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VGKing on 23 January 2013
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Lots of announcements in this Nintendo Direct!

Miiverse is a really cool concept. Definitely a system seller IMO.

Some of the stuff like Miiverse app release date and Virtual Console and how they plan to improve loading times in 2 separate firmware updates really puts in perspective that Wii U was kinda rushed to market. Delaying it to holiday 2013 would have yielded a much better launch window of games and user experience.

-Yoshi game seems like a disappointment. Seems like they're cutting corners an compromising because of the scale of HD development is a challenge.
-Wonderful 101 seems like a great game
-Zelda remake seems unnecessary IMO. Zelda games are supposed to be system seller and that diminishes when you re-release one of the games. The HD visuals look great though so it'll probably sell well.
-Atlus Collab was unexpected. They need more stuff like this.
-Smash Bros gameplay at e3? Hyped.
-New 3D Mario in development! I wonder what the artstyle will be...
-Monolith game was the best announcement IMO. Game looks awesome!

Overall a great Nintendo Direct. I have even more respect for Nintendo now than I did before and Iwata. His apology for not releasing games this January and February was the right thing to do. Like i said before, it's obvious Wii U was rushed for the holiday season and that seemed to be hurting sales now. I can see it recovering before PS4 comes out.