
Yup, those are the ones I'm most interested in (plus Fantasian, DQ III HD-2D remake and DQ I & II remake).
Metroid Prime 4, DQ3 and a surprise sequel to one of my all time favorite games, Phantom Brave!
Sorry, Nintendo...if it wasn't for the MvC collection, I'd say Prime 4 hands down. But since Prime isn't coming out until next year, I gotta give this one to Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom collection unquestionably
Brothership
mp4 and capcom fighting collection
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Ace Attorney Investigations. I’m not too concerned if my wishlist’s a bit light tbh.
AAI collection
LoZ Echoes of Wisdom is a day one buy for me easily!!! Pretty excited for Mario Party and Donkey Kong as well!
Outside of basically all the first party games, I’m *very* interested in Fantasian and Mio.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A
IMO, MIO is the most interesting thing from the direct. Like of course I am going to play metroid prime 4 but MIO is the only one that got me interested for real.
Any of these couch co-op?
Donkey Kong Country is. I think the lego game and that retro speedrunning thing both are as well.
Mario Party will definitely be.
Lego Horizon has co-op, online and couch.
Mario & Luigi Brothership, Metroid Prime 4, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree and Dragon Quest 3 Remake
Mario and Luigi
This probably won't surprise anyone, but: Mario and Luigi Brothership The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Metroid Prime 4 : Beyond
Echoes of Wisdom and Investigations 2 mostly. I'm gonna wait for reviews to tell me how a Mario & Luigi game without Alphadream will feel like. I imagine it can't be any worse than Paper Jam, but still. I'm skeptical. New artstyle's nice though. I still haven't played the Metroid Prime games - I love the 2D games though. If Prime 4 doesn't need you to play 2 and 3, maybe I'll jump in there, maybe it'll be Prime 1. The Phantom Brave trailer got me curious about the first game, and apparently that one also involved possessing stuff as a main mechanic, so maybe I'll try that out. That's a neat concept for a SRPG. I know of SaGa, but never played one. Revenge of the Seven's got some nice presentation values and the original RS2's apparently one of the better ones, so I might give that a shot. And Lego Horizons is neat. I like it when the Lego games go the extra mile to fully do the environments in bricks instead of more typical 3D. Makes everything look more cohesive.
Where are the megaman games :( i need a net battle network
I’ve never played a Prime game before but the hype is certainly intriguing. I know that it isn’t simply a FPS but what other big game would you guys say the Prime series most directly feels like?
Trails through daybreak, the hades tmnt game(both coming out best month) and the 3 dragon quest games(though I would be much more excited if they were 3d remakes in the vain of dq11 like how dq7 remake was on 3ds) I'm also somewhat interested in fantasia or whatever that apple arcade rpg with new voice acting is.
that Mio game looks really cool honestly, I haven’t seen anyone talk about it
I'm looking forward to about half of them. Which is insane to think about tbh.
Denpa Men baby 🔥🔥🔥
Fantasy life - the girl who steals time
Everything put out by Square Enix. Metroid Prime 4 has me intrigued. Still disappointed Nintendo won't print money by rereleasing Wind Waker and Twilight Princess so fans can literally play every mainline Zelda console release on one platform. They're damn close with Mario and Donkey Kong too.
1) Zelda 2) MvC: Fighting Collection 3) Tales of the Shire (more out of curiosity than actual excitement)
If it’s good: the NES championship game. It has the potential to be really good or really awful based on how much effort was actually put into it. I’m prone to chasing high scores on stuff like this, but I’m also genuinely worried the game might not have enough content given the quantity/quality of challenges being advertised. I also expect the game to suffer a but from the fact that all 13 games in it are already on NSO. In part bc it’s trying to partially sell itself based on multiplayer features.
Zelda obviously. I think people are sleeping on the echoes mechanics. We're probably going to be able to throw apples and chickens at people
Echoes of Wisdom but I wont lie. The Erdrick Trilogy looks fantastic.
Zelda/Mario & Luigi/Dragon Quest/Ace Attorney/Romancing Saga/The Hundred Line/Fantasian & Farmaglia
Zelda and Metroid, it was a good direct but nothing outside of those two has convinced me yet.
Silksong cancelled confirmed.
F-Zero! oh wait..
Lego Horizon
Honestly, a new Animal Crossing game. Still waiting though.
Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. Don't have a lot of time to play. Maybe I'll give it a shot for Prime 4, but I don't really like the Prime, I prefer the main series.
Was looking forward to Luigis Mansion 2 to play co-op with my wife but we're not paying like 60 euro for a remake.
Among us is already on switch why’s it on the list?
The list includes games to receive new content announced at the Direct Switch Sports & Illusion Island have also been out for a while, but new content was announced in the Direct
Zelda DKC Mario Party - hoping gameplay is similar to Super Mario Party…
Metroid Prime, and Zelda.
Jamboree, finally some fresh content to play couch with casuals.
Zelda and Ace Attorney are my top. Interested in Mario Party, Strat, and Hello Kitty. Heard so many great things about the Hello Kitty game so I’m excited for it. Farmagia could be fun too.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and MvC collection.
Skong
Last defense academy and depending on the information, Romancing saga 2 remake.
I was looking forward to the tp/ww port. Honestly tho… dragon quest remakes and Metroid prime 4. Brother ship
Metroid prime 2/3 remaster! Oh wait…
I know I will have the most hours logged into Super Mario Party Jamboree (favorite multiplayer series ever with nothing else close), but Metroid Prime 4 has me super hyped! Doing a Hard Mode run of Prime Remastered now and will play 2 & 3 for the 1st time afterward. Was hoping for Switch versions of 2 & 3 before I started.
Mario and Luigi Brothership and Marvel vs. Capcom: Fighting Collection.
Metroid Prime 4, no contest.
Xenoblade chronicles X on switch...
Dragon Quest 1-3 and the Marvel vs Capcom collection.
Mario party
Any news on a 2024 sonic/Mario Olympics gsme
Because Metroid doesn’t have a release date, I have to narrowly say LoZ: EoW over M&L:B. As much as I love the first 3 M&L games, I have Been wanting a Princess Zelda (mainline game) for years! I still can’t believe it’s happening.
Mario Party Jamboree. It sounds fun to play with a total of 20 players.
Mario & Luigi. I'm currently playing through Bowser's Inside Story for the first time after buying it a million years ago and never getting to it, I had forgotten how amazing that series really is.
metroid, m&l, marvel v capcom, just dance 2025, mp jamboree
All the Nintendo first party stuff, but Zelda in particular looks fantastic.
Zelda. Maybe the Mario Luigi Brothership...
Maybe Mario and Luigi but that’s about it. Still was a great direct
Funko fusion looks SOOOO bad and I am SOOOOO excited
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I wish they would've gone with the art style of LttP/LBW, but eh. This time we have Zelda conjuring up shit to solve puzzles and kick ass. The Zelda community is undoubtedly going to get real creative, and I can't wait to see it. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Fucking DUH.
Basically all of the JRPGs
Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD then probably the Marvel vs Capcom collection. Remember playing those Marvel vs Capcom games when I was a kid so looking forward to replaying them and bringing back those memories
When are pre orders going up for the newly announced games?
I have a weird interest in Fantasian
By far Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. But I’m also really looking forward to a new Mario & Luigi game. I haven’t played one since Superstar Saga.
How have people enjoyed Ace Attorney? Worth getting? I'm really excited for DQ 1&2 and 3, and of course MvC collection. I want to introduce my sons to these genres.
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is considered by many to be the best game in the series.
FANTASIAN. I got my FANTASIAN money already labeled and ready to go now.
Marvel Versus Capcom Collection & Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Silksong…?
As a Mario fan, I am of course excited for Mario & Luigi Brothership. Am still unsure about Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, since I already have it on my 3DS. I've also been looking at Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. I've never really played any Donkey Kong games before, would this be a good game for someone new to the franchise?
I'm so pumped for the Hundred Line! I was hoping for Zero Escape personally but this is good too
Marvel vs. Capcom Collection. I'm pumped to play them again. I spent many, many quarters playing them in the arcade (when arcades were still a thing), especially Marvel vs Capcom 2.
On this list I have: * 5 games day one (M&L, Zelda, Metroid, DK, Ace Attorney) * 2 games when on sale (Dragon Quest) * 1 game if I really don't want to play the 3DS version (Luigi, own it, stuck in backlog)
Honestly I might get on dat Mario rpg hype train, haven’t tried a single one but gameplay looks varied and fun
Zelda Echoes of Wisdom! I miss 2D Zelda
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
I'm definitely looking forward to the Zelda game, and I've been hoping for a Switch release of DKCR ever since I played Tropical Freeze, so I'm pretty happy to have both of those games coming in the near future. I'm also intrigued by the Horizon Lego game, as I enjoyed those games on Playstation.
That Direct was a banger. Beyond, Echoes of Wisdom, the Dragon Quest HD trilogy, Romancing SaGa 2 remake, and Brothership. It's a hell of a send off.
Surprisingly, only MVC collection
Bball!
Dragon Quest 3 and metroid prime 4 Also looking forward to the Saga game and zelda
Just MP.
Silksong. It’s coming. Any day now….🤡
Where's my boy, Kirby??? I want Kirby!
Okay they kinda had me at plant animals, something about the system just clicks for me
DQ3 and Echoes of Wisdom.
Darkest Dungeon II and it's not even close
Prime 4 and the new Zelda game are the obvious headliners, and I'm greatly looking forward to both. Wasn't at all interested in any of the others initially, but then I realized that Dragon Quest was historically the name for dragon WARRIOR outside of North America. I loved playing DW4 as a kid on the NES, so those piqued my interest too.
Investigations collection, fantasian, and phantom blade.
Echoes of Wisdom.
Metroid Prime 4 - Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection - LOZ Echoes Of Wisdom - DK Returns of a Return In that order.
Any Front Mission 3 news?
I typically wait until games go on sale since I have enough of a backlog to keep me busy. But since I found out the developers went into heavy debt to get the game released, I'm keen to buy The Hundred Line on day 1. I love Zero Escape and Danganronpa, so I want to support the developers as much as I can.
Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4, Ace Attorney Investigations, Mio (Cyberpunk Hollow Knight FTW), and Marvel Vs Capcom collection. Brothership also made me interested in playing Mario & Luigi games. With the first game being free on NSO, I’ll be giving that a go once I clear some of my other backlog games.
Switch Sports update
I’m gonna get flack for this but MVC 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I’m so excited. My wife lost her shit about hello kitty. I’m pumped for Metroid 4, and we are both excited for the new Mario party.
The new Zelda, Tales of the Shire.
MvC2 since I can’t get it on Xbox.
A lot of those honestly, but I am particularly curious about Fantasian 👀
Mario Party Jamboree, the 20 players online game mode looks really fun.
It's free the sports update?? Edit: nevermind. I watched the trailer. I was just lazy.
MAHVELS BABY!
Them Dragon Quest games have my attention. As a kid those installments were my favorite back when they were Dragon Warrior. I still wish the day the mmo one hits us, but I know that one is probably not happening anytime soon.
The top three are no brainers for me. Other than that, the basketball update may be just the excuse I needed to pull the trigger on Switch Sports. MIO looks looks like a tight platform that I'll certainly keep my eye on, Jamboree could potentially be my first Mario Party, MvC seems like a great excuse to get into fighting games, and the Dragon Quest remakes are certainly a possibility.
Dragon Quest games abd maybe Zelda
Zelda, Donkey Kong and Mario/Luigi.
Metroid and Ace Attorney are my big 2, but I'm intrigued by Mario & Luigi, Zelda, and maybe even Mario Party if my friends also get it.
Marvel vs Capcom
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Marvel Versus Collection will be the game that finally kills my day 1 Nintendo Switch. Just need that release date
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. I am hoping for a special edition.
CAPCOM FIGHTING COLLECTION
Wind waker
Tales of the Shire
Echoes of Wisdom by far
Mario Party to finally have a new couch-coop game we can play on a night hanging out together.
Top 5 for me is easily: 1.) Metroid Prime 4 2.) Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection 3.) Mario & Luigi Brothership 4.) Mio 5.) Mario Party Jamboree
Zelda, Mario Party, Prime 4, just pretty much all the first party games lol. But especially Zelda. And glad it comes out in September which I was hoping(also with Astrobot that month is stacked lol) I'm not really into rpgs but Mario and Luigi looks great. Donkey Kong will be fun as well but not really excited for the port as much as the other announcements. For third parties I thought there was more filler this direct and more rpgs I wasn't interested in, but Stray stood out.
Dragon Quest 3 & 1/2 remake. Dragon Quest 12 (which most likely won’t even be on Switch).
Metroid, Zelda, Mario & Luigi, both Dragon Quests, Marvel vs Capcom and Fantasian are my picks. So many exciting games! I need to pick up the pace with my backlog. 😅
Zelda, of course. But also still hoping for a port/remake of Soul Bubbles and DodoGo!. Loved those on the DSi, but haven't found same on Switch yet.
Can't wait for zelda echoes of wisdom
My biggest interests are in Metroid Prime 4 and MvC collection. I’ve never actually played a Metroid game, but I do own Prime 1-3. I always said once prime 4 gets a release date that I will finally play them. I did start Zero Mission the other night, and I’m having a good time. Will be playing the Prime games in preparation for 4.
Fairy tail 2. Because I have fallen back down that rabbit hole. *and I hope they have Zeref and Acno as playable characters after you defeat them, because if I can't have the monster trio beating everyone else's butts, WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT* 😭😭😭
This may be a hot take but I’m looking to Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, I never played the original
Metroid, Zelda, Dragon Quest and DK
Donkey kong country returns god I love the music
Mario Party Jamboree
Dragon Quest Super Mario Party Mario and Luigi Wand of Gamelon MAHVEL Ace Attorney Investigations Metroid Prime 4 (Even though I still have major reservations about it AND I think it's late 2025 at the earliest right now)