New Ninty Direct

Mr E

25 minutes to go and still no announcement on the NintendoUK twitter account...

earthwormjack

Mr E wrote: »

25 minutes to go and still no announcement on the NintendoUK twitter account...

From what I remember Nintendo have shadow dropped a couple of Nindie Directs out of nowhere before.

ERG89

earthwormjack wrote: »

From what I remember Nintendo have shadow dropped a couple of Nindie Directs out of nowhere before.

https://twitter.com/pokewoodtheater/status/1031512461252259841?s=19

In this link, No joke btw.
Not a direct it's an Indies showcase. Nothing mind blowing.

Terraria and Windjammers 2 in 2019

Mr E

Nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUSrhEEvL0

Mr E

Moonlighter and Slay the Spire both on the way....

Prison Architect out now.
Morphies Law out tonight.

Full game list:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/08/video_check_out_the_2018_indie_highlights_for_switch_video_right_here

blockfighter

Nothing spectacular there. Ever space looked good. That's about it for me.

Xenji

Streets Of Rogue is good fun, would pick it up again for the local co-op.

CastorTroy

That Monster Boy song sounded very Gummi Bears.

Now to finally go and see what the difference between Rogue-like and rogue-lite is.
And also to see what either of them mean that so many are doing them.

Corholio

A proper Indie's Direct is happening on the Tuesday 28th August at 5pm Irish time, with unannounced titles.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1032613428907495425?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

earthwormjack

^^ Christ, those twitter replies are absolute poison.

ERG89

Corholio wrote:

A proper Indie's Direct is happening on the Tuesday 28th August at 5pm Irish time, with unannounced titles.

A release date for Wargroove in 2018 hopefully.

CastorTroy

I predict rogue likes/lites

CiDeRmAn

CastorTroy wrote: »

I predict rogue likes/lites

I predict an array of metroid-vania titles, all of which feature deep.characterisation, great art style and an increasing apathy in the genre for me at least.

keane2097

Is Hollow Knight an example of a metroidvania?

I have occasionally googled the term along with roguelike but somehow have never been able to get my head around what they are talking about.

chrislad

keane2097 wrote: »

Is Hollow Knight an example of a metroidvania?

I have occasionally googled the term along with roguelike but somehow have never been able to get my head around what they are talking about.

It is. It's basically a genre of games that are similar to Metroid and Castlevania - 2D action games, with a focus on exploration. Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Axiom Verge, and Guacamelee (and its sequel) are all recent enough examples of the genre done right.

Mr E

Metroid and Castlevania games (since the 90s) involve exploring a large map. You'll find areas that you can't reach (big gaps, small gaps, high platforms, underwater etc.) that you can't access at that time. When you beat bosses, you'll get powers like double jump, slide, breathe underwater etc.) that will let you explore areas that you couldn't previously reach.

Mr E

Bump! 15 minutes to go. Watch here at 5pm:

Edit: Link Removed.

Mr E

Not blown away so far. About 10 games in so far, and only Hyperlight Drifter interests me.
Some of the new indies look a bit naff.

OK there were some good rereleases on the sizzle reel at the end (Bastion and Transistor).

Into the Breach is a great game too - I watched some streams of that a few months ago when it came out on PC.

super_furry

Nothing there for me at all until the very end. Into the Breach available now is great news.

Hope Bastion and Transistor are available as a decent priced double pack. I’d play through them again for €20 for the two.

ERG89

At least Into the Breach was announced & out today. The rest of it blended into one another.

Corholio

Bullet Age and Mineko's Night Market looked quite fun.

CastorTroy

The goose one looked fun

earthwormjack

Not a bad indie direct at all. Both Directs combined look for a nice lineup for the months ahead.

Untitled goose game is one I've had my eye on for a while. Into the breach was a nice surprise too.

CastorTroy

I'll try to not get too excited
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1034644325408366593

No word in Europe there though

CiDeRmAn

I keep waiting on the Direct that's going to tell me what AAA releases are on the way for my Switch and I have spent much of 2018 being disappointed!
Nindies and WiiU games brought over are great, and they are, but I need some indication of what I can look forward to in terms of big releases.

Pac1Man

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I keep waiting on the Direct that's going to tell me what AAA releases are on the way for my Switch and I have spent much of 2018 being disappointed!
Nindies and WiiU games brought over are great, and they are, but I need some indication of what I can look forward to in terms of big releases.

It's a tough one. Basically we are asking Nintendo and third parties to come to an agreement to develop exclusives for the console, or at least develop games for all platforms but within the technical constraints of the Switch (which is not likely to happen).

I'm satisfied with it being an indie and Nintendo exclusive machine and to be honest I don't think we can expect much more given the hardware limitations.

Next year will shed more light onto the 'road map' the Switch will take. Developers have witnessed the early success of the console and hopefully will be more likely to focus their resources directly towards it.

Mr E

There are rumours about a proper Direct on the 6th (Thursday). We'll just have to wait and see....

CiDeRmAn

Mr E wrote: »

There are rumours about a proper Direct on the 6th (Thursday). We'll just have to wait and see....

That's my hopes up.
If it turns out to be false I'll just have to hunt you down, bury your body deep...

WeleaseWoderick

Surely there has to be at least some sort of proper announcement regarding the online service in the next week or so....

It's also a sad state of affairs that despite having Super Mario Bros 3 playable on about 10 different devices, I can't wait to play it on the Switch in handheld mode!

Mr E

The firmware update looks like it will be very bare-bones. I don't know why Nintendo are so coy (and cautious) about the updates. I don't really care about the NES games either. If they were SNES, it would be a different story.