Club Nintendo

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That was definitely one of the most interesting directs in a while. I think it was influenced by the fact that A) we actually have a solid first quarter or so so unlike 2019, Nintendo didn't want to just move on to hyping up June onwards, B) we already know about quite a bit in all actuality, so there's not as many far flung surprises to be had, and C) Nintendo just had a massive backlog of midtier announcements for the first half of this year they needed to clear :P

Splatoon 3 is quite a surprise, though of all the early evergreens I figured that one had the most potential for a sequel on the original Switch. Pyra and Mythra making it into Smash was a pleasant surprise. Triangle Strategy looks fascinating and I don't think anyone saw that coming. Monster Hunter Rise looks better every time I see it and there were some other interesting bits there. But there was also just a MASSIVE volume of midtiers, especially third party stuff.

I will say the lack of Pokemon Snap info when they gave us updates on virtually every other game we already knew about obviously points to the near certainty of a Pokemon Direct.

All and all, definitely interesting and pretty good though the genres in focus were often less mainstream than I'm sure many would want.