In defense of the today’s Direct…

[angrypoolman]

firebush03 said:

angrypoolman said:

first of all, i want to you to know that i agree with your overall point. however, metroid is long overdue. i understand they had to scrap it and they took their time and made it the best it could be, i would take that 10/10 times over a rushed mess of a product, but as far as the direct itself (which was the subject at hand) i dont really give it credit for metroid because its just such old news at this point. the thing about the direct, nintendos strategy until the spring, is that they are not really giving us much. to me it is a lot of mediocre efforts and half assed re-releases which i am beyond tired of. for instance, yoshi and mario tennis are new games, thats great. thats always the first thing i want to see. but at this point, they really are starting to feel like rehashes of things weve seen on the previous 3 to 4 systems. medicore effort. ill give them credit though, overall theyre doing well and again, its better than anything else out there but the bar is so low at this point, theyre able to get away with anything if they wanted to, and they know that. its cool though. metroid looks phenomenal and donkey kong was awesome and the type of fresh new experience from a series that i like to see.

I think the big problem is that Nintendo revealed their “hand of cards” for 2025 way too soon. For instance, we knew about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s 2025 release all the way back in June 2024, and every game they intended to release this year was revealed in the April presentation. What we’re seeing right now is very predictable: Nintendo is left empty-handed, having nothing to show for a June Direct, and only managing to cobble together a collection of small announcements for the September Direct. (Reminds me a whole lot of Nintendo’s September 2017 presentation (minus Mario Odyssey).) All in all, had Nintendo not previously announced Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Air Riders, Mario Tennis Fever, etc., then this Direct would easily go down as one of the best they’ve ever done.

Ultimately, I’m a sucker for all things Nintendo, so I walked away from this presentation very pleased. But if you are somebody not looking to spend $70 on a compilation of Wii games, then I understand the frustration coming out of this. You know good games are coming, but this presentation was wimpy by Nintendo standards.

i do think that if nintendo saved the release date for metroid that it would have hit much harder. 

for marios 40th, didnt you expect something substantial? i mean, of course the new 3d mario is what we all had in mind, and its obviously what should have happened given the milestone, but it didnt have to be that. maybe some fresh new type of mario game or another series in a franchise that takes things to the next level or innovates in some way. not re-releases. im so sick of ports and remasters. i was on this site trashing sony for this throughout the entirety of 2014, relentlessly. and im not going to accept that from nintendo. at least with my words. i might with my wallet.