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I'll probably leave it, I know I'm buying the game so will just wait for that.

Could we possibly put any leaks between now and the rescheduled Direct in spoiler tags? I imagine there'll be a fair few...

I'm sure 99.99% of games will be. Why wouldn't a developer tick that box.

That N though. Top priority.

They don't just press a button and put their feet up for the rest of the day, there's PR, social media and content updates that need working on post-Direct. Regardless @Ashley spelt out pretty clearly reasons for it. Even if it was just out of common decency and respect, they did the right thing.

Wow, that last one. "You do not want a gamer controversy on your hands" sigh, I suppose it has been 6 days since the last one. Edit: reading his tweets, he just seems to be a keyboard warrior out to offend. Probably 11 years old.

I'd really like to play it again, I remember it being better than Phantom Hourglass in pretty much every way. I also liked how it brought music back into the series as a gameplay mechanic. Overworld theme is amazing but I really LOVE one of the end boss themes and how it got more and more drowned out the further you survived the battle, while Zelda charged her bow up.

Hey, Spirit Tracks was great. That ending boss part was as epic as most console Zeldas.

I hope if NSMBUD *breathes* is a thing then it'll be out soon, so as not to make us wait much longer for a brand new style 2D Mario

Suspect that might be at the Game Awards or even next E3 for release Christmas 2019

After the re-shashed overworld of ALBW, I'd love a brand new original top dozen Zelda tbh. I'd be happy if they kept the wall painting mechanic from ALBW though, that was fun.

I wonder if they'll show the Yoshi game, it's been a year and a bit since it was revealed (and looked a little rough) Probably won't see Retro's game until Starlink is out. Can't imagine Nintendo stabbing Ubisoft in the back like that.

I had this random thought yesterday that they'd make a Link Between Worlds sequel on 3DS to tide us over till a new Switch Zelda. I don't know how I'd feel about that.

Hooray!

The ResetEra thread continues to embarrass itself. Can't remember the last time we had a midnight Direct, apart from the Switch reveal event.

I think it's more that it's out a month after the game releases, and there's trailers etc already being shown.

Agree, because the people making the complaints deserve to be laughed at in this case

Depends how much you like puddles

There's usually a Direct in September I think so I certainly wouldn't be surprised. NSMBU Deluxe seems a good bet, I'll double dip if they included some decent extra content. I remember Kimishima saying that these Wii U ports need to offer something new and not just be a carbon copy of the original so hopefully it's something good.

Most big AAA games get downgraded by release (though certain other publishers games' actually improve visually closer to release), it's just a fact of the industry. I don't think it's intentionally misleading the consumer, just the reality of having to ship a bug-free game with a decent performance. I'm obviously not a developer but I suspect it's much easier/makes more sense to aim high then dial back if need be. Oh and I really can't see this game not being worth £50, it'll be full of content, and still looks beautiful IMO. The DLC thing is annoying but it's the reality of games being cheaper than they've ever been, whilst being 100x more complex than back in the day. The timing of it is ridiculous though, that is inexcusable.

Agree, the fact that it was a DVD player I suspect doubled it's sales numbers back then.

Anyone playing The Messenger? Getting great reviews (currently at 87 on Metacritic), with a couple even saying it's their indie game of the year so far. I never played Ninja Gaiden, but an action platformer that mixes 8 and 16 bit pixel art? Sign me up!

I seem to be one of the few on here actually really excited for this Anyway, new-ish trailer... And IGN Rewind Theatre with extra footage and some new info

I used it on PS4 for PS+ games (that I ended up never playing) and Wii U and 3DS for Virtual Console, but yeah otherwise I'm not too fussed on Switch, the OS is so clean I don't think it's massively needed.