Great Direct.

I imagine you're part of the group of people that if you ever look at the live chat in a direct is constantly saying

"where is smash"

"smash"

"boring, bring on smash"

repeat nonstop. 

You'd be surprised no really if you see some of the responses on social media you'd be surprised.

Yeah, I thought this looked substantially better than the initial reveal. I've usually had very little interest in Kirby or Yoshi platformers, but I'll be keeping an eye on Crafted World and hoping it turns out well. 2019 could be a cracking year, especially if new IP like Daemon X Machina and Town turn out well, and if Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 actually release next year.

Overshadowed by the Nintendo Direct, the LABO Vehicle Kit came out yesterday. The main sites like IGN/Gamespot/etc don't seem to have reviewed it, but Gamexplain did.

Basically, it's the best kit so far because it actually feels like a fleshed out video game.

The main adventure mode will last you 5-6 hours (not including build time) plus there's a bunch of auxiliary modes like slot car racing, battle mode, etc.

The plane and car are apparently very fun to control, the submarine less so, though this is mitigated somewhat by the fact you use it the least.

Kinda seems like the kit LABO should've launched with in the first place.

Wyrdness said:

I thought the whole Waluigi thing was a joke, but apparently there are many fans who seriously want him playable, to the point of threatening Sakurai. Now some fans actually mad Isabelle got included. As if a side character who's just a copy of a copy that only appears in some spin-off games deserves to be in Smash over the face of one of Nintendo's biggest franchises. She's the face for a reason, uber supportive, valuable, and adorable! Anyone disappointed in her reveal is a sad being indeed!

But who else would you call the face of Animal Crossing if not the by far most popular character? Surely every Smash trailer doesn't need to involve someone getting killed. This one's gimmick was trolling, and atleast for me, it was uber effective at toying with my emotions! Plus the gameplay segment was uber cute how no one actually attacked Isabelle, likely cause she too precious hehe.

Just go to show how personal the enjoyment of the directs can be.And this should show you how much they are.

The E3 presentation ended up being half Smash Bros related, and the other half had very few new announcements.Out of the top of my head, those would be Deamon X Machina and FE Three Houses(That were completely new, and no, Im not considering that brief mention of FE in 2017 as having been announced before, because it was only a Title, and a placeholder at that).You and your friend got extremely excited with that E3 because you love Smash with all your heart, from what I understood.Yet there were many, that while consider Smash a great game, its not our all time favorite franchise.So in the end we felt that the E3 lacked games, in a place that we are supposed to know what next year holds in store for us.

On the other hand we have this direct that had far more bigger announcements, like Luigi Mansion 3(Huge announcement), Animal Crossing, and FF ports galore to name a few.Civ 6 would be another one, but that one got leaked.It was a direct that appealed to more people, and thus it was more liked.You didnt like it that much simply because, as you said, the games werent for you.Just to get this out of the way, I would have awarded the direct a 7.5.Animal Crossing does nohting for me.I mostly get excited with these kind of titles because of the announcements themselves and by people getting excited over them.