{"id":3689,"date":"2025-08-01T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:14:33","slug":"games-inbox-was-the-nintendo-direct-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/games-inbox-was-the-nintendo-direct-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Was the Nintendo Direct a disaster?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Friday letters page worries about Nintendo\u2019s third party support for Switch 2<\/a>, as one reader is unimpressed by Assassin’s Creed<\/a> Shadows.<\/p>\n

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Worst. Direct. Ever.<\/strong>
What the hell was that? All that talk about the Nintendo Direct<\/a> and that may be the most disappointing one of these livestreams I\u2019ve ever seen, including from Sony and Microsoft. I can\u2019t say there was a single thing that took my interest, out of any of the \u2018big\u2019 games. Definitely not Monster Hunter Stories 3 and those two 2D-HD games.<\/p>\n

I mean, two of them?! And then they both turn out to be multiformat anyway. I think Square Enix<\/a> and Nintendo<\/a> are completely overestimating how popular that art style is, as I\u2019ve always thought it was ugly and boring. I\u2019m sure others must like it but I\u2019m also sure that those games are not big sellers and that nobody\u2019s going to run out and buy a Switch 2 to play The Adventures Of Elliot (I thought I\u2019d made that name up at first, but that really is what it\u2019s called!).<\/p>\n

An absolute disaster as far as I\u2019m concerned, in terms of showing the Switch 2 had good third party support and giving an update on games that have already been announced. Where the heck was Elden Ring? How hard can that be to port to the Switch 2? It was on PlayStation 4, so it\u2019s not even a current gen game.<\/p>\n

Nintendo are being far too comfortable about all this at the moment and every time a games company does that it ends in ruin. I have a horrible feeling the Switch 2 is going to end up being Nintendo\u2019s PlayStation 3.
Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Direct delay<\/strong>
I was mostly disappointed by the Direct on Thursday. Nothing hugely exciting or impressive, or even release dates for a lot of already announced games like Elden Ring.<\/p>\n

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The new Katamari looks good, though why it only said Switch not Switch 2 is a mystery, especially as it seems it’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC too.<\/p>\n

I think if there’d been a not-E3 Direct, this one would have felt less disappointing. But the lack of big presentations from this Nintendo has meant any sniff of news has a higher bar to cross.<\/p>\n

This one was nearly as bad as a typical State Of Play.
Euclidian Boxes<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>A lot of games being released at the moment are Switch 1 only (Once Upon A Katamari is out in less than three months) and that will continue to be the case for some time, given how long a game takes to make and how many developers have had trouble getting Switch 2 devkits.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dead service game<\/strong>
This Monster Hunter Wilds situation<\/a> is pretty crazy. I\u2019m reading that Capcom\u2019s share price has taken a hammering because it\u2019s taken a nose dive, and they were doing so well before (there goes my Dino Crisis remake).<\/p>\n

Once again we see just how unpredictable and unreliable live service games can be. We\u2019re talking about the best-selling game of the year here and now it\u2019s doing so badly it\u2019s tanking the entire company. This madness has got to end. Just make a game and release some DLC if you have to, it doesn\u2019t need to be any more complicated than that.
Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pre-deforestation<\/strong>
After waiting for a price drop I\u2019ve finally got Assassin’s Creed Shadows. I don\u2019t know what your review said but if I\u2019m honest I\u2019m disappointed in it. Whenever you\u2019re running in the open you either can\u2019t see in front of your nose, because of the 20 million trees and bushes they have put in it, or you\u2019re sliding back down a hill you can\u2019t climb.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like they went to Japan, counted the trees and bushes, and timesed them buy a 100 and said that’s how many is needed. It\u2019s not the worst Assassin’s Creed, all the others I’ve 100% but this one I might give it a miss. Also, if I\u2019m honest, it\u2019s boring. The best one I’ve played has to be Assassin’s Creed Origins with the DLC. I don’t know what it is but I love ancient Egypt and that game ticked all the boxes.
David<\/strong><\/p>\n

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