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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Rate the Nintendo Direct 17/09/13

 

Out of 10

10 98 12.33%
 
9 143 17.99%
 
8 272 34.21%
 
7 138 17.36%
 
6 60 7.55%
 
5 35 4.40%
 
4 15 1.89%
 
3 13 1.64%
 
2 3 0.38%
 
1 18 2.26%
 
Total:795

Lol it was a 10. I came with low expectations as a non-Switch owner, and was left pleasantly surprised. I'm shocked there was no "Pikmin 4" or Yoshi (Working Title) info, but hey, if you were expecting Pokemon, Metroid or Smash Bros (LOL) then you obviously haven't watched a Direct before. This was light years ahead of the first Direct as well.

DOOM, Wolf 2, Mario Odyssey, Kirby info, Octopath Traveler, new Splatoon content...and the reminder of other great titles releasing this year with actual effort put into them i.e. LA Noire, FIFA 18, WWE 2K 18, Rev1&2 was beyond good enough for a Direct. A Direct, let me remind you, is supposed to give information on upcoming titles or updates, and that's exactly what it did and more. The only issue besides the lack of info on that Yoshi game is no information about the new Zelda DLC. However, the Zelda DLC doesn't bother me enough to rate this lower than a 10.



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DélioPT said:
I liked it. But at the same time, it felt that the focus was on more of the same.

Switch gets 3 new... ports.
I honestly can't remember a system that got to many ports (announced) in just 7 months.

The weirdest thing for me was that they already showed Kirby 2 times (a Spring game) but they have nothing to say what's coming in the first quarter of 2018?

PS4/XB1 also had tons of ports in 1st year, this generation ports/remasters are totaly normal thing.

3 new ports? You do realise that Wolfenstein 2 is a new game, not port of old game!?

They were very clear, they said they are showing games that are coming in next couple of months. Also Spring beginning in 1st quarter of year. In any case, Nintendo usualy have Nintendo Direct before holiday season in late November, same like in early January, so there are plenty of time to anancud more Q1 games.



Well played a little over an hour of the Octopath demo last night. Makes sense the title now, but wow damn, did the Primrose side so far and man this story is dark as heck. Totally not kid friendly, imo.

Also had been playing Pokémon Sun lately as my gaming and hadn't used the Switch for some time, and when I booted that up I was just like "damn, now this is a handheld" It is such a sleek and awesome looking little machine. Had to do a system update and it still baffles me that the handheld IS the system. Felt like I needed to put it back into the dock to update for some reason.

Crazy how 6 months later and I'm still amazed by the technical marvel of this little device. The feels l had last night after not really touching it for like a month felt the same as when I first opened the box back in March. Just thinking, wow this is gorgeous, this is small, this is sleek, this is beautiful. And I only played the Octopath game, didn't even load up a big fancy AAA graphics looking game. I know Doom has a downgrade based on pics, but everything looks better in a tiny handheld screen. I'm sure that game will just wow those playing it, thinking "holy shit, this is a handheld doing this"

Oh and Octopath traveler. Amazing game so far. It's no question I will be getting this game. Immensly more immersive and fun than Bravely Default was imo, and that was a good game. If you haven't tried out teh demo yet and have a Switch, please do so. Also did anyone who played it get the feeling of cut content. You know like when the screen would like flash/go black between scenes like we woudl be getting a cut scene or an art picture in the real game. Like when Primrose was going to do her dance on stage, the screen like flashed like it skipped forward and continued as if the dance was done. Felt like there woudl be a cutscene entered there, or at the least an art picture of her dancing. Also curious on voice acting. Wonder if more will be voice acted come full release or they will do the only voice acting during scripted events. Playing Divinity Original Sin right now, I hope the whole game is voice acted.



bigtakilla said:
Xenoblade 2 seems so freaking bad based on these trailers. Jesus, why Monolith Soft?....

It looks seriously good, though. And Nintendo is in charge of the publicity, and it seems like they didn't want to sell the game at all, which is unfortunate. 



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

I'd give it an 8/10, overall. The highlights, like the 3rd party support, plus the big titles (Odyssey, Xeno2 etc.) were all super satisfying for me. Some let downs on notable absences of other games or relevant announcements/updates, but it just means that Nintendo has so much to present that they couldn't fit it all in this time :D



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Metallox said:
bigtakilla said:
Xenoblade 2 seems so freaking bad based on these trailers. Jesus, why Monolith Soft?....

It looks seriously good, though. And Nintendo is in charge of the publicity, and it seems like they didn't want to sell the game at all, which is unfortunate. 

I disagree on it looking good, especially seriously good. 



Miyamotoo said:
DélioPT said:
I liked it. But at the same time, it felt that the focus was on more of the same.

Switch gets 3 new... ports.
I honestly can't remember a system that got to many ports (announced) in just 7 months.

The weirdest thing for me was that they already showed Kirby 2 times (a Spring game) but they have nothing to say what's coming in the first quarter of 2018?

PS4/XB1 also had tons of ports in 1st year, this generation ports/remasters are totaly normal thing.

3 new ports? You do realise that Wolfenstein 2 is a new game, not port of old game!?

They were very clear, they said they are showing games that are coming in next couple of months. Also Spring beginning in 1st quarter of year. In any case, Nintendo usualy have Nintendo Direct before holiday season in late November, same like in early January, so there are plenty of time to anancud more Q1 games.

I actually thought W2 had already come out.
Still, the game is coming next month and the Switch version, sometime next year. Does it really change the big picture? Not really.
By the time it comes out, most of it's sales have already been made.

Even if they had a ton of ports, they had ALL the support from 3rd parties.
If that was the case with Switch, then, ok. But it's not. Unfortunately, it's not.

Spring does start in the first quarter, just at the end of said quarter.
If they have more Q1 games, why not show some instead of showing only Kirby and Yoshi?
Not saying they haven't got them, but it is in fact strange how they first show a Spring game and then a Winter game (or games)?





Hiku said:
bigtakilla said:

I disagree on it looking good, especially seriously good. 

I was going to ask you about this, but now I see your feelings are similar to mine.
The presentation of Xenogears drew me in immediately just by looking at the character design and the world from pictures in magazines. I wanted to play it as soon as I saw it. And Xenosaga had some exciting trailers that focused on the right things.

Maybe this Xenoblade 2 trailer was mainly just meant to serve as a combat tutorial, but there was nothing in it that drew me in like some of the older games, and I wanted to see that.

What I find funny is that it seems Xenoblade Chronicles 2 can do nothing to win over people.

The first two trailers were mostly story trailers and people bitched and moaned about wanting some environment trailers like X had. This trailer showcased the environments and the games factions and lands and still people are bitching and moaning.

All of the gameplay stuff, hours between E3 and other gameplay showcases, and like 4 minutes during this focused on combat mostly.

So what is it you guys want. THey have shown off story trailers, environment trailers and even showcased the combat, combo's, blades, ect in depth.

I feel you guys are still just butthurt over the anime style.



DélioPT said:
Miyamotoo said:

PS4/XB1 also had tons of ports in 1st year, this generation ports/remasters are totaly normal thing.

3 new ports? You do realise that Wolfenstein 2 is a new game, not port of old game!?

They were very clear, they said they are showing games that are coming in next couple of months. Also Spring beginning in 1st quarter of year. In any case, Nintendo usualy have Nintendo Direct before holiday season in late November, same like in early January, so there are plenty of time to anancud more Q1 games.

I actually thought W2 had already come out.
Still, the game is coming next month and the Switch version, sometime next year. Does it really change the big picture? Not really.
By the time it comes out, most of it's sales have already been made.

Even if they had a ton of ports, they had ALL the support from 3rd parties.
If that was the case with Switch, then, ok. But it's not. Unfortunately, it's not.

Spring does start in the first quarter, just at the end of said quarter.
If they have more Q1 games, why not show some instead of showing only Kirby and Yoshi?
Not saying they haven't got them, but it is in fact strange how they first show a Spring game and then a Winter game (or games)?




It's only September right now. They are amping up and hyping the holiday season.

There is plenty of time for a November direct that will show off early 2018 games. Pretty sure they do directs in November and in January.

Makes no sense not to advertise upcoming games for teh biggest sales season of the year. Why take away ad time away from upcoming games to games not coming out for a year. You only showcase super far away games when you are trying to intice buyers to purchase your system. The switch has no need for that, thus shoudl use all its ad resources on current, comming soon games.



7.5/10

It was pretty much what I expected. Some minor new games and ports, and a lot of new information about already announced games.