Nintendo Direct 6.18.24 - Live Reaction! 

"Someone checkon Max Dood right now" He's doing okay, he just had to check his blood pressure.

As a major Ace Attorney nerd, I am so excited that more people have a chance to play Investigations 2 now! Even if you're like me and didn't necessarily love the first Edgeworth game, absolutely give AAI2 a shot, it's one of the franchise's crown jewels.

Nintendo is going out strong with the current Switch.

Nonstop banger direct. Great swansong to lead the Switch out. I'm so happy Mario & Luigi is back 🥲

My God, Nintendo just dropped one of their best directs ever and it was at the end cycle of the Switch.

RPG fans eating good this direct.

40:56 Glad I'm not the only one that thought it was Hilda!

Switch won E3!

its great to see you all together! I had to watch the direct directly from the nintendo channel, but as soon as i could i came to watch your reactions

Most of Alpha Dream ended up at Mistwalker, so I've been hoping they'd make a new Mario & Luigi. I doubt we'll know who made it until it's close to out, like Princess Peach Showtime.

Nintendo slayed the competition's TERRIBLE recent showcases just by focusing on what games should be: Fun

Great reactions. Was such a great direct. I can't believe we got a new 2D Zelda and Prime 4 in the same Direct!

I honestly expected this Direct to be a dud, but it's honestly the best Direct I think Nintendo has ever done. I was never interested in the Mario & Luigi games before, but the art style was just SO endearing. Honestly though, for all the amazing announcements, the biggest surprise was the new Zelda game. I LOVE the direction they're going, not just Zelda being playable, but that looks like a SUPER fun gimmick they came up with her. Makes her totally distinct from Link, and I can already imagine a lot of room for creativity for both puzzles and combat.

25:39 there needs to be a Nintendo switch collection of MegaMan StarForce

The switch has the most ridiculous insane library at this point!

Also looks like those classic boards in mario party was superstars dlc added to this game.

Top Tier Direct, A+ if not S! The way MIO: Memories in Orbit revealed itself made it seem like it was this big-deal reveal, since most of those kinds of Nintendo Direct reveals don't have a headline introducing them. I remember thinking what kind of game this could be while it was playing and... well, it's certainly intriguing, and props to Nintendo for giving it the pomp and circumstance of an otherwise major reveal, but it still left me confused. While it IS cool that we're not able to play all 5 Donkey Kong Country games on the same console, it's still somewhat disappointing that we still haven't gotten a proper new Donkey Kong game in over a decade now... Finally seeing Dragon Quest III's HD-2D remake release date was great enough, but finding out they're ALSO doing the same thing for the first two Dragon Quest games is very surprising! Dragon Quest I is very light on story, so I hope they add a lot more to it with the remake, and I hope they balance out the difficulty of Dragon Quest II and give more interactions and personality to the other two party members after they join you. It's great that we're getting The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Metroid: Zero Mission on NSO finally, but man... I really want Wario Land 4 to come to the service. Hopefully it and the rest of the Wario Land games will have their day. Also, an app for Mature 17+ games... Maybe Conker's Bad Fury Day might have a chance now? I never played the Marvel vs. Capcom games, but my friends played 2 ALL the time back in the day, to the point where it's character select music is ingrained into my head, awesome to see the arcade collection coming to the Switch! For real, though, I'm such a sad nerd for Mario that the idea of Ninji being playable in the next Mario Party is one of the highlights of the Direct for me. I do hope Diddy Kong and Pauline will also be playable in Super Mario Party Jamboree, though. Everything else about the game looks awesome! If Ninji being playable was the number one (unironic) highlight of the Direct not involving Mario & Luigi, Zelda, or Metroid, than the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection announcement was definitely a close number 2! Seriously, it's so great that we're finally getting an official English translation for the second Investigations game! Really, Capcom's been on a role with all these modern releases of the Ace Attorney games! Could it be possible that a new mainline installment is coming?

27:15 - This is when the Direct actually starts, if you want to skip the near half hour of pre-show chat.

Yessssss!!!!! Nintendo is king!!!! Nintendo loves their people!!!! Feels like everyone who is a Nintendo fan is in full alignment of what to be excited for, for this one. For Mario Party, I do agree with what I think Daniel alluded to. Mario does need to update their boards and not just be generic on getting around. It would be nice if some were simple where you rely on the mini games to win but also some boards where their gimmicks have a more cool/unique influence on winning.

...Yeah I also thought Zelda when that dragon Quest game popped up. lol At least we actually did get a new Zelda game. lol

I dont why but for some reason, you guys are the only reactions that talk over each other this much and this is consistent.

Best direct!

That one dude needs a mic upgrade asap

After having a little time to sit and think about it, I would give this Nintendo direct a respectable 7 out of 10 ✊ My Top four announcements were: 1. Mario and Luigi Brothership 2. Legend of Zelda echoes of wisdom 3. 100 defense 4. Metroid prime 4 beyond

Marvel Capcom. Clear winner. Of life.

Two things make me nervous about the new Mario Party. The stars cost 10 coins, and the turn timer showed that boards can last as few as 10 turns. Was really hoping with how Mario Party Superstars got better review scores than Super Mario Party, and the overall positive reception of NSO Mario Parties even by those that didn't grow up with them, it would've been nice to see them lean into the more traditional setup.

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We need more Dragon Quest? Did you play Treasures? Dark Prince?

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Maybe you should cool it with saying that Link's Awakening doesn't run well. I played it with no issues at all. Maybe it's a copy thing or it varies from person to person 🤷‍♂ P.S. This is coming from someone who played the original first, and I think the remake is hands down the definitive version.

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There are too many people reacting on this stream. You can't hear anything else but EVERYONE reacting.

Everybody looks hella smelly except Jon. Lol.

Metroid fans this will probably your last prime game. I don't see this game selling more than 2 million copy while looking like this and playing like this at 2025. 2025 will be banger year and unfortunately this game will be buried. This supposed to come 3-4 years ago.

Nintendo is so stupid for putting this so early in the morning.

Nothing like watching 6 dudes getting all excitied being dripfed old Nintendo games. Personally I can't possibly get excited for 2 GBA games and 2 N64 games.

57:20 I just noticed on a rewatch that the two species of Zoras are meeting here, that's huge!!!!

27:14 - Direct Starts 27:26 - Mario & Luigi: Brothership 32:30 - Fantasian 33:47 - Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball free update 39:13 - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 40:55 - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 42:42 - Dragon Quest I&II HD-2D Remake teaser 45:10 - Luigi's Mansion 2 HD 46:50 - Darkest Dungeon 2 47:26 - NSO Update (Four Swords, Metroid: Zero Mission, TUROK: Dinosaur Hunter and Perfect Dark) 49:55 - Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 51:00 - Super Mario Party Jamboree 53:25 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 59:37 - LEGO Horizon Adventures 1:00:46 - Stray 1:07:29 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Not a full list)

This line up feels like a lineup for a console in the middle of it's life. Hard to believe switch 2 is coming sometime in mid-late next year.

#FreeMvC2 is over!

Direct Starts at 27:14

So excited about many things but that Mario Party looks so fire

They really missed the opportunity to just call it "The Legend of Zelda" haha

This was an darn good direct. The biggest highlight for me is an new Mario & Luigi game, Dragon Quest Erdrick Trilogy 2D-HD Remake and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

While the rest of the gaming industry is crumbling down, I'm so glad Nintendo's firing on all cylinders.

As a DK fan, I was directly disappointed when I saw the dkcr reveal. So they really don't do a new DK game for the switch. I'm surprised about the positive reaction about this. Mario and Luigi looks FANTASTIC OMG. And echoes of wisdom as well looks absolutely fantastic. Metroid prime 4 looks like expected. Probably the mp remastered graphics. Looking forward to this, but it wasn't the absolute hype as I was thinking I would have 😅 without mp1 remastered in existance I would be more flashed I think.

Quality predictions!

Solid Direct! Mario and Luigi RPG's are ALIVE! Mario Party looks promising! A LITERAL Zelda game and it looks fascinating! And HOLY MOLY, Prime 4 is real and it looks incredible! Everything about its presentation fits right in with the original trilogy in such a good and clean way, that's astonishing! I do not recall a game series that had such a gap between games (I mean going from Prime 3 to 4 by this, of course) but still retained its old style and feel so faithfully without looking bland for it. They made us wait, but if that's a sign of things to come, the delay on this game is going to pay dividends!

This direct was perfect for me. I still can’t believe AAI2 is finally getting officially localized. It’s gonna be so hard getting used to the new names I’m so used to the fan translation ones.

Nintendo and Xbox with banger showcases, too many games to play

Nice to see a full panel for the first time in a while! I missed seeing Steve’s live reactions specifically.

I was highly confident Nintendo wouldn't do something extremely stupid like moving Prime 4 to the Switch 2, but it is nice to have confirmation. The only question is will Prime 4 or Pokemon Legends Z-A be Switch's final big release.

Game I'm most excited for at this show? Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Strongest possibility of peeling Sega down from 5 GOTY nominees (In release order: Infinite Wealth, P3 Reload, Unicorn, Metaphor, Shadow Generations) to 4 (losing Shadow Generations or P3 Reload) at this show? Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Still not sure this, quite, manages to kick either of those games off the list, but I also wouldn't be entirely surprised if knocks one of them off.

In the DragonQuest trilogy 3,1,2 is the chronological order of events. the third game was a prequel to the first game. In the first game you're following in the footstep of the great Erdrick (which is the title of the legendary hero, not a name) So in the third game you actually play as the legendary Erdrick. And in the second game you play as the descendants of the hero in the first game. So the release schedule actually makes a lot of sense I think. I just hope that they do something to spice up DQ1 because it has not aged well. I mean it's extremely simple and "grindy". There's very little tactics required and you don't have a party of characters. Instead you're a single guy fighting turn based battle agains multiple enemy fights. It can feel very tedious. But it's also a very short game, I did beat it in an afternoon. Still I would appreciate if they added some quality of life features and perhaps some post game content. I mean after you beat the game you can still walk around and talk to people and they will thank you and stuff, but that's it.. No hidden super bosses or secret dungeons with better gear or anything like that.

Funko fusion is a lego game pretty much. The old lego marvel and lego star wars team made it. It's not for kids, however. Tons of blood and R rated ips so surprised it's here. How does it play? If you played any lego game that's how it plays.

I wish 2D Zelda would adopt the Wind Waker aesthetic. I haven’t really warmed to the Awakening remake style.

HD2D doesn't look "bad" but if they ever remake Chrono Trigger, PLEASE full on remake Also Zelda game looks great but why annoying yellow orb tutorial companion? always annoying yellow orb tutorial companion damn it

Ash became so stoic toward the end. What a stoic guy

I just watched this now, wow what a great direct. Zelda looks great and that and Astrobot in September?? Will be great. Also Prime 4 looks fantastic and what a way to close off the direct.

Thanks for streaming your reactions!

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Oh, Echoes looks like it is the same map as Link to the Past. That rock formation, the pillar area, to the right of the castle feels super familiar.

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ash looks baked

Shadow drops are a bad thing. Why would you want one? That's basically barely any marketing.

Hold on we deserve Oracle remakes Mr. Jon!!!! lol

The Switch's going out with a bang

Matroid 4 will be a launch title 😉

That was a goated direct

#TakeDerrickToSizzler

Stream starts at 1:53.

Lack of WW/TP HD port aside this was a very very good direct. Surprised at the number of original games here, including Metroid Prime 4!!!!

Still no Chrono trigger or eternal darkness but I’ll take Zelda and Metroid prime 4 as a decent consolation prize.

finally real legend of zelda.

Too many people talking at once, this is a bit messy.

"This is like Breath of the Wild innovation in 2D Zelda" Thanks for putting your finger on why I feel so queasy about this. One of the reasons I wanted a 2D Zelda was because the 3D series was being taken over by these multi-solution mechanics and leaving me behind because that type of gameplay doesn't interest me. Will I ever get a tightly-designed classic Zelda game again?

Am mixed on the Zelda game, love that Zelda has a unique playing style but I am not sure I like the direction they have gone with and I would rather hit things with a sword as link, especially after no traditional new zelda game for 11 years.

Metroid 🤢