Like, I watched it live and I was just kinda shrugging and going "meh" all the way through, but...watch it again, and hamstrung as it was, it was good, there were cool things shown, it was fun! I think it may actually have been the secret best presentation by virtue of focusing almost entirely on things we can have soon:
Now, before anything else, let's just be clear- the puppet thing is cool and there is to be no argument. You saw puppets and went "yep this is a Nintendo thing."
They did open strong, with Starfox Zero, which I will obviously buy the minute it hits shelves. I love that it still looks so thoroughly Star Fox (defiantly Star Fox when you think about what so-called "real gamers" would have to say, and when you see the comments from fans complaining about how it needs to look better), that little robo drone was adorable, and the transforming into a walker thing looked like a fun switch up. After playing Splatoon and seeing how well they used the Wii U gamepad gyro there, I can't wait to fly an Arwing with the damn thing. And Miyamoto just telling us about the origins of Starfox and how they decided to do what they've done with Zero was of course awesome.
Mario Maker looks really cool and all, but I can never seem to get too into those "you make the game" titles.
I don't personally care too much about the Skylanders, but it is kinda cool seeing the Bowser and Donkey Kong hybrid amiibo/Skylander figures, since of course we've all been seeing amiibo as a competitive response to Skylanders.
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes looks like a good time. It's a twist on both classic top-down Zelda games and Four Swords Adventures (which was pretty damn good), and it looks fun to play. They said they wanted to be a little more co-op, a little less competitive than previous multiplayer Zelda stuff, which is cool. I liked that the enemies seemed like they were designed to take advantage of vertical space, which makes sense with the mechanic of lifting your buddies up higher. And the last 3DS Zelda was GREAT, so I'm willing to bet this will be on the positive side of the Zelda spectrum and not another Spirit Tracks. The trailer was focused mostly on dungeons though, so I'm hoping when we learn more there's still an overworld element.
Hyrule Warriors 3DS, I mean...fuck yeah! Hyrule Warriors is a fantastic Wii U title, and I cannot wait to take it with me anywhere I would take my 3DS. I will not mind one bit having to unlock things a second time. And it'll have some new levels and characters too, so please enjoy my money Nintendo.
Metroid Prime Freedom Force looks like a fun way to kill some time with my friends, much like Hunters was back on the original DS. Does it look like a 2D Metroid game or new Prime entry starring Samus? No. Does it look like a fun little spinoff? Yes. Are whiny entitled fanboys acting like shitheads about it without playing even a demo? You betcha. Is there a petition to Nintendo to cancel this "disgraceful," "disrespectful" "atrocity" of a game. Of fucking course there is. Never mind that everyone and their mom knows that the next "real" Metroid is gonna be made by Retro, or Project M, or entirely in-house by Nintendo and that this is obviously a fun spin off made by Next Level. You may notice that Next Level is NOT Retro/Project M/Nintendo. You may also notice that, while Next Level has made some not great stuff with others, their Nintendo work has been great- Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon were all Next Level titles. This is Sonic The Hedgehog's blue arms all over again.
God damn it. 12,251 people signing a petition to demand cancellation of a game because it isn't their favorite game. Should we tell them about Metroid Prime Pinball or Hunters? I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of GamerGate to defend the rights of content owner and content creator Nintendo to make or have made the game the want to make or have made because CENSORSHIP and CREATIVE FREEDOM.
Christ I'll probably by a copy just to offset one of these assholes who won't even give it a chance.
Back to the thing now!
Man...Xenoblade Chronicles X. It looks nice and all, but for some reason that I just cannot identify, I can't get into it at all. I LOVED Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii. But the spiritual successor isn't grabbing me at all.
GODDAMN IT WORLD AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T GET THE APPEAL OF ANIMAL CROSSING?! It's cute, K.K. Slider is neat, and I have fun with every entry for about 20 minutes. Somebody explain this to me. Why do you all love Furries & Chores: The Game?
And here's an Animal Crossing version of Mario Party except every player also has to have an Animal Crossing amiibo, which is easily the shadiest amiibo tie-in yet, toppling the previous winner, "exclusive boards in Mario Party 10 if you buy Mario character amiibo" (which had previously beaten "you can only get the Spinner weapon in Hyrule Warriors if you buy a Link amiibo").
I do like amiibo, and I fully intend to purchase K.K. Slider, both colors of 8-bit Mario, Bowser Jr., Mii Brawler/Gunner/Swordfighter, 4 of Mr. Game & Watch so I can have one in each pose, R.O.B., Ryu, all 3 colors of Yarn Yoshi, and I still may try to find a King Dedede, simply because I like the little low-space decent statues. But when it comes to game tie-ins, they are slowly creeping up on becoming a worrisome thing. I hope Nintendo pulls back a bit on that.
Yoshi's Wooly World looks hella fun, as Yoshi games always are. It is also so fucking adorable that I might die. Can you please fucking tell us a release date already.
If you don't think they're gonna put out something golden with Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, you are almost certainly wrong. Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario are by far some of the best non-Mario game things they've done with their biggest character. Come on. Mario is old reliable. Mario is never bad. Some may be not as good as others, but never actually bad.
Case in point, they took a better look at Mario Maker, which as you'll recall I thought looked neat but didn't care much about, and now holy crap I want it. Nintendo really is the best at this shit, and I don't know how everyone keeps forgetting that.
I said above that Nintendo was hamstrung for this presentation, and they were. They've already announce work on their next console, the NX, but we knew they weren't going to be talking about it at all until next year. They told us a while ago they wouldn't be showing anything from the Wii U Zelda title. And thanks to the leaks of Super Smash Bros. content and Earthbound Beginnings, they ended up announcing those in a Nintendo Direct when they could have instead been some sizzle for their presentation steak. And despite all that, everything they had to show was absolutely solid and looked like great Nintendo fun, even if some of it leaves me feeling cold (seriously what's the deal with Animal Crossing).
A quick sidenote on Earthbound Beginnings: can we all stop acting like this is great news? Mother was...not very good, honestly. It does not hold up. Earthbound is seriously Mother again except good. Earthbound is the Perfect Dark to Mother's GoldenEye 007 (except that GoldenEye 007 was also good, Perfect Dark was just that much better). Mother 3 is the one we should want. Hold the excitement for that one!
Except everyone also buy Earthbound Beginnings, because otherwise Nintendo can use the poor sales of this shitty game to justify not localizing Mother 3, as my friend David is currently pointing out. Ugh. Damn you Nintendo.
Except also you are great, Nintendo. You know what? A+
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