It was a Nintendo Direct, not a Smash Direct. The community hyped itself despite this.
This always happens. A Nintendo Direct is announced, people think their dreams
will come true each time. Sometimes there's big surprises, like, well, Smash getting announced, or Animal Crossing getting announced, but it's rarely everything at once. Back in January they had a Direct, and the most exciting thing that happened was a 2011 game (Dark Souls) getting announced for the system.
Always keep your expectations low. Because then, when they're exceeded, it's truly exciting.
Honestly tho
No Metroid Prime 4
Was hoping they'd say something about 20th anniversary of OOT
Maybe say something about Star Allies wave 3? (It's September after all)
Super Mario Party has no amiibo features--super disappointment.
Too many games w/o titles, or just placeholder names. I want a name to be excited about.
Too many parts where the gameplay footage was in Japanese so . had no clue what was happening.
Why make NSMBU Deluxe? Why not an entirely new game? It's like the Tropical Freeze port: Same game, but we'll add an option to make it easier for you (i'm still getting it since I never got the original).
More details on the TTL in Starlink, please.
Still no Mario Maker remake.
Switch Online still looks like a disaster.
Oh and a lot of stuff we already knew about.
Or maybe this is all because of the delay, and a lot of the things had to be announced or were leaked.In that case, I'm not mad at Nintendo, because it's not their fault.
Metroid Prime 4 is way out there. It'll probably be shown at E3 next year. It was only announced to be in development last year, so it's still in early development.
There was a lot of content to go through for new and recent games, and Star Allies is neither, and has already gotten two free updates. It doesn't need Direct time.
I think most people care about whether or not the Mario Party game is actually fun this time as opposed to worrying about Amiibo.
Nintendo hasn't revealed full names a lot lately. They didn't do it for Kirby, Metroid Prime 4, or Yoshi last year, and didn't do it for Smash earlier this year. If you're just now getting upset about this--and it's not really something worth getting upset about--then get used to it.
You need to read to understand gameplay?
Because the "New Super Mario Bros." series has worn out its welcome at this point. A new one would get people more upset than excited, and it wouldn't sell as well as it used to. Porting it takes less resources and money, and at least gets some kind of 2D Mario game on the system.
I'm sure Ubisoft will have more to announce about Starlink soon.
Mario Maker was mainly possible because of the touch-screen and stylus on Wii U and 3DS. Without that on Switch, Nintendo probably doesn't see how they can intuitively design a port.
Switch Online does not look great.
