Unveiling the Latest Nintendo Direct: Zelda, Mario, and Nostalgic Remakes

Get ready to uncover the latest gems from the Nintendo Direct showcase with your hosts, Mike Sampson and Mr. Amazing. Can the new Legend of Zelda game, Echoes of Wisdom, starring Princess Zelda herself, live up to the hype? And what about the thrilling return of Mario and Luigi in a co-op adventure? We promise you'll be on the edge of your seat as we dive into these exciting announcements, along with the much-anticipated Metroid Prime 4, the Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D remake, a newly available Nintendo Collectors Pack,Plus, we delve into the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection and the buzz surrounding the Nintendo World Championship.

 And of course, we compare the Nintendo Direct showcase to the Xbox showcase, noting the prevalence of remakes in Nintendo's lineup and what that means for the gaming landscape.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:06

Let's do it. Welcome everybody to another episode of the Gay with Traffic show. I'm your host, mike Sampson, today my co-host. Hey everybody, get up for Mr Amazing on today's Gay with Traffic show. Yo, we're going to talk about what recently happened. Today. Mr Amazing, the 10 of the Direct.

Speaker 2: 0:24

Yeah, the 10 of the Direct showcase man or show. I yeah the Nintendo Direct Showcase man or show. I should say right.

Speaker 1: 0:28

No, you can say that's a showcase. They show mad games, Mr Amazing Mad games. And this is our one-topic show, and it's all about Nintendo Direct. Mr Amazing Yo. Let's start off with the big surprise at the end Metroid Prime 4 is coming out.

Speaker 2: 0:46

They've been teasing that game for a long time, so we finally got a release date for that. Well, not a release date. We got a 2025 window, but we got gameplay. That's what we all wanted to see, it looks amazing, it looks great, and I think it's probably going to be the last big game on the Switch, if you're going to see, until the new Switch comes out. So it's definitely a good one. I'm sure that has a lot of people's mouth open and wanting to play.

Speaker 1: 1:14

So, mr Amazing, yes, sir, Yo guess what Another Zelda game was announced. Yeah, the Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. But Mr Amazing guess, who starred?

Speaker 2: 1:25

in the show, the caveat. The caveat it's not Link. Link is not saving the world. This time it's actually the one that he always does, the saving of.

Speaker 1: 1:32

Oh, princess Zelda, yes.

Speaker 2: 1:34

Yes, so that's going to be pretty cool man.

Speaker 1: 1:36

That should be awesome.

Speaker 2: 1:38

I don't know I looked at it, it's all right, it's alright, it's alright. Yeah, me too. It's like Minecraft to me, because you're like learning skills and then you adapt them in order for you to continue the game line. So let's say, you learn how to make a table.

Speaker 1: 1:54

I was like alright.

Speaker 2: 1:56

Use pots to cover barriers and stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 2:01

I wasn't interested in that.

Speaker 2: 2:03

Me too, but we'll see, because Nintendo gets you like that, Like ah, and the game ends up being a big hit. So I never see Nintendo games, so but that still looks good. So I don't take anything away from it. But my personal favorite, because we haven't seen this combo in a long. I think about nine years, if I'm not mistaken. We haven in this comment a long time.

Speaker 1: 2:20

I think I know you're talking about nine years.

Speaker 2: 2:22

Mario and Luigi's brother ship man. And we have a release date for this game. Surprisingly this we get it for the holiday season. It's dropping November 7th of this year. We get to see the brothers back in action together.

Speaker 1: 2:38

Yeah, working together. It's a co-op game as well.

Speaker 2: 2:41

I believe.

Speaker 1: 2:41

so yes, I don't know I'll think about buying it. I'll buy it.

Speaker 2: 2:44

I'll buy it, man because the last Nintendo game I bought was Switch game. It surprised me how good it was. I kind of expect the same from this. To be honest with you, I had the same dynamics. I personally feel I think it's going to be a seller.

Speaker 1: 2:58

Also, Mr Amazing, Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D remake is coming to Switch in November. That looks good too, actually, and followed up by Dragon Quest I and II HD 2D coming the following year.

Speaker 2: 3:17

Yeah, that's not bad too, actually, but what about the one that they gave today? It got released today. Which one is?

Speaker 1: 3:23

that the.

Speaker 2: 3:23

Collection Pack which included Perfect Dark.

Speaker 1: 3:27

Zelda 4,.

Speaker 2: 3:28

Tauric and Metroid, zero Mission, all released today on the Collectors Pack on the what's it called the Wii, the Wii oh my God, I'm going blank. The Wii Store.

Speaker 1: 3:40

Yeah, nintendo Store. Basically, it's Nintendo Store. Nintendo Store Wii store.

Speaker 2: 3:43

Yeah, nintendo store Basically it's basically Nintendo store, nintendo store, yeah, so that was pretty cool actually.

Speaker 1: 3:46

And again, I'm not a fan of it. The new Super Mario Party game.

Speaker 2: 3:51

Oh, I love that game, man. I can't stand the Mario Party game. What those are fun.

Speaker 1: 3:55

I have some classic memories built on that game, the dice.

Speaker 2: 4:04

Like, oh, what the freak happened? Yo, you got it. What you doing, man? Nah, that game looks good. It's probably one of the biggest ones I've seen too, because it has 110 mini-games. When I saw it I was like, yeah right, 110 mini-games.

Speaker 1: 4:28

There's a lot of new stuff in it that were added me. You know it's 20 players head-to-head online. Oh wow, wait, this actually get out of here. Yeah, 20 players head-to-head online, as released in october 17th this year.

Speaker 2: 4:33

Yes, so this is gonna be interesting. I think it's probably the best one because you get online play with this one, so this is gonna be big. So shout out to nintendo for that one and also mr bazin, let's go to yo.

Speaker 1: 4:43

Yo, yo, I'm gonna take it for a ride, didn't it dinner yo? Marvel vs Capcom yeah yo the. This is a collective this is Marvel vs. Capcom fighting collection, dish, arcade classes with a cool x-men, children of Adam, marvel superheroes. X-men vs Street Fighter, marvel, super Heroes vs Street Fighter, marvel vs Capcom. Clash of the Super Heroes, marvel vs Capcom 2, and the Punisher game.

Speaker 2: 5:18

That looks good, that's a nice lineup and that's going to come out later this year?

Speaker 1: 5:21

Yes, and it'll also come out for PS4 and, I'm not sure, ps5. I'm not sure, but no Xbox release date.

Speaker 2: 5:30

Were you intrigued by that Nintendo World Championship thing?

Speaker 1: 5:34

I, I think it was on in July, if I'm not mistaken. I saw it. I was like I'm not.

Speaker 2: 5:37

It's pretty much like you reliving your favorite NES games, but you're competing for records and stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 5:44

I don't know.

Speaker 2: 5:46

It's not for me, but I do see the nostalgic feeling and vibe behind it. I'm okay with it, but it's not for me though.

Speaker 1: 5:56

You got to dedicate mad time for that.

Speaker 2: 5:57

You really do, because you already got one life.

Speaker 1: 6:00

You already got one life.

Speaker 2: 6:02

It's different but cool. You know what I found? That I thought was kind of cool, but I don't know if you know you'll like it the Looney Tunes wacky world of sports. I actually thought that was kind of cool.

Speaker 1: 6:12

actually I was like this looks fun. I looked at it.

Speaker 2: 6:18

I was like oh, don't even care. I was like it just looks fun. Looney Tunes. You get the Looney Tunes characters in the sports world Can't go wrong with that. Two shows. It's a show I love and I love sports.

Speaker 1: 6:27

But Speaking of sports, Nintendo Switch Sports added basketball as a free update for this summer, Mr Major.

Speaker 2: 6:33

Yeah, you get two versus two matchup, three-point shooting.

Speaker 1: 6:37

Yeah, so I can't wait. During the week, all the time, all the time.

Speaker 2: 6:40

Yeah, and I was just surprised basketball was included with that release. I was like, uh, no basketball.

Speaker 1: 6:45

Oh yeah, I was like no basketball, it's like you're not including tennis.

Speaker 2: 6:49

Nick, that's like the biggest attraction to it.

Speaker 1: 6:50

Oh, I think tennis was like no, it's in there. It's like why not include basketball as?

Speaker 2: 7:00

well.

Speaker 1: 7:00

Oh funny, A Sony game and a Nintendo showcase. Which one Horizon. Oh, the Lego Lego Horizon Adventures. Yeah, I saw that this is so funny.

Speaker 2: 7:14

I know it is weird you can't have all game, but you can have all Lego game.

Speaker 1: 7:17

Yeah, but Sony said that, according to the developers of the game. They said that this is the perfect game for the Switch. Of course, anything Lego is perfect for game for this way, yeah so the perfect game for them, and it and plus is that Xbox. So yeah, yeah, exactly yeah, so that's that's, that's cool did we?

Speaker 2: 7:33

did you mention the dog car or that was off. Every mention, I can't remember which, all donkong, yeah, donkong or duncan country hd that comes out, I believe january 2025, right? No, I thought it was gonna come out this year. I think it was january next of next year. Man, I haven't done a jerry 16 2025.

Speaker 1: 7:54

Well, now they're gonna get jam. Oh, this year january, buddy next year, oh, yeah, yeah, you're right, I think so. You're right, you're correct, you're correct, yeah, I rock that game.

Speaker 2: 8:01

but for the cool thing about this is you get you're gonna have 82, I believe, number. But the cool thing about this is you're going to have 82, I believe I'm going to say 82 missions to do and you're going to get some from the handheld version of it and it's HD. And another thing about HD they dropped Luigi's Mansion 2 HD.

Speaker 1: 8:17

So that was cool. And also, Mr Amazing, I don't know if you've heard of Fairy Tail, the anime that parts.

Speaker 2: 8:25

I saw that I'm not familiar.

Speaker 1: 8:27

I didn't see that they have a game coming out okay for this winter.

Speaker 2: 8:31

So the switch got a lot of games because it was going yeah, and I'm surprised because I thought the switch was at the end of its life, so to have really just come out pretty impressive.

Speaker 1: 8:38

Be honest with you yeah, so that's coming out there was one game like an indie game.

Speaker 2: 8:43

Maybe it's game, Maybe it's not, but it looked like an indie game to me but I was intrigued by it. It's called Mio, which stands for Memories in Orbit, oh you're talking about. Yeah, I actually like that one. I was like it's kind of cool.

Speaker 1: 8:52

I think I could play this game.

Speaker 2: 9:02

Also, mr, amazing, a game 2024. I've never played it, boy, yeah.

Speaker 1: 9:08

Hey, people are going to buy it and Among Us. I saw that yes coming out, so that's going to be interesting. I never played it. I don't find it intriguing, but you can play it. My daughter used to play that all the time.

Speaker 2: 9:23

I heard her friends, all her school age friends. Tyler won't play it too, my son, but they don't play it anymore.

Speaker 1: 9:30

Yeah, also, mr Amazing, the cat meow is making on there Stray.

Speaker 2: 9:35

Stray. That's the perfect Switch game to me. Yo, you can't get no more.

Speaker 1: 9:40

Switch than that. So the developers, they're making good money for that game.

Speaker 2: 9:43

Oh, they are Again. They probably spend any kind, not barely, but like they didn't spend that much money to make it.

Speaker 1: 9:49

We're not talking about a $100 million game.

Speaker 2: 9:52

That's not their budget.

Speaker 1: 9:54

And then so much attention to social media Playing with the grill cat yeah. So that was a big hit for some of the social media. Did you say a part two?

Speaker 2: 10:04

is coming out.

Speaker 1: 10:05

A part two is coming out. Of course. It was funny, this one Funko fusion gameplay.

Speaker 2: 10:13

I saw that I was watching the Margot game, I was like yo, Nintendo is not going to capitalize on anything. I was like, so you're's not going to capitalize on anything. I was like, so you're going to have a game based on Funko Pops.

Speaker 1: 10:23

I mean, yeah, you got the licensed characters, you do it. Why not, right? Like I said, we laughed at Roblox. We laughed at Minecraft. I did they're making millions of dollars. I did. I was like who the hell is going to buy this garbage? Yay, more, a lot more people than I would ever thought. Also, disney illustra uh, disney illustration mystery land yes, go dizzy, get that money. So that's coming out.

Speaker 1: 10:47

Actually, out to the update, out today, the free update oh cool another game I know you're interested hello kitty island adventure I saw that that comes out next year though. I mean, you got yoga, you wanna buy?

Speaker 2: 11:04

He bought the Barbie game. I bought the Barbie game.

Speaker 1: 11:05

I'm like a lie I've said in a show couple times I wouldn't have been that he's bigger man to me like. You know, bigger man to me.

Speaker 2: 11:13

You know I was curious. I was like why the hell is a Barbie game for? What's so good about it? What's my local blockbuster? And I found out and I returned it right back.

Speaker 1: 11:22

I thought you said you bought it.

Speaker 2: 11:23

No, no, no, I rented it from Blockbuster.

Speaker 1: 11:25

I thought you said you bought it. I rented it from.

Speaker 2: 11:27

Blockbuster. But yeah, I was going to tell the rest of you in a nutshell. I mean, it was a good one. It wasn't their best, it was a good one. But my thing is, you can't expect excellence from Nintendo.

Speaker 1: 11:39

No, it was good, it was good. So let's compare that to the Xbox showcase.

Speaker 2: 11:45

But I don't think you can, though they have mad games. No, I mean what I mean. Like the Xbox gave us a wow factor. This didn't give me a wow factor, it was a good games on there.

Speaker 1: 11:58

They have a lot of games coming out this winter early 2025.

Speaker 2: 12:02

But this is the difference, though. Right, the Nintendo REC has a lot of remakes. They're giving me Donkey Kong HD. They're giving me Luigi HD. They're giving me the Nintendo Fires Collection. These are all updated graphic games, just on the Switch. So you're giving me straight-up things that already came out.

Speaker 1: 12:18

You're giving me straight that's already came out, you're giving me things I've already seen and there's nothing wrong with it coming to Switch. But can you say the same thing about Xbox saying these are games we heard about and took us several years just to get a gameplay trailer?

Speaker 2: 12:29

Yeah, but remember these are still new content. These are games I've played, beat already Multiple times on multiple different systems.

Speaker 1: 12:37

Well, I don't know if it it's multiple times on both of us different systems. I like it's the main for you, but you know saying.

Speaker 2: 12:42

And I'm I'm gonna choose, but I'm actually gonna defend it to know to in the same time, like, how much can you show when you got a system that's not to come out and you're focusing on that, on your games? A beautiful was on that. There's that much you can show. So I'm gonna say the tenant this was a great show, but he doesn't have a wow factor. The beauty there was a wow factor on there, which is Metroid. I know I was also and the Zelda is a wall fact.

Speaker 1: 13:05

A lot of people. The wow factor was the Marvel collection, marvel Capcom collection.

Speaker 2: 13:10

It was cool but, like I said, I Play these already.

Speaker 1: 13:15

You think all the Marvel games and you enjoy playing those Marvel fighting games, capcom, marvel fighting games, that's true. So it's a wild fact that basically, the fighting community you know, you look online, they're like, they're very excited about you know what I'm saying? That Marvel Capcom collection coming out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, you're right. And for the value you get of games. For the value. But my thing is whoo, sony's in trouble. Why do you say that? Thanks, I was did the pair the showcase, and it's not showcase to stay to play compared to what Nintendo and Xbox is shown. Well, get there.

Speaker 2: 13:57

Microsoft is no one that tells them to I us though.

Speaker 1: 13:59

Well yeah, I think Microsoft and the Tether is neck-and-neck.

Speaker 2: 14:09

We need a pole put the pole on X, mike, mike put the pole. It is not Tomorrow, but tomorrow dude, let's just, let's just put out the big bangers. They showed you that my biggest bang I was like damn. Metroid right, that's the biggest. What we agree? The Metro's big. So are you gonna get to Mario Mario? I'm actually pick one, which is which ones for you is the banger? It's either. It's one of those two, I three, it's three of them. Well done wait.

Speaker 1: 14:39

I say you wonder. I mean bangers they have for the show. I guess I'm gonna leave you. Is the banger? It's, either it's one of those two, uh three, there's three of them what are you trying to say you want to?

Speaker 2: 14:44

I mean bangers they have for the show.

Speaker 1: 14:45

I guess I'm gonna leave you there the top three versus the top three for microsoft, just to show the difference. Okay, mary, louise brothers brother number one. All right, I'm not picking it in a row.

Speaker 2: 14:53

Okay, um, is that new?

Speaker 1: 14:54

Yeah, your top three the New Zelda game.

Speaker 2: 15:01

Yes, I agree so far. Two of those two, definitely the two of those two Metroid Prime, metroid Prime 4.

Speaker 1: 15:05

So those are the three I said.

Speaker 2: 15:06

So you're both for getting the top three. Now, those top three, now you're going to Microsoft's top three. There's so many we could make top three. To be honest with you, you could say, okay, Microsoft's top three, let's say it's Doom. You could say that. You could say, next one is Perfect.

Speaker 1: 15:24

Dark. You could say that that's a game that's coming out in a couple of days now. No, but it's still got showcases. It doesn't matter.

Speaker 2: 15:38

We're not talking about what those presented to us at the show I can't even say gives a war Wasn't really. But that the name was thrown out there Does it matter? I guess a fable.

Speaker 1: 15:44

Does it matter? The showcase is not about what it's coming up. No. In the same thing you can say okay, you said a lot of the games you played the way of remakes, yeah, but these are games Microsoft coming out, they're also announced. Do you saying that, bangers? I'm not coming out anytime soon, but it?

Speaker 2: 16:03

doesn't matter, it's still new. Content is my point and that's why I said I think that's like only come back.

Speaker 1: 16:10

It's only kind of a showcase. Yeah, so the banger trailers. We're not coming out to 2026, but they did it.

Speaker 2: 16:15

That's, that's why. Yeah, then you. Why would you that? Because you have something to show. But they didn't have. And Again. So he warned us on my medicine, and I'm not mad either.

Speaker 1: 16:23

We're not gonna pair Sony's stay to play to the showcases? Yeah, that is not happening Because they told us what they told what they was doing. It's not just stay to play versus showcases. Yeah, I mean the tenor direct it was a showcase. Yes, you can say I was a showcase it's so moist or mad games on there yeah so I got it's a lot of kids.

Speaker 2: 16:44

I'm still giving it to Microsoft by a lot, by a lot.

Speaker 1: 16:48

Okay, what's the grade for the tender? Soak directing.

Speaker 2: 16:52

I will give it, I'll give it the same greatest as a Microsoft one okay, I gave B plus or 85 yeah, give it 85. Yeah, I'll do the same. Great you get a same people can the same grade.

Speaker 1: 17:04

Yeah, but you're saying that it was better I didn't, but I said that neck and neck, I didn't say the event, no, it's not anything I gave them. The same if you give the content If he's giving the same grade as neck and neck B plus and B plus.

Speaker 2: 17:19

I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why. Okay, what's easier for us to do? Stars? I can say LeBron James is an A player, michael Jordan is an A player. They're two great players, right. But for me I can say Michael Joe's way better than him. Still Right, it's a argument. Yeah, I gave them both senior ace because they dominated their era, but when I compare the two together, michael Jordan is way better than him. That's how I look at it right now. They both gave great shows, so I don't get a beat for me, but Microsoft's show overall was better. I don't know if what I'm trying to make sense here not really, but anyway.

Speaker 1: 18:02

But you, they're the same grade, so neck to neck no no no, no overall.

Speaker 2: 18:07

I'm talking about overall now the presentation. Everything was good, but gays presented was more the game was. You gave them the same grade I did because Nintendo's working with less.

Speaker 1: 18:21

I'm factoring the fact that Nintendo's working with less, PlayStation's working with less. No.

Speaker 2: 18:24

PlayStation has stuff coming out.

Speaker 1: 18:26

Nintendo doesn't really have much to show because they're literally at the end of their lifeline, but they have plenty of games that's coming out this year and dropping this summer.

Speaker 2: 18:35

Okay, then make sure. Second, you know what, since Mike wants to defend Nintendo so much yo? Are you going to go buy Mio? What Are you going to buy? Memories in the Ark? Are you going to buy that game? No, okay, okay, good, stay with me, stay with me. Are you going to buy Super Mario Party? You know I'm like that, you know I'm. You don't like that game. No, no, you want to argue for Nintendo. You want to argue for Nintendo, sir. You want to argue for Nintendo, right, you want to argue for Nintendo. Yeah, okay, fine. Are you going to buy Fairy Tales 2? Are you going to buy it?

Speaker 1: 19:10

I thought about it yeah. I thought about it, you're not going to buy it, michael, I thought about it, okay.

Speaker 2: 19:15

But I'm not a fairytale fan of anime. Are you going to buy the Nintendo World Championship game? No, okay.

Speaker 1: 19:22

Right, but you're going to buy one for my taste, listen.

Speaker 2: 19:27

You're going to buy one for my taste. If the show has that many beggars you should be buying 85% of the show Now. I gave you the lower end games for Microsoft.

Speaker 1: 19:37

I'm going to give you the lower end games for Microsoft now. Go ahead and tell me, are you going to buy these lower end games too? But you can say the lower end, Go ahead.

Speaker 2: 19:46

For the lower end games, or are?

Speaker 1: 19:47

you going to buy mixtape, because I'll be considering this.

Speaker 2: 19:56

I mentioned that to the show hey by, but it's the lower end game though competitive, that we actually who buy those type of water type of game. Would you buy Adam fall? It's like that zombie robot shooting thousand. Oh okay, so fine. Okay, you won't buy that. Will you buy what else? What's a mecha break?

Speaker 1: 20:12

we mentioned that one say Gundam, I don't know, I don't know about that you're but I could say that low break, a low, a low endgame too.

Speaker 2: 20:20

So what else? We have one. That that was. I will consider low end as well.

Speaker 1: 20:25

It's not that me low end games on here.

Speaker 2: 20:27

They'll be honest with you. There was the one, was it a flitlock? The siege of dawn, it's like that one with it look like that girl was just going through like the little, like little triangles to advance.

Speaker 1: 20:38

I don't remember that oh yeah, that's the multi-platform game. Yeah, yeah, that is true too. Why would I buy that game?

Speaker 2: 20:45

man, but but that's, that's just not them. Oh, you even said you buy microsoft flight sim and I always say I always talk about that game. Well, all the time I was like your mic I gave, gave this little look, I know looks big, but you finally gave it this year. Okay, my point is Microsoft had more to offer and once again, I'm not not gonna tell them because their focus is on their next gen games, so they're just date these guys. Here's our final patch of games. Enjoy it. That's what they're telling us and there's nothing wrong with that.

Speaker 2: 21:12

There's nothing wrong with that. They gave us seven plus. With that. They gave us seven plus years of happiness.

Speaker 1: 21:17

So I'm not mad at them. All right, we'll put a poll up. We'll put a poll up. Mike's handsome Game of Trapper show will put a poll up, we'll do that man, but you know Nintendo.

Speaker 2: 21:22

thank you for what you did. I hope the next showcase you should be watching will show us the new hardware note.

Speaker 1: 21:31

All right, everybody, this is the Game of Trap. For sure we out Later, later y'all, thank you.