Nintendo Direct September 2021 Roundup

The previous two Nintendo Directs in 2021 have been quite satisfying, where it would have been nice, if they were able to keep up with this. But this one was somewhat lackluster, mostly because it contained a lot of teasers instead of actual announcements. You want to know the final fighter addition to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Well, then tune in on October 5th! Huge Animal Crossing: New Horizons update? Wait for October to learn more!

These were announcements of announcements and that's not what you really want out of a Nintendo Direct. Especially Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hurts and could be concerning to some. This is exactly how they did it with the final Challenger Pack of the first Fighters Pass and that one turned out to be Byleth. If this were a major third party addition, then we'd probably would have seen a trailer in the least to create hype.

But to be fair, there were a lot of good things, too. They've finally shown us Bayonetta 3 after all these years, which used to be this big mystical game in development that was announced as a title and nothing else, much like Metroid Prime 4. But good to see that it's not in some development limbo and even coming out next year, much like the sequel to Breath of the Wild.

I personally love how they give Bayonetta (and Jeanne) a new look in each game and I really like the new one. It makes her look much younger, where she has these Lolita vibes to her this time, which is somewhat ironic, but it fits her over-the-top lewdness quite well. It's also based on the looks of Cereza, which makes sense.

Then there was Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which feels a lot like Super Mario Odyssey, as well as more info on Splatoon 3. Nothing about Xenoblade Chronicles 3, where this Nintendo Direct could have been all about games with a "3" in the title. Missed opportunity, I'd say.

The expansion of the Nintendo Switch Online service has also been confirmed, where we will really get Nintendo 64 and even Sega Mega Drive games, together with the respective controllers. But you have to pay extra...

And finally, the only real interesting part for Hyrule Blog was a first look at the second wave of DLC for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which is already coming out at the end of October and not in November, so much earlier than expected. More on this in a separate post, coming later today.