Remember, Illumination Studios is owned by Universal. Universal also owns Jurassic World so it makes sense that Chris Platt was chosen. Same with Jack Black as Dreamworks who made the Kung Fu Panda movies is also owned by Universal.
To be fair, Dreamworks wasn’t acquired by universal back when kung fu panda came out, and none of the three movies were published by universal, though I get that they own it now
This was a top-tier Direct. Updates were substantial (the Splatoon 3 one sold me on the game). There were multiple “big games” announced/shown. Legacy content got a lot of love. There were legit shadow drops of games that people have been asking for. There were surprises. We even got a visit from Miyamoto! The E3 Direct was hard to beat because of Metroid Dread but I think this Direct may have been better.
@@dreamerabe .... eh...not really, games takes years to make, so I didn’t expect any big bangers from this direct. Bayonetta 3 for one is taking 4 years to makes whole the sequel to breath of the wild is already at 2 years so I don’t expect games like Metriod dread to coming out in every direct. I expect games they already shown in last e3 showing to be talking about again with the games coming closer to release. I seem to noticed that Square seems bringing a lot of games in this direct. Plus smash and animal crossing has their own direct coming so we shall see.
@@dreamerabe All I am trying to say is that you should only compare an E3 direct with an E3 direct and a normal nintendo direct with a normal nintendo direct
That FFXIII cardboard thing sure brings me back... Also... Lol, gotta love how everyone makes some kinda "wanna get high" joke when it comes to Seth Rogen as DK.
For real... the more I think about it, the more I'm totally on board with it! Also, hidden behind that is Nintendo showing some kind of willingness to go in a different direction with Mario. We're getting new voices in this movie. Maybe one day we'll get a new Mario game in a different art style.
1. Voice of Cards felt very Yoko Taro before the name drop even. The music just drips "Nier" influence. 2. That Kirby game, I was literally saying "don't be 2d, don't be 2d, we have so many 2d kirby games" then I see z axis movement and I start pumping my arms in the air. Didn't realize how much i cared about a 3d Kirby game that has some budget behind it. 3. Castlevania Advance Collection makes me very happy. Between that and the Mega Man Z/ZX collection, once we get the DS castlevania games, we will have a legal way for me to own all the games in the series I want to play (ie the Iga action rpg style ones) As a person not spoiled on this. There was a lot here and a lot to love!
@@baconbaconbobacon Could be Cereza having to save Bayonetta. Sort of a past meets future thing in a much more extreme way. Also, if you notice, her dancing was a lot less sexual and her clothes didn't vanish when she summoned.
I won't discount the possibility that Pratt could surprise us, like Bradley Cooper did as Rocket Raccoon, but if he plays Mario as just his usual Star Lord/Owen Grady character like he has in pretty much every movie these days, I'll be . . . thoroughly unsurprised.
Solid direct ... Switch has pretty great lineup for the rest of the year (following E3) and this direct gave a great indication of what's ahead! Great stuff :D
I really hate the fact that out of all the games to get the least amount of reactions from y’all, it’s that new Kirby game that gets no love or any sort of fanfare.😤
@@JBlizzyFan Me and plenty of others have sheets been more excited than these guys would ever want to be. And with what a lot of us have played they’ve hardly been average constantly.
@@JBlizzyFan Nevertheless, they should’ve shown SOME sort of intrigue after seeing that bloody trailer. Just watching them silent and all that was more aggravating than anything.
1:18:16 Ben not to burst your bubble but there was absolutely nothing in that for me and that's fine (I'm not a Nintendo fan), but I listen to these podcasts/reactions because of Easy A, so well I guess in a weird way you're right. Besides if we all like the same things this world would be a very boring place.
Although I think we feel very differently about the Direct overall, I admire the self-awareness and empathy in this comment. Frankly, I wish more YT comments could be like this. - Ben
They do know that it’s an animated movie right? They were like “the Peach casting makes sense” but it doesn’t matter what they look like, only if they can voice act, which Pratt can
Why are everyone acting as if Mario never talk! This isn't new. in the 80s and 90s both Captain Lou Albano played and voice Mario The Super Mario Bros. Super Show for over 52 episodes and Walker Boone voice Mario on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. ALSO! I grew up in the 80s and the first cartoon that had Mario "talk a lot" was the Saturday Supercade is a 1983-1984 where Mario was voice by Peter (Optimus Prime) Cullen!!!
As cool as it is that I can play N64 games on the Switch... Nintendo is the only company who can gatekeep their fans and they still get praised for it...
Gatekeep? Really? Do you not know what that word even means in this situation? They could have done what other companies have. You know, force you to pay for a formerly free service that cocks up constantly. I downloaded a game faster from the fucking Philippines PSN than I did the NA one. And I live in the US. Go be bitchy somewhere else.
@@chaosmos24 It's just something to be prepared for when watching something like this. There's no sort of cleanup done on reactions. It's a rush to export them directly from Twitch to RUclips as fast as possible after the event. I clicked the button for this to go live while we were in the middle of our podcast. -Bloodworth
@@googleplusisgone9435 it’s the same narrator and his voice sounds like a 45 year trying to sound 20. Charming is asking people who you can’t hear “how did you like that?” And seeing someone finger snap makes it not boring?Showing dlc first was pretty lame too N64 and genesis was cool. Controller prices sucked. And how much is the expansion? They even adding NES and SNES games much anymore?
Clapping for Charlie Day being luigi, yeah I like the guy but that casting makes no sense. I can see people aren't actually thinking, just gut reacting to the casting, heh.
why is the guy in the front to the left wearing a dress and shit? I mean I'm not gonna make fun of you for doing what you like but I'm just saying it's not for me. Thanks!
Charlie Day as Luigi revealed in a Nintendo Direct, introduced by none other than Shigeru Miyamoto. Bonkers
That’s one of the few logical casting choices there
@@Danbo22987 along with Jack Black as Bowser.
that's the biggest slam dunk casting for Nintendo
The mario cast reaction is just perfect like everyone else's. Utter confusion
I'm just going from reaction video to reaction video and skipping to the mario cast announcement lol
Clicked on this solely for the casting announcements. Was not disappointed.
Same. Wtf was that
Lame
love the Seth Rogen announcement makes a double face palm from Ben and Brad
i dont even know who those actors are
Those were mostly big names. Movie buffs would know them really well.
Same. I felt their pain. This casting is awful wth
@@Blueflag04 you must live under the biggest of rocks
That castlevania advance collection reaction was gold
Yes :)
Ben and Brad’s Seth Rogen DK impression had me crying haha
Remember, Illumination Studios is owned by Universal. Universal also owns Jurassic World so it makes sense that Chris Platt was chosen. Same with Jack Black as Dreamworks who made the Kung Fu Panda movies is also owned by Universal.
You mean Jack Brack, right? ;)
(Jk, just picking on Chris Platt)
@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her Nah dude, he was talking about Chris Platt, brother of Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt
To be fair, Dreamworks wasn’t acquired by universal back when kung fu panda came out, and none of the three movies were published by universal, though I get that they own it now
@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her All good. Been watching too much Dear Evan Hansen stuff lately and completely botched the name.
Just because some actors work for some studios does not mean this makes SENSE.
This was a top-tier Direct. Updates were substantial (the Splatoon 3 one sold me on the game). There were multiple “big games” announced/shown. Legacy content got a lot of love. There were legit shadow drops of games that people have been asking for. There were surprises. We even got a visit from Miyamoto! The E3 Direct was hard to beat because of Metroid Dread but I think this Direct may have been better.
@@dreamerabe .... eh...not really, games takes years to make, so I didn’t expect any big bangers from this direct. Bayonetta 3 for one is taking 4 years to makes whole the sequel to breath of the wild is already at 2 years so I don’t expect games like Metriod dread to coming out in every direct. I expect games they already shown in last e3 showing to be talking about again with the games coming closer to release. I seem to noticed that Square seems bringing a lot of games in this direct. Plus smash and animal crossing has their own direct coming so we shall see.
@@dreamerabe yeah because Nintendo saves their big things for E3
@@dreamerabe You still shouldn't really compare E3 and a normal nintendo direct
@@dreamerabe All I am trying to say is that you should only compare an E3 direct with an E3 direct and a normal nintendo direct with a normal nintendo direct
Brad: "Donkey Kong deserves more respect"
*seth rogan laughter in the distance*
That FFXIII cardboard thing sure brings me back...
Also... Lol, gotta love how everyone makes some kinda "wanna get high" joke when it comes to Seth Rogen as DK.
Just watching Brad through the entire Mario cast is giving me life. L&R to all my friends!
Can't take my eyes off that Proteus window! So relaxing!
"Watch out for the Clickers Kirby!" had me rolling lmaoo.
50:07
Glad I wasn't the only one hoping for Tokyo Jungle 2.
Had to see Ben’s reaction for the one more thing
42:13 you came for this
Yes I love the identification of Bayonetta 3’s cliffhanger is like Devil May Cry
Whoever the final smash character is, the internet will be mad.
Crash for Smash
I hope it is me to celebrate the Advance Collection :)
The cast for the movie makes no sense but at the same time it does. Cant wait to see it.
For real... the more I think about it, the more I'm totally on board with it! Also, hidden behind that is Nintendo showing some kind of willingness to go in a different direction with Mario. We're getting new voices in this movie. Maybe one day we'll get a new Mario game in a different art style.
Surprised they didn't pop when it was revealed that Kirby was fully 3-D for the first time ever
Chocobo Racing is a dream of mine come true 2 decades in the making 🙏🏻 🐥
Well Miyamoto is sure getting up there in age. The guy has to be in his 70s what a legacy he has been in.
Man, the reaction to the Castlevania announcement brings me joy.
1. Voice of Cards felt very Yoko Taro before the name drop even. The music just drips "Nier" influence.
2. That Kirby game, I was literally saying "don't be 2d, don't be 2d, we have so many 2d kirby games" then I see z axis movement and I start pumping my arms in the air. Didn't realize how much i cared about a 3d Kirby game that has some budget behind it.
3. Castlevania Advance Collection makes me very happy. Between that and the Mega Man Z/ZX collection, once we get the DS castlevania games, we will have a legal way for me to own all the games in the series I want to play (ie the Iga action rpg style ones)
As a person not spoiled on this. There was a lot here and a lot to love!
Voice of Cards was also announced 2 weeks ago so if you heard about it, you knew.
The composer of Nier is composer on this, so you know the music is gonna be amazing.
Agreed but those games run pretty expensive now. Stuff like order of ecclesia is like $100 on amazon last I checked.
Bayonetta's new hair and outfit are really reminiscent of Little Cereza's from Bayo 1.
Yea heard that theory as well, voice is not the same as well, and the first teaser back in 2017 shows bayo dismembered. All signs point to cereza.
@@baconbaconbobacon Could be Cereza having to save Bayonetta. Sort of a past meets future thing in a much more extreme way.
Also, if you notice, her dancing was a lot less sexual and her clothes didn't vanish when she summoned.
Bummed that Wave Race 64 isn't in the immediate plans for NSO, but I really liked everything else about this Direct.
Same here. I hope it's included later. Along with Excitebike 64!
That was a great direct. Never been so hyped for Kirby, that looked great! Bayo 3 day one.
Don here for a Direct Reaction? If I hadn't looked at my calendar, I'd have thought it was Christmas.
I won't discount the possibility that Pratt could surprise us, like Bradley Cooper did as Rocket Raccoon, but if he plays Mario as just his usual Star Lord/Owen Grady character like he has in pretty much every movie these days, I'll be . . . thoroughly unsurprised.
You guys should also clip the reactions to the cast of the movie, they're great
We did. -Bloodworth
Kirby looks pretty cool! Excited to try out Triangle Strategy. Chocobo GP was a surprise and actually looks fun. Good Direct this time.
21:40 I lost my mind. Definite buy unless there’s microtransactions :D
i like bayonetta 3 hairstyle is basically her kid version hairstyle back we saw in bayonetta 2
Solid direct ... Switch has pretty great lineup for the rest of the year (following E3) and this direct gave a great indication of what's ahead! Great stuff :D
Kirby has finally entered the 3D
It's been a while since I've watched an EZA video (apologies) and I'm really digging the Aiden from watchdogs 1 look that Ben is going for
That final fantasy magic tier factoid was totally wrong. FFXI went up to tier 5 spells since NA release, and is at least tier 6 at the moment.
I wish they would’ve added lightning from Final Fantasy instead of cloud but he’s kind of a good character to
What does it sound like I have multiple RUclips tabs open at the same time... so much audio
24:42 Kirby 2025 would be a grim ass title. 🤣
MH just do roars differently, other dragon roars in the direct sounds like an elephant stepping on a lego lol
You guys need to see the last faith. Its castlevania style
Triangle strategy and actraiser got me. Besides castlevania
Phantom in Bayonetta 3 looks amazing.
Hello Pre time stamps.
I really hate the fact that out of all the games to get the least amount of reactions from y’all, it’s that new Kirby game that gets no love or any sort of fanfare.😤
If Kirby games hadn't been so average for the last 10 years maybe people would be more excited, I'm hoping this one turns the franchise around
@@JBlizzyFan Me and plenty of others have sheets been more excited than these guys would ever want to be. And with what a lot of us have played they’ve hardly been average constantly.
@@JBlizzyFan Nevertheless, they should’ve shown SOME sort of intrigue after seeing that bloody trailer. Just watching them silent and all that was more aggravating than anything.
@@JBlizzyFan robobot and DDD is insanely great game. It is far from being average
Super-hyped for Sunbreak!
I just finally picked up Iceborne, so that will hold me over until Summer.
1:18:16 Ben not to burst your bubble but there was absolutely nothing in that for me and that's fine (I'm not a Nintendo fan), but I listen to these podcasts/reactions because of Easy A, so well I guess in a weird way you're right. Besides if we all like the same things this world would be a very boring place.
Although I think we feel very differently about the Direct overall, I admire the self-awareness and empathy in this comment. Frankly, I wish more YT comments could be like this. - Ben
They do know that it’s an animated movie right? They were like “the Peach casting makes sense” but it doesn’t matter what they look like, only if they can voice act, which Pratt can
51:34 Fourth wall-breaking wink. She was talking about the game being late!
Woah, I'm early, I'll watch the whole thing.
Where's Planet Huber?
I think he's in Sweden or something. He said it in his latest syndrome
He’s in Iceland, trying to find his Viking roots.
no fakeout, I think they're setting up a shared universe for astral chain, Bayonetta, and devil may cry.
Astral Chain and Bayonetta, sure, but DMC is a different creator entirely so idk if they would actually canonize a shared universe
@@redgyrados2000 different developer, but same character creator.
Is it just me, or do the allies seem more tired, and less excited during their pre talks; than they use to be, during the garage era
This is the most depressing start to a decade in any of their lifetimes, so probably.
What was Jones doing the whole time on the computer?
Taking notes for the podcast. -Bloodworth
1:08:00... Brad whats up with the Seth Rogan hate??? Seth is great!!
Amazing Nintendo Direct :)
Love the Castlevania hype. Makes me feel good.
a new Kirby game? neat
Japanese Direct showed a lot more SMTV, the Western versions just showed clips...
Splat Tim 3! He does it again!
Why are everyone acting as if Mario never talk! This isn't new. in the 80s and 90s both Captain Lou Albano played and voice Mario The Super Mario Bros. Super Show for over 52 episodes and Walker Boone voice Mario on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. ALSO! I grew up in the 80s and the first cartoon that had Mario "talk a lot" was the Saturday Supercade is a 1983-1984 where Mario was voice by Peter (Optimus Prime) Cullen!!!
The first Dying Light, that is awesome!!
"Kirby 2025"
Dark.
Chocobo GP is the reason why we are getting no Mario Kart 9. Nintendo is scared to be overshadowed by it.
The SMTV disrespect hurts tho , the japanese direct had a nice trailer even if it was just 1 min long
MH Rise Sunbreak's trailer was not CG.
Let the Laugh & Salt Begin! 43:12
As cool as it is that I can play N64 games on the Switch... Nintendo is the only company who can gatekeep their fans and they still get praised for it...
Gatekeep? Really? Do you not know what that word even means in this situation?
They could have done what other companies have. You know, force you to pay for a formerly free service that cocks up constantly. I downloaded a game faster from the fucking Philippines PSN than I did the NA one. And I live in the US.
Go be bitchy somewhere else.
I thought it's a panzer dragoon x monster hunter
Or Okami
Smash direct same day as nick all stars release! Nintendo playing hardball!
"Zack Snyder's Super Mario Bros... rated R... this friday in theaters everywhere!"
Great outfit, Isla 🤩
U could've got out of jury duty with 2 words: jury nullification. Bring that up and u will be relieved of jury duty. Look into it.
God I wish Cia got added to Smash
Damiani not looking at a Metroid trailer acting like most of it isn’t cgi video.
still no dk 40th anniversary
Damn
You people care way too much about anniversaries. Should they rush something out just to have something?
Thanks for nearly busting my eardrums reacting to a port of GBA Castlevania games of all things.
You're welcome! -Bloodworth
@@EasyAllies Glad you don't care about earbud/headphone users.
@@chaosmos24 It's just something to be prepared for when watching something like this. There's no sort of cleanup done on reactions. It's a rush to export them directly from Twitch to RUclips as fast as possible after the event. I clicked the button for this to go live while we were in the middle of our podcast. -Bloodworth
those games are incredible and it was a surprise that they are releasing today.
@@EasyAllies No worries, I will skip these sort of reactions in the future.
Nintendo Direct >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> State of Play
every time
Trans women rock
If they go to pakistan they'll literally get rocked
Directs need to drop the cheesy narrator and lame finger snapping and “how did you like that eh”?”
Why? I think the cheesy narrator is charming, and it's better than the Directs just being super matter of fact and boring, that's not Nintendo
@@googleplusisgone9435 it’s the same narrator and his voice sounds like a 45 year trying to sound 20. Charming is asking people who you can’t hear “how did you like that?” And seeing someone finger snap makes it not boring?Showing dlc first was pretty lame too
N64 and genesis was cool. Controller prices sucked. And how much is the expansion? They even adding NES and SNES games much anymore?
Clapping for Charlie Day being luigi, yeah I like the guy but that casting makes no sense. I can see people aren't actually thinking, just gut reacting to the casting, heh.
Wow, you've seen the film?
@@sirmel11 Nope, just highlighting how people are reacting to castings they also haven't seen yet in the film.
@@DeathsjesterKMNP People are being too negative and they're too blind to see it.
I like how they keep their distance from it
?
Meds please
why is the guy in the front to the left wearing a dress and shit? I mean I'm not gonna make fun of you for doing what you like but I'm just saying it's not for me. Thanks!
Why is there a guy dressed as a girl 🤣
Isla is a girl.
Is the lady in the dress a dude??
Isla is a girl.
You subscribe to wow present, sit the fuck down.