Here is What Went Down at the Nintendo Direct - New 2D Mario, Super Mario RPG Remake, More - Article
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 June 2023 / 5,014 Views
Nintendo held its latest Nintendo Direct earlier today and it came in at around 40 minutes.
Some of the highlights included a new 2D side-scrolling Mario game called Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a remake of Super Mario RPG with a November 17 release date, Detective Pikachu Returns with an October 6 release date, WarioWare: Move It! with a November 3 release date, and much more.
Check out links to the news, announcements, and trailers from the Nintendo Direct below:
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder Announced for Switch
- Super Mario RPG Remake Announced for Switch, Launches November 17
- Detective Pikachu Returns Announced for Switch, Launches October 6
- WarioWare: Move It! Announced for Switch, Launches November 3
- New Princess Peach Game in Development for Switch
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Enhanced Version Headed to Switch
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC New Trailer Released
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Arrives October 24 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Announced for Switch
- Pikmin 4 Gets New Trailer, Pikmin 1 and 2 HD Versions Out Today for Switch
- Star Ocean: The Second Story R Announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC
- Isometric Action RPG Silent Hope Announced for Switch and PC
- Cozy Sim MMO Palia Launches for Switch This Winter
- Platformer Penny's Big Breakaway Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC
- Vampire Survivors Headed to Switch on August 17, Couch Co-op on All Platforms
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Beefy direct. Plenty of good-looking content. Hopefully time allows to enjoy some of these games as they come out.
Such a great showing.
i have the original super nes version, the super nes mini and later this year on Switch :)
Nintendo is now definitely reaching +160 million with Switch
So it seems Nintendo can finish its year without people knocking on its door asking for a new console.
Some folks have been predicting a new Switch to release in 2022 and 2023 for so long that they'll never give up their predictions even after its obvious they were always wrong. Of course, then they'll just armchair quarterback the whole thing and declare that it's the biggest mistake that Nintendo ever made to wait until 2024 (or even 2025). For my money, Nintendo needs to worry about their Year One and Year Two software pipeline even more than they need to worry about the transition between the two systems. Even a 7-10 million unit year next year would be justified if Switch 2's 2025 and 2026 are robust.
If you keep your prediction of the next console coming soon keeping up, you will eventually be right :)
Pokemon looks horrible because of the developers, not because of the console. Other games on the system should make that very clear.
Accept the specs of the hardware and build a game around that. There is absolutely no reason for an exclusive game to not look and run great for whatever platform it's made.
that's a total lie, and the fact that people believe that is hilarious
Pokemon Scarlett is a great game, I've played it on PC, and it is great emulated with a 50 percent increase in speed.
Frame rate, and game actions, both sped up. The Switch if it had better hardware would have the same experience.
One of the problems with Pokemon is it is just too slow, animations are too slow, game menus are too slow. That's on top of the low frame rate.
You're missing the point completely.
There is no reason for an exclusive game to have sub-par performance on the console it is designed for. This statement will always be true.
The Switch hardware is what it is. They can opimise the game for that hardware, just like the plethora of exclusives that look and run great. Pretty much any Nintendo developed game performs better in every way than Pokémon. Other developers managed to get the Witcher 3 and Doom performing better, you think this Pokémon game should in any way be more demanding than those games? Now, I'm not completely blaming the actual people developing the game as they are under ridiculous time constraints, if they take another year to develop something, they would have time to optimise it.
Fact of the matter is Pokémon looks sub-par compared to other games released on the same console. This clearly indicates that the fault lies with the developer and not the console. It doesn't matter that it runs better on more expensive hardware, it released on the Switch. This also doesn't mean the Switch is underpowered, otherwise everything but the most powerful PC would be underpowered.
(After typing this, I think you meant to reply to Salnax' comment on supercomputer.)
''Almost 1 million dollars per year in donations'' is absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. The switch sells an average of 20 million console per year at a minimum of €250 with most of them over €300. 5 billion euro per year so people can play on the original hardware.
You're severely overestimating the amount of people who emulate.
the point is that better hardware helps developers, you can't just expect more and more from people, why not make it easy on people
there is only so much money, only so much talent, only so much time
¨there is only so much money, only so much talent, only so much time¨
That statement falls flat when you remember that Pokémon is the biggest multimedia franchise in the world.
Better hardware is going to increase expectations, it's not going to make it easier on anyone. The Switch is also capable of doing a lot more than what GameFreak is getting out of it, a whole lot more.
that's why people are emulating games, almost 1 million dollars per year in donations now, so that people can play with better hardware
and people that denied it was coming will say that until the last month, and then never say "oh I guess I was wrong" when it came out
welcome to the internet
It won't stop them asking, they've been imagining a Switch Pro since at least 2019,when the Switch hadn't even hit its peak and was still on the rise. But Nintendo is trying to keep the pipeline going to avoid the droughts that hamstrung transitions like N64/GC, Wii/WiiU, and WiiU/Switch.
Pretty good direct. Them stating they will show more of princess peach later pretty much confirms we will have another direct later this year.
good article man!
Daisy!
Plenty for everyone to enjoy, I think. Nothing was jaw dropping, but I wouldn't expect there to be this late into the Switch's life. Still no sign of Metroid Prime 4, which is no cause for alarm. Most likely means they're saving it for the Switch successor as a cross-gen title. Mario Wonder looks like a lot of fun. The little flowers are a crack up. Itching to get Pikmin 1 and 2 today. I'm guessing $20 apiece. If so, it's a no brainer for me.
Fantastic. Nintendo wins 2023 by a mile. This coming from a former Xbox fan.
Nintendo just get out a second piece of hardware for the fans that care about that. One portable, one home console, just like before. Same games.
RTX 4060 is perfect. $300 console that is $200 cheaper than the Xbox and just as fast. That's what is possible 4 years later.
I personally like the idea of having a handheld and homeconsole share a game library. With the state of current technology and the fact that PC games have been scaling to a wide variety of specs, it really shouldn't be a problem.
Whether or not the market will respond positively to this is up for debate.
100 percent agree, thank you
