Nintendo Direct set for September 14 at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET

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h2ohno said:

curl-6 said:

Right after watching I thought it was pretty terrible, but after sleeping on it, I'm warmed a little.

Ending on a remaster was a downer and a lot of it was low quality filler, but I am interested in Princess Peach Showtime, Splatoon 3 Side Order, and Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. Not entirely sold on any of them yet, but I will keep an eye on them.

It was very much an end-of-life show where it's clear Nintendo has moved on to the next system and is relying on smaller titles to hold down the fort, but compared to the barren final stretches of Wii and Wii U, it's a veritable smorgasbord.

Exactly.  Nintendo has for over 20 years left its outgoing system with almost no support the year before its next system releases.  N64 had very little in 2001 as development shifted to Gamecube, and the Gamecube in 2006 as development shifted to Wii.  Though compared to the support the handhelds have gotten this might be weaker.  The GBA and DS still got plenty of support even after their successors were released (Pokemon Black/White 2 comes to mind).

That’s the big benefit of having a unified platform rather than separate handheld and home console lines. Look at years like 2005 when Nintendo was actively developing games for GBA, GC, DS & Wii simultaneously or 2011 developing games for DS, Wii, 3DS & Wii U simultaneously. Now they just have to worry about Switch & Switch 2 which likely have a lot more development similarities than the previous consoles listed (I also wouldn’t be surprised if many early Switch 2 games are basically Switch 1 games with higher resolution/performance).