Nintendo Direct/Indie World/Treehouse/Showcase Discussion Thread - Directly 2 You

Nintendo generally only announce things when they are ready (MP4/Zelda aside) & while I'm not expecting heavy hitters I just don't buy that they have nothing for the second half of the year especially when that last direct was labelled "games launching in the first half of 2023" y'know?

Yeah as I said there's no smoke without fire to these reports/rumours about Nintendo not having a big game after Zelda, though these insiders at the moment going told ya Metroid Prime coming.

Plus in just 18 days will be going into Year 7 of Nintendo Switch and looking on other Nintendo systems using NA dates

GameBoy 1989 to GBA 2001, Total 12 years, First Nintendo Published GB game to last also 12 years but GBC is included in this as Nintendo counts them as one system

GBA 2001 to DS 2004, Total 3 years, First Published GBA game to last 2006 that's 5 years

DS 2004 to 3DS 2011, Total 7 years, first game to last 2012 that's 8 years

3DS 2011 to Switch 2017, Total 6 years, first game to last 2019 that's 8 years

Avg 7 years per handheld, game to game 8.25 years

On Consoles

NES 1985 to SNES 1991, Total 6 years, First to last game 1994 that's 9 years

SNES 1991 to N64 1996, Total 5 years, First to last game 1997 that's 6 years

N64 1996 to Cube 2001, Total 5 years, First to last game 2001 that's 5 years

Cube 2001 to Wii 2006, Total 5 years, First to last game 2006 that's 5 years

Wii 2006 to WiiU 2012, Total 6 years, First to last game 2013 that's 7 years

WiiU 2012 to Switch 2017, Total 5 years, First to last game 2017 that's 5 years

Avg 5.33 years, game to game 6.15 years

Nintendo as a whole 6 years per system, 7 years worth of Nintendo support. With this applied to the Switch, then yeah Year 7 could be not a lot after Zelda or least Year 8 (March 2024) being very meh.

masofdas wrote:

Yeah as I said there's no smoke without fire to these reports/rumours about Nintendo not having a big game after Zelda, though these insiders at the moment going told ya Metroid Prime coming.

These two statements juxtaposed is exactly why there absolutely could be smoke without fire. Or, Nintendo could suddenly move the fire, so you look for the fire and it's not there. Jas is right, Nintendo are the gender-neutral monarchs of the surprise.

Don't get me wrong: I think if there was going to be a big and truly new game, any big and truly new game, for Switch in the latter half of the year, odds are in favour that Nintendo would've hinted at it in this Direct. I do reckon we could be in for a year of relative padding, followed by Switch 2 in 2024. I think you're right Mas, but there's a decent chance we're not.

That was okay huh?  Not too many roguelites or farming sims, although of course it missed the One More Thing.  Necrodancer, Mineko (FLIPPIN' FINALLY), Animal Well, and Crime O'Clock all looked up my street.  So did Shadows Over Loathing, but... sigh.

So many cats

Definitely a good few things for me, I think I'm up for My Time at Sandrock although it's one of those massive timesinks I'm wary of even strating these days. Rift of the Necrodancer, Animal Well and Little Kitty, Big City are all on my radar. The main event for me though is Oxenfree, I was a little worried how they'd manage to make a sequel to it but it feels like they've got the vibe spot on.

Oxenfree was the main one for me.

I could tell Mineko wasn't being made in Japan, though apparently the developer is Canadian-Japanese.

On a more serious not of what's coming I have my eye on#

Mineko’s Night Market, echo Balla finally

Rift of the NecroDancer

Cult of the Lamb - Relics of the Old Faith, if I like the game then free content is good

Teslagrad 2, not one I'll right now though from the trailer looks good that one for a sale. I've not played the first and know got the remaster, yet his looks more vibrant

Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals, the big one for me as I love Oxenfree think I've finished it on three different systems though Afterparty was pretty bad

Paper Trail, another from a mate of EofGiz and it reminds me of another game just can't think what it is though

Chants of Sennaar, I know different genre but am getting Sable from the art style

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, this I should be excited for yet I just feel these homage game never turn out that great and we might be getting actual JSR

Buskalilly wrote:

I could tell Mineko wasn't being made in Japan, though apparently the developer is Canadian-Japanese.

Yes it did have a bit of weeb energy to it, but as a weeb myself I can cope with that.