As many of you may know, rather than having a large conference at E3 this year, Nintendo has instead opted to stream a special Nintendo Direct with tons of new software reveals. Check out all the new reveals after the jump.
Or watch it for yourself right here:
First on Nintendo's list was revealing some new info on the already highly anticipated new entries into the Pokemon series, X and Y. The most prominent of the new info was the already expected announcement of a new Pokemon type, Fairy. The new type, which is super effective against dragon types will be applied to already existing Pokemon like Gardevoir, and new Pokemon like Slyveon.
Another new feature to X and Y is Pokemon-Amie (I have absolutely no idea why it's titled that, sometimes Nintendo likes to not use real words?) that lets you bond with your Pokemon in new ways like feeding and petting them using the touchscreen. Both the X and Y versions are set for a worldwide release date of October 12th.
The next new item that was revealed was the new 3D Mario title for the Wii U, Super Mario 3D world. Most of the time, the only thing offered in new Mario games are a new adventure, however, in this game the there are a number of new innovative features. In the newest console entries in the Mario series the playable characters have been the Mario Brothers and two Toads, yellow and blue variants. However, in this addition the yellow toad has become unplayable in favor of Peach. Peach has a very different style of gameplay as she can glide a short distance after each jump. It's a (welcomed) surprise to have Peach featured in this newest entry, and it will be interesting to see what the plotline of this game will be rather than saving Peach.
Other new features (besides the fact that there's now multiplayer features, which is awesome) include the addition of old familiar characters like Chargin Chuck, all new ways to explore the game, and the best announcement of all of E3, a new cat power up. Which allows you to climb walls, scratch your enemies with your claws, and be 500% cooler. This new title will be available in December.
The next topic (one I was very excited for) was Mario Kart 8. While there were no new character reveals, the newest features are anti gravity wheels which allow you to well, defy gravity and drive on walls in some stages! You are also able to glide through the air and drive underwater like in Mario Kart 7.
After Mario Kart, a new title, Wii Party U was announced. The game features a large amount of board and mini games to play, similar to Mario Party. Both this title and Wii Fit U were pushed back from their original summer release date to October and December respectively.
In response to the beautiful and detailed drawings made on Miiverse (which was totally unexpected by Nintendo), Nintendo is releasing a new game titled Art Academy, and while this game is still in the early stages of development, some of the tools available in Art Academy will be available early in Miiverse to give gamers even more tools, for even more advanced drawings.
Next announced were a ton of third party titles that would be coming to the Wii U and 3DS. These included Assassin's Creed IV (Wii U), Batman Arkham Origins (Wii U), Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate (3DS), Deus Ex Human Revolution - Director's Cut (Wii U), and many, many more.
After that the first gameplay footage of the new Zelda Wind Waker Remake was released, still using the (1080p) animation style that was widely protested by the majority of the fans of the series.
In the original game, the character Tingle (just no) gave you an item that would allow you to connect to the GBA to have another player assist you in the game. In this version, that item has been updated to the Tingle Bottle, which allows you to send and receive messages from Miiverse, like a message in a bottle. I was a bit confused by this, as rather than just updating the item to connect to the 3DS the item has taken on a totally different use that is not nearly as helpful as before, but it does provide an interesting social element to the game that should be interesting to play around with. The Wind Waker HD will be released in October.
After this the new title The Wonderful 101 was announced with a release date of September 15th.
The next title that was announced was totally unexpected, but pleased fans everywhere, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze! Due to the Donkey Kong Country Returns 3DS remake just being released a new DK game was very unexpected, but welcomed by the fans! Using the Wii U's beautiful 1080p graphics the game has taken on a much more realistic feel, with Donkey Kong's fur even moving in the wind. Along with new camera angles and a more cinematic feel overall, 2 player gameplay is back with a surprise, along with Diddy, Dixie Kong is also a playable character, who has her own special abilities that add another level of depth to the gameplay.
After announcing Bayonetta 2 featuring stunning gameplay footage and a redesigned protagonist, they premiered arguably the most hyped game from the entire conference, the new Smash Bros Entry.
Let's start off with the one negative from the announcement. While the Wii U versions are identical in almost every aspect there is one they differ greatly in, animation style. While the graphics in the Wii U version are a nice step up from the Wii Version, the 3DS version has an animation style that plainly just looks awful. It really just looks like a cheap drawing made by a 10 year old. However, with that said, the game features a ton of new innovative maps, the most notably being the train from Zelda Spirit Tracks! Also announced was a new character, a villager from Animal Crossing who sports a very unique playstyle! While both version are being released in 2014 it is unknown if they will be able to bought for the price of one, such as the cross buy feature for games developed for both the PS3 and PS Vita. But then, Nintendo gave us another surprise, Mega Man will be a playable character in the new game, and while I've never played any of the Mega Man games, I'm sure hardcore fans of the series are fangirling all over the place right now.
After a brief tour of the Nintendo E3 booth, that was it! Overall that was a great Nintendo Direct filled with new software I can't wait to try! And honestly, I'd say that was as good as Sony's (my favorite conference from yesterday) conference yesterday! Thanks for reading, and I'll keep updating you as E3 goes on! Bye!
Honestly all you need to take from this is that Mario can turn into a cat. Nintendo has won E3.
-Colby
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