 Okay, I'm going to do my best at just talking about the good stuff the good stuff cuz there was a ton of really cool things if if if you're a Mario fan if you love Mario this direct was kind of insane um I like Mario never been my favorite I was always the Zelda kid growing up but Here's the thing. Yes. Yes stinky little piss ants We just had the best Zelda game of all time Release and I'm desperately working on my review. I'm sorry. It's taking so long So I can't really complain and I'm not going to I had my game. I'm good honestly for the next five years I don't need anymore, but you know, I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm God I want more of course I do of course I do of course I do but we're gonna go through and we're gonna look at all the Good stuff. We're gonna look at the good stuff. I'm not gonna worry about the other fluff Yeah, I can go into all that detail on my podcast with Bob tomorrow We're just gonna look at the good stuff I will say one thing off the bat this direct more than any other direct is really showing the switches age like even Nintendo's own First IPs they bring into the table here are looking rough one last thing I want to say before we get started I'm gonna be at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center this weekend I'm gonna be at too many games if you want to come say hi and hang out I'll be there all weekend Kim has a booth where she's selling her Etsy stuff And she'll be there all weekend you can go find her on the show floor. I have a panel at some point We're doing a non-tendo podcast episode live come see us come hang out. We'll have a good time really quickly I want to talk about the Pokemon DLC. You guys know my thoughts already. I gotta be honest It's really hard to get a hyped for these trailers when the game looks like this. It's just that is an ugly-ass game These sweeping shots and it's just especially after tears of the kingdom, you know It's just looking rough and I'm I've moved on. I'm sorry. I I I've moved on from the Scarlet and Violet. I played it. It's done. I don't know We we saw this in the Xbox event, but it's coming a switch So I think a small issue we had with this direct is that we just went through the E3 time Everybody else's events and they were great I had a lot of fun watching those live with you guys on twitch and we saw a lot of things that were in this event already Like we saw this new Sonic game, which is looking really good, and I'm actually looking forward to it It's good to know it's coming to switch. We also saw that persona tactics game So a lot of the wind was taken out of the sails as far as seeing them here again But it is nice to know that we can play them on switch. You're already free to play Create the idyllic life of your dream. It's like for us. We then got a free game a free farming sim Sort it looked like it is built in the fortnight engine. I would say decent, you know for free I'll give it a shot. You can play with friends. I sure wish somebody would bring me some coffee I never played the first detective Pikachu Kim did and then here we have a sequel coming to the switch I love the detective Pikachu's personality trust me. I love coffee to this rough-guff little cutie Definitely has my heart, but the visuals my guy did they make this game in the scarlet and violet engine? Do they know they don't have to make games look this bad? Does game freak know how to make games that don't look bad? I really don't know anymore But hopefully the story is good enough to to pull that one through and this is what I just meant by the switch Really showing its age or maybe some of the developers for the console not knowing How to work with this old console? I just don't know what's happening anymore But it's it's getting harder and harder to justify this I lost my mind at this next one. Oh, this is probably just Nintendo online. I Thought we were getting a sequel Wait, wait, wait, wait, what? Initially? I thought this was just Mario RPG coming to the super Nintendo online Service whatever and then I thought isn't it already on that? I'm not even sure it doesn't matter either way It's a remake of Mario RPG the first Mario RPG I I was amazed by this because it's just one of those niche Colt game classic from Nintendo that felt feels like they forgot about or just didn't want to acknowledge You know, they'd moved on to the Mario and Luigi Bowser's story saga games and all of that and they weren't ever coming back But they came back they came back and they've remade the game. It looks great It looks like it's in that super Nintendo 16-bit style. They had but HD a fight, you know new Neuified it looks I just love the way they've done it But then it didn't stop there because we're not only getting this Mario game, but we're getting a brand-new peach game Yoshi peach peach, huh in a brand-new game. Oh Where she's the lead in her own game, which I think has maybe happened once or twice before but very Rarely and not like this. This is like a full She's getting the full Mario game treatment and I love that but then but then What is happening? What is happening everybody gets a Luigi's mansion dark moon Originally released on Nintendo 3ds Luigi is getting another boy. He's it's an old it's an old game But it's Luigi's mansion dark moon that was on 3ds. I love this because now we have do we have both Luigi's mansion? On the switch already. I don't know, but we at least have the new one. I think we have both Do we I don't know I can't be bothered googling dark moon on 3ds a lot of people liked it but it had issues it was very restrictive in how you play and They said they're remaking it So I'm hoping that they take on those criticisms and they kind of remake it in a new way Well, it doesn't play exactly the same but it feels like the same game if that makes sense If they could bring it up to the level of the first Luigi's mansion and the third Luigi's mansion that would be great. Oh Become Batman and now this is not as exciting But a lot of people have been waiting for Batman to come to switch for forever. What is happening my guy? I couldn't think of a harsher More contrasting transition than going from three Mario games to three gritty dark Batman games This is honestly at an announcement that we've been waiting for for a long time Too long to the point where the wind is almost out of the sails because my god Why wasn't this like the first year of switch? They are great games and if it gives other people a chance to play him for the first time I'm all for it Oh Don't hate me, but I'm gonna skip over everything until Pikmin this you know He's I love that Arlo just has this on lock You know whenever Pikmin's on the screen Everyone's always a bit hollows losing his mind right now, and I hope he was we got the first two Pikmin's Dropping on switch later today, which was very unexpected and we got a big look at this new Pikmin 4. I I'll give you my honest thoughts because we're on my YouTube channel You know what I mean? This is my thoughts and sometimes I feel like I can't give my thoughts because I don't want to upset people or harsh hype However, I feel about this game or this series doesn't affect how much fun you can have with it I was I'll just say that I do like Pikmin, you know, I oh well I just noticed that classic Gameboy they picked up. That's kind of sick I do like Pikmin. I played Pikmin 3 finished it on Wii U I thought it was a really pretty game. I was impressed by the graphics of the Wii U at the time I remember that and I enjoyed the micro management aspect to it too. I thought it was very unique and I had a good time I wouldn't say it was super memorable. I didn't latch on to the series and think like man I can't wait for the next one. So I'm kind of in that area and getting a fourth one here I'm seeing some new things being added to it and I want to be excited. I want to get hyped up I want it to feel like a big Nintendo release, but weirdly it just it feels like a game I'm surprised that they're still making the new Pikmin look very cute though I do have to say with their little wonky eyes and their little ghost bodies. I like it metal gear on switch You got a big a big collection here volume one. I have actually never played a metal gear. It's one of those weird Gaps in my gaming experience that I've never really had so I might play through it. Are you? You going crazy right now. Are you killing that lamb right now? Are you a good girl? Yes People in my chat were going very excited for new Mario Kart characters. I We're already being we're already being honest with each other, right? We're already sharing our true inner feelings about everything and you're not getting mad at me. I don't care I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't care I'm sick of pretending like I do this game is 10 years old I know there's new tracks coming to but as far as new characters go that doesn't change anything to me It doesn't change anything. I use peach Exclusively anyway, I'm never gonna use another character. I don't care. I don't care. I don't know I don't want to be that guy It's just We've I've played this game to death and adding a skin for a character just doesn't excite me in anything You know in fortnight in Mario Kart. It's not exclusive. It's not I'm not being mean just a Nintendo or Mario Kart It's not an exclusive issue. Oh Star Ocean's getting a remake and I never played it and I always wanted to I bought it on PlayStation 2 when I got into Retro-collecting and never got around to actually playing it and this is a fun mesh up of almost two Retro styles it gives me like Final Fantasy 9 World visual Feeling but then the sprite characters obviously like Super Nintendo Meshing these two retros together, but with great lighting. I Really like this like weird 2d HD 3d style that devs have been playing around with over the last several years wait There's another one Didn't we just get one of these and again for Mario fans I'm gonna count warrior where in that we just got a warrior where game and it kind of sucked This one looks a lot better actually. I actually think this one looks pretty fun and wacky I like the idea of using the joy cons to to shake hoops and stuff I like goofy games like this as much as the next guy, but I wouldn't say it's something I need I just think it looks funny Ah Okay, you're looking forward to that. That's I don't want to sick though Oh, I was hoping we would get more amiibo's to go along with this guy Breath of the wild had a ton of amiibo's for all the champions the characters even the Guardian So only having this amiibo so far I was like I know there's more coming the Ganon one looks pretty predictable You know it looks cool, but it you know it's I could have guessed that the Zelda one I think looks really cool holding the sword like that. Ah God I look forward to getting those then the the final thing. No, everybody It wasn't Metroid Prime for God forbid they tell us how that game is going at all I don't even want to know at this point. She is getting that thing right now Yeah, I'm talking about you. Oh It's a new Mario. Oh What a weird style What in it? Oh, I Like it. There's a new old-school Mario game This is this is really cool for old-school Mario fans I again, this is my least favorite kind of Mario the 2d Mario's are my least favorite But they've almost taken like a Rayman Ubisoft approach. It's very characterized it's very Animated and comic bookie and cartoony like Saturday morning cartoon vibes. Like I don't know this visual style It hit me so hard and so different But I really like it like the animation while he's gliding and holding the rail there the Sound the the words that come up when you squish something like awesome wonderful or whatever it is that comes up The talking flowers Weirdly have personality and can talk about Kind of what's happening in the world one of them talks about a goomba looking peaceful until you kill it And then it says never mind and by the way you kill it as an elephant You can be elephant now This game and I hate to say it and I know it's a joke that's going to be used everywhere But it is the first thing I thought of while I was streaming and watching this this game literally looks like Mario has been doing the Shrooms that he's been doing his entire career, but they're hitting different You know what I mean like this game looks like a drug trip I it looks crazy you pick up a wonder seed or something or a wonder Something and the entire world changes and acts weird and just looks like you're on a trip I Really like it though. You got the four player co-op. It's essentially everything that new Super Mario Bros was What did I just say? It's essentially everything that new Super Mario Bros is or was but with the added benefit of being wacky and weird and Just really giving me Rayman vibes. I don't know. Yeah, I will say that I am not really a huge fan You know, I've skipped probably the last like six 2d Mario games because they all looked exactly The same this one does not look exactly the same. I will play this I am more interested in playing this than any of the 2d Mario's since Super Nintendo and I'm not even kidding. It looks like they finally are trying something new with this format and this idea of a Mario game A lot of stuff in this direct actually launched pretty soon and this comes out in October So they are filling out Some of the library this year, which is nice because we had a bunch of gaps going into this direct We didn't know anything about and you know, I guess I've been ranting about this direct for 20 minutes now And I had a lot of good things to say about a lot of it. So it really wasn't bad It really wasn't bad at all I think what where it kind of falls a little short is coming off the back of some really great events through this E3 weekend, but also the fact that it is technically their E3 time direct and if you look back at the history of ETH of Nintendo directs during E3, they are always the best ones I actually have a video on my channel where I watched every single Nintendo direct and ranked them So I kind of have a barometer for for what direct time periods are the best and we found out that it was E3 time we had some of the best just incredible directs During July and E3 in June and that kind of season. So but then again, I'm just not really a Mario fan I'm sure there are Mario fans out there that are losing their mind over what for them is the best direct ever And that's the best thing about opinions. We all have one when I make my reaction video today And I call it mid or whatever I might say when I make my video We have this we have a polled Reaction, so either I'm getting gas lit or this was actually pretty mid. You know what I mean? Don't come at me. You know what I mean? Don't come at me. Come at yourself. Oh, that didn't sound right Everybody I have a lot to edit and a long weekend, so I'm gonna leave you here, but I love you guys so much I'll see you in the next video, which will hopefully be better than this one. Bye