Julius

Where's @Grazza when you need him, huh?

Today's trailer: UK Collector's Edition: And new amiibo, as well as the mention that old Zelda amiibo can offer you some unique looks for your glider...

I've mentioned it before but that Malice and Link's arm really is just Princess Mononoke huh? And no delay! And a Collector's Edition! And amiibo! LET'S GOOOOOOOO

Oh thank goodness we are getting some Zelda that had me nervous EDIT: can already tell this is more what I wanted from this trailer from the lingering shots we're getting

WHY PUT THIS INTO THE UNIVERSE

Wasn't there news a few weeks back that they were finally returning West? Would make sense that they'd do so with a bang I guess and have things in store ready to get prospective new staff interested!

So uh Animal Crossing with Laputa robot? Anyways, wow, Prime Remastered and Baten Kaitos I&II is nuts. So much for saving money on games this year...

All the broken clocks are right today! Coming Summer 2023.

F I N A L L Y !!! What a shadow-drop!

Oh they just going all in huh

As GBA will be included in the Expansion Pack, I'll add the details in here. Looks like a great collection of games, and they drop today?!

Well, it's about time! And a shadow-drop! Just announced in today's Direct, will update later with games and more details

ADVANCE WARS LIVESSSSSS oh dear haha "a couple of months away" okay you know April isn't too bad

Someone get @Grazza Etrian Odyssey's back!

Damn, Sea of Stars seems so close yet so far releasing at the end of August A demo is always good, though

Gotta love a shadow-drop (even if it just FE DLC)

Please be excited!

Splatoon 3's second wave with those NieR vibes

Was thinking the exact same – and it is! I kind of dig it

Opening the Direct with a game outside of the first half of the year is so typically Nintendo

Starting with Pikmin 4? Surely that's got to mean it's one of those games coming in the first half of the year, right..?

okay I take back my lack of hype, that totally slipped my mind ALL ABOARD THE DRAGON QUEST III HD TRAIN CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOO (please Horii I beg)

IGN First with the scoop in the form of 9 minutes of gameplay: Looks fantastic in Unreal Engine 5, the chicken run looks a little toned down and evolved compared with the first game, and most noticeably to me, the fighting animations seem just that slight bit faster? Can also already hear a bunch of nods to the films in the music too, always look forward to any and all new Star Wars music! These two and a half months could be long but then, if things go to plan, it's this at the end of April, Tears of the Kingdom two weeks later in May, and then Final Fantasy XVI in June! Going to be an awesome Q2

So, this could be an interesting development to keep an eye on: it looks like Tears of the Kingdom could be $70 in the US (and, I would assume by extension, potentially getting a similar price increase in other territories?). First, someone spotted that Tears of the Kingdom's price went up as $69.99 on the US eShop... ...and then the price was removed. No big deal, it's probably an error or something, right? Well, it seems like the game's pre-order listings at Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop were then taken down, following earlier listings going up at $59.99: That could be pretty wild if it turns out to be the case! Personally, I'd have no real issue with a price increase - hell, if any game's going to justifiably be £70 or so over here I feel like this is it - but that steady staying power of the pricing for first-party Nintendo titles would certainly get annoying fast if it applied to their entire slate. Could definitely see it for a title like Metroid Prime 4, too, though, and other such premier titles. If this does play out, though, got to say I'm surprised they wouldn't just wait for the release of the Switch 2 before upping prices. The thing hasn't even been revealed yet, and probably won't be for a good while still. Unless...