DF Nintendo Direct Special: Metroid Prime 4, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Lego Horizon + More

Just when we thought the summer festival of gaming events was over, Nintendo comes out of nowhere with a brand-new Direct featuring a wide rage of excellent titles - not bad for a system reaching the end of its life cycle. John Linneman and Oliver Mackenzie team up to share notes on the Direct, including a tech-orientated argument about how it's definitely NOT Switch 2 delivering the Metroid Prime 4 footage!
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:42 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
0:14:08 The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
0:22:43 Lego Horizon Adventures
0:29:44 Mario & Luigi: Brothership
0:35:47 Funko Fusion, Nintendo Switch Online updates, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
0:45:42 Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Fantasian: Neo Dimension
0:55:37 MIO: Memories In Orbit, The Hundred Line: Last Defence Academy, Super Mario Party Jamboree, ぶっとバード, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
1:05:24 Evaluating the Direct and looking forward to Switch 2

[@JustJuan731]

I’m always gonna bring this up because it’s such a funny fact: some of the artists that worked on Halo 4 were actually old Reto Studio devs (which explains why that game looks so good on a 360), only to leave 343 and go back to Retro to work on Prime 4. It’s also a massive coincidence that they’re both the forth entry in their franchise AND that they’re both the swan song for their respective consoles.

[@Deliveredmean42]

I didn't expect that kind of connection. So its doubly cool.

[@HaloGaming08]

Very awesome I always thought 4 was very underrated so it's nice to see

[@davidcastillo7492]

Time is a flat circle lol

[@user-os9wp1up7w]

wow how cool is that

[@mbsfaridi]

Woah!

[@purebaldness]

These two make for a pretty compelling duo, I would say.

[@spacechannelfiver]

They have really good chemistry

[@matthewhaddad9086]

I hope they kissss

[@Thelegendoftriplett]

Funny that for all the DF staff it was another American guy. PC gaming really is the big WW thing everywhere else

[@purebaldness]

@@Thelegendoftriplett I'll be curious to see how the rest of the big WW thing unfolds...

[@purebaldness]

@@matthewhaddad9086 the concept of a fordy frames per second option would be quite intriguing to say the least. I'll be curious to see how the rest of the kissss unfolds...

[@SuntoryKick]

It’s amusing that they said there’s some Halo 4 aesthetic in Prime 4 because when Halo 4 first released people were saying it had some Metroid Prime aesthetic.

[@BravelyBasic]

where there ex retro developers in 343 industries? or did 343 devs get inspired by metroid and then ended up in Retro?

[@benjaminturkalj4415]

Retro guys went work on hslo infinite then came backfor metroid. I guess they actuelly wanted to finish a game

[@JamesSturges]

Always nice when Oliver gets some time to shine, even if he’s seemingly abandoned the sixth generation entirely with his move away from the GameCube room.

[@ElementalTJ]

Oliver always impresses

[@sonikku997]

I miss Oliver's GameCube... :c

[@v1kt0u5]

are you implying they don't normally allow him to shine? everyone is always great!

[@shaecouture7480]

He is now inside the switch dock

[@richardharris9708]

@@v1kt0u5 He's only allowed on Direct when one of Rich/Alex/John is missing. Which is unfair!

[@Siendra]

Sylux was a character in MP: Hunters, but he also shows up in the secret endings of both Metroid Prime 3 and Federation Force.

[@Deliveredmean42]

Man, they really been teasing that boyo for 17 years!

[@paulanderson929]

@@Deliveredmean42hahaha

[@Drilbit]

Crazy how they're finally following up on it after many years.

[@alexsilva28]

​@@DrilbitSurprised they didn't abandon that idea for a brand new direction

[@Drilbit]

@alexsilva28 I imagine that was the plan for a 4th game it just took almost 20 years to happen.

[@djfresh826]

You brought Oliver, one of the best at Digital Foundry, who appreciates all of gaming as a whole like John.. always great when he's on these DF Directs... thanks

[@yellowblanka6058]

This - they seem like the only people at DF who enjoy games and not just pedantic analysis of gaming tech.

[@djfresh826]

@@yellowblanka6058 this is so true

[@James-nj8gx]

You guys watching the same channel? They all love gaming.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@James-nj8gx I only ever seem to hear the others talk about gaming tech or historic gaming tech, almost never any discussion of the games themselves or design elements…Alex very occasionally will, but it’s rare. I know Richard was a game reviewer some decades ago, but he only seems to discuss gaming tech news these days.

[@saifojio2259]

Rich is fine too, he is more of a neutral party that is mostly into the tech-side of things and thats fine

[@daysgone3950]

For 1 secound I thought it is Monday again and start to panic about a week of work ahead.

[@nask0]

hahaha same ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@PikminGuts92]

Always great to see former GameCube resident, Oliver

[@cosmosofinfinity]

He's working on moving into a Wii

[@VulturePilot]

Man I was 15 years old when MP3 released and the 100% ending launched a thousand Sylux MP4 theories. Wild I’m 31 now and MP4 is FINALLY coming!

[@radicalunar]

I was 7 dude! I'm going to be 25 when Prime 4 finally comes out. I didn't think it would be this long. I remember thinking Prime 4 would be a Wii U game.

[@AbbyRawks]

I love how out of context this just sounds like you're talking about the music and video filetypes.

[@joelc3449]

Kids..try being 40, I know I know, may as well just kick the bucket. I actually played Metroid Prime 3 for the first time at 35, bought at Gamestop, ripping the ISO file with my wife's Wii, and playing it on Dolphin emulator at 1440p 60hz, and even getting it to work on my VR headset. Dolphin VR was better with the VR depth, but since the dev didn't continue, it still works 2.5D with standard Dolphin that is regularly updated.

[@MattTurvey]

@@AbbyRawksI totally read it as a codec statement 😭

[@Veo87]

I'm 36 and I remember playing MP3 a lot in my early 20's.

[@rohan68842]

Just gotta say, thank you two for not being overly negative with switch games! It's really refreshing to get actual analysis of what devs do to get around the switch limitations and not just a dogpile.

[@NintenJon2023]

Agreed. This is why the folks at DF are pretty much the only ones I go to these days for gaming news and analysis.

[@rohan68842]

@@NintenJon2023 Yeah… unless Alex is part of the discussion 😬

[@wiremesh2]

Just confirming that yes, the backgrounds in Fantasian were actual physical dioramas, but rather than using still photos of them, they were fully 3D scanned.

[@KayJay_EU]

5:38 it's Sylux from Hunters and they show him to tell us that they indeed continue where Metroid Prime 3 left off because at the last scene of the true MP3 ending we see Sylux's ship tracking Samus.

[@abaque24]

it's picking up from Prime Federation Force's secret ending. :D

[@logansmith2703]

He also got the Metroids from Fed Force

[@inamorta47-playertwist]

Actually its with Federation force with the secret ending.

[@NintenJon2023]

@@inamorta47-playertwist In Prime 3’s secret ending, he is tracking Samus’ ship. In Federation Forces, he gets the two baby Metroids in the secret ending.

[@kevinbuchanan67]

​@@NintenJon2023sweet! Thanks for the info

[@teo_ww]

Switch has managed to get a library as legendary as the GameCube, but become their best selling system. Well done Nintendo, well done.

[@Alfenium]

ummm no

[@vernontk]

I love GameCube, but Switch has a much better library.

[@teo_ww]

@@vernontk of course it does, I agree. The legendary thing on GameCube was mostly done by third parties with exclusives or initial exclusives, like RE4, Killer 7, Star Wars Rogue leader etc. People tend to focus on the famous brands, and admittedly Mario sunshine is not the best 3D Mario by far, but the gamecube had the first Luigi's Mansion at launch, the first Pikmin, the first legendary Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness etc. I could go on. But yeah, my point was: the switch is probably the best Nintendo system.

[@user-ds8rj2vc4v]

Hopefully Switch 2 is 100% backwards compatible. Imagine upscaling current games, but also the library of a combined Switch and Switch 2 over the next 7/8 years.

[@v1kt0u5]

​@@vernontk Only because of the cumulative effect, including remasters and remakes. At their time, the Game Cube and its best games, were more impressive and legendary.

[@caseypenk]

I’m just relieved Switch 1 isn’t dead!!!

[@AlkoPRO11]

Like PS4.. IMMORTAL!

[@abjames3098]

Far from it... even in 2025 there is DKC Returns HD, Metroid Prime 4: BEYOND, and Pokemon Legends Z-A so far...

[@cheke_hs]

Not only this, but after how packed this Direct was, there’s 0% chance in my mind that their next console ISN’T backwards compatible. No way they’re gonna leave all of these soon-to-be-released games on old hardware.

[@The_MEMEphis]

​@@AlkoPRO11It's too soon to call PS4 immortal the PS2 got games till 2014 that's 14 years of support but I think they mean in terms of when the system is replaced not how long it gets games overall

[@optimust]

@@The_MEMEphis dont worry, og switch gonna get annual editions of JUST DANCE for another 20 years :p

[@TheDuzx]

I would even say that part of why Prime 4 took so long for Retro Studios was probably because they were doing the Prime Remaster and while I think they were working on both I also think the remaster work was something they wanted to do to get the team in the right headspace for Prime 4. I think Retro Studios knows what's at stake here so they're working really hard to live up to the expectations.

[@JackWse]

Do you think the new team is going to treat the player like an adult, trust them to be able to platform on their own, or do you think they're going to heavy hit nostalgia and replicate the old system? Man this could be good, but the lack of trust in the player, for the original, versus what you could have with what they were trying to do with more interesting peripherals later on... Like somewhere in that stew is something better and or new.. I just feel like that's probably not what they're going to keep doing anymore or again.. especially with legacy titles.

[@TheDuzx]

@@JackWse Who knows. I would be happy if they stayed close to the original, but if they give us options that's even better.

[@wausjackbauer128]

Metroid Prime Remastered was made by Retro Studios and Iron Galaxy Studios. Also it was just a visual upgrade with everything else staying the same so the development time wouldn't have been crazy long. The closest game to it, Wind Waker HD took 6 months to develop so Prime Remastered was probably similar.

[@TheDuzx]

@@wausjackbauer128 WW HD didn't touch the 3D mesh. Prime Remastered did. They even changed some hallways slightly to make signposting clearer. It's how you remember the original, but actually they took care to make it better. It might have taken 6-12 months, but that's still a lot of time for staff to familiarize themselves with the game.

[@sorraks]

​@@wausjackbauer128Skyward Sword HD took over a year

[@michaelmacorso4479]

Man would love for you to talk about metroid for a hour. This is a good time to be a metroid fan.

[@pinkspider28]

Looking forward to the metroid prime 4 technical analysis

[@user-os9wp1up7w]

yeah man

[@ViperKreuz]

One thing that really struck me with the Mario & Luigi reveal were the animations. The animations look amazing. That was the highlight for me for that game.

[@JayOfSpade]

I hope John gives DKCR another chance when HD comes out, I found his takes on the game's design to be rather strange. I've played through it several times and while it has plenty of set pieces I don't feel like it has more scripted moments than DKTF.

[@fredjd11]

Agreed. I understand the love TF gets but Returns is sort of the blueprint for what they achieved in the latter title. I actually quite like the more compact levels in Returns, even at the expense of the more grandiose narrative designs in the follow-up. Also think it’s a bit ungenerous to call the music in Returns “very poor.” It’s not great and lacks the David Wise whimsy of TF, but it has a certain charm to it-like Donkey Kong music parsed through a Metroid Prime soundfont.

[@Dac_vak]

A Direct with John and Oli! What a treat!

[@MajoraZ]

For Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Drybones2015 / Johnathon2015 has compiled some issues with missing effects and broken shaders. Hopefully those will get ironed out before release, but there's a fair amount of issues.

[@zultriova89]

im sure they had enough time to fix this before release date.. its not like it will out next month and it just game port, unless they in development for remakes, yeah. it concerning..

[@Cognitive-Clips]

I hopped onto KZbin hoping y’all had a breakdown on that MP4 footage and whaddaya know, it was posted not even 10 minutes ago 😂

[@sandman8920]

I think prime looks incredible for the switch. I honestly don’t know what some people were expecting

[@Crevox]

For Brothership, I'm surprised there was no mention of AlphaDream. AlphaDream was the developer of all the Mario & Luigi series games, but they filed for bankruptcy and closed down in 2020. The fact there is a new entry in the series is a bit of a surprise. As far as I know, we don't know who is developing this new entry yet.

[@Jonathan-fw6ty]

We do know that many of the core staff at AD went on to work directly at Nintendo. We also know that some of them went on to work at SquareEnix.

[@jarde1989]

Y’all really need to let that go Majority of AD staff went to work for Nintendo with a minority going to other 3rd parties

[@inamorta47-playertwist]

Nintendo close AD and took majority of its core staff because financially its a better step than paying off a studio debt. The studio is just a name. Its the staff that makes the studio.

[@evilsock12]

there's a good chance that it's monolith soft since that's where several members of AD went.

[@sentoworf]

Why would they bring up a closed studio

[@Schizm1]

Prime remastered is GORGEOUS so I'm 100% with the visuals of Prime 4. I still think it might be cross gen title like Zelda BotW was.

[@corey2232]

I think that's why they just said "2025." I think Pokemon Z-A or whatever will also be that way, though perhaps not a launch title.

[@omarnoble4788]

My first thought for MP4 was definitely "Oh it's Halo 4 but massively cleaned up."

[@tannerlivingston8981]

Can you explain the Halo 4 thing to me? I have seen it referenced everywhere for MP4 but feel like I'm missing something here.

[@fordy198244]

When they designed halo 4 the developers are on record saying prime influnced graphic style

[@LKNear]

Halo 4 but the artstyle isnt awful

[@HaloGaming08]

​@fordy198244 oh really!? That's pretty cool

[@matwilliams8012]

The Switch, deservingly should go down as the greatest video game console of all time … not just due to its longevity and what developers are able to squeeze out of it, but simply because of its games library … I can’t think of any other console that has SO MANY amazing titles.

[@spacechannelfiver]

It’s one of the best for sure. PS2 and some of the other handhelds spring to mind.

[@tbunreall]

Quite frankly, I think the switch sucks, but saying that, I think switch emulators are one of the greatest "consoles" of all time

[@mmarshfairc3]

@@tbunreallI’m curious why you think the switch sucks? Personally, I am not a Nintendo guy at all. I don’t like Mario, Zelda, Pokémon etc any of that. And despite that, the switch has been an incredibly rewarding system for me. It has a deluge of JRPGs, arcade ports of shooters and fighting games, tons of indie games on the cheap and many of those games I enjoy are exclusive. Like PC, it has support for many third party controllers, so I get to play all these games with my favorite controller (Sega Saturn controller). For a long time I thought the switch was not for me, but no matter how much I distanced myself from it, it wormed itself back into my life- just couldn’t keep away from it! It has so much value to me even as someone who doesn’t care about most Nintendo games. I understand if you’re a PC gamer, but plenty of PC gamers enjoy a switch on the side, or at least still see the value it has to someone who isn’t a PC gamer.

[@tbunreall]

@@mmarshfairc3 The games just run and look like crap. That's why I said the emulators are great. Playing switch games at 60fps 1440p+ really drives home how badly the switch runs

[@GreaterPhenom]

I just realized this is the first game console in history to have both a completely original "2D" Metroid and a completely original 3D Metroid. Hold up, the same can be said about Zelda too, right? Yes, Switch is the best console in history.

[@spustatu]

So interesting to hear MP4 be compared to Halo 4 when I (and I'm sure many others) always thought Halo 4 looked like a Metroid Prime game.

[@shawnregina9110]

A few of Retros employees ended up working on Halo games after they finished trilogy due to the switch to DKC games.

[@spustatu]

@@shawnregina9110 Well, if they were part of Halo 4 (I can't remember when MP3 and Halo 4 released), then it really shows. Just like how it shows that former Retro folks made Jedi Fallen Order.

[@gnoLeDwerdnA]

Absolutely this was a common comparison back then so it’s pretty funny that John is seemingly unaware of this

[@spustatu]

@@gnoLeDwerdnA I mean, I don't know how aware or unaware he might be, but it is interesting to see it come full circle like this.

[@shawnregina9110]

@@spustatu interesting. Didn’t know about the Retro/fallen order connection. But yes Metroid Prime veterans definitely left their mark on Halo.

[@John-uk2lp]

Never thought I'd hear someone of DF say "This is exciting" when talking about framerate drops 😂

[@StiffAftermath]

Nintendo kicked ace this generation. I am happy.

[@AmicusRyelei]

It's a shame Alex wasn't on this. Think of all the shrugs and promotion of "emulating" we could've had.

[@drumjod]

I'm so glad DF added Oliver to their team. Oliver has quickly become one of my favorites to listen to right up there with John.

[@inamorta47-playertwist]

You guys should make a dedicated DF nintendo focus podcast. You guys are great for it.

[@supervisedchaos]

I love how developer ability is now recognized by their quality of Switch ports... Ya you can make a great looking game that runs well but let's see how you do when you port it to switch

[@cyberrb25]

Donkey Kong Country Returns Again

[@sebastiannienow6981]

Donkey Kong Country Returns Returns Returns

[@wausjackbauer128]

Somehow, Donkey Kong returned

[@mbsfaridi]

In HD

[@FelixS.]

DKC Returns Again would be such a brilliant self-aware title :D

[@MTaye7]

With a bunch of missing effects and other issues as seen in newly revealed videos.

[@Alcaatraz01]

I love the energy you guys exude on screen for this direct. Much appreciated

[@clifflenoir4323]

We are still missing remasters of all the GameCube era games on Switch which could hopefully come to Switch 2. Outside of Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker, we are missing many of the great games from that era: Waverace, 1080 Avalanche, Rogue Leader, F-Zero GX and so many more

[@lukewarnut]

Link’s Awakening did not use Unity. It used one of Nintendo’s in-house engines. The job listing mentioned was likely referring to Jet Dragon, Grezzo’s Apple Arcade game.

[@kenk5269]

funny thing is its DF got it all wrong when this is more of a technical channel than just a typical reviewer.

[@glenn3646]

Dam the new Mertroid look very good

[@simpleton7]

Baked lighting: 'Extremely Adequate' Link's Awakening remaster: 'Moderately OK'

[@purplebeard1526]

For that end part, I think Yoshi's Wooly World should get a Switch release. Incorporate the 3DS's version of the custom Yoshi Creator and you got a winner. That game looked stellar on WiiU.

[@fredjd11]

Very much agreed. Wooly World is a masterpiece, and a version that consolidates the enhancement features in the 3DS version with the visuals and panache of the Wii U original would be a barnburner release.

[@purplebeard1526]

@fredjd11 the custom Yoshi editor made the 3DS game imo.

[@godbelow]

You're expecting a lot regarding 4k on Switch 2. That's expecting a lot even on modern PC.

[@deliriousdenis2774]

They mostly mean with dlss I’m sure which is a really solid upscaler. It’s not too hard to imagine older switch games can easily be pushed a little more in resolution then upscaled

[@spacechannelfiver]

@@deliriousdenis2774don’t forget upscalars add some ms to frametime.

[@no_misaki]

True. Even PS5/XSX need to rely on upscaling and dynamic res in any remotely demanding game to target 4K. You're lucky to get a stable 30fps on those machines with native rendering unless it's an enhanced last gen title.

[@MrJekken]

if the dlss feature set on the switch 2 is solid then i think it will be able to punch above its weight in terms of image quality.

[@spacechannelfiver]

If it can do a solid 1080p at 60Hz with motion vectors then a 4k output via DLSS at the cost of 4ms per frame seems achievable. Metroid Prime 4 at 4K 60 feels like it would be doable. 4K displays have wide adoption now. The fallback should be 1080p bilinearly scaled to 2160p. DLSS from 1080p to 2160p is generally pretty okay, it holds up a lot better than FSR or even XeSS

[@chronosarcanos]

I just love this special directs to talk about shows and special events. Pls keep them up 🙂

[@linkvagar2336]

The backgrounds in Fantasian were in fact hand-made dioramas scanned into the game.

[@chillnspace777]

Whoa

[@TylerHNothing]

Oliver busting out obscure references and stuff is so inspiring. I know he’s not new to the team but I’m new to my team and him coming on here more and more just inspires me

[@gelfrecs]

I can't get enough of like 4 directs in one week. More more!!

[@Gounen]

The Zelda game - where you actually play as Zelda, and looks like it sort of carries on the wierd building philosophy in Tears of the Kingdom - sounds really fun!

[@carbonfibercarpet4655]

Is Richard gone because he’s taking a look at the Xbox Handheld?

[@ricepony33]

He is actually building a pc to match the GPU in the XBOX power brick.

[@videogameobsession]

Metroid Prime 4 ...8 years in development hell, they'd better come out swinging with this one! DK Swinging! :) I just hope Amazon does cancel my pre-order from 2017. It was back when they were giving 20% off discounts on all pre-orders.

[@JamesPound]

John's first hot take not liking Donkey Kong Returns. That was a phenomenal entry in the series.

[@Cobaltios]

Yeah, at first glance it's easy to think the MP4 footage is potentially from Switch 2, especially with people's headspace being in that general area. However, if you go back to Prime Remastered, MP4 doesn't look too far off from that visually.

[@bananachild1936]

Tom Morgan should've been in this DF Direct too honestly but I guess maybe he's just too much a busy fella.

[@ben-tendo]

Nice to see the passionate individuals cover this compared to others who let's be honest, aren't keen on Nintendo to begin with and never understand their way of creating content - despite the fact it clearly works!

[@animetodamaximum]

Mario & Luigi made the presentation for me. Love that series.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

These two dudes are really in their element with Nintendo stuff. The rest of the team really struggle to give a sh*t during regular podcasts. I wish they could do a revisit of some of Nintendo's older e3 press conferences (the good and the bad )

[@Fulthrotle73]

Bringing back Wii Donkey Kong Country is just getting us ready for Donkey Kong Country 2 Bannana in the Wild for Switch 2.

[@FelixS.]

You mean DKC6.

[@TheNamesJER]

I couldn’t believe how good of a direct that was for a console that’s practically on its way out!

[@james240878]

What I’m imagining is that one of the reasons the original build of Prime 4 got cancelled was that somehow it didn’t feel or look quite like a prime game, which is a problem when you announce it as prime 4. This is something that you can’t tweak, if that feel isn’t there then the project is done for. At which point retro took over and used a prime 1 remaster to think, okay, how would a current gen prime game look, and move forward there. That way the feel and look of the game would be in place almost immediately.

[@mattcy6591]

In an alternate universe where we got a Dreamcast 2

[@libardomm.trasimaco]

Great DF direct as always!

[@almmiron]

for me the most obvious reason metroid prime4 is running on nintendo switch1 is: " We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the NINTENDO SWITCH SOFTWARE lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be NO mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation." (FURUKAWA WORDS) . if the title was running on switch2, we could sue nintendo.

[@lightspeedbear]

Great video, you two work really well together, good chemistry!

[@ErenTheWarcriminal]

Tom should’ve been there with you guys

[@NetDive]

need more of these two together

[@NetDive]

Oliver is the current gen remaster of John. Not to say one is greater than the other, but that they are the same product for different generations.

[@dannyboots]

I'm going to have to disagree. I'm sorry

[@matthewlong1978]

This was clearly the only review of the Direct I was interested in 👍

[@shinramiddlemanager7949]

We need another DF Direct Special for the just announced Bubsy collection.

[@JJAB91]

"I think Halo 4's aesthetic is the best in the series" Thats it. We're throwing you into the sun.

[@NetDive]

getting right to the point from the jump with addressing MP4 is why DF is the GOAT

[@miami2881]

3:30 “People” that was you guys lol

[@tanzolo4487]

You 2 are the heroes the gaming industry need

[@0dn4mr4]

I love every direct where Olie is in it. He always have interesting thoughts and opinions

[@vinheim]

I wonder if we'd get Metroid Prime 2 and 3 before 4 comes out. Given that it's a sequel it would be great, even if they're just ports and not full blown remakes like the first one.

[@kemoselimagic1479]

I think some people forgot how good Metroid Prime Remastered looks so they assumed MP4 is a next generation Nintendo game. That’s Nintendo for you. They make sure their exclusives are top quality.

[@CFM7]

Having Original Perfect Dark online is super rad. I realllyy hope the new xbox PD embraces the same depth of multiplayer as the original. Split Screen needs to return as AN OPTION

[@thanksbetotap]

I’m still annoyed they screwed up the doors in Prime Remastered with the missing alpha layer 😅

[@andrewpharr33]

Sylux is the enemy in the MP4 trailer, and yes had a role in Hunters but was teased to be the antagonist if you 100% Prime 3 Corruption and watch the cutscene at the end, so they stuck with the plan and this is a continuation of the story they set up it seems.

[@icedcapplord710]

I had to rewatch the Direct because I went into a state of shock after Marvel vs. Capcom collection got announced lol Overall really strong showing from Nintendo. 2D Zelda puzzler with Zelda herself actually looks like a lot of fun and I'm hyped as hell over new Mario & Luigi and Retro finally following up on nearly 2 decades of teasing Sylux for Prime 4. I'm still in disbelief over Children of the Atom MvC2 on modern systems, though

[@justinchin0]

Mvc collection was definitely my highlight! Wana take you for a ride 🎶🎵🎼

[@nitaiginzburg8689]

From my most shelved console, the Switch went to be in recent years after buying the OLED model few years ago to the most used one. It really is all about exclusives in the end, and Switch got plenty of good ones.

[@nuclearbeeberman]

thanks for the great video! Can't wait to see a more detailed tech analysis of Metroid Prime 4, when it comes out next year.

[@TrevKen]

9:15, interesting stuff, but Oliver seemed to speed up and slow down... Thought I was experiencing a time dilation, woah 🙃

[@Wiizpig]

Always the best, you guys

[@cmak]

need more John and Oliver DF content

[@Paulypies]

Last Night’s Direct with John (&) Oliver

[@teo_ww]

To John's point on Zelda: during gameplay Zelda doesn't have real time shadows like the rest of the assets, but rather a bottom circle. It maybe have to do with jumps and platforming reasons, or it may be corrected in the final release, but in the initial pan of the overworld she has real time shadows. Might be a precalc cutscene.

[@v1kt0u5]

Thank God we have the Turok series on PC, running and looking great! ;D

[@d3rdunklelord]

Framerate dips were present in switch gaming since the very early release days with Breath of the Wild (partly patched). I really hope „Switch 2“ will be able to play switch games with enhanced fps rates. Nintendo games are nice, but they often make me dream of what could be if the hardware was better… and for third parties it is often too expensive to exclusively optimize and this will probably also not change 2-3 years down the road with a „Switch 2“.

[@patrickfrost7488]

The physically made (and photographed/filmed) backgrounds is a technique used in a British made game called Lumino City by State of Play. They've done a lot of documentary work on how they filmed the transitions and recommend people check it out!

[@logicalfundy]

Considering it's a strong showing of really good titles, and I'll be getting more games from this direct than previous directs, I'd personally give this direct a 9 or 10.

[@SamDLIVE]

Awesome chat.

[@Youtube-Censorship-Police]

thanks john, for mentioning the importance of level design, i'm sick of the open world concept since most devs have no clue how to design and "fill" it in an appealing way. yes there are exceptions like elden ring, gta or rdr, but most of them end up being a superficial & boring occupational therapy like your usual ubisoft blueprint.

[@gornes2403]

love that veeery subtle low key passive aggression/roasting of Alex at the beginning lol

[@whatever1512]

John you absolutely must play Ace Attorney. Start with the first one. The soundtrack is god-tier.

[@Jenaxu]

Woo, was very pleasantly surprised to see this Nintendo Direct get a full DF Direct! I thought it might get relegated to next week's news. Next time you just need to have Tom on to make it the full Nintendo coverage trifecta lol

[@erhanq.3070]

Just want to do a small correction, GREZZO's hiring post for 2021 was also possibly for their Apple Arcade game last year, Jet Dragon

[@bilditup1]

Shougakukan is a famous book publisher there. The last time I heard of them in connection to games is Live Alive (the artists were signed with them or something?) but there’s a good chance they’ve had connections with other stuff as well

[@michaelstewart7541]

Oliver really shines in this type of channel content! 😺

[@chrisrichfield8906]

You forgot the Nvidea Shield version of Donkey Kong Country Returns

[@assassino447]

The direct was bespoke!