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Which era of Nintendo Directs is your favorite?

The Pre-Wii U Era (10.2011-11.2012) 0 0%
 
The Iwata Era (11.2012-6.2015) 4 50.00%
 
The Reggie Era (6.2015-1.2019) 1 12.50%
 
The Mid-Switch Era (2.2019-9.2022) 2 25.00%
 
The Late-Switch Era (10.2022-3.2025) 1 12.50%
 
The Early-Switch 2 Era (4.2025-pres.) 0 0%
 
Total:8
firebush03 1 day ago

Just as yesterday marked 10 years since the reveal of Nintendo Switch, today marks another milestone: 15 years since the first Nintendo Direct premiered. (And man, have times changed!)

What is your favorite era of Nintendo Directs?

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Leynos 1 day ago

2019 was the best to me. 

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Legend of Zelda Links Awaking Remake

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Travis Strikes Again

No More Heroes III

Either announced/shown more of and/or released that year. Not just my fave Direct year but my fave Switch year.



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The_Liquid_Laser 1 day ago

The Mid-Switch Era had the best releases, IMO.  However, I also miss seeing both Reggie and Iwata.

Also, I really miss Nintendo Week with Alison and Gary.  I really wanted NOA to keep this show going, and I'm not sure why they canceled it.



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mauro_ncm 1 day ago

At least koizumi is playing some of the games in the directs now so its a step in the direction that I dearly missed, the goofy directs



Wman1996 1 day ago

Reggie era narrowly wins. So many bangers revealed early on in Switch. 



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curl-6 1 day ago

The early to mid Switch 1 era was the peak, so like 2017-2019.

Although I miss Iwata, it took a while for the early Directs to find their footing and there just wasn't much on the Wii U to showcase.

The Switch 2 era directs so far have been weirdly bad, with poor pacing, too much filler, and a lack of showstoppers. Hopefully they manage to improve going forwards.



firebush03 1 day ago
curl-6 said:

The early to mid Switch 1 era was the peak, so like 2017-2019.

Although I miss Iwata, it took a while for the early Directs to find their footing and there just wasn't much on the Wii U to showcase.

The Switch 2 era directs so far have been weirdly bad, with poor pacing, too much filler, and a lack of showstoppers. Hopefully they manage to improve going forwards.

Eh. While I’d say the late-Switch 1 Directs are my favorite, early-Switch 2 is a comfortable second for me. Revisiting those early-Switch 1 Directs, they really were a bit iffy. Sure all the third-party showcases and 3DS inclusions were exciting at the time, but definitely would not fly in a modern Direct. The standards just keep going higher.

My only issue with the Switch 2 Directs thus far is that we haven’t gotten an Echoes of Wisdom/Mario Wonder/Tears of the Kingdom-teir reveal. Ocarina and Ravenous could have been that had they, y’know, not been totally spoiled several months in advance lol.



Pajderman 1 day ago

Iwata holding and staring at a banana for pretty much no reason was peak.



curl-6 1 day ago
firebush03 said:
curl-6 said:

The early to mid Switch 1 era was the peak, so like 2017-2019.

Although I miss Iwata, it took a while for the early Directs to find their footing and there just wasn't much on the Wii U to showcase.

The Switch 2 era directs so far have been weirdly bad, with poor pacing, too much filler, and a lack of showstoppers. Hopefully they manage to improve going forwards.

Eh. While I’d say the late-Switch 1 Directs are my favorite, early-Switch 2 is a comfortable second for me. Revisiting those early-Switch 1 Directs, they really were a bit iffy. Sure all the third-party showcases and 3DS inclusions were exciting at the time, but definitely would not fly in a modern Direct. The standards just keep going higher.

My only issue with the Switch 2 Directs thus far is that we haven’t gotten an Echoes of Wisdom/Mario Wonder/Tears of the Kingdom-teir reveal. Ocarina and Ravenous could have been that had they, y’know, not been totally spoiled several months in advance lol.

I feel like the S2 directs so far just haven't been directed/paced very well, very often during them I'd get bored and be like "come on, enough of this filler, announce something exciting already". The last one for instance, like 80% of it was a nothingburger, even if Metroid/Kirby were cool, like it was 40 minutes long but felt like it could've been cut down to 15 minutes and been better for it.