The_Liquid_Laser said:
Here is the Direct they gave us two years ago in February. I counted 27 games mentioned (not counting DLC) and 14 of them had a release date of June 30, 2019 or sooner (about half). Also most of the games released sooner were third party ports. The brand new, first party games tended to be the ones released later in the year. The Direct in 2019 was also only about 37 minutes. So, this Direct is about 50 minutes. That part is definitely good. But I don't expect to be teased about a bunch of games releasing in the second half of the year. That would be cool, but I doubt about half of the games mentioned tomorrow will release after June 30, 2021. Instead I am expecting a fair chunk of time going toward games like Monster Hunter Rise, Pokemon Snap and other games that are releasing in the first half of the year. Also a decent chunk of time will go toward DLC of established games like Smash Bros. If we get a little tease for BotW2 or some other big game coming later, then that will be a nice treat. But I don't expect too many of those. I'm tempering my expectations. |
I remember the February 2019 direct. One of the better ones. But this has been Nintendo’s pattern when it comes to directs. Some new updates for older games, some new surprises, some ports and other third party/Indie games. They haven’t really deviated from that particular formula outside of E3.
In the end, we shouldn’t expect the world. However, people sometimes react because Nintendo doesn’t deviate too far from what they already expect to present. People are never completely satisfied. Just keep an open mind and if there’s a particular news you like, then it shouldn’t be a bad presentation.
