Nintendo just held their E3 2019 conference via Nintendo Direct, and it was filled with
a lot of highly anticipated reveals and a few surprises too!
From the new Super Smash Bros Ultimate DLC to the Breath of the Wild sequel, here’s
what you missed.
SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE DLC REVEAL The Direct started off with some news concerning
Nintendo’s major hit from last year’s E3, Super smash Bros ultimate.
Two DLC characters were announced – the hero from Dragon Quest, multiple iterations
of the hero over the years from the various different titles, which will be part of the
DLC released in Summer of 2019.
And we’re also getting Banjo Kazooie!
His DLC will be out fall of 2019.
LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Luigi’s Mansion 3 was the next big item
on Nintendo’s docket, giving us a trailer along with some gameplay footage that highlights
some really exciting new mechanics the game will feature.
This title will be set in a haunted hotel, and Luigi’s Poltergust has gotten some serious
upgrades – there are three new functions we got to see in action – Slam, Suction
Shot and Burst Slam allows you to take out multiple ghosts
at once.
Suction shot is a powerful suction tool that can aid you not only with ghosts, but breaking
through and past obstacles.
Burst is a powerful burst of air pressure that you can use to blow ghosts away.
But perhaps the coolest new feature is Gooigi – a goo version of Luigi that you can alternate
between, allowing you to do things like slip through metal fences and walk on spikes, although
Gooigi doesn’t fare well in water.
The Gooigi addition also allows for couch co-op, in which you can play as Luigi and
Gooigi at the same time to work together.
There’s also a brand new mode called the scare scraper mode, which is local or online
coop where you team up to defeat ghosts, fighting against the clock.
LEGEND OF ZELDA LINKS AWAKENING We got more about Legend of Zelda: Link’s
Awakening, the remake – a game that’s got a brand new animation style but feels
just like the original game.
We got to see some new gameplay footage, and it looks amazing.
A new mechanic was shown off too – you can collect and arrange your own dungeons – conquer
these chamber dungeons for rewards in the game.
Adds some major replayability!
It’ll be out September 20th 2019 POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD
Set to be released November 15th 2019, we got to hear a bit more about Sword and Shield,
the new pokemon titles that Nintendo had announced leading up to E3 – turns out you can use
pokeball plus accessory allows you to take pokemon from the new games to train them up
in the real world – something “good” may happen is what was hinted to – live
gameplay after the conference now available to check out.
Also, expect to see a lot of gameplay footage of the new titles floating around on the internet
– those at E3 get to test drive the games, and from the looks of it, it’s a beautiful
addition to the franchise.
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3 We got to see a brand new trailer featuring
even more Marvel characters than before!
It featured some gameplay footage too, giving us a better sense at the style and flow of
the title.
It’ll be out July 19th 2019.
Nintendo also announced expansion packs for it from X-Men, Fantastic Four and Marvel Knights.
MARIO AND SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES A new Mario and Sonic at the Olympics is on
it’s way!
This addition to the series allows player to compete online.
The whole game is based around the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
ANIMAL CROSSING New Horizons As expected, we got to see a brand new trailer
for animal crossing along with some gameplay footage – the game, titled new horizons,
is set to be released March 29, 2020 and takes place on a deserted island.
It will no longer a 2019 release – Nintendo announced they’re pushing it back to ensure
the game can be the best it can be.
AND FINALLY!
The Nintendo Direct ended off with a trailer for the announcement of the sequel to Breath
of the Wild that featured what appeared to be Ganondorf’s corpse reanimating.
It’s a full brand new game rather than just a DLC, leaving fans stoked.
WHAT ELSE?
In addition to those main highlights, we got trailers and announcements for several new
Nintendo Switch games.
DRAGON QUEST 11 echoes of an exclusive age DEFINITIVE edition – September 27th 2019
WITCHER 3 – ported to the Switch – this only further fuels the fire that we may one
day see Geralt as a DLC for super smash bros ultimate
A trailer for The Dark Crystal Tactics Collection of Mana - available for the first
time outside of Japan, now available Fire Emblems Three Houses – July 26th 2019
No More Heroes 3 – 2020 Contra Rogue Corps September 24th 2019
Astral chain August 30th 2019 And in case you’re wondering, there was
no new news concerning Metroid Prime 4.
But Nintendo did announce that they have many new titles in development that they’re excited
to share with fans in the near future.
So there we have it friends!
What were you the most excited about from this Nintendo Direct?