Nintendo Infographic Shows Every Title Featured In September's Direct

First and second row, hands down.

Harvestella, Tunic, fatal Frame

I am still dealing with the fact that Pikmin 4 is real and is coming next year

All I wanted was a release date for Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp and Metroid Prime anything (trilogy, remaster, 4 - LOL)...

I always get such a good vibe from these infographics. I remember I collected all the logos of the Wii games announced at the E3 2006 and made my own infographic on MS Paint.

Can’t wait for Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse!!!

And also Raincode

My reaction from the list above.

Blue Circle = Definitely YES

Yellow Question mark = Unsure

Red Cross = Definitely NO

Double Black Cross = HELL NO !!! (BANNED games)

Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and Super Detective Case Files: Rain Code for me...

@Anti-Matter u not a fan of Zelda?
Don’t take this an insult or anything plz it’s ur opinion

GET OFF MY LAAAND!

@GogGogGogGog
I never like zelda games. It doesn't look appealing for me from every single aspect.
I immediately turned off the video when I found zelda 2 from Nintendo Direct last time as I have zero interest with zelda games.

Everything I'll eventually get...

Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Octopath Travler II
Pikmin 4
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Tunic (it looked interesting enough)

The "Farm Sim" Direct was somehow still good.

@Anti-Matter honestly I’m not a big Zelda fan either

@Anti-Matter
No pikmin? I think it’s something that you might like, considering your opinions in the past. If not that’s ok.

Don't want that one, that one, that one...

@Gamer_Griff
every single “Nintendo headline” I was really hoping advance wars would be there. There were so many other games of the same genre that it made me sad. Yet again fire emblem and Zelda steal the show.

I am so excited for Pikmin4. I’ll be so disappointed if we don’t get a made-for-Switch Resident Evil from Capcom. It could be awesome

To be fair, there's only like 5 I care about enough to play.

Zelda, Bayonetta, Theaterhythm, Rain Code, maybe Sifu if an Xbox port doesn’t pop up, Sparks of Hope, Ib, Rune Factory 3… geez that’s a lot!

I only care about the first 2 games on this whole list. The rest feels like mediocre filler. Nintendo really needs to step their game up, their lineup has been lacking for several years and I don't think that's just because of the pandemic.

All I see when I look at the info graphic is Pikmin 4.

As nice as it is to give Pikmin another outing, I am still surprised it's happening, all the previous games together have only sold around 5.8 million copies, although Pikmin 3 Deluxe did sell the most at 2.23 million copies on the Switch.

So perhaps Pikmin 4 will do even better on the Switch, I does help that this is Miyamoto's pet project though.

@GoombaKing64
Tinykin looked more appealing for me than Pikmin.

I'll take the top 2 rows, Ryza 3 and It Takes Two.

Thought I'd plop this thing I made a few days ago here, every game from the direct in one collagey thing

@Anti-Matter
Fair enough. I liked that game as well. But if you liked tinykin you might want to try pikmin 3 because it’s on sale right now.

Not that many games there that interest me but enough to keep me busy. Plus advance wars will pop up at some point.

Spongebob cosmic shake but i’d prefer if it came out on iphone as did battle for bikini bottom

and here it is...the destruction of my budget. Also puts in perspective that 4 or 5 farm/action rpg sims were not enough to dominate the direct.

Ugh I count 33 on my want/DLC list. Plus the Suikoden announcement? Yep this is gonna hurt.

I must be getting old because all I’m excited for is goldeneye and tears of the kingdom. I’m more excited about goldeneye though, wind waker is still my favourite Zelda

Take the Resident Evil stuff off, cloud doesn’t count.

I can see me getting at least 14 of those.

The deluxe version of Kirby RtD was a flat moment for me. Love Kirby, love the game, but it just seems a bit uninspired to be deluxing it.

Imagine if the Kirby announcement was replaced with an F-Zero Deluxe announcement... Or Golden Sun... or Mother Collection... but no, just more Kirby...

@Anti-Matter we’re literally polar opposites 🤣

A list of names is not an "infographic".

Super excited for Zelda and Kirby but I'm absolutely stoked for A Wonderful Life remake. That game was my whole childhood and the trailer looked super promising.

Can somebody explain to me why the date on the top is written in the USA format MM/DD/YYYY but Mario Strikers has the UK title "MS: Battle League Football"? It's just MS:BL in the US FYI.

Only:

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Radiant Silvergun

Games I'm getting day 1-

Zelda
Kirby
Bayonetta 3 (Collector's Edition pre-ordered)
Octopath 2
Atelier ryza 3
Tunic
Tales of Symphonia
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Fatal Frame
Spongebob
Life is Strange collection (pre-ordered)

How do I get red pen off my screen?

While I can't say the Direct had me super excited about anything there was a few games that will be on my must play.

@Purgatorium Whiteout.

Must Gets: Zelda, Octopath, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, Bayonetta, Theatrhythm, Ryza, Crisis Core

Maybes: Kirby, Splatoon, Harvestella

Apart from the first party games Master Detective Archives: RainCode and Atelier Ryza 3 are what I'm most looking forward to.

Based on the furthest out release date. There is still a good chance the next gen Switch comes out after the New Year closer to May.

@Anti-Matter omg. Do you no what this means. Anti matter. You are the one

@gcunit HAL doesn't make F-Zero or Golden Sun.

@Bolt_Strike
lacking maybe for you, but I have over 330 games on my Switch and add more every month since launch. I am having no trouble finding quality games to play. So please Nintendo don't listen to this shallow gamer you are doing just fine.

@Jokerwolf
Once the current Switch line up starts to slow down, sales wise, there will be a chance of a successor being released. Not before this happens. Nintendo literally is printing money right now

@Woahman
I was pretty shocked by how polished Wonderful Life looked because I have been disappointed by the lack of care given to the Harvest Moon and Stories of Seasons games as of late.

@Kirby_Girl Aah, so what you're saying is... Nintendo has no control over when Kirby games are released...?

@Brady1138
As someone who has actually bought a cloud based game (Guardians of the Galaxy) Cloud games do count. They are more than playable at home with a reasonable internet connection and my phone and city I live has 5G wifi with 1 gbps speeds, so I can hotspot to my phone if I'm in a pinch on the go to play some Guardians

I wonder whether the Metroid, Zelda, F-Zero GameCube remasters will release before my steam deck arrives?

@Moistnado
No

@gcunit
That is correct they can assist Hal is getting a game to market but they don't directly control Hal in completed and releasing a Kirby game

@steventonysmith Oh please, I have more than my fair share of Switch games (I have at least 50-100). The current lineup is just... not great. It's especially lacking on the first party front, with them relying on a lot of niche IPs and DLC for the foreseeable future and not enough major first party releases, while there's still a lot of big IPs that have been AWOL for 3+ years (2D Mario, 3D Mario, 2D Zelda, Metroid Prime, DK, Yoshi, and we haven't had a full retail Mario Kart game of any kind either instead porting tracks from a mobile game to revitalize a 5 year old port of a Wii U game). This has nothing to do with narrow tastes, there's just been long droughts and less games coming from Nintendo's biggest IPs.

@Bolt_Strike
Mario 3D World came out less than 3 years ago on the Switch, after Mario Maker 2 is there really a need for a new 2D Mario Game? Mario Strikers, and Splatoon 3 just came out this year and they are working on finishing up Breath of the Wild 2. Please lay it on me what first party titles have been gracing the Xbox Series X/S and PS5?

@steventonysmith either way it is a win. Playing a dump of my GameCube disk is fine. Playing an official remaster, with extra features and surprises for $60 could be better, but you know Nintendo rarely goes the extra mile.

@steventonysmith If all the games that are coming out play on both why would it matter?

@Jokerwolf
Because who's saying they would?

@Moistnado
Probably not the smartest idea to talking about manufacturing ROMs on a site I'm sure Nintendo visits every now and then

the only ones i dont care about on that list is the crapcom piece of garbage cloud resident evils games seriously no one should give them any money for being lazy.

@RiasGremory
Something people often don't take into account with the cloud versions is they run at greater quality than the Switch is even capable of. I bought the Guardians of the Galaxy cloud game out of curiosity and it ran great, looked amazing and I had no issues with it.

Two things:
I have 1 gbps internet with no data cap
I don't play undocked often but if I did I have a Samsung S22 Ultra I can hotspot if needed and my city has excellent 5G service. So I understand some people live out in the sticks or are cheap or have cheap parents and for those folks cloud games suck

@steventonysmith Nintendo themselves already confirmed early on in the Switch's life that if a successor came out during the lifespan there would be cross generational games and all 1st party games would be cross gen.

@Jokerwolf
And Nintendo has kept every promise they have ever made

@steventonysmith Hopefully this one they do, I am only buying physical now so I can re-sell games since we don't know for sure to hedge my bets.

@steventonysmith problem is if the power goes out during bad weather events there goes the wifi and secondly theres plenty of gamers that live near dead zones as well.

@Jokerwolf
All my games (330 of them) are digital, I'm all in! I love to live risky!

@RiasGremory
Yup and for them thankfully Microsoft has made the Xbox Series S pretty affordable and Game Pass is a wonderful thing.

Just because people live in the sticks or have faulty electrical systems I shouldn't be able to use the power of the Cloud to let me play games that otherwise wouldn't come at all to the Switch?

@steventonysmith Mario 3D World is a Wii U port that likely didn't take them more than a year to put on the Switch, while it's been 5 years since Odyssey. I don't buy for one second that that and 3D All Stars were all they were working on from 2017-2020.

And who said I was praising PS5 and XBSX? Their lineup sucks too, but more because the games they actually chose to make are dull and samey feeling. Nintendo's definitely suffering from a lack of output.

@Bolt_Strike
3D World implemented online play that was missing from the Wii U title. It also looked nicer and ran better. They also included Bowser's Fury which is a solid 5-6 hours of a fully new 3D Mario game that took the ideas of Odyssey and made any even larger seamless World.

Nintendo is not suffering, they are constantly the best system seller for the month or 2nd place, they also are selling software like hot cakes. If you can't find enough to play on the Switch between major releases from Nintendo that's on your shallow outlook of the Gaming Market not Nintendo's fault.

Oh I forgot about Theatrhythm! Silly me, I do indeed want that.

@TheBigK
May I ask why? It looks dull, I would rather just listen to the soundtracks without having to press buttons

@steventonysmith You're a man living on the edge.

@Jokerwolf
LOL years ago I stopped caring about physical goods, I started making enough money I never needed to trade in old systems or games. I also never really hook up old systems and play older games. I'm often buying too many new games that I would never have time to go backwards. I am all digital with my movies (Vudu, Movies Anywhere, Google TV), Music (Youtube Music Premium) and my Books/Comics (Kindle and Marvel Unlimited)

I am curious, how many of you would buy a "Switch Pro" with up to 4k/60 visuals, 256 gb or 512 gb storage sizes (microSD upgradable) and a 1080p or 2k OLED screen for $499? But one huge catch it's a digital eShop only machine, no physical card slot

Love infographics, even when the all info isn’t as loved.

… Wun can only hope.

Pretty darn weak line up from my personal perspective.

@steventonysmith not saying you should not get cloud but we shouldnt be supporting this type of laziness from capcom or other devs that uses cloud.

@invictus4000
According to your game collection on this site you don't have a very wide or varied perspective

@RiasGremory
It's not laziness, it's options. You act like setting up a server and maintaining it is a cake walk and requires no effort. Just because they didn't want Resident Evil 8 to run at 540p at 20 fps from some port doesn't mean they are lazy

@steventonysmith Honestly it's a little hard to explain. I bought the first one on 3DS because I love the series' music and I was completely enthralled. Each song became an active experience that required my focus and participation to complete, and the gameplay loop of trying to finish my favourite songs on higher and higher difficulties had me coming back. You get into a groove, and then the best part of the song comes and you try your damnedest to make it through and to the end. It was a wholly satisfying experience for me.

Now, I did get the follow up as well but it failed to hook me just because of how similar it was to the first one. Because I played the first one to death, the novelty had worn out by then. But it's been years since I've last played either game, so a revisit sounds like a good time. I'm hoping that touch screen controls are included in the Switch version, I never did button controls in the 3DS games and they sound kind of awkward by comparison.

@steventonysmith It's my disk, I paid for it and I can do whatever I like with it in the privacy of my own home. None of Nintendo's business.

@Moistnado Nintendo owns the rights to the content on that disc and finds transforming it into a different medium illegal. They also love to lawyer up so I was simply saying stating boldly on a popular Nintendo forum that you are going to commit a crime in Nintendos eyes is not wise

My only interests:

-The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
-Pikmin 4
-Fire Emblem Engage
-Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
-Bayonetta 3
-More courses for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
-Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
-More N64 games on NSO
-Tunic
-SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

@steventonysmith I own the game. UK law states that you are allowed a backup copy of software that you legally own.

@steventonysmith Same, PoOT was super disappointing. I'm assuming A Wonderful Life will probably get the same treatment that FoMT got, that being an almost 1:1 HD remake with some added NPCs, which is fine by me because it's already a pretty good game imo. It looks like there will be some added festivals/events by the looks of the trailer, at least I hope so since that was one of the areas where I think the original was lacking.

@Moistnado
Does it? Care to share a link to the law?

@steventonysmith Section 50(A) of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, legal purchasers of computer games are explicitly permitted to make a backup copy of their purchase.

@Bolt_Strike when I say stuff like that, I get something along the lines of, maybe the announcements aren’t for you. But there’s plenty there. I know everything’s not going to appeal to me, but something feels off. It’s been feeling more like the end of of a systems, lifecycle, for a few years. If anybody says, things are fine, nothings changed, compared to the first couple of years, their delusional. It’s not exciting to be a Switch owner, anymore. I mean, all the farm simulators, alone! In one Direct! REALLY?! 🙄

Edit: also, I’m tired of seeing reviews, with cool artwork. Only to click and see, it’s a game that looks like something, I played, back in the early 90’s. 😔

@outsider83
"It’s not exciting to be a Switch owner, anymore. I mean, all the farm simulators, alone! In one Direct! REALLY?!

There wasn't many farm sim games announcement from last Nintendo Direct, then this year there is a lot of farm sim games from Nintendo Direct.
It was a great news for gamers who have interest in farm sim games.
It was a great news for me too as I have interest with farm sim games.
Also, not everyone have interest with mainstream games such as zelda, xenoblade, fortnite, FIFA, splatoon, etc.

Not really big on the lineup, but I haven't even gotten to Xenoblade 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, or Kirby and the Forgotten Land. I don't even have time for all the games they make, so it's all good. Definitely getting Fire Emblem Engage when it hits.

@Moistnado
Nintendo GameCube is not a computer nor are it's games considered computer games but nice try

@outsider83
Have you played all the big releases completely? Have you made it through Luigi's Mansion 3, Astral Chain, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, and all the other big titles since launch of the system?

@steventonysmith in the UK in the 80s especially, Sega, NES, all that where known as computer games. It's not a nice try, it's the law. Fact.

@steventonysmith the exact wording from the UK government document is: It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer program to make any back up copy of it which it is necessary for him to have for the purposes of his lawful use.

@Moistnado
Again a Nintendo game is not a computer game

@Moistnado
Directly from Nintendo's legal page:
Game copiers
Game copiers are products which connect to a computer and enable users to illegally copy video game software onto any type of memory cartridge, disk or directly to the hard drive of a personal computer.

Game copiers circumvent the technological protection measures in Nintendo products and enable the user to make, play and distribute illegal copies of Nintendo video games which infringe Nintendo's intellectual property. These devices allow for the uploading and downloading of Nintendo game data or so called Read Only Memory (ROMs) to and from the Internet.

There are a number of different game copiers including R4DS, R4DS Revolution SDHC, M3DS, DS Linker, Supercard DS One, Cyclo DS Evolution, DSTT, N5, EZ , EZ Flash , Edge Card, and AceKard,

Are game copying devices illegal?
Yes. Game copiers that are used to copy video game software without authorization onto any type of memory device or the hard drive of a personal computer are illegal. They infringe copyright in computer programs in Nintendo products and infringe Nintendo trade marks. They are also circumvention devices. The manufacturing, importing or distributing of circumvention devices is prohibited under the Copyright Act

@steventonysmith weird that this software runs on computers isn't it? Next you'll say, with it's ATI gpu and IBM cpu, ram, motherboard and interchangeable operating system, a GameCube isn't a computer either. But you are wrong. The Oxford dictionary defines a computer as "an electronic machine that can store, organize and find information, do processes with numbers and other data"... But really this is like me telling someone the earth is round so I'm not going to explain any more.

@steventonysmith well, your understanding is wrong here too. You do not need any of these devices to create a backup from a GameCube disk that you legally own. I'm not going to tell you how it is done, but it is clear you wont understand. Besides, it is only illegal to distribute software, online; giving it to people who didn't pay for it. I'm talking about using the software you own, any way you like, without selling anything and without purchasing a device to circumvent any kind of copy protection, because you don't need to. Besides, Japanese companies do not make UK law. Nobody has ever been prosecuted for making a backup of their own videogame disk for their own personal use in the UK, ever, because it isn't illegal. I'll just add, that you can find emulators on the play store, microsoft store, steam and all over the place, because they are also not illegal, when used with software you bought legally.

@Moistnado
Just because legal action hasn't been taken yet doesn't mean it's not illegal. I sure Bowser thought since his site was immediately taken down he was in the clear but Nintendo's lawyers were just collecting information until they had a huge case against him and he's sitting in jail now.

Again if you want to be a dirty pirate that's on you and I'm not even saying you can't. But don't try to make it seem like it's legal and I am just giving advice that I would broadcast your illegal activities on a forum that I am sure Nintendo looks at from time to time.

@steventonysmith Bowser broke the law. I don't want to be a pirate or break the law. it is not illegal to do whatever you like with your own property, if it has no impact on anyone else. Show me the law that says it is. Your quote from Nintendo wasn't a law and wasn't relevant to privately using a rom from a game you own. Besides, I didn't say I did any of this stuff, just said I could, and it would be legal. Show me a real UK law that says it isn't legal. Section 50(A) of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act says it is legal.

@Anti-Matter if you are unhappy the game just ignore it, no need to posting a huge Picture to get attend. This Entertainment is not only just for you.

@SearchingS
I have rights to tell my reaction from last Nintendo Direct.
Not everyone have same reaction about certain games.
And here you can see not everyone have interest with popular games like zelda, splatoon, xenoblade, pikmin, just dance, etc.
That was my bold statement.

@Moistnado
I'm not going to argue anything with you. If you are desperate enough to have to play GameCube titles on your PC instead of simply buy a game intended for your PC I understand

@Anti-Matter what do you want try tell to nintendo ? Banned the game you dont like ? like bayonetta 3

@SearchingS
Yes.
The banned games and definetely No games are not allowed in my gaming area.
Only games I approved (I gave Blue Circle) are allowed in my gaming are.

@steventonysmith you just did argue, and you lost the argument. Putting you on ignore now. Have a lovely day!

@steventonysmith no one is stopping you from enjoying cloud versions but majority considers this as laziness especially since the original resident evil games could of been easily ported over by using the monster hunter rise game engine which wouldnt be too hard and same can be said about the first 2 kingdom hearts games which could of been ported over into physical but square just got lazy and didnt want to do it.

@Anti-Matter you cant just tell nintendo to ban games that you dont like in your area cause you would only make other gamers turn on you in a heart beat.

@RiasGremory
The original resident evil, 4, 5, 6 and Zero are on the Switch and are not cloud versions. And since you are not a porting studio and don't have intiminate knowledge in how the RE engine works on the Switch its foolish to say how easy or possible it would have been to port something over to that engine to the Switch.

@steventonysmith im not talking about those games im referring to 2 and 3 and besides the point i think most gamers know more then these lazy studios who are in to be cheap and take the easy route.

@RiasGremory
As someone who went to school for networking I promise you setting up a cloud server system that can support thousands if not millions of users is no small feat. Just because it's not a port doesn't mean cloud is a lazy way out.

@steventonysmith im not saying cloud gaming has ways to go for improvements down the road and not all games like village,7,and few others cant run on the switch properly but wen it comes to older titles like the first 2 kingdom hearts,resident evil 2 and 3 plus few others there should be no excuse to not port them physically since there plenty of side studios who can do that like panic button so on just saying most of us prefer physical over digital for reasons.

What happened to the remakes for wind waker and twilight princess

@RiasGremory
Digital sales on all consoles and PC would say that those who favor physical game cartridges/discs are going down. I think next generation, including the next Switch, may be digital only.

@Cruzzerix
They would be simple ports not remakes, and nobody knows

@steventonysmith Fair enough. I for one am selling most of my old gaming stuff because I have a MiSTer FPGA now. Most of my CIB GBA games have been going for 150CAD on average, some closer to 400CAD.

I like that once emulation is viable past a systems lifespan I can move to other solutions such as hacking and roms and I can fuel other endeavors with my past collections.

If the Switch 2 comes out and is fully BC and your purchases move forward that would give me more faith in all digital, but it is unacceptable to me if they try to pull a Wii U again and abandon all their previous software and purchases.

@steventonysmith Right...because I keep that database SUPER up to date...lol.
Dont you have anything better to do than police an article like this? Youve got like 100 comments on here. I state a casual opinion and you go stalking my profile page? Haha

@steventonysmith NOPE! I have a backlog, like a majority of us. That doesn’t stop anybody from looking forward to future games. There’s a feeling of excitement, when it comes to being a gamer, when there’s, new and exciting, software, being announced. It adds something to this hobby. Things feel anemic, these days. I’ve never liked ALL of the big releases, from any generation. But there was usually something exciting, going on. The Switch era is feeling weird, these days. Maybe it’s because the first, couple of years, were so strong.

@Anti-Matter I’m glad that Nintendo is satisfying your need for farming simulators. But it’s a bit ridiculous, when you have a user base, of over, 100 million. A user base, that’s been clamoring for a Direct, for months.

@steventonysmith I still can’t wait. I have to dig out my Wii U every time I wanna play wind waker