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The long-awaited delayed Nintendo Direct is finally here. At 11 pm UK time, or 3 pm PT, we'll be getting a 35 minute glimpse into what Nintendo has in store regarding future Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS titles. Stay tuned, as GBAtemp is covering every reveal live as it happens, and after it ends, we'll highlight the biggest announcements from the Direct.

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Event Start

It begins...

Good news, Luigi is alive after the last direct. Luigi's Mansion 3 has been announced for next year! They're saving more info for a later direct.

Upcoming 3DS games:
Kirby's Epic Yarn 3DS port.
There's new abilities and minigames, and a new difficulty mode.
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn launches 2019.

Bowser's Inside Story will have a little Bowser JR mode, launches Jan 11.

3DS version of Luigi's Mansion has 2 player local co-op. Oct 12 release.

YoKai Watch Blasters is getting some post launch content. New creatures, with the Sept 27 update.

Focusing on the Switch now:

Splatoon 2 update, gets a anime-styled intro as a joke showing off some new gameplay. More info coming soon on the labs.

Mega Man 11 footage. Oct 2.

Mario Tennis Aces will be getting a new update, with Birdo and Shy Guy, Paratroopa, and Petey Piranha. More to come later. Co-op challenge mode online with friends on Sept 19.

Capcom Beat em Up bundle, with Final Fight, King of Dragons, Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors and Battle Circuit. Online play. Sept 18. Pre purchase now.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Nabbit and Toadette mode. Luigi U as well, for free. Launches January 11.

Katamari gets HD treatment. Katamari Reroll.

Oh yeah, Nintendo Online is a thing, and now we get a look at more details.

Five features of membership: online play, NES games, cloud save data, smartphone app.

Official wireless NES controller Joy Cons, which have rails on the side to charge on the Dock. They'll cost $60.

Pokemon Let's Go. HMs are gone, replaced with secret techniques that only Pikachu or Eevee can learn.

Diablo 3 launch date. Nov 2.

Super Mario Party gets a gameplay trailer, with special minigames that require multiple Switch systems. 80 new minigames that have never been seen before. There's a singleplayer mode as well. Oct 5.

Game Freak is working on a new RPG game. Working title is Town. Has cell shaded graphics.

City Skylines is headed to the Switch. Both DLC packs are included. Launches today.

Daemon X Machina shows us some new details. You can defeat enemies to steal their abilities and weapons.

There's the confirmation of Yoshi's Crafted World. Lets you play levels backwards. Has local co-op. Spring 2019.

Tabletop games like Carcassone, Lord of the Rings Living Card Game, Pandemic are all coming to the Switch with local and online multiplayer. Catan and Munchkin also headed to the Switch as well.

Civ VI confirmation. Nov 16 launch.

Starlink gets more Star Fox promotional footage. Oct 16.

Warframe launches Nov 20. Just Dance, Team Sonic Racing, and FIFA 19 third party titles shown.

World of Final Fantasy gets a Switch port with additional content.

Final Fantasy Dungeon Chocobo's Tale gets a localization on the Switch. Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon.

Final Fantasy 12. 2019.

Smash is getting a LE system.


Isabelle for Smash. Nintendo is a troll.

Trailers

Spoiler: Trailers

Highlights

• Luigi's Mansion 3 will be coming next year for the Switch.
• Kirby's Epic Yarn is getting a 3DS port next year.
• New Super Mario Bros. U comes to Switch.
• Katamari Damacy 1 gets remade in HD as Reroll. Winter 2018.
• The Switch is getting some tabletop games like Carcassone, Settlers of Catan, and Pandemic are coming to the Switch with local and online coop.
• Yoshi's Crafted World confirmed.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles gets online multiplayer in the remake that was totally a surprise.
• World of Final Fantasy Maxima launches Nov 6. (Revamped port of World of Final Fantasy)
• Final Fantasy VII, IX, and X, X-2 and XII are headed to the Switch next year. Notable lack of VIII.
• Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Everybody, localization of a Wii game, this Winter.
• Switch SSB bundle. Links to pictures are above.
• Isabelle joins Smash.
• ANIMAL CROSSING 2019.
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey will hit the Switch as a Cloud streamed title.

 

[KiiWii]

Luigis mansion 3 = excellent!

The rest = decent for those who missed those games already (sums it up for FF and wiiu ports)

Disappointed no MP3 news, or F-Zero

 

[Bladexdsl]

luigi mansion and animal crossing the rest FUCKING PORTS...lame ass direct AGAIN!

 

[MaxiBash]

luigi mansion and animal crossing the rest FUCKING PORTS...lame ass direct AGAIN!

Don’t get me talking about New Super Fucking Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

WHY NOT MAKE A NEW GAME?!

 

[sarkwalvein]

Don’t get me talking about New Super Fucking Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

WHY NOT MAKE A NEW GAME?!

For some reason I forgot they even showed that up in Portendo's Direct, and I will do my best to forget it again.
Meanwhile from MP4 we still only have some text on a dark background.... Is that game even on development or was that just a bluff?

 

[FR0ZN]

Again no Ridge Racer ?????????????????????????????????
The whole generation is lost.

 

[Bladexdsl]

well at least i'll actually get to turn my switch on in 2019!

 

[sarkwalvein]

Again no Ridge Racer ?????????????????????????????????
The whole generation is lost.

Isn't Portendo bad enough already, why so eager on making it into Rehashtendo?

 

[kumikochan]

For some reason I forgot they even showed that up in Portendo's Direct, and I will do my best to forget it again.
Meanwhile from MP4 we still only have some text on a dark background.... Is that game even on development or was that just a bluff?

Just hope they won't mess it up like they did with starfox so they have to bury the game series forever sadly with their gimmicky controls. I can already see it happening, you turn your character with your left joycon pointing left or right and aim with the right gyro instead of letting us use standard controls

 

[FR0ZN]

Isn't Portendo bad enough already, why so eager on making it into Rehashtendo?

There were so many Rumors about a Ridge Racer 8 or Ridge Racer SX.
Stupid me believed it to be true, because WHO THE HELL fakes news about a god damn Ridge Racer game???

I understand not everybody likes Ridge Racer, but there seem to be certain people that love to see a poor iCEQB suffer 25/17 all around the world ;o;

 

[Bladexdsl]

Just hope they won't mess it up like they did with starfox so they have to bury the game series forever sadly with their gimmicky controls.

they already have with him not even being in space anymore. it's going to be worse than starfox adventures...

 

[kumikochan]

they already have with him not even being in space anymore. it's going to be worse than starfox adventures...

I actually meant the wii u version. That was so bad and so bad in sales that they're probably gonna bury starfox for a long time in the sand wich isn't good. Would have liked to see this on the switch with revamped controls. The only port I care for is that

 

[Bladexdsl]

I actually meant the wii u version. That was so bad and so bad in sales that they're probably gonna bury starfox for a long time in the sand wich isn't good.

from what i saw from the switch trailer that is what is going to happen 100%

 

[sarkwalvein]

from what i saw from the switch trailer that is what is going to happen 100%

was that a minigame?

 

[Bladexdsl]

was that a minigame?

nope that's the game

 

[Metoroid0]

So THAT'S why they shut down rom's websites! (it was obvious though)

 

[linuxares]

I for one find the new Town (working title) to look smashing!

 

[Metoroid0]

I don't understand why there are no news at all on "Metroid Prime 4"...

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Disappointed about the 3ds lineup....

Remakes, remakes... we all "love" remakes!

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Pray for Animal Crossing, guys

Boring game... Id much rather pray for prime 4

 

[VitaType]

I'm surprised that there is no port of the Hipster Final Fantasy (OMG! FFVI is the best one! All this idiots who think FFVII is are so foolish and just haven't tried FFVI...), beside that it seems Square has won somekind of confidence in the console which is nice. That means with Bethesda and Square there're two major game companies showing (very) good support for the system beside Nintendo itself, unsure about Ubisoft atm.

A new Luigis Mansion is great, no comment to the Epic Yarn port

New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe... Ah, come on. That means no NSMB this gen? They at least could have added the Wii version as well even if it would have been a port into the new slightly altered WiiU engine. It's a real bumper.

Offical NES wireless controllers. Okay. NES controllers are iconic, but they aren't fun to use. Somewhat "good" useable controllers for Nintendo begun with SNES (non square-ish controllers). Guess it will have its fans.

"Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee!". Pokémon Colon Let Apostrophe s Go Comma [Pikachu|Eevee] exclamation mark. No, I'm not over it yet Who on earth thought thats a good title? Just get rid of this person Nintendo.
Hairstyles okay. Why not. No more wasting attack slots with HMs and not needing specific types of Pokémon in your team is fantastic.

Diablo 3, City Skylines, CivVI. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's a bunch of good 3rd party games. You can argue if any of that should be played with a controller and that all of that is old releases and maybe you don't like this games, but that is a bunch of quality titles coming to the system right there. I still hope they make a City Skylines 2 or a graphics update to the first game, because gameplay-wise it's by far better then the current SimCity, but if you spend alot of time building a city you want it to look nice too.

Super Mario Party. Great. Hopefully the boards aren't all as small as they one they showed during E3, but beside that it looks like a fun entry in the series.

GameFreak's new RPG. I really don't have high expectations. GameFreak knows how to make Pokémon, but all there other games? I know this GBA Drill game, but it really isn't as good as alot of people say.

Yoshi's Crafted World. I was abit critical of the artstyle before, but it looks great to me now. Hope it will be a great game.

The board games. Carcassone, Catan and Pandemic? The real thing is better and more fun, but if the AI is good it's nice for a small game in-between. Sounds good.

Another Animal Crossing character for Smash? There could have been better option from outside of the Nintendo universe (Earthworm Jim, Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, Banjo/Kazooie, ...), but from Nintendo itself? I guess they put all of there own characters I would like to see in Smash already into it.

Despite Luigis Mansion I'm not blown away, but it was a good direct.

 

[Shrike]

FINAL FANTASY 9 instead of FINAL FANTASY 8 ???????

- RIP

(But I will play 7 + 10 again I guess <3)

Aaaand .. maybe there will be a PS1 emulator (with sound (sorry Lakka)) anyways ..

 

[linuxares]

I've got to say. Nintendo has the best rollercoaster of the year. It's so enjoyable to see the enjoyment in the Nintendo Subreddit for Animal Crossing. Nintendo trolled people HARD!