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Nintendo Direct E3 2018 |OT| #Perfect4Switch
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They're new mechanics, new characters, new stages. What else could there be for you guys to count it as a new game!?!
Nintendo: talks for 25 minutes straight about all the new stuff in this game
You: Is this ... a port?
You're insane if you think they were going to make a new Smash game from the ground up and start from scratch, after all the work they did on the Wii U version.
From a business perspective, it makes way more sense to do what they're doing. The Wii U bombed. Smash 4 is a great game both in visuals and content. It makes perfect sense to basically do a super duper enhanced port, with upgraded character models, stages and UI.
They went the extra mile by putting EVERY character in the game, most of which of have brand new models entirely. Plus a ridiculous amount of stages and changes to character move sets. This is above and beyond what expected.
The amount of work involved, hell, it's basically a "new" game. What difference does it really make though? Smash is Smash. The game looks amazing and will be fun.
Pretty great Direct all things considered. Lacking in terms of announcements, and it sucks that 2018 looks absolutely abysmal now, but at least 2019 looks promising.
Apparently we can't criticize companies for having bad showings now lol.
I was watching the YouTube live comments/hot takes and they were mostly positive
That list is sad. Some good games, sure, but not what I want to see from Nintendo at E3. But there's Mario Party, yay.
They tend to hold some things for tree house (I remember some announcements from previous years being treehouse only).
But hey things role like clockwork here some old place, so I'm not surprised on the reactions.
The conference could have been better, but either way I tend to wait till post tree house before going "Nintendo DOOMED!!!".
They didn't show everyone's walking speed in the direct, so they should spend 75 minutes on that
Nintendo said they only gonna show games that are 2018 or were announced for 2018.
So i dont get why everyone is surprised they didnt show all games.
So i dont get why everyone is surprised they didnt show all games.
They said they'll focus on their short-term lineup, but I still don't know when I can play Dark Souls.
Pretty disappointing conference. Smash looks insaneeee though. And online overcooked is huge.
Nah, it's a standard next gen is imminent E3. Lot of decent announcements, but nothing crazy shown.
Though Nintendo also being meh, is probably just because shit ain't ready yet.
My friend just called it a "greatest hits" and said it's not a sequel. Like WTF, why does no one say these things about annualised franchises? SSB this time like every other time made gameplay tweaks and changed character moves as well as added new features.
There's a difference between a focus and information overload.
They already have the invitational, they could have focused on it during the treehouse, instead they wasted the time when everyone was focused intently on minutiae of a game that most fans don't care about.
Sony's beat this by miles. At least it focused on 4 awesome looking games. This was Smash, some DLC and an Indy reel.
This is to dramatic, I don't even know what is smash other than a fighting game. (I Never had a Nintendo).
There is to much games to be excited in every platforms.
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I will try to see the Nintendo conference and try to understand the hype from smash.
I did. A long time ago. Still don't know who this Ridley is and why people are excited for it.
the comments in this thread are fascinating. I don't play Smash at all, but that trailer got me hype. I watched the entire Sakurai presentation in amazement of how much work they put into this game. Again, I'll go on record as that Street Fighter guy who NEVER got into SMASH. They did a great job convincing me to give that game a shot.
Regarding Nintendo's Direct failing, I'm equally mystified at this reaction. This direct literally had something for everyone in a very compact amount of time. I couldn't care less about ANY game they showed in the first half, but it was still cool to see how they served all of their audiences. I'd already seen (and drooled) at Starlink from the Ubi presser, but it was really awesome seeing release dates for so many games that I was looking forward to in the future.
But the number of 'Available Now' games were showstoppers. Paladins, Fortnite, Hollow Knight? Right now? For a second, I held my breath thinking that Smash Ultimate would follow, too!
No matter what, Nintendo had an incredible direct. I'm trying my best to see what messaging a switch owner could even WANT at this point. Indie games were abundant, 3rd party support was there (or covered in other pressers)...looking at Switch year 2 objectively (and not with the manic ravenous and insatiable appetite of the vocal minority), Nintendo has had an amazing year and it looks like it's about to get even better. I certainly just purchased Paladins, I"m watching the clock for Fortnite, and I'm going to get Captain Toad and probably Smash. Hat's off to Nintendo. I'm stingy with my money, but they've sold me on feeling good about my hardware investment!
So this will be a pretty barren 2018. Oh well, time to clear out the backlog.
No Retro game, no SQEX surprises, no Konami, no GTAV. Nothing. Wow.
No Retro game, no SQEX surprises, no Konami, no GTAV. Nothing. Wow.
Yep, this is absolutely pathetic. Completely pathetic. You guys were told directly what to expect, and they did have more, and you all are now screaming for the death of the company because you are way too attached to a children's entertainment system.
As someone who does not give the slightest fuck about Smash, I still think there are more cool games coming out for the 3ds than the switch. Which is a bummer because I HATE the 3ds hardware (have since day 1) and already gave away my 3ds because I simply don't want to use that hardware anymore.
I'm sure some awesome not shown indies will come out though.
What a bummer.
I'm sure some awesome not shown indies will come out though.
What a bummer.
i'd really like to see mother 3 and i'd really like to start seeing some wii u ports and first party remasters/re-releases but otherwise i was happy about this
i am legitimately very excited to finally plow all the way through hollow knight and i'm hype for octopath and dark souls remastered coming up
i'm fine to wait until december for major announcements about the 2019 lineup given that there are so many games left to come out this year that i actually want to play
i am legitimately very excited to finally plow all the way through hollow knight and i'm hype for octopath and dark souls remastered coming up
i'm fine to wait until december for major announcements about the 2019 lineup given that there are so many games left to come out this year that i actually want to play
Nope. not even fucking placeholder logo like Metroid last year. Forgive me but I'm so fucking salty right now.
Yeah, the Samus Returns announcement came out of nowhere last year. I am just super disappointed right now as someone who does not care about Smash and loves FE.
I don't get how people can just eat up yet another Smash that barely deviates from the Melee formula. Remember how fresh those first two Smash games were? And now Smash is New Super Mario Bros levels of conservative.
They could do so much more with all these characters.
They could do so much more with all these characters.
This may as well have been a Smash Direct. I've no interest in Smash, so found it a little too long and drawn out.
He's been in almost every Metroid game since Metroid is a thing. He's Samus' nemesis.
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