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What would you rate the Direct?

1 5 4.13%
 
2 0 0%
 
3 3 2.48%
 
4 2 1.65%
 
5 8 6.61%
 
6 17 14.05%
 
7 31 25.62%
 
8 30 24.79%
 
9 14 11.57%
 
10 11 9.09%
 
Total:121
Curmudgeon on 15 January 2015

I'd rate it a 7.

3DS was great.

Wii U was ok but unfortunately no new big announcements.



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Teriol on 15 January 2015
BossPuma said:
Nintendo is edging towards dropping support for the Wii U. You can tell by the lack of big or even relevant announcements for it. Tis a shame.

Are you for real??!! LOL



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yvanjean on 15 January 2015
BossPuma said:
Nintendo is edging towards dropping support for the Wii U. You can tell by the lack of big or even relevant announcements for it. Tis a shame.

Wow.... how sadly misinformed you are... the lack of big or relevant announcements isn't because Nintendo dropping support it's simply mean that there no major release on WiiU in the near future... Nintendo Direct are not yearly event their purpose is to entice customer to people up Nintendo product now and in coming months.... Today’s Nintendo Direct focus was on the NEW 3ds XL in NA and Europe, selling Amiibo with Mario Party 10/Smash Bros, focus on game releasing soon. The WiiU did get major announcement in Wii disc game now available digitally. Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid Prime Trilogy & Punch Out are major title to be made available to anyone that might have missed them. I think we will have to wait till the next Nintendo Direct for WiiU focus. Mario Maker and Yoshi’s Wooly world are schedule to release in the first half of 2015. Expect a direct in March 2015 to cover more WiiU news.

 

Nintendo main focus right now is selling the NEW 3DS. Which explain the lack of WiiU news.



Legendary_W on 15 January 2015
yvanjean said:
BossPuma said:
Nintendo is edging towards dropping support for the Wii U. You can tell by the lack of big or even relevant announcements for it. Tis a shame.

Wow.... how sadly misinformed you are... the lack of big or relevant announcements isn't because Nintendo dropping support it's simply mean that there no major release on WiiU in the near future... Nintendo Direct are not yearly event their purpose is to entice customer to people up Nintendo product now and in coming months.... Today’s Nintendo Direct focus was on the NEW 3ds XL in NA and Europe, selling Amiibo with Mario Party 10/Smash Bros, focus on game releasing soon. The WiiU did get major announcement in Wii disc game now available digitally. Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid Prime Trilogy & Punch Out are major title to be made available to anyone that might have missed them. I think we will have to wait till the next Nintendo Direct for WiiU focus. Mario Maker and Yoshi’s Wooly world are schedule to release in the first half of 2015. Expect a direct in March 2015 to cover more WiiU news.

 

Nintendo main focus right now is selling the NEW 3DS. Which explain the lack of WiiU news.

So much this.

 

You can't expect the company to sell a product if they ignore it. They have to convince people of why upgrading to N3DS is a good idea. Besides, they just FOCUSED on the N3DS, they didn't talk ONLY about the N3DS, I'm sure we will get much more news on Wii U later on, but for now they are doing the right thing by focusing on their to-be-released product.



Jumpin on 15 January 2015

I agree with the people who said that it's the best Direct in a very long time.

9-10, lots of announcements and information.



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BossPuma on 17 January 2015
yvanjean said:

Wow.... how sadly misinformed you are... the lack of big or relevant announcements isn't because Nintendo dropping support it's simply mean that there no major release on WiiU in the near future... Nintendo Direct are not yearly event their purpose is to entice customer to people up Nintendo product now and in coming months.... Today’s Nintendo Direct focus was on the NEW 3ds XL in NA and Europe, selling Amiibo with Mario Party 10/Smash Bros, focus on game releasing soon. The WiiU did get major announcement in Wii disc game now available digitally. Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid Prime Trilogy & Punch Out are major title to be made available to anyone that might have missed them. I think we will have to wait till the next Nintendo Direct for WiiU focus. Mario Maker and Yoshi’s Wooly world are schedule to release in the first half of 2015. Expect a direct in March 2015 to cover more WiiU news.

 

Nintendo main focus right now is selling the NEW 3DS. Which explain the lack of WiiU news.

Im not trying to hate but Wii titles are not relevant. Though interesting, Mario Maker and Wooly World are not big enough, compared to the other huge games releasing for other platforms.



jonathanalis on 17 January 2015

i just wondered why they didnt show yoshi neither mario maker. This wasnt supose to be a Q1 and Q2 direct, and yoshi and mario maker werent scheduled for the first half of 2015?



OfficerRaichu15 on 17 January 2015
BossPuma said:
Nintendo is edging towards dropping support for the Wii U. You can tell by the lack of big or even relevant announcements for it. Tis a shame.

11+ retail exclusives with more to come that arent announced for this year

even with sony barely supporting the vita thats still going strong in Japan and in EU a little(US its ugly though)



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freebs2 on 17 January 2015

I'd give it 6 for Fire Emblem, the rest was meh.



WhiteEaglePL on 17 January 2015

7.

It was a good direct. The highlights were XCX, Fire Emblem & NN 3DS for me. - AWESOME.
I was disappointed by no starfox. Also that for some reason, they didn't make amiibo as exciting as they did in Nov direct, which is a shame. (and no Palutena amiibo but that's OKAY.)

The indie bit was great, the hyrule warriors bit.......too short imo.
Everything else was fine or good.