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Nintendo has sparked fervent discussion with an announcement of an upcoming direct that will be happening today. The broadcast will last around 30 minutes, and will cover games for the Switch and the 3DS that are scheduled to release this year. Be sure to stay tuned, as this thread will be updated to cover all announcements live when the direct starts. You can watch it in the above YouTube stream, or on Twitch, linked here. If you're from the UK, then you can watch Nintendo UK's broadcast here.

Live updates

And it's live!
Koizumi will be the one to talk about games during this direct.
Start off with 3DS titles
Wario Ware gets a new entry with WarioWare Gold on 3DS, with 300 microgames included. Launches August 3rd.
Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers for 3DS, a game about using mii characters to fight monsters. Game will get a demo on May 10. Launches May 24.
Bowser's Inside Story gets 3DS port. Bowser JR's Journey is a side story, launches 2019.
Detective Pikachu footage shown, with the english voices. You can prepurchase the game, and it launches March 23.
Luigi's Mansion remake on 3DS. Launches 2018.
onto switch

Kirby Star Allies gets some characters shown off. There's a demo available in all regions.
Okami HD comes to Switch. Gets touchscreen controls, or motion with the Joycons.
Sushi Striker launches June 8 for switch and 3DS
We get some info about jobs in Project Octopath, which adds to the strategy of the game. It'll launch July 13, and will get a special edition.
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes gets some gameplay footage. There will be unique bosses and a co-op mode. Exclusive to Switch.
Dark Souls will get a network test soon on Switch. Solaire will get an amiibo. Launch together on May 25.

Mario Tennis Aces. 15 Playable characters, including a CHAIN CHOMP. Up to 4 player co-op and versus. You can make multiple different types of shots. There's a new Zone Shot which you can use with motion controls to aim the ball. Online multiplayer. Launches June 22. There will be a pre-launch online tournament for people to test the game. Details soon.

Continuing on, we have a Captain Toad port for Switch. Odyssey themed levels. Local co-op. 3DS version as well. Launches July 13.
Undertale comes to Switch. Coming "eventually"
Crash trilogy comes to Switch
Little Nightmares indie game. May 18.
South Park comes to the Switch. Fractured But Whole. All DLC will be either individual purchases, or a season pass of three DLC packs. Launches April 24.
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition comes to Switch this spring, on May 18.
ARMS getting a tournament for Canada and USA March 8-18.

Splatoon 2 gets version 3.0, late April. 100 new pieces of gear, three new stages. Rank X to be added.
Splatoon 2 getting new paid DLC. New character. 20 bucks, this summer.

One last announcement.More Splatoon 2...?

SMASH BROS. COMING 2018

trailers

 

[nightking]

Nintendo is going very well with the switch lineup! Once I saw Crash Bandicoot, Mario Tennis and Super Smash Brawl I almost passed out due to excitement!!

 

[RedoLane]

I have chortles!

 

[pedro702]

took them long enough for smash i guess besides splatton we will for sure get an arms cahracter and maybe even bandana de or something.

 

[SecureBoot]

Gosh dang it, I didn't realize how much I liked Undertale until I saw it announced. I swear I won't become trash though.

I also wish LM was on Switch but I could say that about every game here.

 

[the_randomizer]

Nintendo is going very well with the switch lineup! Once I saw Crash Bandicoot, Mario Tennis and Super Smash Brawl I almost passed out due to excitement!!

I didn't expect two of those, like, yeah, that Smash teaser is just cruel lol. Crash though, heh, hope it's a good port (*cough* unlike the Gamecube Crash Wrath of Cortex *cough*)

 

[Flame]

Dude how'd you do that

its never over to the fat lady sings.

 

[Xabring]

I certainly Didn't expect Crash into switch. Or the Meme amiibo.

BUT BOY WII GOT UR SMASH ON SWITCH!!!!

 

[KiiWii]

Was that $20 for early acces to free splatoon 2 dlc? Or did i miss something?

 

[Windaga]

Wow, I didn't expect the amiibo or the Smash announcement. Super excited to play Crash Bandicoot again, and I can't wait to try Little Nightmares .

 

[Harsky]

Luigi's Mansion on the 3DS makes me wonder if this is their way of saying "no Gamecube VC" for a little longer. It's nice that it's finally getting the 3D treatment that was scrapped for the Gamecube version during development but without the analogue shoulder triggers to control how strong the vacuum sucks like the GC version, it might play a little "off".

Still a very good Direct considering it was only announced yesterday (I tuned out during the Mario Tennis bit) and it's only 3 months until the E3 version so I can only imagine the massive surprises they have.

If I have to be a downer, it's the fact that ports that should've been released alongside the Xbox/PS version are being re-released again a few months later at full price.

 

[AxlSt00pid]

This direct can be summarized with two sentences:
"Lotsa Switch games!" and "Nintendo: 'What? Wii U was actually a thing?'"

 

[the_randomizer]

This direct can be summarized with two sentences:
"Lotsa Switch games!" and "Nintendo: 'What? Wii U was actually a thing?'"

Can you blame them? Wii U was a disaster.

 

[AxlSt00pid]

Can you blame them? Wii U was a disaster.

No I don't blame that they want to port the titles they consider as good titles.
But man, poor Wii U, at this rate it will be more useless because it will end up having no exclusive and enjoyable titles because of so many ports, ports and ports.
Now it's only a matter of time that they port Wonderful 101, TMS #FE, Mario 3D World and Xeno X and Boom! Now nobody will need a Wii U because they will play its games on Switch
(Yes, not that anyone needs one at this point)

 

[The Real Jdbye]

This stream was above average. They actually had a lot of new announcements, and they didn't go on about Mario Tennis for 20 minutes talking in great detail about all the little features no one cares about.
Even if most of them were ports/remakes, I haven't played Bowser's Inside Story at all and barely played Okami HD so I'm actually glad they're getting ports/remakes, it'll give me an incentive to play them.
I don't know why I got so excited about Undertale, I've beaten that game from start to finish like 3 or 4 times already. It was just completely unexpected, and having Undertale on the go can be fun.

Also, that Smash announcement at the end, I'm wondering if this is a new game, or a port, or just more DLC for the 3DS/Wii U versions. It seems a bit early for a new Smash game already since the Switch is still so new, even though it's been years since Sm4sh was released. It said Nintendo Switch so it's probably not DLC for the existing games (unless they release the DLC alongside a port, which I certainly hope they do rather than just releasing it as part of the port like they did with MK8D)
But I really hope it's a new game. I'm about ready for a new Smash, I do like Sm4sh a lot but it kind of gets old after a while, I can't keep playing largely the same characters and stages forever.

 

[the_randomizer]

No I don't blame that they want to port the titles they consider as good titles.
But man, poor Wii U, at this rate it will be more useless because it will end up having no exclusive and enjoyable titles because of so many ports, ports and ports.
Now it's only a matter of time that they port Wonderful 101, TMS #FE, Mario 3D World and Xeno X and Boom! Now nobody will need a Wii U because they will play its games on Switch
(Yes, not that anyone needs one at this point)

Meh, oh well. They stopped Wii U production, best to just let it die off.

This stream was above average. They actually had a lot of new announcements, and they didn't go on about Mario Tennis for 20 minutes talking in great detail about all the little features no one cares about.
Even if most of them were ports/remakes, I haven't played Bowser's Inside Story at all and barely played Okami HD so I'm actually glad they're getting ports/remakes, it'll give me an incentive to play them.
I don't know why I got so excited about Undertale, I've beaten that game from start to finish like 3 or 4 times already. It was just completely unexpected, and having Undertale on the go can be fun.

Also, that Smash announcement at the end, I'm wondering if this is a new game, or a port, or just more DLC for the 3DS/Wii U versions. It seems a bit early for a new Smash game already since the Switch is still so new, even though it's been years since Sm4sh was released. It said Nintendo Switch so it's probably not DLC for the existing games (unless they release the DLC alongside a port, which I certainly hope they do rather than just releasing it as part of the port like they did with MK8D)
But I really hope it's a new game. I'm about ready for a new Smash, I do like Sm4sh a lot but it kind of gets old after a while, I can't keep playing largely the same characters and stages forever.

http://smashbros.com/en_US/index.html

The font, logo, etc are different. There's no real title, it's a new game, not a port.

 

[AxlSt00pid]

Meh, oh well. They stopped Wii U production, best to just let it die off.

Well, maybe I'm a bit salty because I own a Wii U, and all this ports just scream a big "Fuck you for owning a Wii U, retard!" for me

 

[Xzi]

Was that $20 for early acces to free splatoon 2 dlc? Or did i miss something?

It's $20 for the expansion, if you pre-order you get a costume.

 

[DrkBeam]

After 7 years the 3ds still have games releasing on the system, I haven't played inside bowser as well as captain toad, and Luigi' s mansion is a nostalgic dream coming true, anyway when is coming metroid prime trilogy at the 3ds?

 

[KiiWii]

It's $20 for the expansion, if you pre-order you get a costume.

Oh damn so we finally have to pay for content, that free ride was awesome though. So many weapons and maps!

 

[Kioku]

This stream was above average. They actually had a lot of new announcements, and they didn't go on about Mario Tennis for 20 minutes talking in great detail about all the little features no one cares about.
Even if most of them were ports/remakes, I haven't played Bowser's Inside Story at all and barely played Okami HD so I'm actually glad they're getting ports/remakes, it'll give me an incentive to play them.
I don't know why I got so excited about Undertale, I've beaten that game from start to finish like 3 or 4 times already. It was just completely unexpected, and having Undertale on the go can be fun.

Also, that Smash announcement at the end, I'm wondering if this is a new game, or a port, or just more DLC for the 3DS/Wii U versions. It seems a bit early for a new Smash game already since the Switch is still so new, even though it's been years since Sm4sh was released. It said Nintendo Switch so it's probably not DLC for the existing games (unless they release the DLC alongside a port, which I certainly hope they do rather than just releasing it as part of the port like they did with MK8D)
But I really hope it's a new game. I'm about ready for a new Smash, I do like Sm4sh a lot but it kind of gets old after a while, I can't keep playing largely the same characters and stages forever.

Smash is obviously going to be new. If it were a port, they'd have indicated it. If it were DLC, it would have been more than a basic teaser.

Dark Souls is going to be abysmal on the Switch, I can already see it. Oh boy...

Okami is meh, at best. May actually play it now that it's going to be on a system I own.

Undertale is meh.. Never cared for the game. Not sure why it has such a following. I digress.

I enjoy the Mario sports games. So, Tennis is a definite yes for me.

I'm extremely saddened that the Switch isn't seeing Warioware or Luigis Mansion. Captain Toad is "meh".

Crash was the one I was waiting for. Will definitely pick that up.

All in all this direct was a 6/10. So little excitement and too much time wasted. Some decent announcements though. Even if half of them were ports.