15 Years of Nintendo Directs! What Is Your Favorite Era of the Nintendo Direct?

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firebush03 said:

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Take the last Direct for example. Out of like 40 minutes, the entire first half was basically dead weight; stuff we already knew about, minor DLC, low level software. Only with the reveal of Ravenous at the midpoint did it pick up, and Kirby finished strong at the end.

They needed more good quality stuff, spaced more evenly throughout, rather than just Metroid at the mid-point, Kirby at the end, and the other 30+ minutes being a waste of time.

0:31 [Major 3rd-Party Reveal.] Monster Hunter Wilds
2:58 [Major 3rd-Party (Reminder).] Final Fantasy VII Revelation (Recap)
4:12 [1st/2nd-Party Reveal.] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Definitive Edition
5:14 [Major 3rd-Party Reveal.] Meccha Chameleon
6:23 [1st/2nd-Party Reveal.] Pokemon Pokopia - Expansion Pass DLC
7:30 [1st/2nd-Party Reveal.] Starfox (Free Update)
8:56 [Major 3rd-Party (Reminder).] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered
9:36 [Major 3rd-Party Info.] Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Royal Edition
10:16 [1st-Party (Reminder).] Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
10:55 [Major 3rd-Party Info.] Prof. Layton and the New World of Steam
11:58 [Major 3rd-Party Info.] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Haunted Domain
12:40 [1st-Party Reveal.] Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy
15:53 [2nd-Party Reveal.] Onyx: The Dark Grip
17:13 [1st-Party (Reminder).] Xenoblade Chronicles 3
18:30 [3rd-Party Filler.] Stage Fright, Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Keepsake Sea, Ondeh Ondeh Kaya’s Tasty Tale, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
21:47 [1st-Party Reveal.] Kirby Air Riders (Amiibo)
22:33 [Major 3rd-Party Reveal.] Cairn
23:50 [Major 3rd-Party Reveal.] Resident Evil 2, 3, 4
24:57 [Major 3rd-Party Info.] Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
26:08 [Major 1st-Party Reveal.] Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
28:11 [Major 1st-Party Reveal.] Metroid Ravenous
30:49 [1st-Party Reveal.] Mario Kart World (Update)
32:11 [Major 3rd-Party Info.] Mega Man: Dual Override (New Info)
blah blah blah more 3rd party hitters (depending on the viewer)
Closer: Kirby and the World Beyond

For somebody who so heavily supports 3rd-party, I feel like this presentation had something good for you almost nonstop: Monster Hunter, Hyrule Warriors, Meccha Chameleon, Star Fox, Pokopia, Kingdom Come, Prof Layton, YoKai Watch, Onyx, LEGO Batman, Cairn, REII/III/IV, Switch Sports Resort, Metroid, MKWorld update, Dangarompa 2x2, and then Kirby to close.

Anyhow, just revisit those old directs. I can assure you that those rosey-tinted glasses will quickly fade away and you will see that the formula of these Directs really gotten any worse; it's more that these games just weren't your cup of tea.

Monster Hunter wasn't a reveal, it was announced months earlier so we already knew about it.

FF7 Revelation we already knew about, Witcher 3 I think we already knew, Hyrule Warriors, yawn, already played it 6 years ago, Starfox Pokopia DLC was minor and meh, Fire Emblem we already knew about, Professor Layton we already knew about.

Kingdom Come II, legit a good one. 

Yokai Watch 2, old game and AI slop. Pikmin 4 DLC, underwhelming. Onyx looked low budget and meh. Xenoblade Chronicles 3, already played it 4 years ago, Amiibo, meh, I'm here for games not toys.

Resident Evil 2-4, legit a good one.

Tomb Raider, already knew about it. Meccha Chameleon and Cairn, meh, look like the kind of stuff that goes viral on steam among meme kids, not impressive. Switch Sports Resort, already knew about it, Megaman we already knew about.

Kirby and Metroid were great.

So like 80% of it was just recaps of shit we already knew about, there were almost no big surprises outside of Kirby and Metroid.