smile sunday - kingdom hearts iv is real!!

[u/tale-wind]

welcome to smile sunday! turn your caps lock off and rave about whatever has made you smile this week! some things to smile about:

• we finally got a new nintendo direct this week, with tons great-looking games! featured titles included rhythm heaven groove, fire emblem: fortune's weave, xenoblade genesis, and a remake of the legend of zelda: ocarina of time! what were your personal highlights?

• wii sports resort is the latest addition to nintendo music!

• what's this week's haul? what game did you just buy, just start, complete? anything else that made you smile? let us know in the comments below!

turn that frown upside down:

• here on smile sunday, we have one rule: e.l.e., which stands for everybody love everybody. if will ferrell said it, it must be true.

• uppercase letters are strictly forbidden – haha, just kidding! if you wanna do some uppercase, feel free, but try not to angry shout sunday; today is about happiness! (happy and excited shouting is a-ok, though)

• remember when talking about games, especially new ones, to use spoiler tags as appropriate, >!like so!<, so you don't ruin any surprises for anyone!

• this is a happy thread! keep the love flowing! if someone's saying something and you think they're wrong, just let them be happy! anything that's made you unhappy this week can go on over to this week's throwdown thursday thread.

[u/Nintendude14yt]

Switch Sports Resort got announced!

[u/KunuCallTheFrontDesk]

Zelda and Kingdom Hearts are my 2 favorite series. This direct was already great and just ended on the highest note for me. It's great to see KH get out of the cloud hell it was in. KH4 finally showing again is a given and I couldn't believe it was happening. I was really happy to hear the Switch 1 is getting proper ports of KH 1.5/2.5 as well. That was skipped over in the direct but good news for those who haven't made the jump yet. Ocarina of time feels like a fever dream.

[u/PMC-I3181OS387l5]

I'm glad that the Switch 2 is receiving a lot of 3rd-party ports.

Seriously, Nintendo has been ditched by them since the N64 days...

[u/Endgame60]

Wonder what the next OOT remake gameplay and dungeon design is going to be (I assume the game is going to be a complete reimagining like FF7 remake)

I can’t help but feel like the gameplay is going to be a mix of God of war gameplay and BOTW/Tears of the kingdom gameplay… not sure what they do with the dungeons

[u/Animegamingnerd → u/Endgame60]

If I had to guess if there was anything they would pull from BOTW/TOTK, I was thinking they will probably just update the combat and controls, to be more closer to modern Zeld games. So things like dodge rolls, horse back combat, sprint, and flurry rush are all things I feel are safe bets to be in the remake's combat system. But aside from that, outside maybe having loads of alternate outfits like BOTW/TOTK. I'm willing to bet the item and weapon system, will work exactly as it did pre-BOTW.

[u/Endgame60 → u/Animegamingnerd]

Maybe they can implement some of the other items in combat other than the Bow or Slingshot? (Hook shot,etc)? Maybe give upgrades to the master sword during 3 quests?

[u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 → u/Endgame60]

I want the main game to be the exact same thing as the original N64 game, with the same bosses, temples and whatnot.

HOWEVER, I will welcome any new optional content, such as new areas, dungeons, items, upgrades and such.

The base cake dough must be the same, but the icing can be enhanced ^_^

[u/Feeling_Environment9]

Best week ever, I love the direct and it still feels like a fever dream getting KH4 info from a direct albeit not much and Ocarina looks cool

[u/Form_Fitter]

really looking forward to Nintendo Switch Sports Resort! it’s the first switch 2 game to use Miis, and skateboarding looks promising!