4534

I thought Splatoon was 3rd person? And so it shouldn’t make people dizzy, right?

4535

Also, the first two games were already immensely popular in Japan - the first one sold almost two million copies over its lifetime on the Wii U - so the new one could have been reasonably expected to do well regardless of how much they marketed it. I don’t think it was expected to break launch sales records or become the best-selling game in Japan of 2022 in three days, though.

4536

Nintendo is going to have a banner year in Japan. Pokémon is yet to come…

4537

I found this headline kind of bemusing.

4538

Bit ridiculous, innit? What’s the difference between doing a live stream (which most certainly is not actually live anyway) and putting up a video right afterwards?

4539

It’s pretty chaotic over there from what I’ve seen on this forum, Twitter, etc. Businesses are tripping all over themselves trying not to move on with life too quickly because the Queen is dead. IMO, it’s an outdated thing. Even the late Queen probably wouldn’t care if Nintendo was livestreaming new games coming soon.

4540

The pear clutching in the replies to this tweet and his follow ups had me laughing.

4541

There are some really great replies in that thread. I saw it when it was happening. 😂

4542

BOTW2 news. Has to be.

4543

It’s this winter’s games, so I doubt it. BOTW2 is 2023 I thought? I bet it will launch next spring or summer.

4544

Twitter has always been insane for dozens of reasons so I’m pleasantly surprised to find another amusing facet to its lunacy. Thank you for sharing this!

4545

So far on the stream I’m really excited for Fire Emblem Engage (odd name, but it’s the next main line Strategy/RPG title - it looks about the same as Fire Emblem with a bit more punch to the visuals/effects maybe, but it looks to be an excellent entry in the system), and Octopath Traveler II was announced and sounds like it may address the minor concerns I had with the first game (including a more cohesive story). I like the idea that day/night plays into how each characters power will work.

I’m also excited for the upcoming Mario/Rabbids sequel of course, I’m skipping the footage on that, I want to be surprised by the characters, mechanics, biomes, and all that stuff. That’s an auto-buy for me.

Also Factorio drops late October.

Man, so many “farm simulation” games coming out. At least 2, maybe 3 or more.

4546

The next Zelda is officially titled Tears of the Kingdom and will release May 12th, 2023! Easily my most anticipated game.

4547

Oh, shit, Breath of the Wild 2 - Tears of the Kingdom is the actual name - drops 5/12/2023 and looks like it’s going to be amazing.

4548

Even that tiny amount of footage was incredible. Next year seems light years away at this point.

4549

Very excited about Fire Emblem, especially that January date, perfect release slot, should be just about done the Tactics Ogre Remaster by then. Octopath II in Feb is nice as well, though I’m going to be a little more careful there after the first one (which was Fine) and Triangle Strategy (which was probably also Fine in the end, but my expectations going in were way too high). I am happy that everyone else is happy about Zelda, and will look forward to hear what they’ve changed from BotW.

4550

A lot of hard release dates in there, Bayo 3 coming pretty soon, Octopath 2, Harvestella.

Rain code could be neat. I’m not the biggest Danganronpa fan, but the systems and setting seemed different enough.

Goldeneye online will appeal to a certain crowd.

I wasn’t expecting a new Fatal Frame or a new Pikmin.

And some multi platform stuff I could see dipping into maybe.

What they showed of Fire Emblem made it seem like it might be more focused on a smaller cast. If so, I’m definitely interested, as the recruiting / cast bloat has never meshed well with the newer non-permadeath / storytelling focus.

Overall, pretty impressive showing.

4551

New Pikmin sure looked good. I like the move to a lower perspective. Goldeneye I will definitely try out online. That’s a super cool thing for them to do.

4552

Clap Handz Golf has been renamed, and escaped from the Apple Arcade, and is available right now. Bought it faster than I can type it.

4553

What’s the new name?