Honestly while that new rumor with the screen thing(though it’s noted that talks of “up to 4k support” might just end up meaning “more reliable 1080p” rather than trying to stretch performance to “4k but... uh, performance still suffer”) seem semi more solid than others... again, I suspect a possible “Switch Pro”....…

Same.
You always see some hardcore fans going “But when will I get my 4k support!” but honestly like... that’s the very last thing on my mind right now. Like... the console is STILL selling boatloads which is telling me that support for “the HDest of HD” graphics is perhaps not THAT important in the mainstream.…

Tbh one thing I’m noting is how these people are blowing their fuse over microtransactions in “free-to-play” games and the amount of money they spent on them “without getting what they wanted”.

If anything this just imo further add to one of the skeevy things I feel about games designed(to the point some companies even…

I dunno but in an open world game with no fixed routes and thus no “mandatory trainer battle ambush”(as now you could just go around them if they even exist at all) that would have required me in the past to focus on optimized battle teams all the time...

... i think I wouldn’t mind a return of “utility” overworld…

No but with a plot where there is no mention of gym battles anywhere, let alone seem to *be* cities in the kind of presence to support it(for all we know there might be only the single hub city) and thus more on pokemon collection(which we’ve been teased already ways it can be done before even initiating combat at…

From the title alone it sounds like it and... honestly.

It was damn time. Like I understand -why- mythicals exists the way they did but I feel like the concept aged poorly.

I dunno... it’s not the impression I’m having so far from people?
Like a lot of “never in my wildest dreams was that on my bingo card” but all said in a positive fashion.

Like this went out of it’s way to show the open-world and way things change(being able to actually sneak to a pokemon and capture them before even…

And honestly that’s the thing. They didn’t just give a random cryptic teaser for Legends Arceus. They showed straight off the bat bona fide gameplay. Immediatly showing direct hints of how the more involved open world environment could be use(notably by using the very environment to sneak around unseen by pokemon and…

Tbh as long as it doesn’t drop in the 10s or single-digit... “open world pokemon”(and I do note the environment avoid, in general, the kind of plains-wide grasses found in stuff like BoTW instead keep to more traditional pokemon grass “patches”) is a kind of thing the mainstream(if not the hard core) will likely be…

Same, tbh. Plus I wonder if Nintendo could be lending GameFreak development support for this one.

Random thought, but with no mention of gym battles gameplay anywhere(and thus meaning you don’t HAVE to be as involved in battle/a specialist battle theme) but an entire open world worth of exploration available, I wonder if we will see the return of the “utility” function of pokemon moves(and thus “utility” pokemon…

And the thing is though.... games will still need a *console* to play games in the first place, physical or digital. And physical support, even if the person mainly play digital games, is always kind of a reinsurance against store server issues/etc for many games I feel. Plus, those game downloads aren’t getting…

Iirc about 47% of the state voted against this sort of shit. And that’s the ones that COULD vote despite voter suppression or gerrymandering.

You can have no sympathies for the (republican) *governments* responsible for this mess and their “barely more than half of the state(and who knows if even truly that because of…

Honestly I had no expectations. I always saw the lack of Direct as more “COVID-19 made scheduling these effing hell” and less “we’re holding back for the REALLY BID ANNOUNCEMENTS”.

So seeing a Direct again for me was thus less “oh, they must have something big to announce” and always “Oh, I guess they finally worked…

To not mention sometimes “not until a few days before release”, like they did with Mario 3D All-Stars. Announced September 3rd(the -actual- anniversary of Mario, which explains why the rest of 2020 was bereft of these “mario anniversary” announcements... because it hadn’t happened yet), released September 18th.

BOTW2…

I’d say wait until next week. After all... the 35th Anniversary of Zelda doesn’t start until the *21th* of February ;3

Recall, people kept going “where are the Mario 35th anniversary announcements” all of 2020 before suddenly, on September 3rd... the actual *day* of the anniversary, we got the double-whammy reveals of…

Wait until August 6 imo, if there’s any chance of it happening.

People were going for a while about lack of Mario 35th Anniversary announcements in 2020 but forgot that anniversary wasn’t until September 3rd. And come that day.... whole anniversary announcement that revealed the Mario 35 thing, Mario 3D All-Stars(who…

I’m preparing myself for.... nothing, myself.

Honestly I’m mostly setting myself to be content they have worked through the difficulties of hosting a Direct in the middle of the pandemic’s difficulties in the first place.

Any other surprise is just gravy as it is. Like... even potential “anniversaries” release could…

Honestly 2020 just maimed my expectations so badly I’m just glad there’s a Direct and I’m building NO expectations of anything major being announced until it’s actually finished ^^;

Like... for now I try to see this more from the angle of “Cool, I’m glad they finally overcome the difficulties of filming a Direct in the…

Personally I’m hoping for good stuff but also not building any expectation. 2020 is still barely behind us. If anything the fact we’re only getting a Direct now might have more to do with how badly COVID and 2020's realities proved to be a challenge for scheduling and hosting these things more than major announcements…