Nintendo Direct Feb 13, 2014 Thread | 3DS/Wii U Spring games
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Man, so all they have to fill in the gap for Wii U between February and May are VC and Indie games man, that's a bumber. And no bombs compared to last year's direct (not that I was expecting any).Just wish we could've seen more of SMT x Fire Emblem or Yarn Yoshi or at least have had one new retail game announcement.
Other than that though, I really enjoyed this Direct, finally got to see some new X footage(although I wish they could've at least gave us the name already), Mario Kart 8 looks great, Little Mac in Smash is something I've always wanted and Bayonetta 2 looks amazing!
Other than that though, I really enjoyed this Direct, finally got to see some new X footage(although I wish they could've at least gave us the name already), Mario Kart 8 looks great, Little Mac in Smash is something I've always wanted and Bayonetta 2 looks amazing!
Gormless Noodle
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Nah, seeing X was awesome. The combat system and being able to use those mechs looks really crazy.
But the bad things are the no release dates for most things. The drought is going to be insane this year.
its ded
dampflokfreund
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Yes me too. And 3DS don't look better too, just new crap games were announced....
Vampirolol
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Satisfied. When you follow Nintendo you should know what to expect.
X's new footage was cool, but otherwise it was a terrible Direct, as usual.
When will people finally learn not to get hyped by the Directs? A lot of the users around here seem like a bunch of masochists, and the gifs of Iwata "dropping bombs" are just ridiculous at this point.
When will people finally learn not to get hyped by the Directs? A lot of the users around here seem like a bunch of masochists, and the gifs of Iwata "dropping bombs" are just ridiculous at this point.
cardinalmind
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Thank God I did not overhype myself. That was a good direct if you keep your hopes on the leash.
SweetDonuts
Member
I got what I expected from that Direct, happy with it.
Spieler Eins
Member
NES Remix 2 pretty much equals mockery at this point.
SoraanTribal
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I think the ground combat for X looks far more exciting, though. The mech stuff that they showed off in this one particular battle was just a bunch of shooting. I want to go chop off limbs with a big weapon or something, lol.
Europe
3DS
available now
Wii U
February
I hope I didn't miss stuff.
3DS
available now
- Steel Diver: Sub Wars
- 02/20 - Weapon Shop de Omasse
- 03/13 - Pokémon Link: Battle!
- 03/14 - Yoshi’s New Island
- 03/28 - Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- 04/17 - Nintendo Pocket Football Club
- 05/02 - Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
- 05/02 - Mario Golf World Tour
- 05/16 - Kirby Triple Deluxe
- 2014 - Super Smash Bros.
- 2015 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Wii U
February
- 02/21 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- 04/25 - NES Remix 2
- GameBoy Advance Virtual Console
including Metroid Fusion, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 and more
- 05/01 - Child of Light
- 05/30 - Mario Kart 8
- 2014 - Bayonetta 2
- 2014 - Super Smash Bros.
- 2014 - X
I hope I didn't miss stuff.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Your confusing Bayonetta with DmC
Fushichou187
Member
Where my zelda games at?
Mixed up with SMB and Metroid in fresh new NES
princemarth23
Member
Well, I liked it. Sucks about the droughts for Wii U and all but how can I be disappointed when I got everything I expected? Little Mac looks sick.
Art Teitlebaum
Member
So it is confimed what we all knew before: WiiU's future is Kart, Smash, X and Bayo2. Okaaayyy...
I leave happy.
Little Mac was godlike, favourite newcomer so far.
Bayonetta looks CRAZIER than the first, and that's saying much.
X was kinda underwhelming if compared to the first video... but that's because they've shown just ONE battle, with no cuts, and that battle looked amazing to play.
Tell me about it. I learned my lesson after hyping up one of the directs a year or two back. Never again.
Its like a vicious cycle :lol.
I'm really regretting my Wii U purchase now. All they showed were new videos of Bayo2 and X, which were announced long ago. The GBA VC announcement is complete garbage because everyone knows that should be on 3DS or at least on both. I'm not playing a single GBA game on my Wii U.
The only big announcement here is that AA6 is in development and Shu Takumi is at the helm again. Then again, nobody was worrying about the 3DS anyway. This was a chance for Nintendo to reassure Wii U owners that their purchase wasn't in vain, and they completely flushed that chance down the toilet.
Is one, JUST ONE new game announcement for the Wii U too much to ask for?!?!
The only big announcement here is that AA6 is in development and Shu Takumi is at the helm again. Then again, nobody was worrying about the 3DS anyway. This was a chance for Nintendo to reassure Wii U owners that their purchase wasn't in vain, and they completely flushed that chance down the toilet.
Is one, JUST ONE new game announcement for the Wii U too much to ask for?!?!
The cycle of overhype/overexpectations into "worst Direct ever" continues.
Wii U's getting a lot more eShop titles and I saw X and Bayonetta. Little Mac's in Smash and all 7 Koopa Kids are in MK8. I never expected this mass amount of announced games in such little time so I'm ok with that. People got hype about SMTxFE then bitched on how long it takes to develop. Just like they did Kid Icarus and Smash Brawl. Maybe they are just slowly ramping down Wii U development until their next console.
3DS on the other hand is firing on all cylinders. Overall it was a really enjoyable Direct even if it wasn't the mass hysteria inducing hypefest everyone expected (which at this point if you're expecting insane amounts of megatons each Direct you're deluding yourself.)
Wii U's getting a lot more eShop titles and I saw X and Bayonetta. Little Mac's in Smash and all 7 Koopa Kids are in MK8. I never expected this mass amount of announced games in such little time so I'm ok with that. People got hype about SMTxFE then bitched on how long it takes to develop. Just like they did Kid Icarus and Smash Brawl. Maybe they are just slowly ramping down Wii U development until their next console.
3DS on the other hand is firing on all cylinders. Overall it was a really enjoyable Direct even if it wasn't the mass hysteria inducing hypefest everyone expected (which at this point if you're expecting insane amounts of megatons each Direct you're deluding yourself.)
About 3DS... Who the hell asked for another Steel Diver game?
That baseball game looks cute enough. It seems to have a lot of variety so that's always a plus. Good thing it's free.
As for the new pokemon spin-off, well let's just say that that 3DS line-up looks really underwhelming, except for Mario Golf in May. Good thing there are already tons of great games for it.
On the Wii U front, it was good to finally see some gameplay from X and Bayonetta 2. It's about time. Other than that, nothing new under the sun. And they're finally releasing GBA games on WIi U I don't have words for that. That's cool for Wii U owners I guess, but 3DS ones have no such luck. I didn't get hyped before hand so at least I didn't leave disappointed.
All in all, it's clear that this won't change Wii U's fate for one bit. Still, it's nice to see them cater to the hardcore fans who bought a Wii U.
At this rate, we may never get it, who knows? Watch it get silently canceled in Europe.
That baseball game looks cute enough. It seems to have a lot of variety so that's always a plus. Good thing it's free.
I just hope this won't play like that awful baseball mini-game in A Link Between Worlds.
As for the new pokemon spin-off, well let's just say that that 3DS line-up looks really underwhelming, except for Mario Golf in May. Good thing there are already tons of great games for it.
On the Wii U front, it was good to finally see some gameplay from X and Bayonetta 2. It's about time. Other than that, nothing new under the sun. And they're finally releasing GBA games on WIi U I don't have words for that. That's cool for Wii U owners I guess, but 3DS ones have no such luck. I didn't get hyped before hand so at least I didn't leave disappointed.
All in all, it's clear that this won't change Wii U's fate for one bit. Still, it's nice to see them cater to the hardcore fans who bought a Wii U.
At this rate, we may never get it, who knows? Watch it get silently canceled in Europe.
Looks at thread title
Umm...
Also, Smash is going to be the big holiday game of this year, but we still need to see what they plan on surrounding it with.
princemarth23
Member
Yoshi Yarn, Zelda U, SMT X FE as well, but obviously those haven't been shown in any real capacity yet.
Yup.
People posting "but I don't get why are you hyping Directs you should stop doing it pls" just don't get it's a way to have fun and laugh at funny gifs. Lighten up
Freezie KO
Banned
The Donkey Kong trailer looked fantastic, and I'd imagine some people are happy about the Koopalings. Good for Nintendo for doing a reasonable free/paid model for Sub Wars. I'm glad they didn't turn this into an "in app" nightmare. I might actually try it now.
No surprises overall, but that in itself is no surprise. Nintendo's HD development problems and conservative software strategy pretty much mean we won't see any major changes for another 2 years. Until then, it's safe, cheap stuff that they can rush out like NES Remix.
No surprises overall, but that in itself is no surprise. Nintendo's HD development problems and conservative software strategy pretty much mean we won't see any major changes for another 2 years. Until then, it's safe, cheap stuff that they can rush out like NES Remix.
The perfect Dark
Banned
No FZero
No Metroid
No Wave Race
No GC HD Remake
No release dates (yeah Mario Kart, okay.....)
No StarFox
No Zelda
Nintendo doesn't care and I have no games to play until Mario Kart arrives. A 40 minutes Direct....for what? Nothing but three new WiiU trailers? What.....I'm....I'm speechless.
At least there's some software for 3DS owners.
No Metroid
No Wave Race
No GC HD Remake
No release dates (yeah Mario Kart, okay.....)
No StarFox
No Zelda
Nintendo doesn't care and I have no games to play until Mario Kart arrives. A 40 minutes Direct....for what? Nothing but three new WiiU trailers? What.....I'm....I'm speechless.
At least there's some software for 3DS owners.
I thought it was quite good. People expecting them to do a repeat of last January were a bit nuts tbh. How many of those games haven't even come out yet? It's pretty clear that their focus is on the spring. You'll get your new announcements/games direct later in the year or at E3.