New Ninty Direct

Gunmonkey · 20-07-2020 4:48pm

Kinda related, but the Japanese Direct featured a release date for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin on Nov 12 in Japan. No word on a western release date.

Retr0gamer · 20-07-2020 5:26pm

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Kinda related, but the Japanese Direct featured a release date for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin on Nov 12 in Japan. No word on a western release date.

Pretty sure it's getting one at least. Saw XSeed or marvellous or one of those niche publishers advertising it on Facebook.

Gunmonkey · 20-07-2020 6:05pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Pretty sure it's getting one at least. Saw XSeed or marvellous or one of those niche publishers advertising it on Facebook.

Found the vid. Its hitting America on Nov 10th, Japan Nov 12th and Europe on Nov 20th. These could be interchanged based on platform (seen Kotaku state global PC release on 10th Nov).

Eduard Khil · 20-07-2020 6:51pm

Base.com is great for those xseed and Marvelous games they're often dirt cheap after a few weeks with the odd few staying at a high price.

Eduard Khil · 20-07-2020 6:55pm

Pqube is the other publisher but they tend to do the more risque games

Gunmonkey · 21-07-2020 10:44am

Also found out, that while we in the West were learning more about the amazing Rogue Company and that WWE trash, Japan had not only Sakuna but also announced that Atelier Ryza 2 releasing there this winter. English website for it goes live on the 29th, so possibly a release date for this end of the world announced then.

Just started Rorona DX as been wanting to play the series for a while, and to just play a JRPG since forever. Can see a stark difference visually 14 odd years makes from this trailer :pac:

Retr0gamer · 21-07-2020 1:30pm

Really enjoyed the first Ryza and she is the best protagonist the series has had in a while so good to see a sequel.

Xenji · 21-07-2020 2:41pm

Atelier Ryza is now down as low as €31.41 on the Eshop till the 4th of August.

sligeach · 17-08-2020 1:23pm

The next Indie World showcase is headed your way! Tune in 18/08 at 5pm (Irish time) for roughly 20 minutes of information on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch.

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1295344975463567361

plibige · 17-08-2020 7:11pm

Does an indie world always come before an actual direct or did I just make that up in the hope of an actual direct? ðŸ˜‚

manual_man · 17-08-2020 9:24pm

plibige wrote: »

Does an indie world always come before an actual direct or did I just make that up in the hope of an actual direct? &#55357;&#56834;

Well there'd always be at LEAST one indie showcase in between regular Directs. The next regular Direct is gonna have to absolutely hit it out of the park though. I wonder if they've been working their áss off to get BoTW2 out for holiday season and that's the reason for delay (though personally i'd be surprised if BoTW2 came out this soon).

Corholio · 17-08-2020 10:28pm

Talk is August will have a Direct at the end of it sometime, 28th is rumoured. Then there's the Mario announcements too, those may not come in a Direct.

sligeach · 18-08-2020 3:40pm

Indie World - 18/08/2020 (Nintendo Switch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FATXI0sTJUE

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FATXI0sTJUE

Starts in 20 minutes time and runs for 20 minutes.

Edit: Here's the video for anyone who missed the Livestream.

Indie World - 18/08/2020 (Nintendo Switch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD7_g7E5I0

https://youtube.com/watch?v=adD7_g7E5I0

chrislad · 18-08-2020 4:22pm

For a split second, I thought Evergate was Ori 2, but, no, it wasn't.

Corholio · 18-08-2020 4:33pm

Thought that Indie was showing was great. Raji, Evergate and Manifold Garden. Raji in particular looked really great. Good to see Hades on switch too. Double Goose co-op would be quite something I'm sure too :P

chrislad · 18-08-2020 5:58pm

Nothing there really grabbed me, but Raji did look interesting. It's out today, isn't it? I'll wait for some reviews, but the aesthetic is impressive.

ERG89 · 18-08-2020 7:16pm

I like the look of Card Shark but it ain't out until 2021. Not a lot else caught my eye tbh.
I'm surprised they didn't show the Braid port next year or HK: Silksong(we did get Evergate that looked a bit like Hollow Knight though). Hades never did anything for me since I seen it was early access 18 months ago.

manual_man · 18-08-2020 8:31pm

+1 on Card Shark

Irish Halo · 19-08-2020 9:54am

Hypnospace Outlaw looked ... interesting, there's meant to be a demo but can't see it on the UK eShop

plibige · 19-08-2020 10:58am

Not a lot in it for me but definitely a solid presentation. I'll probably pick up Raji, maybe one or two others depending on price

earthwormjack · 19-08-2020 12:00pm

Good indie showcase that. Raji, Card Shark, A Short Hike and manifold garden looked really good. Hades is a great game from a top tier indie studio in Supergiant Games.

Subnautica is a great survival game too. I thought Takeshi and Hiroshi was the most intriguing of the lot.

Fysh · 19-08-2020 4:57pm

A Short Hike is a wonderful little game, I got it on Itch a while back and would gladly buy again on the Switch which is rare for me.

Subnautica is also a cracking game though I wonder will the comparative hardware limitations on the Switch hamper it a bit.

Satturnfalls · 19-08-2020 6:42pm

Fysh wrote: »

A Short Hike is a wonderful little game, I got it on Itch a while back and would gladly buy again on the Switch which is rare for me.

Subnautica is also a cracking game though I wonder will the comparative hardware limitations on the Switch hamper it a bit.

Is short hike long?

Fysh · 19-08-2020 6:52pm

Satturnfalls wrote: »

Is short hike long?

5 or 6 hours, maybe, but it's the sort of thing where I dip back into it occasionally just because it's nice to wander about in it.

Edit: How long to beat reckons more like a couple of hours, but it depends if you're rushing to get through it or just taking your time. In my head this is the same sort of game as Feather - part of the intent is to relax and not rush everywhere constantly, and just enjoy exploring.

blockfighter · 26-08-2020 2:59pm

Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase just released. Not much in it though to be honest.

Mr E · 26-08-2020 3:05pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXd3Jw4DoNQ

Mr E · 26-08-2020 3:09pm

That was pretty bad....

ERG89 · 26-08-2020 3:12pm

There must be some truth of new Nintendo hardware due soon as they have absolutely nothing to show. Even the rumours are just more re-releases which Nintendo must have a patent on by now.

Corholio · 26-08-2020 3:21pm

A bit like the last one, it smacks of some sort of contractual obligations marketing wise. No 'one last game' like SMT from last one either. Fairly tepid.

Retr0gamer · 26-08-2020 3:48pm

Again thought there's some pretty great stuff announced.

A Final Fantasy Legends/Saga Trilogy collection? I'm totally on board. Three of the best handheld RPGs of all time. Was playing the first on the OG gameboy recently and it holds up. Day one for me.

Two new Taiko no Tatsujin games? So two games in what is one of the great rhythm actions series.

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, not a big announcement but the first game was brilliant.

Kingdom Hearts Rhythm game. Kingdom Hearts is god damn awful but the music is excellent and square make great rhythm action games. If it's half as good as theatrhythm was are in for a great game.

And for the Yanks, Captain Tsubasa getting released worldwide. The game looks like a blast and the only soccer game I've been interested in in years.

Again like the last nintendo direct they might not be big games but there's loads of really great games there. Don't get the backlash

Mr E · 26-08-2020 4:20pm

Different games appeal to different people. Nothing there was a "must buy" for me (although I will add Fuser to my wishlist).

Eduard Khil · 26-08-2020 5:57pm

$19.99 for that saga collection is fantastic value pity it's well into December before we'll see it

Eduard Khil · 26-08-2020 6:20pm

Pity no Persona 4 for switch that'd be nice

26-08-2020 6:28pm

crying out for an actual decent new game not some reshash shyte of game-boy final fantasy spin-off ffs that wasn't even well received at the time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Fantasy_Legend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_III

Nintendo are taking the piss at this stage

Eduard Khil · 26-08-2020 6:49pm

It's $20 so probably €20/25 they're very good final fantasy related games at a very good price I'm betting any real AAA Nintendo games announcements are being held off until Sony and Microsoft show their hands

itsa_me_mario · 26-08-2020 7:47pm

Thinking we'll get the 3D Mario Collection for Xmas.
Hope so!

Looks like a new Switch is being announced for next year ... so I'd expect all the really good stuff to be released with that.
And definitely BOTW2.

Nintendo are in no rush. Switch will continue to sell truck loads up well past Xmas.
Nintendo don't actually have to compete with Sony/Microsoft. Different market.

plibige · 26-08-2020 8:06pm

The fact that they have done two "partner showcases" in quick succession says to me something first party is coming. And it is big enough that these third party games would not stand out in a presentation next to the first party stuff.

I'd love to think the 35th anniversary stuff is real, but i'd settle for Skyward Sword at this stage, being so starved of first party games

CiDeRmAn · 26-08-2020 9:12pm

The drumming adventure gamepack looks great, hopefully it'll see a physical release, to go with my physical copy of the original Switch game

Retr0gamer · 26-08-2020 9:24pm

glasso wrote: »

crying out for an actual decent new game not some reshash shyte of game-boy final fantasy spin-off ffs that wasn't even well received at the time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Fantasy_Legend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_III

Nintendo are taking the piss at this stage

They're three amazing games.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/daily-classic-the-final-fantasy-legend-portable-role-playings-esoteric-start

CiDeRmAn · 26-08-2020 9:52pm

glasso wrote: »

crying out for an actual decent new game not some reshash shyte of game-boy final fantasy spin-off ffs that wasn't even well received at the time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Fantasy_Legend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Legend_III

Nintendo are taking the piss at this stage

I'm not sure if you read those wiki links, but they all confirm the three games are some of the best RPGs on the GB and incredibly influential to those RPGs that followed.
More importantly, still worth playing if you like 8/16 bit style role playing games.

itsa_me_mario · 26-08-2020 10:07pm

Isn't Switch online due its annual upgrade soon... Gameboy emulation and games ?

26-08-2020 10:16pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm not sure if you read those wiki links, but they all confirm the three games are some of the best RPGs on the GB and incredibly influential to those RPGs that followed.
More importantly, still worth playing if you like 8/16 bit style role playing games.

Sorry if I find it hard to get excited about remakes of 30-year-old Game Boy games.

Retr0gamer · 27-08-2020 8:06am

glasso wrote: »

Sorry if I find it hard to get excited about remakes of 30-year-old Game Boy games.

You should be! :mad::pac:

WeleaseWoderick · 27-08-2020 9:00am

The optimist in me reckons that they are getting these smaller reveals out of the way for a much bigger 1st part focused Direct.

There's still some decent stuff in this mini direct and the Indie one last week had plenty of good games.

I've no interest in Final Fantasy games but not every game announcement needs to be something I'd like. 90% of movies are stuff I wouldn't be interested in but I don't give out that they exist!

27-08-2020 11:56am

ah come on, like where is Metroid 4 or I'd even take more mario remakes / re-releases over that completely underwhelming presentation. Wasn't even worth a presentation imo

it's obvious at this stage that BOTW2 is going to launch with the Switch 2 / Switch Hardware refresh - like they did with BOTW itself and also TLOZ:TP

manual_man · 27-08-2020 12:54pm

Direct Mini was weak. There was some stuff that would interest some people, for sure, but as an overall package you expect better. Exacerbated by the fact that we're still waiting on a main Direct and people's frustrations are real.

itsa_me_mario · 27-08-2020 2:10pm

I've dallied off into Xbox land, discounted console, cheap end of generation games, while I'm waiting for Nintendo to get back from their Animal Crossing honey moon.

Star Lord · 27-08-2020 8:08pm

glasso wrote: »

ah come on, like where is Metroid 4 or I'd even take more mario remakes / re-releases over that completely underwhelming presentation. Wasn't even worth a presentation imo

it's obvious at this stage that BOTW2 is going to launch with the Switch 2 / Switch Hardware refresh - like they did with BOTW itself and also TLOZ:TP

You can't expect to see first party games in an indie or a partner direct.

27-08-2020 8:28pm

Star Lord wrote: »

You can't expect to see first party games in an indie or a partner direct.

It's where are they in general? - lacking is where.

manual_man · 27-08-2020 8:28pm

Star Lord wrote: »

You can't expect to see first party games in an indie or a partner direct.

The point is we're just a week away from it being a full year since the last main Direct. I do expect there'll be one soon (and it'll probably be very good) but man that's a long wait.

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