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Nintendo Direct Thread
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Pokemon Power
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As expected, no Pokemon news. I'm willing to bet there will be a Pokemon Presents/Direct later this month to fix that.
janejane6178
Kaleido Star FOREVER in my heart <3
The maximum I see them do is a dlc
beanDude
Reviewer
Platinum features for Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl? Please let that happen.
Litleonid
Well-Known Member
beanDude
Reviewer
Also the bar where you can re-battle Gym Leaders
Litleonid
Well-Known Member
Thankfully though rematches are still possible in BDSP currently.
AuraChannelerChris
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Yeah, but it's pretty annoying that you have to go through the gym puzzles all over again just to do them.
Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
There's an outside chance of BDSP getting DLC, but I think it's much more likely that Legends Arceus gets DLC announced. BDSP is a budget game made by a developer that doesn't have a lot of experience making full games on their own, and it feels like they've included everything they want to include. LA on the other hand, is a bigger budget game made by Game Freak, who's already done DLC before, and is a new experience that they can build on if they want. I could see DLC to throw in a new area or two and expand the Hisui Dex to include the handful of Sinnoh Dex Pokemon that didn't make it in like Meditite/Medicham and Marill/Azumarill as well as the 5th-7th gen Pokemon that still have not appeared in 8th gen at all yet. More Hisuian forms would also be welcome of course. All of that would add up to a little over 100 extra Pokemon in the game which should be a good amount.
AuraChannelerChris
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BDSP is pretty much getting the original "DLC" content, which would just mean unlocking events like Shaymin's event.
Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
Are there any leaks of this or are you just speculating?
AuraChannelerChris
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Speculation, but seriously, it's bound to happen eventually. There's absolutely no reason not to keep the house at Canalave City locked or the stone tablet at the end of Route 22-something just be a simple dead end.
Pokemon Power
Well-Known Member
AuraChannelerChris
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A Direct is coming!
*Monkey's paw's finger curls*
*Monkey's paw's finger curls*
Captain Jigglypuff
Leader of Jigglypuff Army
The way I see it any type of Nintendo Direct is good as we get to have more games to select from and know what games to expect.
Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
Yeah, this is kind of crushing, but not totally unexpected.
Part of the problem is that they have a lot of games coming soon... but they're mostly games for niche fanbases. We've got Xenoblade, Fire Emblem (and a spinoff no less), Bayonetta, Advance Wars (Maybe. Hopefully, for the fans of this series), and Mario + Rabbids, and those are great for those fanbases, but overall they're not really crowd pleasing, broadly appealing games that have sold well (none of those IPs have sold more than 3-4 million IIRC). We have Splatoon 3, Pokemon SV, and Mario Kart DLC, but Splatoon 3 and MK are fairly samey/relying on old content, so those games aren't quite as exciting either. So quantity wise the year is pretty packed, but quality wise it feels like we could use one more thing and we're waiting on a Direct to see if there is that one more thing. Or at the very least finally give us the breakdown on BotW2 and/or tease something in 2023 to get excited for.
Part of the problem is that they have a lot of games coming soon... but they're mostly games for niche fanbases. We've got Xenoblade, Fire Emblem (and a spinoff no less), Bayonetta, Advance Wars (Maybe. Hopefully, for the fans of this series), and Mario + Rabbids, and those are great for those fanbases, but overall they're not really crowd pleasing, broadly appealing games that have sold well (none of those IPs have sold more than 3-4 million IIRC). We have Splatoon 3, Pokemon SV, and Mario Kart DLC, but Splatoon 3 and MK are fairly samey/relying on old content, so those games aren't quite as exciting either. So quantity wise the year is pretty packed, but quality wise it feels like we could use one more thing and we're waiting on a Direct to see if there is that one more thing. Or at the very least finally give us the breakdown on BotW2 and/or tease something in 2023 to get excited for.
Pokemon Power
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I guess this means the general Direct will have more room. I mean if XC3 is having it's own Direct, then what's the point of including it in the main one?