Prototype Demo

Prologue Demo

Even the music was buffed.

It was weird, it was almost like they felt they had to have a September Direct, but weren't prepared to show anything actually new yet.

Luigi's Mansion and Pokemon they've already shown too much of IMO, and as far as new announcement go, stuff like a Wii remaster and 5-6 year old Assassin's Creed games from last gen are hardly exciting reveals.

It just felt like a giant non-event to me. Usually with a mostly bad Direct I try focus on the positive and be like "oh well, at least this one reveal was cool" but I can't think of any redeeming points at all for this one, it was just a huge pointless bore.

And yeah while Xenoblade 1 is a great game, I can't say I'm impressed with its makeover. Looks worse than Xenoblade X and that was a Wii U game. Plus it's just hard for me to summon any enthusiasm for a re-release of a game I've owned since 2011 and beaten 3 times.

I was surprised by that as well, and for a free to play spin-off of all things! It's funny, it's no big deal when other games do it, but when Nintendo games do it's something noteworthy.

Are you playing 100% free? If so, had any issue progressing? It seems my assumptions were mistaken, I have nearly 800 apples currently at Level 40. Thus it seems you can get away with spending apples on more than just the bare essentials. I'ma still keep up my minimalist approach atleast until I unlock the best gear.

The benefits of having no life! I met a guy who was Lv.91 so I don't feel too bad about it. xD

Yeah I was saving to make sure I can unlock all quest and fully upgrade the highest level gear for both Doctor n Mage. I only leveled Vigor, Adventure gift, Doctor n Mage Codex's once each. I'd recommend you not upgrade them further, Vigor recharges when you level up, you'll get more fragments than you can use, and I've not noticed much of a difference in level growths, at the very least it doesn't seem necessary.

Unfortunately, it turns out my initial assumption was actually correct. After clearing all story quest, the party quest from then on require 50+ apples each to unlock. Of course I learn this after already buying Starlight DX gear for both Doctor n Mage, now I may not be able to upgrade either to SDX for a long while. Had I known I woulda just fully maxed one role first that way it'll be easier to get the apples for the other. Ahwells, challenge accepted!

Nightmare fight's music is also so good! A shame there's no sound test.

Just downloaded Fire Emblem, Grandia HD, Astral Chain and the new ssb character. I'm sorted for a while. Not sure what to play first

True Youtube is more convenient anyway, and though Nintendo has suddenly started going after music channels, they can't kill them all!

Bold words: Nintendo say their goal with BOTW's sequel is to "deliver new gameplay experiences that exceed the previous game."

https://gonintendo.com/stories/344258-nintendo-wants-to-deliver-new-gameplay-experiences-and-exceed-zel

Also, Smash Ultimate was 60GB at one point, before being compressed to 14GB for the final release:

https://gonintendo.com/stories/344236-smash-bros-ultimate-weighed-in-at-60gb-during-the-early-stages-o

Well, despite Ocarina of Time having the bigger impact and legacy, I consider Majora's Mask to be the better game of the two. So, they've done it before, they can do it again.

And JESUS, they got some technical wizards over there at Nintendo.

Agreed; whatever that ghost hand thing from the trailer does, I hope it has as much versatility as the runes.

And yeah, I wish all devs were as diligent as Nintendo when it comes to file size, maybe then we wouldn't be suffering this current plague of ridiculous mandatory installs.