S4E7 - Nintendo Direct - "It looks like if The Legend of Zelda invaded the Island of Misfit Toys"

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Beej is solo this week. Not for a lack of trying. Void's life got
twist turned upside down, and the schedule for us to get back on
schedule was pushed back. Then Beej's internet decided that it
didn't want to stay connected for more than a few minutes at a
time, making recording an episode with a guest impossible. Stupid
thunderstorms making the power blink.


Regardless, we've got an episode in your feed covering the talk
of the geeks: last week's Nintendo Direct.
Oodles of Cool Stuff from Nintendo

The Nintendo Direct on February 13th was chock-full of content
that shows 2019 as being potentially the best year yet for
Nintendo's portable console.


Between Yoshi's Crafted World (whose demo is amazeballs), Fire
Emblem Three Houses (which looks to change up the
formula the series has stuck with to this point), and The
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (it's so pretty!)...the Switch
has a lot going for it.


Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker is getting some DLC, which is
neat. Because it's a Wii U game that was ported to the Switch.
The interesting part is that the Wii U version isn't getting the
DLC. So folks with that version miss out. It's an odd move for
Nintendo, considering with games like Breath of the Wild, the DLC
was the same for both platforms.


Mario Maker 2 is coming out. Beej wants a Yoshi's Island palette.
That's it and that's all.


And that's not to mention that Nintendo didn't even mention the
upcoming Pokemon Generation 8 game that's due at the end of this
year.


Oh, and we get Joker from Persona 5 in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
for sure. That indicates we may be getting P5 Crimson on Switch
sometime since he's not been on a Nintendo platform before --
except that he has. Persona 5 is the primary cast of the new 3DS
title Persona Q2, and it's been out in Japan since December and
is coming Stateside in June (or July?). So there's a small chance
they're using that as an in, but who knows? Regardless, Joker in
Smash is gonna be awesome.
Third-Party Shenanigans

SquareEnix brought their game: Final Fantasy VII is on its way,
Final Fantasy IX dropped in HD on the eshop the day of the
Direct, and Dragon Quest XI S got a spectacular presentation.


SE showed that the much-anticipated 2d version of the game
(previously only available on the Japanese 3DS version) is coming
to Switch. This mode is reminiscent of the SNES DQ games, and
Beej can't wait. He loves old-school RPGs. But you already know
that.


Dragon Quest Builders 2 is also on the docket, and even though
it's a builder game, and Beej doesn't really do those, this one
looks really neat and the co-op mode means that he might just
like it because he can play with Dragon Quest Austin.


And...AND...there's a new Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon game. Beej
has no idea if it's a remake or a new one, but it looks cool and
cute. So he's on board.


Basically SE showed up. The problem is that the Square side
of SquareEnix has been disappointing lately, so we'll see how
things go from here. But the Enix stuff looks fantastic. So at
least there's that.
Nindie Delights

Nintendo highlighted a lot of other games, too, that aren't just
their spectacular first-party titles.


We saw Deltarune, the follow-up to Undertale. We got a glimpse of
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 and the badassery that is Captain
Marvel and her binary form. 


Rune Factory 4 got a special edition, Rune Factory 5 got
announced, and the buzz of excitement around both has Beej
intrigued enough to give the games a shot. He has no idea if
he'll like them, but everyone else does. So he can't wait.


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