Tetris 99 is way more addictive than I expected. Definitely a pleasant surprise from the Direct, even if I get my butt handed to me most of the time (8th place is my best, I usually hover around 20th or so). Since the NES games on the Switch are lame, this is a nice way to make the subscribers happy (though I'm still waiting on SNES games!).
Daemon x Machina is looking good, and I still need to get around to trying the demo. I've seen some people say it feels too slow and that the framerate has some issues in handheld in particular, but I never play handheld anyway and some people have said upgrades on the legs of the Arsenal help the speed issue, so I'm sure it'll be fine to me.
Super Mario Maker 2 looks good! I only barely played the original because I had a hard time coming up with stages that I felt proud enough to finish, but I do like the new additions (like my childhood enemy, the Angry Sun). No Super Mario Bros. 2 (US) style, though...? I know that game plays differently enough from the others that implementing it might be tough, but I'm fond of that game and would like to see it. Super Mario Land 2-style would be neat too, another old favorite of mine on the GB.
Rune Factory!!!! AHHHHHH!!! I almost literally screamed when they showed the enhanced version of 4 because I LOVE that game, and then a 5th game announced too? Honestly, this was the high point of the Direct for me; I'd always hoped the series could come back even if the dev studio went bankrupt or whatever. I'd been thinking about replaying RF4 lately, but looks like I'll just wait for the Switch version instead! Still gonna marry Doug just like last time though lol.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses looks mostly good! I'm optimistic about the game, and I don't mind the academy setting since - though I hate it in anime - I like that in video games what with FF: Type-0 and Valkyria Chronicles 2 being some games I really enjoy (VC2 is my fave VC game actually, truly an unpopular opinion lmao). My only major issues are that I really wish they'd drop the "Avatar" thing; it's a shame because I like m!Byleth's design a lot, but would prefer him to be his own character entirely than some weird thing for people to self-insert onto... even though it's like impossible for me to self-insert in FE frankly. Too much attention to the whole "this is your story" thing in the trailer for that reason. Also finding some of the other playable units we saw quick glimpses of kinda dull-looking, but I'm sure there will be someone for me to latch on to when I play the game myself lol. Oh, and not sure why the CG cutscenes are like the janky Shadow of Valentia ones over the really smooth Awakening/Fates ones; I'd take SoV any day over Fates and Awakening... except when it comes to those cutscenes. Whatever though, a decent story will be fine even with some choppy cutscenes, and Three Houses has promise in that regard since I'm sure there will be something interesting to tear the eponymous Three Houses apart and make for some interesting conflict. Gameplay looks solid as usual too, and even better if daggers and their annoying debuffs seem to be gone. Sounds like a little too much freedom in regards to customizing your army with the certification exams... but I felt the same about stuff like the seals to class change in Awakening/Fates and eventually got used to it, so it's probably fine. I kinda preferred when every character was mostly locked into a class though in older games, but no biggie. Glad that the child units seem to be gone, and that - so far - there seems to be less of a "shipping" emphasis on the game. Please have more platonic supports if anything!
Link's Awakening remake! Knew immediately from the moment we see Link in that storm that it was a remake of LA, and I LOVE the artstyle they went with! Reminds me of Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, in a good way! I prefer 3D Zelda, but still enjoy the 2D ones, so I'll definitely be picking this one up. Kinda curious what the price will be though; Link's Awakening isn't a super long game that I can remember, so something like that on a console seems like a hard sell for $60 in the US. Unless they add some extra content and it's not just a 1:1 remake with a new coat of paint.
Some of the other games shown looked somewhat interesting (Oninaka, Astral Chain) too. All in all, a pretty good Direct, even if there was no Animal Crossing shown. could've done without that super boring and long Dragon Quest segment, but cool for the fans of that series and it gave me time to go check ResetEra to see reactions to the Direct so far lol
. What are your predictions for this direct and what do you hope to see in the direct? Will we get another trolling end to a likely Smash trailer by Sakurai?
