Monthly Archives: May 2015

Watch Today’s Nintendo Direct!

Today, there was a short Japan-only Nintendo Direct that revealed some new information about some upcoming games. Click here to watch it.
Some quick highlights were that the reveal that a remake of Dragon Quest VIII will be released on the 3DS, the Fire Emblem amiibos will work with the latest Fire Emblem title, a special Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS LL will be released in Japan, a new Chibi Robo game is set to be released soon alongside a Chibi Robo amiibo, and there’s going to be a new Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games title for 2016.
Of course, there was a lot more covered than that in the 30-minute Direct, so click here to watch it for yourself.

Pokémon Announces Super Mystery Dungeon

Here’s a nice surprise: today Pokemon announced a brand new game in the Mystery Dungeon series called Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. The game will be on the Nintendo 3DS and the press release says that you will:

“Battle alongside Legendary and Mythical Pokémon to save the world from a crisis in a tale of unprecedented scale.”

Aside from this, the only other thing we know about this game is that it’ll be released in Winter of this year. However, the press release on Pokemon.com does say that more information is soon to come.

Until Then,

-The Nintendo Nerd

Nintendo Themed Rides to Come to Universal Studios Theme Parks!

Here’s some exciting news! Today, it was announced that Nintendo and Universal Studios are teaming up to add Nintendo themed attractions to Universal Studios theme parks! How cool! There are no details yet on what types of attractions are in the works, but Nintendo did say that they would give more information at a later time. Regardless, it’s an exciting, new venture for Nintendo that’s sure to bring smiles to the faces of a lot of fans.

When more news breaks on this topic, I’ll be sure to post about it again.

Until Then,

-The Nintendo Nerd