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[SpacePirate Ridley]

Best thing was a Kirby game.

Shaking my head Nitendo.

Someone needs to throw Tanabe some art lessons with Art Academy, maybe he will undertand why the artstyle he wants to defend is so horrible for Metroid and and his super long dev time game is going to bomb like if there was not tomorrow.

Poor Next Level.

 

[aGuyInaBearSuit]

It was mostly great

EXCEPT FOR THE METROID THING

#FEDERATIONSPLAINING

 

[ironcreed]

WiiU is looking pretty dead based on that Direct.

You could see it long ago. That is why I bailed. Hoping they surprise with NX because I would love to have reasons to buy one.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Liked it. Wasn't the best. Wasn't the worst.

 

[gamerMan]

Now instead of getting one bad Star Fox game, we get 2. Thanks Nintendo.

 

[GWX]

I think debuted in Amazing Mirror (Master hand was also one of the bosses). Was pretty useful having cutter, stone and hammer as one for opening up paths in the world.

Oh, I wasn't aware, as I didn't play that one (it's the Metroid-like one, right?).

 

[LordOcidax]

Good direct, cant wait for #fe

 

[blamite]

• Virtual Console
• a bunch of JRPGs
• some localizations of weird Japanese games (#FE, Soliti Horse)
• NOT Mother 3 somehow???????

 

[Ryoukai]

The Direct was pretty good, kinda glad they didn't went all out like last year and had nothing for E3.

 

[RiggyRob]

Paper Mario as an RPG series is dead.

DDDEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAADDDDDDD

 

[Shibalan]

Goddamnit, I finally reached the "I'm done with Nintendo, they do the same shit over and over" phase.

My innocence is lost.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I am happy as a clam with that direct. Got everything I expected, and then some.

 

[Espada]

Only thing I really cared about was Kirby: Planet Robobot because I love Triple Deluxe, and this game looks like a continuation of that game's experience.

Man, Nintendo must be aching to reveal the NX already. The 3DS and Wii U are running on fumes at the moment.

 

[Alebrije]

Will watch this image to pretend this Direc had any worth

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Got a handful of good things and a bunch of meh on the side.
C+

 

[ZeroMaverick]

I wonder why they're still keeping Zelda shrouded in mystery. I guess they don't want to oversaturate us with it?

 

[AdanVC]

There it is. Glad I wasn't hyped this time. One of the weakest Directs in a while. Probably because we already knew most of the content due to leaks, heh. At least Rythm and Heaven is coming that's the important <3

 

[HandsomeCharles]

Overall I though it was a pretty average direct.

That said, did anyone else notice a severe lack of "launching Q3/4" games? With one or two exceptions, everything seemed to be Summer-Period.

Makes me think something else might be coming in time for Christmas...hmm.....

 

[KingSnake]

At least we get a rugby sevens game, so I guess that counts for something. Yay!

 

[doodledude]

We're never getting an Advance Wars on 3DS are we

 

[jetjevons]

They should just rename these things Nintendo 3D(irect)S

 

[TheNormalMan]

where the fuck is Box Boy 2


WHERE THE FUCK WAS BOX BOY 2???

This is the correct question! Come on Nintendo! Otherwise a decent direct. Not mind blowing, but my 3DS will be happy this year.

Would've been nice for a Zelda teaser...but I always want that.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Next Level Games are going to get the heat they don't deserve just because they're developing this.

So, the concept behind the game is actually a good idea. Space Pirates vs. Federation. The game looks like garbage though. Tanabe should be blamed of course, but Next Level are still the one's making the game.

 

[Galang]

I've said it before... but on Zelda, they really might as well wait until E3 for a full blow out at this point. E3 isn't even that far off

 

[mrmickfran]

That was meh.

The only thing that I liked was Star Fox.

 

[Jintor]

Literally who could think this was good? Is shilling a thing on GAF?

yeah nah mate don't be a silly

average direct. mostly confirmations, no great surprises, a few dates on things, i'm watching PAL directs from now on just for the shibata value

 

[Kadin]

SNES games are up in the eshop.

I just now checked. Guess I'll try again.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

New 3DS SNES VC: I wish their account system didn't suck so I wouldn't need to buy another copy of games I already bought on Wii U and Wii and SNES.

I wish that there was at least a discount for already owning them, but it's better than nothing, I suppose. Hopefully this won't be a problem on the NX.

I hope NA at least got news about SMT IV Final. Nothing in Europe.

Nope, none in NA either. Hopefully there's news by E3.

 

[JTripper]

Can someone post a quick summary? I'm arriving late to this.

Acknowledging the end of the Wii U/3DS era by pushing out their remaining games by this summer, thus making room for the New Nintendo this fall when the NX makes its (hopefully) majestic entrance.

Spoiler

Nothing on the new Zelda.

 

[Mr. Doop]

I've seen a lot of really crappy directs over the past couple of years, but that was without a doubt one of the worst. I expected at least one thing that looked someone interesting, but that was just awful. Rhythm heaven looks cool I guess.

 

[Macka]

Eh, nothing interests me.

 

[MK_768]

The fact that they keep ignoring Zelda U every time for like 3 years now is absolutely infuriating. What the hell, Nintendo?

Ignoring or just waiting to announce it with the NX? They are doing the right thing.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

Shit ton of rad games on both systems. I'm going to get pretty much everything... except Federation Force.

 

[Omzz]

I never get the "trash direct" comments. It's just a info dump for future games. People expect hype levels of announcements so there will always be a crowd of people disappointed

 

[randomhugs]

When was the Bravely Second LE in NA known about? I checked Amazon as soon as I saw it in the Direct but, it was unavailable.

 

[Akiraptor]

Well, this pretty much drills a final nail into the Wii U's coffin.

 

[Plinko]

That 3DS lineup for this year is really, really good.

 

[ChrisD]

Now everyone is buttmad

Maybe it's because of the leaks tempering my expectations, but I'm not seeing how people are getting mad. E3 is in three months, and this was only showing games up to summer. Was pretty good with that in mind. Imo, anyways.

 

[KingBroly]

'We love Metroid very much'


YOU'VE BEEN MAKING THAT PIECE OF SHIT FOR SEVEN YEARS!? CLEARLY YOU DO NOT LOVE IT!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

• Virtual Console
• a bunch of JRPGs
• some localizations of weird Japanese games (#FE, Soliti Horse)
• NOT Mother 3 somehow???????

It's almost like Mother 3 is going to be at another event later where they pretty frequently reference Earthbound games and released one last year.

 

[Ushojax]

Man, the NX reveal had better have some amazing games because I am getting really tired of these B & C team creatively bankrupt games they are dumping out at this point.

The reason we are getting all these outsourced spinoffs is because all the top teams are working on NX and have been for at least 2 years. EAD Tokyo, Retro, etc went dark a long time ago.

Federation Force looked a lot better but the chibi style will never look right, the environments look good but the bobbleheads ruin it. When you look at the graphics of Monster Hunter X, it's hard to swallow. A Metroid game shouldn't look so ugly.

 

[Brofield]

StarFox does look promising in the end, and Pokken looks great.

I'm optimistic for Paper Mario, but that art style does not jive with me. It feels empty compared to Rogueport. I really hope those cards ain't anywhere near as boring as Sticker Star.

 

[MilesTeg]

Imo image shown in the mynintendo segment implies you only gets coins for buying digital, no retail

 

[Griss]

Only two things that held any interest for me were Rhythm Heaven and Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

At least we also got a Fire Emblem Fates release date finally, and the Mario Maker update looks great.

But overall, that's a lot of dull filler. They should have used this time to go experimental and try to breed new IPs. Instead it's going to be a wasted period of B-team filler software from B-class Nintendo IP.

Oh well.

Roll on NX.

 

[Hours Left]

I'm really happy about Rhythm Heaven, and the new Kirby game looks cool. Everything else was pretty disappointing though. Overall, probably the worst general Direct I've seen.

That new Paper Mario is extremely underwhelming. It doesn't look like they learned anything from all the negative feedback Sticker Star got.

 

[Snarfington]

Really happy with Rhythm Heaven localisation, Starfox and Fed Force are looking much better, I can't wait for #FE and I need that Waddle Dee Amiibo. Disappointed in Paper Mario but overall a good direct for me.

 

[braves01]

mario maker update was the best thing in this

second best was horse solitaire

 

[Alex_Mexico]

No Mother 3

 

[Lupin the Third]

""""Tokyo Mirage Sessions Sharp FE"""": Actual real-time reaction to trailer from someone else in the chat I streamed this with: "#FE is like everything I hate about Japan distilled down to one title."

Bingo.

 

[Kyzon]

Federation Force Hype