Nintendo Direct February 2023 Thoughts!
It’s that time once again when Nintendo announces a new Nintendo Direct with very little warning during a work week and so I don’t have the time to record and edit a reaction video... so here’s a Tumblr post sharing my immediate thoughts on the recent Direct instead. I rather regret not recording my reaction to last year’s September/Farmer Direct but this one... not so much. There was plenty of good stuff featured in this direct, but the stuff that interested me had either already leaked or is a more “that’s cool; I may consider getting it” type response.
Now my favourite pieces of news (oh yeah, spoilers beware if you haven’t watched the direct yet) was the stuff concerning Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp and Kirby’s Return To Dreamland Deluxe. For the former, it’s cool to see it’s beautiful cinematic and to get a new release date. For the latter and it’s Magolor Epilogue mode, the platforming RPG escapade as Magolor effectively ventures through the realm of the dead looks awesome!
The biggest surprise for me was Baten Kaitos receiving not one but two remasters. The fact that Nintendo has remembered these games at all is a huge surprise. They are weird but unique and fun games... and Raphaham’s terrible recollection of the game’s story was one of the funniest conversations I’ve ever had with him. Samba De Amigo: Party Central would have been a surprise if I hadn’t been spoiled on it seconds before the direct. I’m intrigued by it as I do have a decent fondness for rhythm games/sections and the joy-con demonstration with it’s motion controls gave me nostalgic Wii vibes.
The last game I figured I would highlight with it’s own paragraph is Sea of Stars; first game of the direct that had me going “Oooh” and “Ahhh.” It’s a charming looking turn based RPG that I’m sure I’ve seen before but each time it grabs my interest.
Other games/aspects of the Direct that had me intrigued are as follows: Game Boy games on Switch, Ghost Trick HD, Omega Strike, Master Detective Archives: RAINCODE, and Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. What did you think of the Nintendo Direct though? Any games catch your interest?
