Nintendo Direct + Treehouse Live (Jun 9 2026)

[jester-addict]

Writing this while watching the direct, discuss it here! What are you hoping for or what did you think of it if you saw it after it ended?

I'm personally really hoping for a remake of Super Paper Mario and the more I type that out the more I feel like I'm going mad but I'll stay hoping

[ヤーナム]

Okay why is Link so ugly in the OoT remake trailer :( Looks like they took the first result for "ocarina of time unreal engine" search on YouTube and hired the designer. Just awful looking.

[solsgarage]

seriously!! I'm tired of "hyper-realistic skin texture" being the norm. a remake doesn't need to mean losing your style/game identity

[PossiblyAxolotl]

Personally I'm pretty happy, Pikuniku 2 and DELTARUNE were the big ones for me lol. I'm glad Nintendo is also giving more respect to the most competitive sport, thumb wrestling, in switch sports resort

[jester-addict]

i think i was too excited while making this, sure not a bad direct but third parties are carrying the switch 2, where are the nintendo games, where is the big 3D mario that in consoles of the past defined their systems and often genre??? genuinely i still can not see a real point to the switch 2 without it's big mario game. sure it has some exclusives but other than pokeopia, and i guess later on raiders, what games really matter on switch 2? because all that i can tell thats on this is jrpgs and mario sports spin offs. yeah not bad but it's not enough.

i see a lot of similarities between it and the wii u, main difference being that switch 2 is actually getting stuff from third parties, but theyre both sequels to successful historic consoles, but have hardly anything to them other than it's your old system but bigger and better with this new gimmick that's hardly being given a good use. and i consider that an insult to the wii u.

[jester-addict]

Personally I'm pretty happy, Pikuniku 2 and DELTARUNE were the big ones for me lol. I'm glad Nintendo is also giving more respect to the most competitive sport, thumb wrestling, in switch sports resort

yeah the thumb wrestling segment was my favourite part of the direct :3 (i just wish they would drop nintendo from the title, switch sports resort is enough)
Pikuniku 2 looked really nice, I haven't played a lot of the original but I am quite excited for it!!!
deltarune, I mean yeah cool that it's been announced but we already knew it was happening and the last chapters were just last year. deltarune announcements are like finding someone in hide and seek, really glad they're found and there, but we know that they were hiding it's no shock. no hate ofc, tbh I'm probably personally just a little disappointed, it wasn't bad at all but it's been a while since the last direct and i really expected more from it.

[littlelum]

i think i was too excited while making this, sure not a bad direct but third parties are carrying the switch 2, where are the nintendo games, where is the big 3D mario that in consoles of the past defined their systems and often genre???

I'd be genuinely surprised if we see another mainline 3D Mario within the next three or four years. The dev team that made Odyssey spent this entire time on DK Bananza. I doubt that they're going to pull a new 3D Mario in half the development time, especially since Nintendo likes to take 3D Mario in a new direction each time.

The Switch 2 is not the only Nintendo console to have a situation like this. The 3DS didn't have any big titles until Kid Icarus was released. The GameCube launched without Sunshine. And the Wii, which is literally a GameCube but with motion controls, didn't have any big titles for a while either, relying pretty much exclusively on the casual minded Wii Sports.

[sweetwana]

I went into the Direct just wanted a release date for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, so I wasn’t disappointed there!

I’m delighted by many of the other announcements. Xenoblade Genesis looks very intriguing. It looks like something I’d have been OBSESSED with as a teen, so I’m hoping I might feel the same as a decrepit thirty-something-year-old. I was also excited to see multiple games I had given up hope of being able to play - Dragons Dogma 2 and Metaphor Refantazio! Similarly, not in the Direct, but Monster Hunter Wilds is also in development for Switch 2.

A lot to look forward to!

[jester-addict]

I'd be genuinely surprised if we see another mainline 3D Mario within the next three or four years. The dev team that made Odyssey spent this entire time on DK Bananza. I doubt that they're going to pull a new 3D Mario in half the development time, especially since Nintendo likes to take 3D Mario in a new direction each time.

The Switch 2 is not the only Nintendo console to have a situation like this. The 3DS didn't have any big titles until Kid Icarus was released. The GameCube launched without Sunshine. And the Wii, which is literally a GameCube but with motion controls, didn't have any big titles for a while either, relying pretty much exclusively on the casual minded Wii Sports.

Was not aware of them being the same team, that does explain it.

I'm mainly annoyed about the Switch 2 not having it's big game moment due to how those consoles went in their launch, the Wii U was just my primary example since it was I had in mind at the time. The 3DS though didn't do too bad it wasn't the biggest success either, though picking up steam later on with more exclusives later on. It's 3D Mario though not being it's biggest strength, at least now 3D World isn't talked about as much compared to others, it had more of the more beloved Nintendo IPs keeping it afloat. (And had more games compared to the Wii U, so more fans flocked to it)
The GameCube, at the very least Sunshine came sooner after launch, especially with the time frame of 3-4 years here, though considering competition it's not like it really helped.
And the Wii yeah it had Wii Sports and other Wii titles going for it, but the was a sensation, being something very new to people. The Switch 2 isn't. Odyssey got people excited for the Switch, 3D Mario games are often THE game of their console, and the first party lineup at least at the moment doesn't have what it did, Switch 2 editions of Switch 1 games not being counted.
Talking to most Nintendo fans I know, they don't really see a reason to get the Switch 2 right now with the current releases and what is said to come out.

[EdgyRabbid]

It had Rayman in it. Im excited about Rayman! Sure, the graphics are a bit uncanny, but they do look good, imo. I loved how theyre expanding the story of the original game, and giving the characters personality. I also liked the trailer they showed in the direct for the new music level!