Official Nintendo Direct Live Stream Reaction/Hype Thread 9/13/18

Banjo is my favorite. I want him and her so bad. Won’t care about anything else if they are in.

If I ain’t virtual console, don’t care.

Quit tickling my balls, Nintendo

I got 3 characters revealed today (2 Echoes, 1 New)

Shadow (Sonic)
Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
Decidueye (Pokemon)

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Nintendo could file a lawsuit on funimation if they exposed what character was playable before the direct.

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No they wouldn't. Things get leaked from the Directs every single time. Nintendo isn't out to file lawsuits every other month when their stuff leaks.

Nintendo is so damn weird about cloud saves

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It seems likely that Nintendo was planning to detail their paid online plans, scheduled to go live this month, during their now-delayed Nintendo Direct. Much like the accidental misfire with Yoshi's Crafting World, some things have gone live on the website ahead of announcement, including some small details on the cloud saving. While Nintendo had previously said that not all games would support it, we now know a few Switch games do not have cloud saves.

On the page for Pokémon Let's Go Eevee & Pikachu, a message at the bottom indicates that cloud saves are a no-go for the two Nintendo-published games. The warning reads "Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online play. This game does not support Save Data Cloud backup. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features." This warning is also on the page for Splatoon 2.

We have also discovered the warning on Dark Souls Remastered, Dead Cells, FIFA 19, and NBA 2K19. It is worth noting that all of these games support cloud saves on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.

While Pokémon Let's Go can be explained away as The Pokémon Company's often overbearing paranoia and a desire to drive business to the cloud-based Pokémon Bank subscription service, the other included examples do not make much sense.

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Nintendo's response:

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"The vast majority of Nintendo Switch games will support Save Data Cloud backup. However, in certain games this feature would make it possible to, for example, regain items that had been traded to other players, or revert to a higher online multiplayer ranking that had been lost. To ensure fair play, Save Data Cloud backup may not be enabled for such games. To ensure that Save Data Cloud backups cannot be used to unfairly affect online multiplayer rankings, the feature will not be enabled in Splatoon 2."

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So again, the rest of the gaming world has figured out basic functionality for online features, yet Nintendo is suffering from some major lag.

Animal Crossing 2019 - Huge News



Along with Luigi's Mansion 3

Those are good bookends to the Direct.

A lot of Old School stuff spinning up, with Final Fantasy and Capcom too.

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Animal Crossing 2019 - Huge News

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.........this honestly would give me a reason to THINK about looking into the possibility of maybe asking someone what they thought about me going to a site and looking for switch sales.



















But seriously, I heart Animal Crossing.

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But seriously, I heart Animal Crossing.

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I have no idea why either. There's just something about that game. I don't like any other game like it, but that might have been my favorite GC game outside of Wind Waker, and one of my all time favorite experiences.