Well, a lot happened there at the end of March. There was the Nintendo Direct on March 27th, then there was the Switch 2 Direct on Wednesday, April 2nd (which, as of this specific sentence, hasn't happened yet). In the March 27th Direct, I started making a list of the games that interested me and by the end, I realized how old I am; I mean, I know how old I am, but looking at my list of what interested me really hit home that I'm of a different generation than what it felt like the main focus of Nintendo's marketing arm. The Dragon Quest I & II 2D-HD Remake, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered, and then the news about the Nintendo Today news app and the Virtual Game Cards (although there're still plenty of questions I have about that beyond being able to lend digital copies of games to people in your family network. So two remakes, and a sequel to a 40-year-old franchise (The whole of the Metroid franchise, not just the 23-year-old Metroid Prime franchise).
And there was a lot to cover in that hour-long presentation, but then on Thursday there was also a four hour-long Nintendo Treehouse: Live presentation where several of the games announced in the Switch 2 Direct were played for 15-20 minutes a piece; probably similar to the demos that a lot of publications played immediately after the initial presentation. I enjoyed both presentations for what they were, although I had hoped there would be more first-party Switch 2 exclusives to be excited about. But huge shoutout to Nintendo for featuring one of their announcement titles, Drag x Drive which looked like Murderball meets basketball, but just the fact that it's a video game featuring all players in wheelchairs; don't tell the Trump administration or they're likely to sue Nintendo of America for not doing away with any semblance of DEI initiatives. But we'll cover the Switch 2 presentation in greater detail on Monday.
You know, we actually covered a lot of games last month, with about half I wasn't able to finish for various reasons specific to the specific game, but there were some good games in there too. S4U: CityPunk 2011: and Love Punch, DeathOmen, and Ashen Arrows were the highlights although with some caveats.
Conklederp and I are finally watching Skeleton Crew (although I had already watched the first four episodes while donating platelets a few months back) and have been really enjoying this Star Wars take on 80's kid-centered adventure Goonies-style story telling and we're alos looking forward to the second season of Andor; although I'm still not on board with the release schedule of three episodes released every Tuesday, with all 12 episodes being released by May 13th. I'm sure there's a reason behind Disney's decision, but I just don't like it. I'm also in the camp of not liking an entire season released on Netflix on day 1. Again, it's likely because I'm old and grew up in the era of episodic TV where there was one episode released once a week for 22 weeks, and if you missed an episode, you might be able to catch it whenever your local affiliate decided to show reruns. It's a thing, ask your local Xennial. However, I feel like my older sister (she's 2.5 years older) and I are of different generations, whereas I feel closer to the Millennial generation that Dr. Potts and The Kid (she's 7 years younger than I) are a part of.
Let's cap it there, and we'll see y'all on Monday. I woke up and my back hurts after all.
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