Nintendo Direct February 13th, 2014
Hey Everyone,
Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Nintendo Direct Viewing!
I am pretty stoked about this Nintendo Direct because I called it...
I had anticipated not only that we would get a release date for Mario Kart 8, but that we would see the actual Nintendo Direct right before Valentine's Day! I can get confirmation for this from a few folks I made the prediction too...Pretty cool go get both of them right!
The worst news from the ND is that we have to wait until Friday, May 30th, 2014 for Mario Kart 8. The best news, imo, from the ND is that the Koopalings are going to appear as playable characters in MK8. If you haven't picked up on it yet, I am VERY EXCITED about Mario Kart 8.
Don't get me wrong though, there was some other very exciting news in this rendition...
Without further ado, here are my quick notes from the broadcast...Please note they are just rough notes that I literally type out while watching the ND. You can use them as a guide to where the info you might be most interested is within the video (it is fairly long at 40+ minutes).
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Nintendo Direct 2-13-2014
Iwata presents direct to you…
Little Mac joins Super Smash Bros.
-Coming 2014
3DS
Mario Golf World Tour
-Customize Mii with 8 types of items
Gloves, golf balls, and clothing…change abilities
Win tourneys at castle club to advance
May 2nd, 2014
Kirby Triple Deluxe
-Easy to pick up and play
-Copy abilities for lots of different actions
-Lots of collectibles…Keychains
--Star Stones, help you progress…find them all for special
bonus
-Special Waddle=helpful items in times of need…Street Pass
for better items and key chains
May 2nd, 2014
Yoshi’s New Island
-Adv thru each stage with Baby Mario…attacked by enemies =
timer to get baby Mario back…no time limit=explore each stage=giant eggs act as
egg dozers
-Metal Egg Dozers by eating Metal Shy Guy
-Yoshi’s transformations
--Jackhammer, submarine, via gyro
--Super Yoshi via star…flies thru levels and along walls
--Flap Down Wings, Flutter Wings…helps beginners
March 14hth, 2014
3DS eshop
-FPS like Steel Diver (2011), competitive FPS by staying
step ahead of competitor
-7 Single Player Missions
-Free Version Steel Diver Sub Wars=2 basic types, enjoy
beginning on single player and all multiplayer
-Upgrade to paid…more subs and all single player
-Today, after ND
1st Time 3D
Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball
-Rusty Slugger Sport’s Shack
--Lots of mini games including Umpire like “Make the Call”
-Buy from in-game menu…haggle the price…lower it
significantly
-April 2014, Free
Pokemon Battle Trozei
-700+ Appear in the game
-Red and Blue to X and Y
-Catch and become your own for use in battle
-Connect type advantage together etc…
-UP to 4P
-March 20th, 2014
Erik NOA
3DS Exclusive
-Professor Layton & the Azran Legacy
-Emmy Altva, Layton’s assistant
-Feb 28th, 2014
-Street Pass to keep you playing
-Treasure Hunts by hiding items
--Points for many items
Capcom-Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
-Big leap forward for series
-take on foes in dynamic new ways
-hunt with friends on 3DS via Internet
-Early 2015
Weapon Shop de Omasse
-Level 5 developers
-Mange weapon shop inside traditional RPG
-experience humble life of an RPG shop keeper
-Rhythm game component
-February 20th
Soccer RPG InaZuma
Eleven
-Middle School
-RPG in school and soccer practice
-Improve team members with stat boost and leveling up
-Pass shoot and duel to determine possession
-Team ups etc
-Available Today after ND
Renegade Kid
-Treasurenauts
-Moon Chronicles
--FPS adventure
Shovel Knight
-Side Scrolling Action Game in 8
Bit
Nicalis
-1001 Spikes
--Inspired by 8 bit NES games…killer
package
VBlank Retro City Rampage
-GTA reflash
Lots of new titles
Wii U Ubisoft
-Child of Light
-RPG inspired by fairy tale
-Princess retrieve three sources
of lights
-April 30th, 2014
Iwata 1st Party
updates
-DK Country Tropical Freeze
--New Trailer
-Online Leader Boards
-2/21/2014
NES Remix
-Collects best moments from NES
games
-Volume 2, NESRemix 2…pulled from
later NES Titles
-Full Bonus Game
--Super Luigi Bros!
---Luigi Goes R to L in World
1-2, but includes all levels from the game
--High Jump for Luigi is
available
-April 25th, 2014
GBA to Virtual Console, announced
Jan last year
-Finally re-releasing them this
spring, starting in February
-Metroid Fusion
-Mario & Luigi Super Star
Saga
-Yoshi’s Island Super Mario
Advance 3
-Over time, continue to release
more titles
Mario Kart 8!!!
-New Characters, not expected
-New Trailer
-Koopalings!!!
-up, down, and all around new 3D
courses
-May 30th, 2014
Monolith Soft
-Battle Scene Sneak Peak
-Xenoblade Chronicles battle
system, but more polished
Bayonetta 2
-New footage from Platinum Games
-Later 2014 Launch
End of ND
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So, I have to ask, what are you most excited about?
