That was great! Everything about that presentation was excellent! Like, going from the Microsoft and EA and all the other presentations, Nintendo just blew them away. Really good presentation!
As for Smash, I totally called that it would be a complete edition of Smash 4 (I tried to look for where I said it but I gave up). If someone was expecting a brand new game, well, I guess they'd be disappointed? But logically, there was little chance that a franchise that releases games every 6-8 years was going to make a completely new game so soon. Especially since the Smash 4 sold very well despite being on a system with a very poor player base, so they'd want to get that game out to a wider audience in a revitalized form. Still, I was expecting just, a definitive edition. This is way more than I expected! Just wow, every character! And the reveal was so well done too!
Pokémon Let's Go is interesting to me. It's a remake of Pokémon Yellow (it is a full fledged Pokémon!), but with new capturing mechanics borrowed from Pokémon Go. That's neat! Pokémon's catching mechanics are well... hardly anything, and that hasn't changed in forever. Like, you beat a Pokémon up to improve the odds of capture, and then press a button to throw a ball and RNG determines if you get it. That's boring! Putting some player control into this is a step in the right direction. If Let's Go does well, I hope they explore changing up the catching mechanics in the next new core game.
Super Mario Party is the best of the show, by far. It's like, a genuine Mario Party! Characters move individually (no car! yay!), they have individual dice rolls, the minigames are varied and use the properties of the switch well, just, great! It was a genuine surprise and I'm really looking forward to it.
The new Fire Emblem seems to pick up some Dynasty Warriors mechanics, which I found really intriguing. I'm a liiittle hesitant with it, since Fire Emblem Awakening's marriage mechanics just kicked me right out of that game, but we'll see. Hopefully they don't do that again!
Hollow Knight being available today is awesoooome. I've been waiting to play it for the Switch release, so I'm going to go buy it now~
As for Smash, I totally called that it would be a complete edition of Smash 4 (I tried to look for where I said it but I gave up). If someone was expecting a brand new game, well, I guess they'd be disappointed? But logically, there was little chance that a franchise that releases games every 6-8 years was going to make a completely new game so soon. Especially since the Smash 4 sold very well despite being on a system with a very poor player base, so they'd want to get that game out to a wider audience in a revitalized form. Still, I was expecting just, a definitive edition. This is way more than I expected! Just wow, every character! And the reveal was so well done too!
Pokémon Let's Go is interesting to me. It's a remake of Pokémon Yellow (it is a full fledged Pokémon!), but with new capturing mechanics borrowed from Pokémon Go. That's neat! Pokémon's catching mechanics are well... hardly anything, and that hasn't changed in forever. Like, you beat a Pokémon up to improve the odds of capture, and then press a button to throw a ball and RNG determines if you get it. That's boring! Putting some player control into this is a step in the right direction. If Let's Go does well, I hope they explore changing up the catching mechanics in the next new core game.
Super Mario Party is the best of the show, by far. It's like, a genuine Mario Party! Characters move individually (no car! yay!), they have individual dice rolls, the minigames are varied and use the properties of the switch well, just, great! It was a genuine surprise and I'm really looking forward to it.
The new Fire Emblem seems to pick up some Dynasty Warriors mechanics, which I found really intriguing. I'm a liiittle hesitant with it, since Fire Emblem Awakening's marriage mechanics just kicked me right out of that game, but we'll see. Hopefully they don't do that again!
Hollow Knight being available today is awesoooome. I've been waiting to play it for the Switch release, so I'm going to go buy it now~
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