Hot (3-day-old) takes on the latest Nintendo Direct
This is a mix of comments on the American and Japanese Nintendo Directs released on September 12, 2025; if I’m already fast forwarding through the videos I might just leave my thoughts here.
- No real interest on the new Mario movie. Alas, I’ve gotten quite bored by mainstream movies since a few years ago. Looks fun for kids though.
- Mario Galaxy 2 should have been in the Mario 3D Collection released a few years ago. Not going to pay it again because I already have a physical copy and I got a Wii again.
- Nintendo, please put timelines on the Direct videos! I want to skip things more easily.
- I’ll buy a new Mario Tennis when they make another RPG like the GBA one. (Aces was fine, I don’t need a new version.)
- Yoshi games go to the same bin as Kirby games: looking forward to them when the kid gets big enough to play games.
- I’ll get the new Hades after I finish the first one. (Not sure if, I never get to finish roguelikes.) Looks like it will be a mighty fine game.
- I don’t have a money printer at home to buy Amiibos.
- The Dragon Quest VII remake looks fine. But I already have two other consoles with a version of it; probably not going to buy it. (And I need to finish the last third of XI someday.)
- We already have Virtual Boy at home (two 3DSs).
- It’s funny just how many games available on the Wii are being remade now. (As said above, I already have a Wii. Not buying the new version of “INSERT GAME HERE”.)
- What’s up with these Switch 2 editions? That’s just a port.
- Metroid Prime 4 is “open world”; not playing it but looking forward to playing the first three in the near future.
- The Ditto game looks so cute. I’d have loved it when I was a kid. The Z-A one also looks good, but I got out of the audience for the main Pokemon games.
- Looking forward to playing 桃鉄 in a few years after the kid learns to read.
- The Switch 2 feels extremely redundant when I already have a Switch and a PS5. Old things and indies run fine on both; new things run fine on PS5; somehow Nintendo is not making much that interests me these days.
I really need to write a post on my recent opinions on old and new(?) videogames.