This is the MegaThread for Nintendo Direct today, 06/23 at 7am P.T. As for this moment, that’s about in 4 hours.
Please use this thread for all the discussion, hype, and reactions. You can still make separate threads with trailers or news from Direct, as it happens.
After the event, this description will be updated with all the announcements, and a direct link to video, for those who have missed it.
YouTube link for Direct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7t5jnpkCkI
Announcements (also added link to the related posts of each announcement)
- Pokemon Scarlet ~ Pokemon Violet
- DLC: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero
- Part 1: The Teal Mask - Fall 2023
- Part 2: The Indigo Disk - Winter 2023
- DLC: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero
- Sonic Superstars
- 4 Player local co-op
- Available Fall 2023
- Palia
- Free to play, Live Service, cozy game
- Holiday 2023
- Persona 5 Tactica
- November 17
- Pre-order for physical begins today
- MythForce
- First person, roguelike
- Inspired by Saturday morning cartoon
- 4 player co-op, drop in, drop out
- 2023
- Splatoon 3, new Splatfest: Which ice-cream is the best?
- Vanilla
- Strawberry
- Mint chip
- 07/14 (Fri) to 07/16 (Sun)
- Detective Pikachu Returns
- October 6
- Super Mario RPG
- November 17
- Remake of the first Super Mario RPG, from SNES
- Pre-order starts today
- Untitled Princess Peach game
- Brand new game
- Launching 2024
- Luigi Mansion: Dark Moon
- Visually enhanced version
- Originally released on 3DS
- Launching in 2024
- Batman Arkham Trilogy
- Arkham Asylum
- Arkahm City
- Arkham Knight
- All DLC included
- Fall 2023
- Gloomhaven
- Turn based Card battle tactical game
- Launching September 18
- Pre-orders begin today
- Just Dance 2024
- October 24
- Silent Hope
- A RPG from XSeed
- October 3
- Fae Farm
- Console exclusive
- Launching September 8
- Hot wheels 2: Turbo Charged
- October 19
- Manic Mechanics
- Overcooked-like game
- July 13
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, 2nd DLC
- Main game demo available on eShop
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
- December 1
- Pikmin 4
- July 21
- Demo available on June 28
- Pikmin 1 and 2
- Available Later today
- HD version
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 1
- Metal Gear Solid
- Metal Gear Solid 2
- Metal Geas Solid 3
- Metal Gear
- Metal Gear 2
- Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, and Sequel
- Screenplay books
- Strategy guides
- Digital Tracks
- October 24
- Pre-orders begin today
- Also available separately
- Vampire Survivors
- 4 player co-op
- August 17
- Headbangers Rhythm Royale
- October 31
- Penny’s Big Breakaway
- 3D adventure
- By people behind Sonic Mania
- Early 2024
- Mario kart Deluxe 8. Booster Course Pass Wave 5
- More characers
- Petey Piranha
- Wiggler
- Kamek
- Summer 2023
- More characers
- Star Ocean: The Second Story R
- Remake of second game
- HD-2D
- November 2
- Warioware Move It
- Local co-op (if have 2 sets of Joycon)
- Over 200 micro games
- November 3
- Pre-orders start today
- Nintendo Live 2023
- Seattle
- September 1 to 4
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: New amiibos
- Zelda
- Ganondorf
- Holiday 2023
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- New 2D Mario game
- October 20
Super Mario RPG coming to Switch was NOT on my bingo card, but what an awesome surprise. The game that originally made me fall in love with the turn based RPG genre.
I have never played it. Can’t wait for the release.
Same here! Excited to finally try it!
Same here! I’m 33 but Geno was a fan favourite on GameFAQs back in the day.
I was not expecting Pikmin 1 and 2 HD ports, but I’ll take them.
I’ll wait for the physical release to have all 4 and show them to my grand kids 25 years from now, for the release of Pikmin 5.
Nintendo is really starting to push Pikmin again and I love it. Glad to have all the games on the switch. Capitalize on the popularity of the system to grow the franchise. Hopefully it’s not another 25 years this time!
Haha, let’s hope we don’t have to wait that long, but you never know with Nintendo, if they think they don’t have any new idea for the game, it is going to disappear in their locker for next 20 years.
Oh man, Star Ocean looks awesome
Agree, never finished the PS2 version. Would have like to see the option to play either the original or the 2D remake.
10/10 direct for me because of the new 2D Mario.
Yeah, it looks really fun. And not just new 2D Mario. Super Mario RPG Remake and Detective Pikachu, not to mention teaser for a new Princess Peach game.
Indeed. Really good direct overall. The peach game really caught me off guard
I wasn’t a huge fan of the NSMB series, and it always felt like they were just playing it safe. This one seems to have a similar look, but it appears they are trying some really original ideas with it.
hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype
My body is Reggie!
Can’t wait for the Arkham games to run like shit though.
First 2 games were on PS3, so should run fine. Even Arkham Knight was early PS4, so with good optimization shouldn’t be a big issue.
Will have to wait and see the actual port.
I remember reading somewhere long ago that the shield tv had the processing & gaming power of an Xbox 360. The shield tv shares the same chip as the Switch, And those games are X360 era. In practice though it doesn’t seem to work very well.
Very excited for the Super Mario RPG remake. It genuinely looks fantastic.
Come on Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD Remake physical release on Switch! Big Brother Nintendo, I know you can do it!
A Wind Waker HD version for Switch would literally be the fastest way for Nintendo to get money from me.
New 2d Mario!!!
Oh my God, I’m beyond HYPED for the Arkham Trilogy, I’ve always wanted to have them on the switch, it’s going right to my wishlist !!
If you have never played them, they are great games. One of the best super-hero game series, which raised the bar for all the games that follow, even then I would say only Insomniac’s Spider-man has come close to it, but that’s a very different game.
I just hope they are good ports!
I did play them and I absolutely adore this franchise, I’m just so excited to know I can have them in portable mode down the line.
A bit disappointed by the absence of Origins though.
Excited for Mario RPG and Pikmin. Fae Farms looks similar game concept to Stardew Valley to me.
SwitchUp Youtube channel did a review and it’s very addicting, according to them.
Definitely similar to Stardew in terms of storyline/objective. Love the freedom it looks like you’ll have and the menus look reverse contrasted too! The fast travel map having where the characters are is so needed sometimes especially if there are characters that move constantly.
Yeah, the game looks pretty good, but the price is holding me back right now. What about you? Thinking of getting it on launch?
Super Mario RPG let’s goooooo
I was just telling my girlfriend we need to play Pikmin before pikmin 4 comes out. We pre-ordered it when we got tears of the kingdom with the NSO voucher
I haven’t played any Pikmin game. Was thinking about starting 3 after TotK, but I wonder if I should start with the first one…
Going to see the trailer and reviews to see what condition the games are in, before making a decision.
You can’t go wrong with any of them, as they are all a bit unique in their own way.
- Overarching timer forcing you to work somewhat efficiently to complete the game. Puzzles and difficulty are definitely the easiest in the series, but still provide a fun challenge to newcomers and veterans alike
- No overarching timer allowing for a more laid back approach to completing. Introduces a 2nd captain and much more challenging/replayable end game content (a lot of people hold P2 in very high regards, and consider the end game content to be the most difficult in the series)
- Technically there is an overarching timer, but it’s implemented in such a way that doesn’t create as much stress or pressure like the timer from P1 does. Introduces multiple captains that add another layer of complexity to puzzles as well as optimizing your daily efficiency. Has a very helpful world map that shows the location of objectives, captains, and loose Pikmin. The Deluxe edition has a slew of additional content that I haven’t even fully completed, but I believe they’re “prequel” missions that help to explain some of the events that happen before the start of the game.
Thanks for the detailed response!
I am leaning towards starting from the first. But I am not going to start anything until I have completed ToTK, so its not an urgent decision.
No problemo! I love the Pikmin games, so I was stoked to whip that up. I’m more or less in the same boat as you, all of my time outside of work has either been devoted to yard projects, DRG, or ToTK. What’s your progress on ToTK so far?
Going for the last regional quest. Was holding on it while doing some exploring, but now going for it. About 65 hours in, with around 60 shrines. As for general exploration, I have covered about 1/4th of Chasm, and about same amount of Sky Islands.
How far along are you?
I’ve got all the regional quests done, probably over half of the depths discovered, but not many sky islands done. I’m over 105 hours in with 73 shrines done 😅
Wow. 105 is lots of hours. The way I am going, I believe I would probably finish the game between 80-90 hours, let’s see…
Holiday season is feeling a little weak for nintendo, no?
Hyped for RPG and Wonder. Not much else piqued my interest (Peach game didn’t show enough to judge). Kamek as a racer, tho…
