I was shocked too.  I wonder if they will be able to get Goldeneye on this platform as well.  As far as I know, Activision, Microsoft and Nintendo all hold the rights to it.  I have always said that if Nintendo ever wants to recreate the N64 experience whether through the N64 mini or otherwise, getting all of the popular Rare games onto the platform/service is going to be essential and Goldeneye 64 was at the top of that list.

Ah yeah thought it was live action for some reason lol. But even then some of the choices.. Yeesh, can feel the cheese already.

3D Kirby looked great. Was hoping for a more collectathon style, but this may make more sense for Kirby.

Bayonetta 3 looks good. But the trailer made me kind a little bummed out that it wasn't Astral Chain 2. Don't get me wrong, I like Bayonetta better than Astral Chain, but I already new Bayo 3 was coming, whereas the future of Astral Chain is a bit less clear, and it'd be nice to know that it's going to keep going.

N64 games and Genesis games are great. But... charging for them kind of sucks considering that for months we've gotten nothing worthwhile from SNES and NES. We'll see what the price is.

Splatoon 3 looks great.

Mario movie announcement didn't excite me. Not a huge fan of Illumination. Nothing against celebrities but having an all celebrity cast makes me feel like this is going to be very Shrekky with lots of wink wink nudge nudge comedy, which really isn't what I'd want. It can work out (see Lego Movie), but meh.

Kind of wish they said beforehand that there would be no Smash character reveal in this presentation so I didn't have to get my hype up. The fact that they're building it up further makes me hopeful that the character is someone they feel fans are going to be really happy with. No guarantee of that cause Nintendo, but I feel like we're not going to get something like Byleth.

The rest is fine. Probably will pick up Castlevania Advance. KOTOR was really surprising to me considering PS5 is getting a full on remake.

Overall 7/10ish direct.

really good for the online and great to know they are investing in the Mario movie

they could at least mention Pokemon, even for the sake of it

Pokemon Company has a lot of say over how and when to show off Pokemon projects, and they tend to like to do it at their own events.

I know exactly what you mean, please no :/
fingers crossed the won't go that direction, I'd love some dark epic Bowser's Fury style

Thanks for mentioning Donkey Kong on his 40th birthday, Nintendo.  :/

That's exactly what people thought when he was voicing Po in Kung Fu Panda, and just look how that turned out.

I mean, having actual big time actors do VA for a movie is always the logical move to make if you want to sell your movie, and depending on who you pick to voice the characters, it can REALLY work. I was one of the people who was super hyped and excited when I saw that Idris Elba was voicing Knuckles.

Jack Black as Bowser COULD work. If Jim Carrey made it work as Eggman, Jack Black is just as capable as doing it with Bowser. Especially if it's a more comedic Bowser like in the RPGs.
...But fucking Chris Pratt as Mario??? Really?? And I don't even hate Chris Pratt, I think he's a fine actor. But as Mario?!?
Why not just let Charles Martinet voice the role and have Chris Pratt be another supporting character similar to like they did with James Marsden for the Sonic movie.
And Seth Rogan as DK? WTF is that all about?!?

Catching up after a sound sleep night. Loved the Kirby reveal, something new to look forward to next year.

EDIT: Still think it is too early for Splatoon 3, should have been a Switch 2 launch title.