I'm finally writing my thoughts on the Nintendo Direct from earlier. XD In my defense I had to get ready for work immediately after watching it. Here's the direct for anyone who missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OqoRxXUjGA

Overall I thought it was a good direct! Lots of silly games (I love silly games). I'm still surprised we got a normal direct considering that the Switch 2 one is on Wednesday next week. :0 But I'm happy we did!! I'll discuss my thoughts on most of the games (if I didn't mention a game I probably didn't have much to say other than "it looks cool").

The Dragon Quest I-II remake looks so good. I loved the remake of DQIII so I'll definitely check these out. Looks like they added a fourth party member in the second game (maybe the Princess of Cannock??) which is good because it's such a hard game. |D I'm excited to see what they add to these two games since they added some nice things to DQIII. Hopefully Malroth can't use fullheal this time.

I really need to get into the AI : The Somnium Files series one of these days. Every time they release new game I stare at it and think "wow that looks cool".

It's cool to see the Raidou games getting a remaster. I watched my brother play a little bit of the first game and it looks pretty fun. Since it's an Atlus game I'm sure it gets super difficult later on.

The weird Pac-man thing in Shadow Labyrinth is kinda cool. I like it when companies do weird things with their IPs.

I'm not much of a rhythm gamer (even though I was a band kid lol) but the Patapon games look kinda fun. I'm mostly surprised that Sony IPs are showing on the Switch (not that Sony uses them though).

Another Harvest Moon remake (this time it's Grand Bazaar). I honestly don't know a lot about the DS entries other than DS Cute so I'm not sure what the reception is for this one, but it looks fun. I'm still hoping for a Magical Melody remake one of these days though. XD

It's surreal to finally be getting Metroid Prime 4 footage after all these years. It's also another reminder that I really need to get into the Metroid series.

The Disney Villain Cafe game is kinda silly. XD But I like silly games.

Witchbrook!!! I've been wondering about this game for years. :0 It looks really fun! The pixel art is really pretty.

Tamagotchi Plaza looks so cute!! But apparently I've been mis-pronouncing "Tamagotchi" for my entire life... |D I thought it was "Tama-Got-Chee"...

Pokemon Legends: Z-A looks fun, but I am kinda bummed that the combat is more action than turn-based. I can't be the only person who prefers turn-based combat... |D I'm also kinda sad that the game isn't about the gritty war in Kalos's past but I shouldn't be too surprised that they didn't make a game about that loool. Despite all that, I am super excited for this game!! Plus Totodile is one of the starters so I'm pretty hyped.

Nice to see Rhythm Heaven finally return! Like I said previously, I'm not much of a rhythm gamer but the games do look pretty silly and fun, so maybe one day I'll finally give them a try.

The whole virtual game card thing is cool, but wow does Nintendo complicate things sometimes. |D but it is nice to know that there will be a way to play digital games on other Switch consoles now.

God I swear the Fantasy Life sequel has been in development forever. |D While I am excited for it, I'm also kinda worried about it to be honest. Level-5 has been making weird decisions over the past few years and I'm really hoping that the game turns out okay (please no AI...).

The Saga Frontier 2 remaster looks really good!! I really need to get into the Saga series. I have multiple of the games and I really want to dig into these weird non-linear RPGs. (yes I own games in a series I haven't really played, but I think I'll like them XD)

Isn't Everybody's Golf also a Sony IP??? Dang Sony is gonna have no unique IPs left at this rate

And of course, the last and best announcement: a Tomodachi Life sequel!!! I'm really happy it's a new game and not a port like Miitopia (I'm happy that got a port, but Tomoachi Life definitely deserved a sequel with new content). God I hope the Mii limit is higher than 100 because I need to squeeze so many OCs into my town/island...

And those are my thoughts on the direct! :D What games are you guys excited for? There's less than a week until the Switch 2 direct and I'm super excited for that too!! Great time to be a Nintendo fan.