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javi741 on 14 September 2023
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This direct was like a C imo. I didn't have high expectations this direct cause I felt like Nintendo already announced so much in the June direct including 2 2024 games being Luigi's Mansion 2 and the Peach game, so i didn't think they would so much more that's new.

But yea I agree with what the rest have said, this direct is showing that the Switch is definitely winding down. There were really no new game announcements here, literally all of the Nintendo games shown were remakes/remaster of some sort. I'm not complaining, I love remasters and remakes coming over to Switch to give an older game new life and bring it for the first time over to a portable system. But it's clear that if all Nintendo has to show is remakes and remasters instead of new games, they're definitely not putting much resources or time on Switch 1 games anymore and all the big teams have moved on the Switch 2.

I'm ok with this though, remakes & remasters to end a generation is the best way to transition from one generation to the next. Remasters/remakes provide Nintendo an easy way to provide consumers with content to end the generation without actually spending a ton of time and resources like you would with new games. It seems like this is how Nintendo's gonna end the Switch gen, expect a ton of more remasters. I'm still thinking the Prime 2/3 remasters will eventually come over, as well as the Windwaker/TP remasters which been rumored for the longest of time. F-Zero GX remaster still been rumored to come eventually, Nintendo has a huge backlog of games they could easily remasters to keep us busy til next gen. I also expect some more C-tier Nintendo new games like a Mario Baseball game, stuff that doesn't takes much resources to make.

However, when it comes to any A-tier franchises on Switch, I think after Mario Wonder there will be no more of those A-tier games on Switch outside of maybe a new Pokemon gen.