Nintendo is Winning the Console Wars 

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Do people NOT remember how Nintendo weathered the console wars of the 90’s after single handedly saving the North American video game industry??? Do they not realize they have some experience in this? Maybe, just maybe…. Nintendo has a sustainable business model…??? Others should take note.

What makes the upcoming Zelda game so interesting, is that no two individuals solve puzzles the exact same way. One could make a box/bed combo for climbing, while another could make a water tower to swim upwards.

This Direct ate DOWN. I’m SO ready to play that Zelda game!!! It’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for 😭

Just a few weeks back I finished playing the fan translation of Ace Attorney Investigations 2, which was the last part of the series I hadn't played yet. So I can answer your questions about the collection. The Investigations spin-offs do not have court cases, but this doesn't change as much as you'd think. They effectively combined the gameplay from the court segments of the main series with the gameplay from the investigation segments. What that looks like is: each chapter has you moving Edgeworth around in third person through a small number of interconnected rooms, looking for clues and talking to people. And during this process you'll run into people who give testimony in the traditional Ace Attorney style, where you go back and forth through the text nodes, pressing for more information and presenting contradictions. You don't have a single client to protect, but you can have a succession of people being wrongly accused before you arrive at the actual culprit. In my opinion the format is a step down from the other games in several ways, but not to such a degree that it makes or breaks the experience. It's basically just Ace Attorney with a few twists here and there. As to the quality of the games: it's a mixed bag. Of the 11 Ace Attorney games (including the Professor Layton crossover), I'd rank the first Investigations dead last. The writing just isn't very compelling. It's a perfectly playable game, but there wasn't any point where I was dying to know the answer to a mystery or to see what happened next to the characters. This game was officially translated to English. The sequel was not, which is a shame because it's a much better game. It's not on the level of The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures or Trials and Tribulations, but it's solidly middle of the pack. A highlight is the first chapter, which is so much better than any other first chapter in the franchise it's not even close. Toward the end the story becomes contrived even by the series's standards, and the ultimate resolution to everything didn't quite make sense to me (looking forward to the inevitable explainer videos!) but even then the plot is still engaging and the characters get taken in fun directions. It's good stuff. Theoretically you could jump straight to the second game, but I actually wouldn't recommend it. The first game does a lot of setup that the second game follows up on. Releasing the two together makes sense.

don't count on it sony and the ponies will artificially inflate the numbers like they tried to do a few months ago, and that new zelda game looks soooooooooooo dope

Instead of Sheik, you could have Impa be the main protag in a stealth-focused Zelda spin-off. It could be called: "Shadow of Hyrule".

I remember back in 2020 and 2022 we got some info that retro studios was toying with the idea of a sheik game that didnt end up panning out. if echoes of wisdom does well, i wonder if nintendo might go back and try to rework the idea

Personally I'm not really exited for Echo's of Wisdom because I'm not a fan of top down 2D Zelda Games but Sister loves 2D Zelda and she's very excited for Echo's.

I like how tri is practically a metroid reference. Looks like a golden baby metroid with a triforce tail.

Nintendo has been winning with consoles since 2017, also the “console wars” doesn’t exist anymore.

I’m getting that Zelda game on day one. And that Mario and Luigi’s game too.

Also the Edgeworth Investigations release is a duology, the first one is the bad one which was localized to English on the DS. The 2nd one is the one that wasn’t localized but is considered by many to be the best game in the series (it’s my fave be far, no other game holds a candle to it). The gameplay isn’t really just investigations, it’s sort of a mix of both the investigation and courtroom sections of the series mashed together, but it also kinda does its own thing. It’s much more of a spin-off than the GAA games.

While I'm happy and interested in some of what they had to show. Right now my greatest joy is that we FINALLY got our taste for Metroid Prime 4 Beyond with gameplay and a release window of 2025.

I'm also very excited for the new Zelda game, you're not alone

Noooo not at all. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was never localised officially. There's a fan translation and many people consider it one of the best ace attorney games. The investigation segments are pretty fun. Definitely a step up from PW.

havent watched yet, but IMO some of the reasons Nintendo is winning, 1. learned from both mistakes and successes. 2.doesnt double down on anything as even a win can backfire down the road. 3. innovates with both old and new. 4. while innovating the old, they still don't fix what isnt broken. (on points 3, and 4, basically, they try to keep what was good about the past successes, and add to it, or trim what wasnt good and replace it.) 5,doesn't milk a franchise or formula to death. and 6, actually gives a damn about quality and their art. sure Nintendo screws up sometimes (or alot depending on who you ask) but they do know how to keep their first party stuff at the upper quality levels. their usual quality stuff are B+ to A+ tier, S tier is reserved for masterpieces. like extremely good stuff. (while seeing if it aged well, we must consider the era the games came out in, not just by todays standards.) and their worst stuff is usually just mid. not offensive or actually bad. just not remarkable. and big N makes high quality more often than not. of course that only applies to FIRST PARTY titles. stuff nintendo had a very large if not entire part in.

Can't wait for Mario Party 😊

So we got the first Ace Attorney Investigations game, but the second was never officially localized. I haven't played them myself, but from what I hear, people were pretty mixed on the first one, but everyone who played the fan translation of 2 loved it and often put it among their favorite Ace Attorney games. I'm always just really happy when we get old games officially translated. It's definitely a W in my book whether the game is supposed to be good or not lol. I'm definitely going to be picking it up.

So that was Sylux, a rival bounty hunter from prime hunters, who has been set up as a villain since the ending of prime 3 and the secret ending for federation force. The ice guy from prime 3 was Rundus.

I would say yes! We are getting new 2D Zelda with Echoes of Wisdom,Mario and Luigi Brothership,Metroid Prime 4 Beyond,and as for 3rd Party for me is Funko Fusion,Lego Horizons Adventures,Farmagia,Dragon Quest 3 HD2D along with 1 and 2, and Romance Saga 2 remake. No u aren't the only one interested with the new Zelda game starring her I am excited for it.

I am VERY excited about the new Zelda game. Not only is it a game where we get to play as Zelda, but it's a return of 2D zelda to a main console. And it looks like they're applying a similar ethos as BotW and TotK here, with the echo system, which has SO much potential for creative and unique gameplay.

The console wars was over for years now, with Nintendo as its winner. Ever since Sony and Xbox started putting their games on PC, that's when they admitted their defeat. Not just because that shows they don't care about their consoles(as much, and over time won't even bat an eye), but because that signals that their games will end up on former competing hardware eventually. Its already happening with Xbox, and its starting to happen with Sony. Making Sony and Xbox effectively just third party publishers. Guess whos the only one who still have actual exclusives? And if the Switch 2 ends up as powerful as it is rumoured to be, there will be no reason for third parties to skip it. And if Nintendo gets 99% of all games ever produced, why would the consumers buy other consoles other than the Switch 2? There is a very interesting discussion to be had about how the console wars ended with Nintendo's victory, but another war in its place, which I would personally call the "Platform Wars", but that's another discussion entirelly.

So excited to play as Zelda!!

I am sooo exited for Echoes of Wisdom. Finally my girl gets her deserved spotlight but also it’s not just a normal Zelda game where it’s just Zelda and not link but rather feels like ZELDAS GAME. I cannot wait to play it

I´m so glad that Mario and Luigi saga is returning. Man, I love this series! The battle system is always fun and very diverse, with many speacial moves and mechanics. I can´t wait to play it!

I always enjoy the direct. My main gripe with Sony & Xbox it’s aimed at shooters and zombie games. The lack of variety makes me turn off.

I'm SO excited to finally getting to play Zelda, it's about time. Now I only hope the Silksong date finally gets announced so that I can play both the characters I've been dying to play :D

I've heard rumors about a game where you're a thief by Aonuma(spelling lol) my guess would be a ganondorf game(the king of thieves) that's cool imo

Echoes of Wisdom is the most I've ever been excited for a Zelda game, been waiting forever for Zelda to get the spotlight and the top down approach is very cozy for me! I did want to see a more combat-oriented approach for Zelda's magic, but the echo system opens up plenty possibilities, so I'm interested to see how cool it can be used. I'm definitely interested in the DQ HD-2D remakes since I'm most into the turn-based Final Fantasy games which have been fading out overtime, though the highest priority RPG for me is easily Mario & Luigi Brotherhood, the humor, charm and engaging gameplay of that series is something to behold and I'm so excited a new entry's coming even after its studio AlphaDream closed a few years ago!

Playing as Zelda fits the context and it looks fun. I'm excited for it.

"Bye ps5" If you ever considered the ps5 to win this gen after watching their summer game fest confference, i dont know what to tell you

ACE ATTORNEY INVESTIGATIONS 2 IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OF THE FRANCHISE DONT YOU DARE DISRESPECT IT. but its fine to disrespect the first one tho. BUT Investigations 2 has a huge interwoven plot intricately tied together and revealed in an exciting way, masterfully setting up and paying off details throughout (maybe a little too well sometimes as you’ll sometimes be a minute ahead of Edgeworth), bits of fanservice references to the original trilogy that don’t detract from the story and in fact expand on it, great memorable characters and setpieces (in fact, many people are so attached to the characters in the fan translation they’re mad at the new names), very good music, and overall it’s just a REALLY great game. no spoilers here tho. except that the game is good.

Playing every game coming out these days is possible with really only a PC and a switch

I'd say that games like metroid prime 4 and maybe even legends z-a could come like botw, both for switch and switch successor.

Just one question: What is the music called from 0:50 to 3:34? I'm wondering because I got that song stuck in my head for a long time and I can't remember where it was from.

Nintendo Directs always shows Mature games, idk how knowledgeable are you with them

Happy we finally get this Zelda game.. she *has* always been more capable and plot involved than others like Peach, but like.. she's really the first protag yay. lol ^^'

I am honestly not that big into Zelda as a Franshise. My favorite Zelda game is actully the Mosu spin off Age of Calamity. I really enjoyed that one. But I enjoyed a Link Between Worlds and I like playing as mages and summoners so I am interested.

10:26 Last time a Sony game dropped on Switch was MLB The Show. Santa Monica still develops it and Sony still publishes it. This, though, why?

7:12 "if this is just nostalgia bait" You bite your damn tongue.

I think it’s safe to say that after the barrage of negative gaming news we’ve received throughout the year, we NEEDED something like this direct to act as a breath of fresh air.

I'm new to the zelda franchise and I got botw about 6-10months ago? and havent made much progess. I'm not too great with combat heavy games,, but im very excited for Echos of Wizdom!! Playing as Zelda seems so cool along with the unique mechanic and adorable artstyle!!! I'm glad to hear other peoples interest and excitement for EoW! :D

Prime 4 looks much better than Prime Remastered. You have to look at some side by side comparisons. It’s noticeably improved. Nintendo didn’t show us the new elements yet, because they want to build hype. If they show it now, this far from launch, it will kill future hype, and give them nothing new to show off later. We will be drop fed until a prine exclusive direct before launch or something. We saw 90seconds of the opening area. It’s like 90 seconds of frigate Orpheon in prine 1

Do not criticize The New Denpa Men so much (new Genius Sonority game). Fans like me have been waiting 12 whole years for these to come back from the 3DS.

The Direct had a lot of games many people liked. There something for everyone.

During the Wii U, most Nintendo fans were silent when Nintendo was losing the console wars. Funny how they only speak up during Nintendo's strong times. Lol. Things can change in a hurry.

I'm not sure if we still can talk about A console war, Nintendo left the battlefield a long time ago and is living the time of it's life while Xbox and Playstation bleeding out

Always did, man [astronautswiththegunmeme]

I just hope that new Zelda game is less open world than totk and I hoped that you can’t just cheese the puzzles.

Although I don't think M&L Brothership will be more difficult than Super Mario RPG or paper mario TTYD. It is more skill based. the combat is designed in such a way that if you are skilled enough you can Dodge all attacks in the game or use a counter attack to do more damage

Looking forward to the new Mario and Luigi game, Metroid Prime 4 looks really good that I might buy it if I have the money. The new remakes for Dragon Quest looks cool. New Mario Party for me and my friends to play. Im happy for the Ace Attorney fans because the 2nd game of Investigation was never released outside of Japan. The one I am excited the most is ironically the one you didn't show which tells me you aren't interested in this but that's okay. And that's the Marvel vs Capcom Collection. You cannot buy these games legally anymore due to Licensing issues and I don't have a PC to play Fightcade nor $500-$600 to buy an arcade cabinet and find space for it. We also wanted a new game but due to how much of a failure the last game was due to Disney's greedy policies. They think there is no audience for it anymore. Maximillion Dood reaction was justified, he was one of the ringleaders to bring these classic games back 3 or 4 years. Michael B Jordan also got involved in this movement as well and that's crazy in itself. I'm so happy we get to buy and play these games again and we can buy it physically and digitally, with really good online lobbies, easy gameplay for newcomers etc. this direct is incredible despite some weaker news in there. Overall everyone got something here and I'm happy about that.

Dragon Quest III will be a massive hit in Japan, as usual (it topped the pre-order list there, alongside Romancing Saga 2, which was very popular in the 90s originally), but I'm not sure how well these games are gonna do in the West. The number of views on the trailers tells me that they're not going to do nearly as well here, but we'll see; Final Fantasy traditionally does much better here. The new Zelda looks interesting, but almost feels to me more like a proof of concept for the Switch 2 Zelda game (maybe one starring Zelda, too!) I'll likely grab it, really like that copying mechanic!

I don’t know why the Nintendo switch button a button is on the right and b button is down and y button is left and x button is above but in my opinion a button is down and b button right and x button left and y button above. Just like Xbox series x.

The console wars are thing of the past and Nintendo left the war a long time ago to do their own thing.

HD-2D is not a term Square coined, it’s one that’s been floating around ever since Octopath Traveler came out and pioneered the artstyle. Not sure why you were so baffled by it, it’s just an accurate term for what the DQ remakes look like. I’m seeing a lot of hype for the new Zelda, but also a lot of trepedation from older fans due to the fear that the Era of the Wild philosophy might be bleeding into 2D Zelda, i.e. that “freedom” takes precedence over good level design and dungeons. I feel it’s unwarranted worry so far, we only got like max 20 shots from the game so imo it’s a wait-and-see type of situation.

When's Mahvel?

Personally I'm alright with the idea *BUT* don't replace Link. Let him have a fleshed-out story like he did in Wind Waker and Twilight Princess--let him, the player, have an actual relevant role and sufficient screentime storywise

We are EATING HUNTY!

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Nintendo hasn’t fixed is the buttons Xbox has a button on the front b button on the right x button on the left and y button above and that’s why Nintendo switch controllers need to do.

Babe, he has ALWAYS been daddy.

PS5 is not going to be discontinued

Why does this even matter? We live in a market both are viable. X and RU-vid creators making up fake drama for attention has gotten old over the years.

I’m going to have to disagree. I don’t really think Nintendo is part of the console wars. They’re kind of, off to the side doing their own thing. The switch is just for Nintendo exclusives. But any shared games between consoles, Dragon Quest XI S for example, is straight up better off of the switch. SMT V thank god it got ported everywhere else. DQ3? Octopath all better abroad. Memories in Orbit will fall into this category too. I would love to have Bravely Default ported as well, but that’s here nor there. But imagine games like Age of Calamity on better hardware. I mean I’m going to get Brothership, and Echoes of Wisdom DAY 1, and LOVE THEM!! But Nintendo won the console war by not participating in the console war.

There’re no console war! Just social media propaganda, teenagers. Influencing by streamers with dramatic content.

Nintendo is not playing in The console wars

This Zelda game is not for me

Not to nit pick, but Zelda isn’t using her magic. She is using a magic wand created by a fairy. Anybody in Hyrule could be using it. Unless she has other abilities that actually use her own power, it’s a massive letdown.

I think talking about winning the console war in 2024, when Nintendo is being successful by avoiding direct competition, is nonsensical. The concept of "console war" has been more hurtful to players than anything. It's polarizing marketing created to manipulate people. We should stop using it to do exactly the same on youtube videos.