This is the MegaThread for Nintendo Direct today, 06/23 at 7am P.T. As for this moment, that’s about in 4 hours.

Please use this thread for all the discussion, hype, and reactions. You can still make separate threads with trailers or news from Direct, as it happens.

After the event, this description will be updated with all the announcements, and a direct link to video, for those who have missed it.

YouTube link for Direct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7t5jnpkCkI

Announcements (also added link to the related posts of each announcement)

  • bwhough@kbin.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    Super Mario RPG coming to Switch was NOT on my bingo card, but what an awesome surprise. The game that originally made me fall in love with the turn based RPG genre.

  • mekkagodzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I was not expecting Pikmin 1 and 2 HD ports, but I’ll take them.

    I’ll wait for the physical release to have all 4 and show them to my grand kids 25 years from now, for the release of Pikmin 5.

    • klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.netEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Nintendo is really starting to push Pikmin again and I love it. Glad to have all the games on the switch. Capitalize on the popularity of the system to grow the franchise. Hopefully it’s not another 25 years this time!

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Haha, let’s hope we don’t have to wait that long, but you never know with Nintendo, if they think they don’t have any new idea for the game, it is going to disappear in their locker for next 20 years.

    • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I wasn’t a huge fan of the NSMB series, and it always felt like they were just playing it safe. This one seems to have a similar look, but it appears they are trying some really original ideas with it.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it looks really fun. And not just new 2D Mario. Super Mario RPG Remake and Detective Pikachu, not to mention teaser for a new Princess Peach game.

    • SpaceAape@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I remember reading somewhere long ago that the shield tv had the processing & gaming power of an Xbox 360. The shield tv shares the same chip as the Switch, And those games are X360 era. In practice though it doesn’t seem to work very well.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      First 2 games were on PS3, so should run fine. Even Arkham Knight was early PS4, so with good optimization shouldn’t be a big issue.

      Will have to wait and see the actual port.

  • Royalish@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Come on Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD Remake physical release on Switch! Big Brother Nintendo, I know you can do it!

    • jecht360@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      A Wind Waker HD version for Switch would literally be the fastest way for Nintendo to get money from me.

      • EphTen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Twilight Princess HD for me, but I’ll (re-)buy either title on the Switch. I’m loving the heck out of TotK, but I also miss the classic 3D Zelda formula.

  • Auskeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ve definitely overhyped myself for this. Nothing interesting for me in the first 9 minutes, but holding out hope for a Metroid Prime 2+3 Remaster.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh yeah, I didn’t even notice.

      Not going to play P5T on launch, as I still have to play Persona 5, but can’t wait for Super Mario RPG.

  • shon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I was just telling my girlfriend we need to play Pikmin before pikmin 4 comes out. We pre-ordered it when we got tears of the kingdom with the NSO voucher

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I haven’t played any Pikmin game. Was thinking about starting 3 after TotK, but I wonder if I should start with the first one…

      Going to see the trailer and reviews to see what condition the games are in, before making a decision.

      • IcedRaginCajun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You can’t go wrong with any of them, as they are all a bit unique in their own way.

        1. Overarching timer forcing you to work somewhat efficiently to complete the game. Puzzles and difficulty are definitely the easiest in the series, but still provide a fun challenge to newcomers and veterans alike
        2. No overarching timer allowing for a more laid back approach to completing. Introduces a 2nd captain and much more challenging/replayable end game content (a lot of people hold P2 in very high regards, and consider the end game content to be the most difficult in the series)
        3. Technically there is an overarching timer, but it’s implemented in such a way that doesn’t create as much stress or pressure like the timer from P1 does. Introduces multiple captains that add another layer of complexity to puzzles as well as optimizing your daily efficiency. Has a very helpful world map that shows the location of objectives, captains, and loose Pikmin. The Deluxe edition has a slew of additional content that I haven’t even fully completed, but I believe they’re “prequel” missions that help to explain some of the events that happen before the start of the game.
        • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Thanks for the detailed response!

          I am leaning towards starting from the first. But I am not going to start anything until I have completed ToTK, so its not an urgent decision.

          • IcedRaginCajun@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            No problemo! I love the Pikmin games, so I was stoked to whip that up. I’m more or less in the same boat as you, all of my time outside of work has either been devoted to yard projects, DRG, or ToTK. What’s your progress on ToTK so far?

            • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Going for the last regional quest. Was holding on it while doing some exploring, but now going for it. About 65 hours in, with around 60 shrines. As for general exploration, I have covered about 1/4th of Chasm, and about same amount of Sky Islands.

              How far along are you?

              • IcedRaginCajun@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I’ve got all the regional quests done, probably over half of the depths discovered, but not many sky islands done. I’m over 105 hours in with 73 shrines done 😅

                • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Wow. 105 is lots of hours. The way I am going, I believe I would probably finish the game between 80-90 hours, let’s see…

  • bwhough@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Assuming this is actually Switch footage in this Sonic Superstars trailer, it seems to look and perform better on the Switch than I expected. Will still probably be picking that up on PS5, though.

  • AliasWyvernspur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hyped for RPG and Wonder. Not much else piqued my interest (Peach game didn’t show enough to judge). Kamek as a racer, tho…

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, Peach game was just a teaser, there isn’t even a separate video for it.

      I think this Direct covered lots of demographics, specially people new to Nintendo, who switched over with Switch, like me.