30th June 2022, 5:35 PM
So, Nintendo finally did a summer Direct a few days ago... and it was a third party games only video. Oh come ON, when will you tell us what games will be releasing this holiday? Unless Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (which had its own Direct earlier this month), Pokemon, and Splatoon 3 are all going to release this year and that's all they have? That's unlikely though, there are sure to be a few other things... but what? Nintendo isn't willing to say. (Rumors of a Metroid Prime remaster continue to exist but I won't believe it until it happens, it's been too many years without that actually happening for me to believe...)
As for what was shown, though, it was alright. They did show Ubisoft's second Mario & Rabbids game, which is looking pretty good. It's a strategy game just like the first one, I'll be getting it for sure. A new Dragon Quest action-adventure game was also shown which could be fun. Other than that it was mostly just a bunch of indie stuff. Some looked neat, but several days later I'm not remembering most of it.
As for that XC3 Direct, I actually haven't watched it yet but probably should.
Outside of Nintendo, Square announced the second part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake series. I think it's a PS5 timed exclusive, as the first one was (the first one was timed full exclusivity for several years, followed by console exclusivity following; it is on PC now.). It has a projected release date of late 2023 and they showed a trailer. I'm obviously far from a series fan, but... well, it's good that it will release sometime vaguely not THAT far off, I guess. The bigger news though is that it mentions the FF7 remake series being a trilogy, which is odd given that apparently the first one only covers a small fraction of the game. Will the remakes completely diverge from the original, merge lots of stuff together, or what? ... and yes, I know that the remake is one of those "it's a remake but it also isn't" things. It will only be in the later ones where people will know how far they go with that, though.
As for what was shown, though, it was alright. They did show Ubisoft's second Mario & Rabbids game, which is looking pretty good. It's a strategy game just like the first one, I'll be getting it for sure. A new Dragon Quest action-adventure game was also shown which could be fun. Other than that it was mostly just a bunch of indie stuff. Some looked neat, but several days later I'm not remembering most of it.
As for that XC3 Direct, I actually haven't watched it yet but probably should.
Outside of Nintendo, Square announced the second part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake series. I think it's a PS5 timed exclusive, as the first one was (the first one was timed full exclusivity for several years, followed by console exclusivity following; it is on PC now.). It has a projected release date of late 2023 and they showed a trailer. I'm obviously far from a series fan, but... well, it's good that it will release sometime vaguely not THAT far off, I guess. The bigger news though is that it mentions the FF7 remake series being a trilogy, which is odd given that apparently the first one only covers a small fraction of the game. Will the remakes completely diverge from the original, merge lots of stuff together, or what? ... and yes, I know that the remake is one of those "it's a remake but it also isn't" things. It will only be in the later ones where people will know how far they go with that, though.
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