Super Monkey Ball should definitely be a wait and see as the recent re-release of the Wii game did not get much good said about it. They have a lot to prove there.
Also, SMB is really tied to the Gamecube controller IMO, so it needs to work with that and I donāt think thatās confirmed.
Iām pretty happy with what they showed today given the pandemic is obviously affecting everything all these companies are doing. Metroid Dread has been spoken about as long as itās been since they first tried to make it. Iām excited to play that for sure. A new Wario Ware game in the spirit of the originals is also a superb time waster that I will play.
On the Japanese stream, Cave announced Mushihimesama, Espgaluda II, and Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu are all getting Switch ports. Notably, this is the first time Espgaluda II is getting ported since the Japan-only Xbox 360 release eleven years ago.
Out of nowhere, these games are getting English releases as well - Mushihimesama was released today, and is $20 on the US eShop!
Holy smoke! Now thatās news!
What does the Gamecube controller do that the Switch controller doesnāt??
And apparently Charles Martinet is getting more voice work than heās ever done in any other game!
Octagonal gate. Itās absolutely a major part of why the games have always been better on Gamecube than any other platform. You can lock into the eight directions and know youāre exacting in your controls.
Yeah, the competitive scene is all about the Gamecube controller.
Thereās a competitive Super Monkey Ball scene? This I have to see.
Probably speedrunning. The amount of skill you can acquire in that game to lessen your times is insane.
Theyāre saving it for Tokyo Game Show! ;)
Awesome! Iām so happy thatās releasing this year. Itās been a long time coming.
I feel the Japanese E3 trailer is even cooler:
Treehouse gameplay:
Yeah SMT V finally showing a release date was my highlight, also some indication that it isnāt dead. :)
New 2d Metroid, Breath of the Wild 2 looking awesome, and the cute Zelda handheld were cool too. Yeah it was pretty slim pickings I guessā¦ mostly because they only tend to show titles landing this year and we already knew most of those.
No More Heroes III got a Treehouse presentation that wasnāt Live.
https://youtu.be/F-iLPK5vl4M
One gets the continuing impression that covid wfh basically just stole a full year of any development progress whatsoever from the entire Japanese videogames industry.
Which makes their continually awful vaccination progress even worse than it otherwise would be!
For fuckās sake, finally. Every now and then I think about how much fun I had playing Crimzon Clover in the living room, and then I realize what a wasteland it is for premier shmups on the Switch.
Unfortunately, I already have DFK and Mushihimesama on Steam, so I guess Iām looking at Espgaluda II. I donāt know much about it.
I do like Mushihimesama a lot so I might double-dip as an excuse to play it more.
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So whatās the current guess on when switch pro will get announced since the E3 dreams were crushed?
I heard that itās getting announced tomorrow.
Tomorrow, 2025.
Please look forward to it.
