Summary of Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event- 6-16-2015

Here we go! Here’s a summary of Nintendo’s Digital Event from E3 2015. Click here to watch the Digital Event for yourself or continue reading to see what it was all about.

• The first announcement of the Direct was a new StarFox game with a world premiere trailer for the game. The game is titled StarFox Zero and will be debuting during the holiday season of this year. The trailer was an overview that transitioned into a developer interview with Shigeru Miyamoto in which he discussed his inspiration for the series. The game will take advantage of the Wii U Gamepad’s gyroscope to control the camera and provide a cockpit view of the action. So, the game has both a first and third person perspective. The Arwing will also be able to transform into a Walker, a feature from Starfox 2. The Arwing can also become the Landmaster as well as a Gyrowing, which looks like a helicopter drone that can explore small areas.
• Next was a presentation from Reggie Fils-Aime. He explained that the theme of E3 was “transformation”. He also confirmed they will talk about the Nintendo NX next year.
• Super Mario Bros. is having its 30^th anniversary this year. Reggie explained how Mario has transformed himself and the face of gaming. After giving a brief overview of Mario Maker, Reggie explained ways that amiibo are going to impact Nintendo’s games.
• In a surprise announcement, Donkey Kong and Bowser will be making an appearance in the Skylanders franchise alongside their own vehicles in the next game Skylanders: Superchargers. Bowser and Donkey Kong will be fully playable and will given “turbo” figurines. The figurines will be both a Skylander figure and an amiibo via a turn of a dial on the bottom of the figure. The Skylanders team created “Magma Bowser” who will be able to set himself on fire and breathe fire onto Koopas to create Dry Bones that he can use to fight for him.

Summary of Nintendo Direct from 1/14/15

There was a long Nintendo Direct this morning and it was packed full of information! There’s so much of it that I’ve decided to use a quick, bullet-point format in order to summarize it all. I’ve also broken up each section into small categories for the purpose of keeping everything organized. Click here if you haven’t yet seen the Direct to watch it for yourself.

The Latest Fire Emblem Title-

• The first thing we were greeted with was a trailer for the brand new Fire Emblem game for the 3DS!
• The trailer was action packed and briefly showed us some of the new characters and areas.
• It was stated that the game has some of the same team as Awakening, but features a new member to the team, an established comic book author, who helped to create this game’s story.
• The game will feel familiar to Awakening, but will have brand new challenges.
• There is no release date for this title yet.

Puzzle & Dragon: Super Mario Bros. Edition–

• The popular mobile game is joining forces with the Mario Bros. in a new title for the 3DS. The game is a mix of puzzle and RPG elements.
• The game will feature familiar Mario characters such as Luigi and Toad as well as your typical Mario enemies who will also be able to join your party.
• The game will be released together with Puzzles & Dragons Z.
• The release date for this game is sometime in May.

Summary of Nintendo Direct- 11-5-14

There was another exciting Direct today and just like we’ve come to expect from Nintendo it was full of cool new information and a couple surprises. Click here if you want to watch the Direct for yourself before reading.

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The first surprise—though this has been long speculated—was the reveal of The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask 3D for the 3DS and 2DS. The much anticipated remake of the N64 classic is due to release in Spring of 2015. It seems to be rather faithful to the original, but it’s said that the game will be accessible to new players as well.

The next game discussed was Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Almost all of the talk about this game was focused on the battle mechanics and explaining the depth that each fight can have. Additionally, they also highlighted four of the game’s characters: the main character Henry Fleming, the Lion from Oz, Tiger Lilly (from Peter Pan, I believe), and Tom Sawyer (from, of course, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer). The game is slated for a release in Spring 2015 which is soon shaping up to be a busy time of the year for Nintendo.

Hyrule Warriors Out Today in North America!

Today marks the release date for Hyrule Warriors! Though the game has been out already in other regions, fans can now pick up the game for themselves in North America!

Additionally, a bunch of DLC has also been announced for the game that’s due to be released over the course of a few months.

The “Master Quest Pack” comes to us on October 16th and features Epona, new costumes, and a new scenario.

The “Twilight Princess Pack” arrives around the holidays in December and features a new character, weapons, and again, more costumes and a new map.

Also, the “Majora’s Mask Pack” arrives in February and also contains new characters, weapons, and costumes.

And if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a “Boss Pack” arriving in March. This pack allows you to play as the game’s villains and gives you a Dark Link costume. Cool! All of this DLC will definitely keep players coming back to Hyrule Warriors all throughout the year. I’m glad to see Nintendo finally embracing DLC the right way. With this and Mario Kart 8, one can only assume that this trend of adding new, cool content to games after their release will continue with future titles. DLC for Smash, anyone? I know I certainly would like to see that.

As a note, I do plan on writing a Hyrule Warriors in the future, but that’ll likely come a bit later in the year. I will pick up the game eventually, but I’m going to hold off for now. I will, however, definitely do a review before the holiday season. But you can expect a spoiler-free Smash Bros. for 3DS review soon after its release in a few days!

Until Then,

-The Nintendo Nerd

Ganondorf is Coming as a Playable Character to Hyrule Warriors!

Check out this latest trailer that debuted at the end of the recent Nintendo Direct. This trailer features the newly announced Ganondorf in Hyrule Warriors fighting with the Great Sword weapon. The end of the trailer has to be my favorite part. Seeing Ganondorf opening a treasure chest and holding up an item is truly a priceless moment.

You can also check out the entire Nintendo Direct to see more of the game including various stages, weapons, and costumes. If you’re not sure if this will be a game that you will enjoy, this is the perfect video to watch as it gives a good overview of the entire game.

Edit: Whoops. Forgot to mention that the Direct also announces more Legend of Zelda villains who will come to join the cast of playable characters in Hyrule Warriors. These playable villains include, so far, Ghirahim and Zant. They didn’t get an entire trailer dedicated to them, but if you watch the Direct you’ll see some of their gameplay footage.

Keep checking back here for more Nintendo news,

Until then,

-The Nintendo Nerd

New Hyrule Warriors Characters Announced!

It was revealed through some Famitsu scans and some new trailers, that joining the playable characters roster in Hyrule Warriors, will be Princess Ruto, Sheik, and Darunia! What a cool and diverse cast of playable characters. A new trailer, which I’ll link to a video of here, shows off their gameplay as well as some other new stuff like weapons, areas, and villains. It’s almost four minutes long and it’s packed full of content! Be sure to check it out.

Until then,

-The Nintendo Nerd

Fi Comes to Hyrule Warriors as the Next Playable Character!

Here we go again with another Hyrule Warriors character reveal. This time it’s Fi from Skyward Sword who has come to join the party. She was revealed in a scan from Famitsu magazine along with some additional costumes for Link and Zelda as well and the reveal of a new weapon for Link. So far, that brings the entire playable cast up to seven!

There’s sure to be more information revealed about Fi soon enough, however…

Until then,

-Then Nintendo Nerd

New Hyrule Warriors Trailers

Check out this trailer for Hyrule Warriors and three more featuring the heroes and their weapons on Nintendo’s official YouTube Channel!

New Hyrule Warriors Characters Revealed!

The Nintendo Console Gaming Facebook has posted some new screenshots of Hyrule Warriors! These screenshots reveal some additional characters for the game—Lana, Agitha, Agorok, and Zant.

Lana and Agitha are both playable, bringing our current confirmed playable character roster to six. Agitha’s design looks pretty intense to me and although I have not played Twilight Princess, I’m happy to see that she’s coming to this new game because she seems like she’ll be a very interesting character to play as.

Lana was introduced in these screenshots as a brand new character to the series and she seems to be a magic user. Her design is quite awesome and stands out even among all of the incredible character designs we’ve already seen thus far. It’s going to be hard to choose who to play as in this game, there are so many great options and there’s still more to be revealed.

Click this link to see the new characters and screenshots for yourself and I’ll be sure to report on any more big Nintendo news.

Until then,

-The Nintendo Nerd