That Direct Was Incredible 

From what I understand, most of the staff from Alphadream were rehired by Nintendo EPD after the studio closed. So I think it's actually pretty likely that Mario & Luigi is being made by one of Nintendo's internal EPD teams with a lot of the original devs. Just speculation, but worth considering.

I went in with no expectations, just to enjoy the show, but man, that was a great Direct. The entire Switch era won't be matched in generations.

Some people don't realize how BIG Marvel Vs Capcom 2 being released again. It's a dream come true. That alone makes this Direct really important. As for other games, as much people dunk on the JRPGs, those few RPGs (the one with the directional projectiles, the pikmin-esque one and DQ3 finally getting a date) that were showed are really promising.

Brothership must be made up of a lot of key people from the old Alpha Dream team. Because the artstyle and vibe, while completely reimagined transitioning into 3D, is almost exactly spot on to how the series has looked since Bowser's Inside Story, right down to the enemy designs and environments.

Even after the successor has been confirmed the Switch Train just doesn't stop!

These Direct discussions are what gets me hyped. There's too many channels that JUST do the "live reaction" which I do not like nearly as much as the discussion breaking down the direct afterwards with plenty of banter.

Didn't a good chunk of Alpha Dream staff become Nintendo employees?

Funny thing is people were expecting the Switch to be on a big winddown during 2024, instead Nintendo makes a ton of Mega announcements.

5:09 idk if you know, but most of AlphaDream relocated to Monolith Soft and/or in-house Nintendo teams. I think more than 70% of them are still with Nintendo.

One thing we can all agree is that this upcoming fall is going to be a great time between Echoes of Wisdom, Mario Party Jamboree and Mario & Luigi Brothership. I’m actually quite surprised that none of these upcoming games is releasing during the summer.

The Punisher beat 'em up is on the MvC collection because it's the first Marvel/Capcom collaboration game, even if it's not a "fighting game." Easy as that.

I really don’t understand why Ash seems to think there’s a time limit on when Kid Icarus Uprising can get a remake

When it comes to HD-2D, I really want this style of game to continue. LiveALive helped show there's plenty of amazing experiences stuck on the SNES and I hope games like Terranigma will someday be among them

MvC collection alone made this my favorite direct ever

I’m really convinced prime 4 will be cross gen now.

Re: The Japanese comedian in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, that was Norimaro in the Saturn version. Sadly he won't be in this collection :(

If this was the last direct focused solely on the switch, they went out with a BANG!

I am crazy excited about echoes of wisdom. I love that they found a way to give the character her own distinct play style that somehow incorporates the things we loved about BotW and TotK. This looks like a mix of “open air” Zelda and Link Between Worlds-style gameplay and I am HERE for it

Considering the length it takes to Make "New" Zelda games between BotW and TotK, I think we are going to see a lot happening over the years with 2d Zelda to help fill those gaps of time.

How you know-how it was good? As minute goes by, you realize you'll struggle financially and with time to play everything you liked

Retro Studios poached a lot of former Halo staffers for Metroid Prime 4, which definitely shows in the opening battlefield scene.

That was a very good a solid Direct. Honestly, I was expecting it to be more "lots of remakes & remasters" simply because we are reaching the end of the Switch life-cycle, so it was a pleasant surprise. MIO wasn't introduced in the Japanese Direct, so I hope it comes to Japan!

You guys might be intrigued/surprised to find that Mario & Luigi MIGHT be MonolithSoft.

i think given the circumstances, its actually impossible to have expected anything better than what we got. obviously no ultra heavy hitters like a new 3D mario, 3D zelda, etc, but a ton of really great concepts and gameplay shown, not just CG trailers.

Everyone had no expectations at all because everyone expected just ports and remasters but man we actually got new games, I'm exited for the new Mario and Luigi game and the actual Zelda game,it looks fun

Peak Direct and peak reaction/discussion videos. Please do more of these.

I agree with Ash so much - No direct will be perfect until a new Rhythm Heaven. But I’ll give this one a 9.9/10. It’s been so long since the last direct that introduced multiple must-buys for me.

For a moment I was thinking Echos of Wisdom was gonna be a Pikmin/Little King Story sort of situation.

I can own the Marvel VS games on a cart soon. As a 90s arcade kid, that's like a $300 game. As in one I'd buy a Switch for. I'm so excited for that release.

Bro a new Mario and Luigi was all I needed, the rest is just A LOT of icing on the cake 😂

Great surprises, didn't expect such big hitters in the final year (I did expect a Prime 4 teaser but I'm still happy we got that)

M&L, Fantasian, DraQue III HD-2D alongside announcing DraQue I-II HD-2D, Capcom Marvel Fighting Collection, Romancing SaGa 2 remake, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (finally we get 2!), Memories In Orbit, The New Denpa Men, Darkest Dungeon sequel, Stray somehow ported to Switch, A Zelda Legend of Zelda game, *and* Metroid Prime 4 finally proves it's not dead and that subtitle!

Excellent convo hosting, Jon

I wouldn’t call it the best in YEARS but considering this is most likely the last switch direct, it definitely ended with bangers

I hope if we get a fall direct they announce a port of Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Gosh, I hope one day we get that HD 2D style for Pokemon remakes. That style looks like perfection.

Only Ace Attorney game we're missing in rerelease form would be the Professor Layton Crossover... Wonder what would need to happen for us to get that again...

Is Capcom the best company when it comes to game preservation? Between their Arcade collections, Mega Man Collections, Ace Attorney, Resident Evil, probably more... it just feels like they're the most proactive, not only when it comes to preserving their own history, but making it available for the market to play and enjoy. It really feels at this point that everything is more a question of "when" than "if"

So hyped about the DQ remakes. I played the nes versions of 1-3 sequentially, so I guess now I get to do it chronologically to mix things up.

Cautiously optimistic about this new style of Zelda. Cant wait for DQ3!

Great direct!

It's like nintendo are actually listening. What a great generation to be a nintendo fan

I just hope Metroid Prime 2 & 3 come before Metroid Prime 4, I desperately want to play the whole saga.

If I have to give this an rating, I would say an 10/10. And that's mostly because of the Dragon Quest & Metroid stuff as I'm an big fan of those franchise. Don't get me wrong. The Mario & Luigi comeback, an new Zelda title with Zelda finally getting her own game were wonderful and others like Marvel vs. Capcom & other Capcom collection were wonderful. But after waiting 3 years for an footage of Dragon Quest 1-3 2D-HD Remakes and 7 years for an footage of Metroid Prime 4, this was worth it.

Prime 3 did also open mid-battle, which this opening very much resembles :)

The soccer kick from mario in mario and Luigi is kinda reminiscent of the jekkt special from final fantasy X also

Amazing Direct. The only thing missing for me was The Plucky Squire!

I'm actually going to be a bit sad if the Switch version of Metroid Prime 2 is just a phoned-in HD port and not a big boy Remaster in the style of Metroid Prime Remastered. Metroid Prime 2 was actually my first Metroid game ever and I haven't played it since. I really want it to be more than the bare minimum.

The Romancing Saga 2 disrespect. That game was the most surprising thing in the direct for me. Can't believe how polished it looks compared to the newest saga game that just came out only a few months ago.

Echoes of Wisdom is Nintendo's 2D Minecraft: laying materials down/summoning elements and how it interacts with the world mechanic

I'm starting to think I maybe should pick up a Switch soon.

I keep calling a new Mario & Luigi - Brotherhood 😅 like Fullmetal Alchemist

It was also nice to see Switch footage of Lego Horizon Adventures and it looks good. It’s still crazy that Aloy is on the Switch.

Honestly, this recent Direct was excellent! Literally some of the best announcements we have had! New Mario & Luigi RPG, Metroid Prime 4 finally revealed, New Zelda game where Zelda is the main protagonist, Marvel Vs Capcom collection, Fantasian and Hello Kitty Island breaking free from Apple Arcade, and Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D! So many great announcements! Sure, we did get some stumbles what with Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball, the Game Mill Looney Tunes game, and Metal Slug Attack, but the positives outweighed the negatives here. Though one of the more disappointing things for me was the lack of any updates on Pokemon Legends Z-A. I know that The Pokemon Company has a mind of its own, but even Pokemon games get a spotlight in a general Nintendo Direct occasionally... Anyway... Can't wait for the new Denpa Men to arrive on Switch next month! Oh, and points taken off for mentioning Last of Us and Last of Us 2. Because reasons...

I’m sorry, but if you seriously think you need to confront your enemies head on to be a “bad ass”, you need your head checked and priorities sorted out. Zelda’s way, making use of her intellect and wisdom in the new game, is more than bad ass enough. She doesn’t need to be a traditional fighter to be strong.

Playable Zelda is a dream come true, and INVESTIGATIONS??? Never saw it coming

I loved it, too. For me the best was: - A 2D Zelda game. Those are my favourites and the first I ever played was A Link to the Past and I'm guessing the map will be quite similar? Anyway, I loved what I saw of it and the fact we actually get to play as Zelda in so awesome. - Tales of the Shire spoke directly to my hobbit heart, I can't wait to try it out. - Stray! I've played it on steam, but it's one of my favourites and if you love cats you'll enjoy this one a lot! It's such a good adventure with a nice story and plenty of kitty quirks!

Going in order is better than going all over the place.

I feel ya Daniel, I wanted Mario's Rainbow Castle and Western Land in Superstars, to get them in SMPJ made me so happy! It looks like such a good selection of boards!

It’s subjective I really like this Nintendo direct but I also love all of them in their owns ways that goes with games and other gaming companies direct in general as long as the games are good that’s all the matters ❤

I have the exact same shirt Daniel’s wearing, it’s a fire Yetee shirt

Jon was right, there was no way people remember all the cool stuff that happened in the Direct. it's like they had a little of something for everybody, including games that went to a bit of obscurity. Denpamen was a deep cut, but not as much of a deep cut as Phantom Brave. NISA's (at least for western audiences) One-off SRPG, that was made back in the days when Disgaea was still a relatively new series. Now after nearly 20 years, they actually come up with a brand new followup to the game, making it a series. (Apparently, 12 years ago Japan had some browser game of Phantom Brave, but I heard it did real poorly.) The first one did get a port to the Wii, and then ported to modern systems like the Switch, as part of their Prinny collection series. Kind of like how Nippon Ichi recently revived Rhapsody a Musical Adventure (to finish the trilogy), I thought there was no way they'd revisit Phantom Brave.

steve is wearing that zelda uniqlo shirt, i see you

By the way, Steve I think they've removed Norimaro from the game. I've seen Japanese Tweets about not being able to find him in the game (unless you need to unlock him somehow). The copyright logos for the comedy company and whatnot can't be found in the game, so he's probably not in it.

45:16 about that, Prime 4 says Cosmic year 20X9...... Super Metroid supposedly takes place in the Cosmic year 20X7. Maybe a research video about each game and what year in the Cosmic Calender it takes place could be needed.

13:10 ...absolutely... Mercury Steam did the same thing going from Samus Returns to Metroid Dread... although for Grezzo, Link's Awakening HD & Echoes of Wisdom are both made on Switch... compared to Samus Returns being a remake for the 3DS and Dread being a Switch game...

The 2D timeline would fall under the fallen hero timeline

Best Direct since E3 2021. Both having a new Zelda, a new Mario Party, a new Metroid, other stuff I liked (M&L Brotherhood and Age of Calamity DLC respectively) and both hard carried by the fighting game-related news (MVC Collection and Kazuya in Smash)

The problem with doing a Kid Icarus: Uprising sequel is what Ash mentioned about what could be holding back a remaster, you'd lose much of the original's charm by recasting everyone. Unfortunately, Nintendo's *MUCH* cheaper about voice acting than they were back when Uprising was made. Even looking at Smash, most of the returning characters from that game are either uncredited (Pit/Pittoo) or recast (Palutena, Viridi, etc.). Not to mention that Sakurai's likely busy with Smash 6 at this point.

The opening of the MP4 trailer actually confirms that the game takes place AFTER Metroid 2, when the Metroids are dead. Somehow

MVC 2 IS FREE!!

Remember: Breath of the wild came out on both the wii u and the switch. I can see metroid be a launch title for the switch 2.

My favorite series ever is dragon quest (and the erdrick trilogy is my favorite trilogy in gaming history) My favorite Nintendo series is Metroid My personal wish going in was ace attorney investigations I got all that on top of a new quirky 2d Zelda game, fantasian, the NSO drops, SaGa, and one of my favorite donkey kongs? Probably my favorite direct ever personally

I’d say this was definitely the best direct in a long while. While the 2023 ones were solid, there’s no denying that there were a bit too Mario-centric, with the biggest heavy-hitters being Super Mario RPG, Mario Wonder and Paper Mario TTYD. But here they not only continue the Mario RPG train with the long-awaited return of Mario&Luigi, but a brand new 2D Zelda where you play as Zelda, a new Mario party, and of course, ending with our first real glimpse of Prime 4. And that’s on top of all the exciting third-party stuff like Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D (and remakes of 1 and 2 next year as well), Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, Fantasian and Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection BABEEEEEY. With the first half of the year being pretty port and remake heavy and it most likely be the Switch’s last full year, most people (including me) were just expecting more of the same. But I’ve never been more glad to be proven wrong, and it’s suffice to say that the Switch is gonna go out on a bang.👌🏽Like, it’s getting more games on its SEVENTH year than either PS or Xbox on their 4th, which’s totally bonkers.

At the begging when luigi was getting chased by bees i thought it was going to be a mario x lethal company cross over on switch

I think people’s expectations for Prime 4 might be too high. Metroid Prime has always been a lot slower than something like Halo. Its greatest strength is the setting and tone. People expecting a giant action game will probably be let down. I think the best thing Retro could do is have a great multiplayer mode. People who get into Metroid Prime hoping for a FPS could be satisfied if it’s got a robust multiplayer mode when the story is still about exploration. There’s a reason Metroid has never been a huge sales success. Despite being one of the most influential game series, it’s still niche.

Imho, I would like this to be the last Prime timeline game but then have new Prime style games set after Dread

I wasn't expecting a lot from this direct since the Switch 2 is coming next year, but it ended up exceeding my expectations. Mario and Luigi is back, we're getting an official localization of Ace Attorney Investigations 2, a new Zelda game with Zelda as the main character, and Metroid Prime 4 is finally coming. Though I think Prime 4 will end up being a cross gen title like Breath of the Wild.

I have never enjoyed a direct more since the Wii U 2013 direct

I'm excited for fairy tail 2 marvel vs Capcom and others

One of the better Directs ever, and I didn't record my reaction! Just my luck...

Metroid feels like twilight princess on gamecube or breath of the wild in wiiu

I mean there was one game I'd buy

I think the best direct was the one that revealed Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door. This one was good but I don't think it's as good as that one was.

Punisher is an incredible game

Same

Fantasian Neo Dimension is confirmed for Playstation, Xbox and Steam so it’s not even limited to Switch either. Great news!

My Prime 4 prediction is that it's been done for a while now, and they've been spending this extra time making a "remastered" version for the next console. And they just didn't release this version yet, because maybe they think both versions will do better marketing-wise as a cross-gen release

Yes the direct was totally peak!

I hope kinda zelda isn't a silent protagonist like link is

MvC skipping xbox is why my username is what it is. Xbox people get shafted and yet they still believe whatever phil tells them. Its hilarious 😂😂. Also i cant wait for mario and luigi, fantasian, mvc, and ace attorney investigations

Am I the only one lowkey hyped for the looney tunes sports game 👀👀

I wonder how dungeon bosses are going to work in Echo of Wisdom. Do you just spam them with summoned Moblins? That can't be it, right?

I have a question/theory for any one of y’all at gvg. Do y’all think switch 2 first 2 years will have GameCube and 3ds hd/4k remasters? I’m asking because I noticed gba Mario tennis and golf are not on nso yet and I’m thinking maybe Nintendo will just do a hd/4k remaster of GameCube Mario golf and tennis with 2025/26 since over 10 million people owns switch golf and tennis and they announce gba golf and tennis around those possible remasters. This just a tinfoil theory because it would be smart to repeat what they did for switch 1 with wiiU ports but with GameCube and 3ds ports. Like for example f-zero gx remaster, both gcn star Fox remastered, Kirby air ride, kid Icarus, both 3ds Kirby, Sami’s returns, Luigi mansion 1 hd, Zelda ww/tp with link between worlds. All those games can fill out 2 years worth with new games in between for switch 2

Little surprised you're all excited about the BotW style exploration in a 2D Zelda, I'm not sure why I am though. I hope after this they do a more traditional one.

It would be cool to have this on Spotify as well

I see the Metroid timeline like this: the first game is canon either way, then it splits and becomes two different stories between the Prime series and the other”regular” series. Otherwise, how much does she have time to do between Metroid 1 and 2? It made sense when it was just one game, but now there’s like six of them.

None of them have played DQ. 😂

METROID PRIME 4!

“The tip of the iceberg, literally” is an oxymoron. The tip of the iceberg is a figure of speech, as in the root of the word “figurative,” as in the opposite of literal.