Nintendo held an online event last week that it called a “museum direct.” That was a perfectly good label for a video walkthrough of the Kyoto building that will house public tours of Nintendo history.
It also would have been a great label for the showcase Nintendo aired this morning.
Today’s “Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase” featured announcements or updates for 29 games, nearly half of which were remasters, remakes or collections of old games.
It was a showcase of gaming history and a reminder that, for many of the top game publishers, the preferred way of preserving gaming history is the release of new commercial product—some of it straightforward repackaging; others ambitious celebrations of older work.