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Nintendo Direct: new presentation (over) (Wii U / 3DS)
- Thread starter L~A
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Ahhh touche, we also got Fantasy Life a month before you, so I guess swings and roundabouts.
deltatheta
Member
It's kind of funny to be saying this, but the Wii U needs more GameCube/Wii remakes. They need content more than anything. Now's the perfect time to dig into the back catalog, even though they would be criticized for it.
I'm still betting the farm on Zelda U coming out by Christmas 2015.
Interceptor
Banned
I love how unpredictable your posts are.
GameGuru59
Banned
No way. They will have either Zelda or X out by the close of 2015. They need a big holiday title. Nintendo will throw extra staff on either one if they have to.
Mango The Magician
Banned
To be fair, this was the first general direct since Zelda was announced, and it's the first mainline Zelda game to be released well into the direct period of Nintendo's history, so I'm sure some people were at least expecting a little update or something (I really wasn't just hopeful that it might happen like some rare fluke), really I'm not bummed that it wasn't there though, I'm bummed that games like Yoshi and Mario Maker weren't there as I now fear they might get delayed, meaning another dry start to the year.
flatearthpandas
Member
Totally forgot about Fatal Frame. Yeah, that's pretty damn weak.
I'm excited for everything. Shit.... Balancing MCC with some new MK8 dlc for cool-down sessions. So hype.
My gf is gonna go ape-shit when I tell her about MM3D. Will be my first time playing it on her 3DS. Can't wait.
Also, Splatoon. Damn. So good.
Anybody know when the archive will be up?
My gf is gonna go ape-shit when I tell her about MM3D. Will be my first time playing it on her 3DS. Can't wait.
Also, Splatoon. Damn. So good.
Anybody know when the archive will be up?
Kissenkopf
Banned
Please stop...you're just mad because you didn't got your Zelda U teaser. Calm down, it was a really good Direct. With my 3DS and Wii U I got plenty of games to play.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Gonna brush up my Mario Kart skills for next week
Holy shit that's beautiful. Dammit Reggie.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Great fucking direct I tell ya hwat.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Europe here, eh direct. What I expected really. Maybe having MM3D at the end would have been a better take away and a big surprise.
The other surprises of "ho ho ho we're not telling you Shovel Knight is out even though we already did and now you think its not and here it is again" and "Ultimate NES rip-off is out on the eShop still a rip-off*" were not appreciated.
*-£35 for a game that costs $30 in America or £18 for a more complete version on the Wii U eShop is a rip-off.
The other surprises of "ho ho ho we're not telling you Shovel Knight is out even though we already did and now you think its not and here it is again" and "Ultimate NES rip-off is out on the eShop still a rip-off*" were not appreciated.
*-£35 for a game that costs $30 in America or £18 for a more complete version on the Wii U eShop is a rip-off.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Disappointing nothing from Wooly World other than confirming that amibos would work for it
Other than that Majora's Mask and Duck Hunt made the direct.
Other than that Majora's Mask and Duck Hunt made the direct.
OverturePT
Member
Man I am so bummed for not having any information on the (at least) release window for Xenoblade. I know Zelda won't make it next year but I was hoping that Xenoblade was a little bit closer than what it seems to be. Hire everyone available for the localization!!
Exactly or Jan like 2013
But let the crying babies keep asking where is Zelda, Star Fox, SMTxFE, Yoshi, Mario Maker, Devils Third
We know its a lot coming, Nintendo doesnt want to show everything at once, calm down people none of these games coming out tomorrow its plenty of time to see them
Im pretty they said that Yarn Yoshi and Mario maker are coimg out in the first half the year
SnakeSlashRO
Banned
I knew it, I called it around E3. This Picture might as well be a tech demo (or maybe it was already announced that it was)
This game probably was only started not even a year ago.
Only real dissapointment I have is amiibos, though I suppose its not new info,I was hoping they would do something new and interesting with the tech. But I guess all it really does is unlock DLC stuff. And doesnt really provide any new gameplay oppurtunities.
pretty sure that it was.
pretty sure that it was.
Yup. Sigh, I hope another publisher will pick it up then.
dreamsINdigital
Member
Already up on Nintendo's YouTube.
Holy damn, is that real?
JetBlackPanda
Member
im not a troll, I love Nintendo, I love my Wii U there just isnt enough to have one for the next 12-16 months for me. I will go with my 3ds and keep that for the time being.
StreetsAhead
Member
Splatoon looks amazing. Yay for dark skinned Inklings, too!
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Time to check my scorecard. Notes in italicized brackets:
This was the NA stream, by the way.
So nothing really caught me off guard: as I thought, Xenoblade X is not confirmed for the first half of 2015, Splatoon is taking Mario Kart 8's Q2 slot, and Kirby is the February game rather than Yoshi. Also, with both Majora's Mask and STEAM dated for the Spring, the first-party 3DS catalogue is completely accounted for between now and next E3. We can expect a New 3DS push by then, of course.
I didn't guess the Persona Q special edition 3DS or that the demo released today would be Sonic Boom 3DS, but I wasn't paying much attention to third parties. I missed the Pikmin animated films and demo, though we knew about those in advance and they were not hard to guess. Duck Hunt for the VC is something we should have seen coming when the last Smash trailer was saved for this Direct.
Conspicuous absences: OR/AS, NES Remix Pack, Yoshi's Woolly World (apart from a mention of Amiibo support), Mario Maker.
From what was and wasn't announced today, I think we can expect the next Direct in late January or early February. Then we will presumably hear a specific date for Kirby, a rough release window and Amiibo details for Yoshi and Mario Maker if they are still on track, an NA/EU release plan for the New 3DS that will be dated in conjunction with Monster Hunter 4, more 3DS localizations (think Yo-Kai Watch, Bravely Second, or FF Explorers), a possible third wave of Amiibo figures, and at least one teaser for something very far off like Zelda or a new major first-party title we haven't heard about yet.
Also, let me just say that Splatoon looks incredible. I wasn't fully interested in it when it was just an online multiplayer game, as my Internet connection is spotty and I don't play online very much, but the variety of mechanics on display in the latest trailer has sent it shooting up my shopping list.
This was the NA stream, by the way.
So nothing really caught me off guard: as I thought, Xenoblade X is not confirmed for the first half of 2015, Splatoon is taking Mario Kart 8's Q2 slot, and Kirby is the February game rather than Yoshi. Also, with both Majora's Mask and STEAM dated for the Spring, the first-party 3DS catalogue is completely accounted for between now and next E3. We can expect a New 3DS push by then, of course.
I didn't guess the Persona Q special edition 3DS or that the demo released today would be Sonic Boom 3DS, but I wasn't paying much attention to third parties. I missed the Pikmin animated films and demo, though we knew about those in advance and they were not hard to guess. Duck Hunt for the VC is something we should have seen coming when the last Smash trailer was saved for this Direct.
Conspicuous absences: OR/AS, NES Remix Pack, Yoshi's Woolly World (apart from a mention of Amiibo support), Mario Maker.
From what was and wasn't announced today, I think we can expect the next Direct in late January or early February. Then we will presumably hear a specific date for Kirby, a rough release window and Amiibo details for Yoshi and Mario Maker if they are still on track, an NA/EU release plan for the New 3DS that will be dated in conjunction with Monster Hunter 4, more 3DS localizations (think Yo-Kai Watch, Bravely Second, or FF Explorers), a possible third wave of Amiibo figures, and at least one teaser for something very far off like Zelda or a new major first-party title we haven't heard about yet.
Also, let me just say that Splatoon looks incredible. I wasn't fully interested in it when it was just an online multiplayer game, as my Internet connection is spotty and I don't play online very much, but the variety of mechanics on display in the latest trailer has sent it shooting up my shopping list.
The only thing that would have made that boxart better is if Link was holding the FD mask instead of the mask of truth.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
Those amiibo functions they showed off were not very good at all...
Edit: Also I'm annoyed with no Yoshi's Wooly World aside from what will likely be terrible amiibo functionality.
Edit: Also I'm annoyed with no Yoshi's Wooly World aside from what will likely be terrible amiibo functionality.
Splatoon looks way more fleshed out, Mario Kart DLC, XCX is looking terrific, MAJORAS MASK 3D!SnakeSlashRO
Banned
Saved the day, because without it... people would have been SALTY as hell.
I'm still salty about no star fox mention, I mean yeah its not going to be a 2015 release but it deserved a mention.
Kissenkopf
Banned
The game didnt even had a proper developer in june.
They can only do so much when it's an after thought (Mario Kart, Hyrule Warriors).
UnderWaterTree
Member
great direct
I have similar feelings as well. To me it looks like Nintendo will be stretching these games out for awhile. Yoshi seemed like it was gonna be out sooner rather than later, now it doesn't get shown at all? I mean right now, we have two first party Wii U games in the first half of 2015. Just like the first half of 2014. Pretty unacceptable with no third party support to speak of. So basically two games to buy in 6 months, and if you aren't interested in those, tough luck.
Can't shake the feeling that Nintendo is holding back software, stretching out software releases because they know the console is dead, just biding their time until a 2016 new box with Zelda as it's launch title.
To top it off though, now 3DS lineup is looking very slim for the first 6 months, and we might not even be getting N3DS until the second half of 2015. Maybe even a holiday release. If this happens it would seem as if we won't get an actual new handheld until 2017, with Wii U being replaced before 3DS in 2016.
Japanmanx3
Member
Ummm. Well yeah....