The Direct was good. I didn't expect any major new AAA Ninty franchises to be announced yet. There was plenty in the Direct though, but nothing to get someone excited to upgrade from a Switch to a Switch 2.
Next Mario movie coming in Spring 2026 is awesome, way sooner than I expected. That means we get Mario in 2026 and Zelda in 2027, I'm excited!
Finallyyyyyy the best game from the Wii - Galaxy 2 - gets re-released. It was a travesty that it wasn't included in 3D All-Stars. I've been wondering ever since that blatant omission when they'll finally release it, and glad to see it's on both systems and not just S2. Though the pricing at $70 for the bundle is ridiculous (as is all Nintendo pricing starting this year), but at least you can also buy the games separately so I don't have to have two copies of Galaxy for Switch, but still $40 for Galaxy 2 is also ridiculous but I'll probably give it to myself as a xmas present.
The Mario Tennis game makes it seem like Nintendo is taking their sports games seriously again. Lots of features and modes and stuff. Every single Nintendo sports game on Switch was notable for being an obviously low effort game, as though they were just going through the motions with their sports games last gen. MT Fever looks like they are putting real effort into making good sports games again.
Hades 2 on Switch and S2 is awesome.
DQ7 remake looks like it could be cool.
The Virtual Boy added to NSO and having to buy a whole separate VB peripheral for it is wild! haha. I'm sure collectors will like it, but beyond that this is something nobody asked for or wants or would ever pay for - it costs $100! or $25 for the cardboard version, all just to eventually play 14 crappy VB games lol.
Metroid Prime 4 finally getting a release date is good, and the game looks epic, that bike was a surprise, for a second I thought it was some spinoff Metroid action racing game haha.
Announcing paid DLC for Pokemon Legends Z-A before the game has even released makes it feel like a deliberate decision to leave out content from the actual game in order to do a cash grab DLC. Usually DLC is something that is made after the game launches to give the gamer a reason to come back to the game and do more stuff, now it's just something made alongside the game and released a few months later. Awkward.
For the holidays I'll be trying to decide if I'm gonna buy Galaxy 2 and Prime 4 on Switch.
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