Maf Posted June 17, 2024 Share Posted June 17, 2024 I’m not expecting anything huge. Presumably there’s a new console out next year so they should save games for that (although they’ve been known to do cross gen stuff before with Zelda BotW and TP for example) My big hope is a Mario Galaxy 2 remaster given they already remastered the first one, the console is at the end of its life, and they’ve remade everything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikman Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 I am, but then... I always have high hopes for something in the last 5 minutes I'll have to avoid everything online and watch it a bit later this evening too! Ha, good point though, not a lot left to remaster. Maybe some Gamecube stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 15mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 OH FUCKING WHAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Strong start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Arguably they started too strong… I already bought DKC Returns on Wii and 3DS. I’m sorry, I’m not buying it again EDIT: Wow Dragon Quest looking and sounding beautiful EDIT2: This Funko game is the ugliest looking shit I ever see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 MUTHAFUCKING PERFECT DARK I CAN'T BELIEVE IT They were liars they said this would cover only 2024 Wow I need this Marvel collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 NINTENDO WINS AGAIN Beyond is absolutely a cross gen game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 https://x.com/nintendouk/status/1803070897948889500?s=61&t=juYHQ5_-Jn2mNy4TIBMSgA And it that weren’t enough Perfect Dark, Turok 1, Zelda: ALttP + 4 Swords Adventure and Metroid Zero Mission coming to the subscription TODAY Never played Zero Mission and it goes for about a million pound on eBay so really great it’s available now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikman Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Wow, so cool - happy days! The last 5 minutes was finally worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 13 minutes ago, Maf said: Never played Zero Mission and it goes for about a million pound on eBay so really great it’s available now It's very good. Very close between this and Super Metroid, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 1 hour ago, Maf said: This Funko game is the ugliest looking shit I ever see People who buy that crap don't deserve any better. That was a surprisingly good show. I like how Nintendo embraces these twilight years of a system with a massive install base by just greenlighting whatever mid-budget wacky thing people want to do. Case in point that new Zelda game. They're obviously not putting any big hitters on it anymore, or at least not exclusively (Prime 4), but the system still feels very alive. Also, missed opportunity to call the DK game 'Donkey Kong Returns Returns!'. Like maf I already own it twice but this will be the first version you can play entirely with buttons at 60fps so I'll most likely triple-dip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 1 minute ago, Maryokutai said: Like maf I already own it twice but this will be the first version you can play entirely with buttons at 60fps so I'll most likely triple-dip. So will I, I just hate that I will. But this the last time, I swear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Forgot to mention, but I also like that Fantasian is getting a post (with additional stuff?). I know it didn't blow people away but every half-decent game getting freed from Apple Arcade is a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Just regarding the Switch online releases - I wish they’d pick games which aren’t already easily available and had better versions released elsewhere. Both PD and Turok have had remasters with better controls and a good frame rate without having to do these versions. I want games I can’t play anywhere else yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 Zero Mission is the best of that bunch either way. Looking over the trailers again, there really was some cool stuff here that got completely overshadowed by my brain going on tilt when they showed Prime 4. Has anyone played Metal Slug Attack before? It looks decent and is only 10 bucks, but I'm usually not big into tower defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 I thought this was pretty poor. Nintendo's stuff is so tired, they really are struggling to fill the time they would have had their new system out. There's still a few promising things on there though, but very little I'd be playing on Switch. Even Metroid (which they're really made look like a Prime game, you can see the remaster benefited them) will likely be on their next console 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted June 18, 2024 Share Posted June 18, 2024 NSFW Spoiler 🥵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 19, 2024 Share Posted June 19, 2024 12 hours ago, DANGERMAN said: they really are struggling to fill the time they would have had their new system out. It didn't really look that way to me. Especially considering this is likely the last Switch Direct, I was expecting a truckload of remasters, but we actually got two completely new entries in long-standing series, one of which turning the formula on its head. Mentioning Prime 4 is a bit of a cheatcode considering it was announced so long ago, but usually the twilight years of a system from Nintendo don't look like this. Old Nintendo would absolutely have held back that Mario & Luigi game for Switch 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted June 19, 2024 Share Posted June 19, 2024 1 minute ago, Maryokutai said: It didn't really look that way to me. Especially considering this is likely the last Switch Direct, I was expecting a truckload of remasters, but we actually got two completely new entries in long-standing series, one of which turning the formula on its head. Mentioning Prime 4 is a bit of a cheatcode considering it was announced so long ago, but usually the twilight years of a system from Nintendo don't look like this. Old Nintendo would absolutely have held back that Mario & Luigi game for Switch 2. Fair enough. A HD port of a Wii game that's already been ported once (not coming until next year either for some reason), a port of a 3ds game. Then 2 titles from their C-tier in Mario Party and Mario & Luigi. The Zelda game is reusing a lot of stuff, but I'd rather they do stuff like that to kill the time, even if I'd personally rather play Donkey Kong again And this isn't in isolation either. They've done a ton of ports this past year or so. Each to their own obviously, a huge Zelda fan is getting more from that Direct than I will, but there's absolutely nothing there I'd be buying on Switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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