{"id":8182,"date":"2020-03-26T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2020-03-26T14:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:14:05","slug":"live-reactions-nintendo-direct-mini-3-26-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=8182","title":{"rendered":"Live reactions! &#8211; Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey so Nintendo dropped a Nintendo Direct this morning out of nowhere. I don&#8217;t know, maybe they said it was coming and I&#8217;ve just been so far up my own ass lately that I didn&#8217;t notice. Nevertheless! They called it a &#8220;Mini&#8221; but it&#8217;s still almost half an hour long. Time for me to type up my knee-jerk reactions to all the announcements as I try to eat lunch at the same time! Here&#8217;s an embed so you can watch along!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.20\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubRf4zyEvG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition<\/strong> &#8211; Release date is May 29. I am PUMPED. That is perfect timing, leading right into summer and vacation season. Looks like I know how I&#8217;m going to be spending at least a couple of my weeks off this year. Not sure how I feel about the idea of re-recorded music, as Xenoblade has maybe my favourite video game soundtrack of all time. But I&#8217;m choosing to be optimistic about it! And of course, I cannot wait to dive into the new epilogue, as more Xenoblade is only a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2K Collections<\/strong> &#8211; I think it&#8217;s <em>incredible<\/em> that 2K is bringing the Bioshock Collection, the Borderlands Collection, and the XCOM 2 Collection to Switch. This announcement literally made me sit up at attention and say &#8220;Wow!&#8221; out loud. Most of these are really, really excellent games! (Hot take: I don&#8217;t have much fondness for the Bioshocks.) But I have them all on either PC or PS4 and feel no need to buy any of them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 DLC<\/strong> &#8211; There&#8217;s very little chance that I would play this game already (mostly due to time\/money limits), and adding Fantastic Four is not the way to hook me, personally. Actually, paid DLC will <em>never<\/em> get me to invest in a game I haven&#8217;t already purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shinsekai: Into the Depths<\/strong> &#8211; What I&#8217;m seeing is Metroid, but underwater. Which is definitely playing to my interests. It&#8217;s launching&#8230; today! Which is really bad timing. Got too many games right now and April is going to be a beast. But you can bet your sweet bippy that I&#8217;m wishlisting it! It&#8217;s only $30, too, which is a nice surprise. I would have guessed $50 since Capcom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons update<\/strong> &#8211; There&#8217;s a Fake Easter event? I don&#8217;t know. Whatever. I&#8217;m not playing Animal Crossing this generation. It seems weird that Nintendo is adding in seasonal events as patches. I have a few theories about why swirling around in my head, but this isn&#8217;t the time or place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Good Job!<\/strong> &#8211; I adore the visual style, and it looks like it&#8217;ll be absolutely hilarious. And again&#8230; it&#8217;s available today. Another title that&#8217;s going to be shuffled off to be forgotten on the wishlist, because even if I could buy all the games that look fun, there&#8217;s nowhere near enough time. I need to go back in time and tell younger me to become a Twitch streamer instead of an accountant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catherine: Full Body<\/strong> &#8211; I <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=17\">really liked<\/a> Catherine when I played it on Xbox 360, but I have absolutely no desire to revisit it. Plus it&#8217;s got some transphobic baggage (among other issues), which was &#8220;acceptable&#8221; in 2011, but I&#8217;m not willing to support that kind of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ring Fit Adventure update<\/strong> &#8211; Ooh! I have Ring Fit Advenutre! And I like the idea of adding a rhythm game element full of Nintendo music. BUT. It&#8217;s a rhythm game played <em>via motion controls<\/em>, and&#8230; that just seems like frustration waiting to happen. I do really dig the &#8220;just go jogging&#8221; mode that&#8217;s being added in. Will definitely use that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>King&#8217;s Bounty II<\/strong> &#8211; The announcer guy said this is a beloved game series, but I&#8217;ve never even heard of it. Clearly I need to broaden my horizons. I&#8217;m still not going to play this, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Super Smash Bros Ultimate<\/strong> &#8211; The next DLC fighter is going to be from ARMS. That&#8217;s great! ARMS deserves so much more love. But they didn&#8217;t say who, exactly. It&#8217;s a secret until June. I hope it&#8217;s Twintelle, but it&#8217;s not going to be Twintelle, because the world just isn&#8217;t that perfect. It&#8217;s probably going to be that dink Ninjara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ARMS free trial<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, maybe ARMS <em>will<\/em> get some more love? Play the full game for free for a week and change, if you have a Switch Online membership. Well that&#8217;s neat, but I already own the game. Moving on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bravely Default II<\/strong> &#8211; I was absolutely crazy about the original Bravely Default despite its one massive fault, and though I still haven&#8217;t played Bravely Second, I am massively hyped for BDII. The visual style is incredible, and as long as the gameplay doesn&#8217;t change too drastically, I&#8217;ll be happy as a clam. Sadly, it&#8217;s destined to have one huge drawback: no Edea. Absolutely going to blow through the demo this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Club House Games<\/strong> &#8211; Do you want to get your grandpa into Nintendo Switch? I guess this is probably your best bet. Full of old-timey board games, card games, and et cetera, it&#8217;s a senior&#8217;s dream come true! Except they&#8217;ll still need to be using a video game system. It does include bowling though, so maybe Switch is soon to become a hit at retirement homes around the world? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ninjala<\/strong> &#8211; Goofy looking 4-on-4 battle game, featuring ninja kids with ridiculous NERF-like weapons. It actually has really strong Splatoon vibes, just without any of the charm. It&#8217;s almost like they&#8217;re trying too hard, you know? But it&#8217;s free to play, and it does look fun, so I may give it a whirl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy<\/strong> &#8211; Fool me once, shame on you. I bought the Jedi Outcast port last year because I had really good memories of playing it on GameCube. Then it turned out that it actually kind of sucks. Jedi Academy looks like it could be a lot better, but I&#8217;m not willing to take that risk. I won&#8217;t get fooled again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer <\/strong>&#8211; Oh wow! I have really good memories of playing this on N64 an- <em>waaaait a minute<\/em>. I. Won&#8217;t. Get. Fooled. Again. (But actually I&#8217;m <em>absolutely<\/em> going to buy this on launch day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panzer Dragoon: Remake<\/strong> &#8211; When I want to play Star Fox, I&#8217;ll just boot up the SNES Online app, or plug in my SNES Mini. I don&#8217;t see any reason to play this game that looks just like Star Fox, but infinitely more <em>boring<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trials of Mana<\/strong> &#8211; Of all the remakes coming out in April, the only one I&#8217;m more excited for than Trials of Mana is Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But I am super jazzed that Trials is almost here. I played a fan-translated version of the SNES original many times over in my formative years, and cannot wait to see how this redone version stacks up. I&#8217;m expecting that it&#8217;s going to stick fairly rigidly to the original, but I do really hope there are some new surprises tucked away in there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FUSER<\/strong> &#8211; What is this? DJ Hero? I don&#8217;t know, we&#8217;re in the sizzle reel now. I shouldn&#8217;t be breaking these out individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/strong> &#8211; Give me Dragon Quest Swords or give me death. I don&#8217;t care if it was bad. At least it&#8217;s not as miserably generic as this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus<\/strong> &#8211; You know, I still don&#8217;t have a good grasp of what Warhammer 40,000 really <em>is<\/em>. Probably never will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vigor<\/strong> &#8211; What if Borderlands, but devoid of any sense of identity? And you can build a house, I guess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Burnout Paradise: Remastered<\/strong> &#8211; I only ever played the first Burnout, and had my fill there. But I think this is the most beloved entry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saints Row IV: Re-Elected<\/strong> &#8211; A terrific game in all rights, but I already have it on both PC and PS3. It&#8217;s real good, but not <em>three copies<\/em> good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III<\/strong> &#8211; I think people love this series, and it looks like a JRPG with mech battles, so I&#8217;d probably like it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mr. DRILLER DrillLand<\/strong> &#8211; Has &#8220;driller&#8221; always been in all caps like that? Have I been typing it wrong all these years? As much as I adore Mr. DRILLER, I can&#8217;t be spending precious time on a score chaser. Or can I&#8230;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minecraft Dungeons<\/strong> &#8211; You know, I&#8217;ve always thought that Minecraft and Gauntlet would have amazing synergy. Someone else did too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sword\/Shield DLC <\/strong>&#8211; I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to be great. I&#8217;ve already pre-purchased it, so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey so Nintendo dropped a Nintendo Direct this morning out of nowhere. I don&#8217;t know, maybe they said it was coming and I&#8217;ve just been so far up my own ass lately that I didn&#8217;t notice. Nevertheless! They called it a &#8220;Mini&#8221; but it&#8217;s still almost half an hour long. Time for me to type &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=8182\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Live reactions! &#8211; Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pokemon","category-retro-gaming","category-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8183,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions\/8183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}