Nintendo Direct

Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can download 20 free SNES games

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Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct was jam-packed with Nintendo Switch game announcements. Honestly, we’d forgive you if you got most excited about the news that SNES games are being added to the Nintendo Switch Online lineup. Indeed, this is big news for a service that has caught flak from fans over its rather measly lineup of monthly … Read more

Watch yesterday’s Nintendo Direct (9/4/2019)

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Nintendo streamed a new Nintendo Direct presentation on Wednesday. The Nintendo Direct livestream had a number of new game announcements – including Deadly Premonition Origins, Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition, Vampyr, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, and more. There were also some mentions for games coming out this year like Luigi’s Mansion 3, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Finally, Nintendo … Read more

WATCH LIVE: Today’s Nintendo Direct (9/4/2019)

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As we reported yesterday, Nintendo is streaming a new Nintendo Direct presentation today at 6 PM Eastern. The Nintendo Direct livestream will focus on Switch titles that are coming out in 2019. The emphasis will be on Luigi’s Mansion 3, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Watch the presentation live below!

Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct will focus on 2019 Switch titles

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Nintendo is streaming a new Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4. According to Polygon, the Nintendo Direct livestream will focus on Switch titles that are coming out in 2019. The emphasis will be on Luigi’s Mansion 3, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. If you’re wanting to catch the presentation, it will be broadcast live on Nintendo’s YouTube and … Read more

Switch-focused Nintendo Direct set for tomorrow

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Nintendo announced today that the company is dropping a new Nintendo Direct tomorrow. Nintendo says that the video presentation, which will feature Switch games, will be around 35 minutes long. It will broadcast at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. This will be the first Nintendo Direct of 2019. We don’t know what all will be featured … Read more

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Leaked Clips Reveal New Characters & More

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Some short clips and video footage have surfaced this afternoon, leaking some new characters, a new stage, and other goodies coming soon to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. 

For the sake of spoilers, we will mention all the details after the break. 

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Citizens of Earth | Atlus’s Retro-Inspired RPG Now Available

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Atlus’s retro-inspired RPG, Citizens of Earth, launched today on various digital platforms – Steam (PC), Nintendo eShop (3DS & Wii U), and PlayStation Network (PS4 & PS Vita). This Earthbound-style game puts you in charge of a vice president coming home from a long and drawn out campaign run. He find the place has gone berserk, and must use his … Read more

Editorial | The Latest Nintendo Direct Was A Beast

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Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation was Nintendo’s first in 2015, and the publisher wasted little time rolling out its big plans for the first half of the year. It was not a “news bomb,” it was more like an air strike of announcements.

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Frankly, to re-cap yesterday’s Nintendo Direct is difficult, because so much was revealed: it almost felt like an E3 presser bundled into a brief presentation. By now you may have heard that the New Nintendo 3DS XL is finally coming to North America, or caught that release dates were confirmed for titles such as Majora’s Mask 3D, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS, Splatoon, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and more. Maybe you even spotted the upcoming “Wave 4” Amiibos, or the new Super Mario Edition lineup.

Just in case you missed anything, I will quickly tackle and summarize it all; I’d like to give a special thanks to Vlad N. for his contribution to this re-cap:

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Smash Direct Reveals 50 Facts About Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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Since the launch of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS earlier this month, it has been almost impossible for fans of the series to avoid the inevitable question – what exactly will be different in the Wii U version when it finally comes out November 21?

Yesterday’s “Smash Direct” presentation answered the question pretty well. You can check out the full video after the break. 

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