 Okay, okay, I get it. I'm sorry that I couldn't react to it live like I usually do But I was kind of busy with other very important things Also, I think I've had my live streaming fix for about mmm. I don't know a month But I will say as my doorbell rang this morning It was my landlord here with the new dishwasher because our old one broke I was up early enough to watch the direct even though I wasn't streaming it and oh boy It was definitely my favorite Nindie direct We've ever had and I'm ranking it up there with one of the best directs in general. We've ever had I really like the Nindie directs I personally get really excited for them for a few reasons the main one being I clearly Love indie games So that game aside of me is just watching these indie directs getting excited for the next indie game I get to play but that youtuber content creator side of me is looking at it like what games are gonna make my next eShop Lists and I get really excited for that too. So in general, I always love these Nindie directs But never have we had one quite like this again. It was just like normal direct standard for me It's one of my favorite directs period It was amazing and it's in no small part. Thanks to Nintendo's Amazing efforts just on the switch in general, but definitely the support and love they have shown the indies Since the very start of the system but enough gushing about the console itself Let's dive into this indie direct that I claim is the best one ever and it started really eerie almost like Nintendo had found this Old footage from the 1950s of this guy teaching you how to drink milk with a face mask And I had no idea where this was going until you hear that music kick in you see those cuphead characters pop up on the screen And you realize the dream has become a reality Cuphead is on the switch. This is something that I thought was never going to happen and I'll be very honest I was completely wrong. I was adamant. This was never going to happen. Why would Xbox give away what is arguably the best Exclusive on their console costing themselves sales on the Xbox you would imagine now That's another reason someone has not to buy an Xbox But recently it's no secret that Xbox and Microsoft have become best buds And there's even news about Xbox's game pass service coming to the switch And since then since whenever that was rumored a few weeks ago The likelihood of games like Cuphead and Ori and other Xbox games going to the switch has been way more likely So it didn't take me nearly as by surprise as it would have done without that rumor But still it's very special to see and I do think there's a joke to be told some lines to be drawn in regards to The fact that Cuphead is a game about the main character who sells his soul to the devil It almost seems like Xbox has sold their soul to Nintendo at this point However at this point I do feel like this is a really good move for Microsoft to move towards being more of a gaming service like Steam Rather than a dedicated gaming console and I say that as someone who really does love his Xbox one truly Kim and I had a lot of fun playing Cuphead, but we never got to finish it So this is really cool for us now from this point on I assume just like every other indie direct I was gonna see a bunch of games that I didn't really have interest in and then some that I think maybe that Would be cool when I get my hands on it, but that didn't actually end up happening as every game every game Look like something that I would at least want to try but more than likely love and really enjoy and the very next one was Overland I'd never seen this game before and honestly, I typically don't super enjoy this kind of game Specifically, but there's something about this one that has a lot of charm the art style is gorgeous The narrative is actually very intriguing as it's a randomly generated game Where you're going across the country trying to survive and there seems to be a lot of gameplay choice You don't have to kill every enemy you come across you get to choose how you survive And I'm very interested to find out more about this game My friend Pedro was a game that I actually saw recently and thought it looked incredible It reminded me of Max Payne, but in a 2d side-scrolling platformer action adventure style And I mean I think the gameplay here speaks for itself Triggering that slo-mo with your dual-willed weapons and throwing frying pans to ricochet off the walls and hit your enemies with Honestly, this game looks like it's going to be the most fun I'll ever have in a game of this genre. Ah the physics I just can't wait to mess around with them and see what kind of crazy moves I can pull off I didn't get much out of neocab other than again I really liked the visuals and it reminded me in a way of snatcher But as a point-and-click adventure fan, it definitely looks like something that I would enjoy I just can't tell what's going on with it just yet Ah the red lantern. Oh my can we talk about visuals just one more time here? This game reminds me of Firewatch in the sense of a small indie team has come together and created such a gorgeous world I mean look at these visuals It's a style that to me looks timeless if a triple A studio gave me a game with this visual style I would still go yes great job. This looks great, and it's an indie team I love that you can literally see the passion and then the game itself appears to have a very strong Narrative, and I really look forward to it. However However, they did break my heart, and I did not need to see that scene with the bear I didn't need to see that in the trailer because now as soon as I start playing the game I'm gonna be thinking about that bear and how and if I can't even avoid that bear because oh that poor pop pop It's heartbreaking. The next game was Darkwood and this game reminded me a lot of another indie game I just started playing called APOW the gameplay is presented in a very similar way. It's clever It's top-down, but you still can't see all around you It manages to hide things behind walls really effectively and while APOW is more of a fast-paced action game This one tells the story of a very creepy Darkwood it's a much scarier slower game which even features mechanics like crafting making it look very unique Okay, let's be real here for a second Katana 0 looks exactly like the kind of game that a month after it comes out I'm gonna be making one of my classic. I'm addicted to this switch game video I just I can already tell we have some more 2d side-scrolling hack and slash action that even features more of that glorious Max pain slowing down time technique as well as a rewind time technique and Being able to Katana slash bullets back at the enemy's faces again This is the exact fast-paced hack and slash style game that I always love like dead cells for example Um so at this point we're about halfway through the direct and I've already loved everything I've seen so far not to mention it was at this point that Tim Schaefer popped his beautiful face on that screen and Double fine productions gave us a glimpse at a brand new game Wow this direct was catered for me actually as I was watching this direct. I started to really think man I wish I could present just like one indie direct Wouldn't that be cool if Nintendo randomly announced an indie direct and no one said anything and then it started and then That my ugly face was on the screen Presenting things the way they were presenting things. I'd probably have to talk a little bit differently a little bit more professionally But I think that would be really cool. Don't you I mean, I was maybe it's just me hashtag get wood on any direct That's all I'm saying don't hashtag get beat em ups on Nintendo direct because then people are just gonna think you want more Beat them up just like the genre like the game anyway again double fine One of my favorite indie developers headed by one of my favorite humans of all time Tim Schaefer Introduced us to rad and while I don't think I'm gonna love this game nearly as much as I love No, let's just say brutal legend for example It does have a ton of kick butt style in this post-pocalyptic world I didn't I don't think I pronounced that correctly post apocalyptic world where you seemingly play as this rad dude who can utilize Mutations for different effects combos and kill an enemy stuff That's good enough. No, but seriously, I am definitely getting this game I will always support double fine and anything they do and this game looks great creature in the well And now I'm not complaining about this whatsoever Trust me because I loved hyper light drifter, but this game it is screaming hyper light drifter visuals to me Even the gameplay looks very similar other than the fact that it's completely different Makes sense of that. It's inspired by pimple mechanics And you use your sword to swing and hit the little pimples flying around the screen to utilize different Switches and things and kill things and stuff like that. I haven't played it yet Okay, I'm just guessing but you do see during this trailer some of the things he has to try and hit with these pimples are on timers So you're more than likely gonna have to develop a lot of skill and finesse when it comes to hitting these balls around Okay, and this was actually another one of my favorites from the presentation I mean this wholeheartedly blood roots for an indie beat em up game looks Insane the amount of options and weapons and items and combos and ways that you can interact with the environment and how fast all of it Just strings together naturally depending on how you want to play this game I don't even understand what would go into developing the level layouts to give you this much freedom and have so much chaos Happening at the same time honestly slow down this gameplay or just look at it frame by frame Or just watch it through a few times and see how much stuff is going on and also look around at how much other stuff could be going on Depending on how you play and not to mention just like all the games so far the visuals are beautiful But I do also want to point out that visually every game has looked very different so far And I think that's something else that helped make this entire direct feel fresh and exciting And then we move on to possibly the sleeper hit of the entire direct pine Tell me this game doesn't look like just Breath of the Wild 2 in a way not as elaborate not as intense Nowhere near is awesome. Of course, but it looks like a very similar game again a very gorgeous game And at the start of the event the guy hosting it even said other than Zelda and Mario games There are a load of other worlds waiting to be explored through these indie developers And I feel like this was possibly the one he had in his mind in particular I am really excited to explore this world and learn more about it. I don't know about y'all But I'm still loving this direct so far. What about you guy that hosted the direct. Yes Geez, okay. Cool. Cool, man Settle down. Let me go to glimpse that super crate box I have never seen this game before and honestly, they didn't tell me much about it in this direct And then a game called nuclear throne launched today, and I love when they do that There's always one or two games every direct that ends up launching on the day And it's always exciting no matter what it is And I don't know if this game is made by the same people that made Enter the Gungeon But to me looking at the trailer it looks exactly like Enter the Gungeon just in a different environment And I'm definitely picking it up after I'm done editing this video Enter the Gungeon was one of my favorite indie games from last year, by the way If you forgot ultra bug reminds me of just a ton of games I played when I was a kid and I'm kind of confused about this But it seems like some kind of service is tied to it like a collection of games and ultra bug is one of them And it seems like maybe they release more as time goes on not sure what's going on there Maybe you guys can let me know down below. I know I'm the guy that really should know that but I just I don't Okay, there's there's been a lot going on lately. I'm doing my best now to prove to you guys that I'm not just a Nintendo fanboy I'm not just obsessed with indies, and I'll love anything that the switch throws at me the next game Swin Sanity I believe it was called. I have zero interest in this one. This was the only one just zero Zero interest zero there's nothing going on in this trailer anyway that tells me that yes I have to play this game. I might try it. I might play it, and I might be wrong I'm always the first to admit when I am wrong especially when I'm playing a really fun game I didn't think was going to be fun you guys know that so until I played it, but right now This was not for me. I love my community on YouTube so much Oh, what do you think guy that hosted this director? I should probably learn his name What do you think of my community on YouTube? Love those guys. I knew you were a good guy. All right Let's keep going. All right. This one was huge and again something I didn't expect I don't know if this was announced, but I had no idea that blaster master 2 was coming out until now And I think this is a really cool slice of history Obviously we had the original blaster master on NES and it was a really fun game And then when the switch launched we got blaster master remastered on it I think it was also a 3ds game prior to that but it was one of the very first switch games for everyone That was making switch games early on looking at this guy, and they were constantly trying to convince people There were good games on the switch worth buying blaster master was literally one of the first five games that launched on the switch That were worth buying and because of that fact obviously the game did really freaking well and now this NES game from way back in the day has a remastered sequel now and Wow, they have done so much work to this game and they have improved it so much You can go to space now travel to other worlds There's so many new upgrades to you and the ship that you drive Sophia. I believe yes Commit to it Sophia even with a really cool counter system where if you keep countering at the right time It seems to do a stupid amount of damage. It just looks like a sequel done, right? It's not a sequel. I knew I wanted but I really wanted now that it's happening. They have done a fantastic job with this I cannot wait cannot wait. I just realized by the way my landlord was here changing a dishwasher Did I did I mention that and I was a little distracted near the last half of this event available today? I I and it's only ten bucks Wow, that's actually really really cool. I'm excited now. Holy crap. Yeah, I didn't even I didn't even yeah, okay cool That's legitimate joy on my face. You see right now by the way. That's that's really cool I am a massive fan of stranger things and I know that's not saying much because who isn't but not I listen to the words I'm saying I love stranger things and I think it's a very brilliant idea That they decided to make a co-op beat em up game like something we would have played back in the 80s and 90s as the game to Reflect the series it was just a stroke of genius and this game does remind me of so many of the beat em ups I grew up playing and of course even though I don't talk about them all the time I do love me a great beat em up so far in everything I've seen about this game It doesn't look like an over-the-top super exciting I can't wait to play a beat em up game and if it wasn't for the fact that it's stranger things I probably wouldn't be looking at it nearly as hard as I am right now However, I feel like it's because they're not wanting to give too much of the game away before you play it And I'm hoping that's the case it looks very simple to me and what I've seen so far I'm hoping it has more depth to it, but visually amazing and obviously it's stranger things So I am getting it I am excited and the announcement that it's coming to switch I expected completely, but it's glad to get that confirmation. Can I stop being upside down now? Cool. Thanks And then that last announcement Crypt of the Necro Dancer I believe it was in my top 10 e-shop games from last year as well If not, it was absolutely a special mention and it's one of my favorite indie games in general However, it's not one that I personally see a lot of people talking about It's one that I have to almost convince some people to play which always really surprises me because again this game is fan Brick fantastic a game where if you don't know every move you make every enemy you kill everything you do in the game is in Rhythm with the soundtrack. It's brilliant. It is brilliant Brilliant. I can't say that enough very and I mean I thought very underappreciated Another reason why this next thing surprises me so much It makes me love Nintendo even more than I already do somehow if that's possible We're watching the trailer for what is seemingly to everyone that knows the game and has played the game a sequel and It is in a way a sequel to Crypt of the Necro Dancer and as the voiceover is going along and talking through the adventure That's unfolding before your eyes the soundtrack starts to switch over to a Zelda beat that traditional Zelda theme but Remixed into the Crypt of Necro Dancer style and I loved that that that moment was oh That's so great that because it's on switch There's gonna be what I thought would be Zelda themed music tracks for the game So as you play you can play with it's out like that would have been so cool like different Zelda tracks Right that would have been cool and more than enough and then Zelda flies onto the screen link flies onto the screen and suddenly the gameplay Shifts to essentially link to the past if link to the past was backed by an incredible soundtrack Well, it was but an incredible soundtrack that you played the game to these two universes These two worlds work together so freaking perfectly and I can't describe to you if you haven't played the game How great it would even be to just play the game with Zelda theme tracks like as a Zelda fan But to actually get to play like a Zelda style Crypt of the Necro Dancer called cadence of Hyrule It is a stroke of brilliance and not something that I could that I Would have expected Cuphead a year ago Like if you put me back a year ago from this timeline and said Cuphead would be on switch I would have been like No, and then if you are like well Crypt of the Necro Dancer is gonna have a Zelda style game I would have been like well maybe Cuphead's possible and I mean here we are and it looks Incredible like it truly does and Nintendo keeps lending out their franchises and their properties to more developers But usually when they do it, it's to big AAA studios that they know that they can trust to do it right and not screw it up They're probably watching over their shoulder the whole time anyway, but companies like Ubisoft They don't really do it to indie teams and it's so special It's it's such an interesting time we're in and I love it Like can you imagine being that indie developer that small team and not only making a game like they grew up with games Obviously, they have a passion for games. They made a game that people loved they got to put it on Nintendo a system They probably loved when they were like that was probably big enough for them as it was and then imagine if you were them And you had Nintendo come to you and be like But how would you like to do it again and actually use the property of Zelda put link and Zelda in your game That gives me shivers just thinking about that and I'm not even them I don't know what to say other than thanks again the Nintendo for completely knocking it out the park with yet another Nintendo Direct you never cease to amaze me and you guys don't cease to amaze me Thank you for being here watching this video and really wanting to hear my opinion on everything Nintendo even though most of the time I have no idea what I'm talking about Ran out of breath geez Pretend I didn't say that and if you liked this video you'll learn a little something make sure you have flip all over that Subscribe button while you're going down there hit the like button leave a comment you may as well I have never felt as motivated on this platform as I do right now And I'm not gonna keep going on about it But you guys know exactly why you stepped up and you showed me something truly amazing and it's just filled me with Motivation I love you. 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