Ups, didn't remember this one. :P

Seems to be on a tear in Japan, probably a major reason for the ND today being Splatoon focused to continue momentum.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer often tends to share positive vibes when speaking about Nintendo. On two separate occasions for example, Spencer praised Switch.

Spencer is back at it again with a new interview from Gamasutra. He finds Switch “interesting”, and likes how Nintendo is quick to innovate. 

Spencer’s full words:

“Nintendo, I thought, did a cool thing with picking mobile. They kind of said okay, Switch is going to be a console that you can take with you. That’s an interesting idea. Nintendo always does cool things, right. They did the second screen with Wii U, they obviously did the Wii and motion gaming in the room. I love that innovation.

Having innovation that really brings third-parties along is critical to us, I think; Nintendo tends to have great success in their first-party on their platforms and then third-parties usually come in a little bit later, usually because Nintendo creates things that are less like other things. Which is, you know, kudos to them. I think it’s a fantastic part of the industry.”

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Platina said:

Amazing.

Oneeee-Chan!!! said: Platina said: Amazing.

I agree. Was not expecting that night mural glows in the dark just like in the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgF7eS8WlQ

Direct was pretty good. Some filler announcements in there but some good stuff.

Payday 2 was a surprise and kinda random xD

Launch dates were good to see.

Was hoping for more info on ARMS. Honestly Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got as much focus in terms of details given even though this was the "focus". But then it is launching after E3 now so that's probably why.

3DS is definitely on the wane, most everything coming is localizations or smaller stuff. Still good to see it fade rather than just drop dead like some people perplexingly seem to want?

Oh, and LOL at all the people expecting major new announcements 1st or 3rd party in a *Nintendo Direct* 2 months out from E3.

Just as an FYI, I did a quick skim of the Japanese Direct and some differences I found:

Layton
Snack World
Radiant Historia
Etrian Dungeon 2
SMT Deep Strange Journey
Great Ace Attorney 2
Attack on Titan
DQXI for 3ds and Switch
DQX
Nights of Azure 2
Senran Kagura

Payday 2 is also releasing in Japan :p