TLDW: Nintendo Direct 3/8/2018

I’m trying a new format for TLDW by adding bullet points to keep it short and sweet. Let me know if you like this format.

Nintendo 3DS Games

WarioWare Gold: Releases August 3rd.

• 300 mini-games for 3DS involving Wario-Ware games.
• Some returning characters have been redesigned
• Games involve motion controls, your voice, touch screen and button presses

Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breaker: Demo available May 10th. Releases May 24

• Partner with your Mii animal characters.
• Your friends Miis can join
• Tower defense+racing and some arena fighting

Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story 3DS+Bowser Junior’s Journey: Launches 2019

• Fight as Mario and Luigi and Bowser.
• Re-release from Nintendo DS
• Comes with additional Bowser Junior story where you play from his point of view during the main story

Detective Pikachu: releases March 23rd

• Play as Detective Pikachu and solve the mystery of attacking Pokemon
• A different form of gameplay that focuses on solving mysteries and less on battling Pokemon
• Amibo is 5.3 inches. 2x bigger than normal

  

Luigi Mansion Remake: Releases this year.

• The map is on the bottom screen
• Fans of the Luigi Mansion game returns!
• You suck up the ghost with your trusty vacuum to save Mario

Nintendo Switch

Kirby Star Allies: releases March 16th. Free update releases March 28th.

• Demo currently out
• Can have fan favorite allies such as King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee…
• More dream friends will be added after launch such as Rick, Kine, and Coo from Kirby Dream Land 2, Markx from Super Star Ultra, Gooey from Kirby Dream Land 3
• If you pre-order, you get a special bag 

Okami: Available this summer

• HD remake of the game that is currently out for other consoles
• Touch screen or motion control to use paint brushes
• Classic Capcom game with an amazing cast of characters as you play as Amatarsu.
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Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido: Available June 8th for Switch and 3DS

• Raised in a war where sushi is forbidden
• Ear more sushi with matching and match them such as a puzzle game. You can activate sushi sprites abilities after combining enough sushi. Think of it like Tsum Tsums
• You fight against the emperor and their sushi monopoly!
• Multiplayer mode. 1v1 sushi fighting
• New IP from Nintendo

Octopath Traveler: Releases July 13, 2018. Demo currently available

• Two new characters. Tressa the Merchant. Can purchase special items from town folks.
• Apothacery Alfyn: inquire and gain special features when talking to town folk.
• Job system: everyone starts with one but gain an additional one for battle. Combining jobs give you unique abilities. Game launches July 13, 2018.
• The special edition comes with pop-up book, a map, CD, and in-game currency coin. 

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes: Releases later this year

• Multiple game modes as Travis enters game worlds. 7 different worlds with different
• Exterminate all bugs in your way with the beam katana
• Tons of new bosses that aren’t trying to be number one Assassin
• Co-op multiplayer where your partner plays as Bad-man!
• Beam katanas, toilet save points, and suplexes are all returning
• The game is much more colorful with the different game themes

Dark Souls Remaster: Releases May 25th

• Solaire of Astora amiibo releases the same time as the game
• Network test to try out the game if you haven’t played Dark Souls before
• Details on Network test coming soon

Mario Tennis Aces: Releases June 22nd

• The biggest focus of the direct
• More than 15 players including chomp chomp.
• Tennis refined and more ways to play tennis.
• Multiple shots. Zone shot lets you pinpoint moves with motion action.
• Rackets take damage and break. If you lose all your tennis rockets you’re out.
• You can block the Zone shot if you hit it just right. Otherwise, your racket takes damage
• Zone speed, time moves slowly so you can hit back the Zone shots with better timing
• Zone depends on energy gauge. Fills up as the rally continues.
• Trick shots give you special movements. If you hit the ball back you gain more energy but its a specific movement for each character.
• Max energy can give you a special shot.
• Play with simple rules if you hate fun.
• 4 player multiplayer online mode. Tournaments are based on ranking. If you win, you get in-game shirts and additional characters.
• Swing mode is motion control if you prefer something like Wii Tennis
• A pre-launch online tournament is a 1v1 online tournament. Details for a later date.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Releases July 13th

• port from Nintendo Wii U.
• Includes super Mario Odyssey game levels.
• Can play multiplayer where your friend will shoot tomatoes to protect you
• Nintendo 3DS port too!
• Toad loves adventure

Undertale: Unknown release date

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: Releases July 10th

• Also out for Xbox One and Steam.
• First time on a Nintendo console

Little Nightmare: Complete Edition: Releases May 18th

• A puzzle platformer with horror influence.
• Comes with 2 DLC stories and all previous content.
• In-game Pacu Mask if you use the Pac-Man amiibo. 

South Park: Fracture but Whole: Releases April 24th

• South Park RPG with that classic South Park humor from the show
• DLC isn’t included 

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition: releases May 18th

Arms update:

• Us and Canada open tournament: March 8 – 18th. Top 8 on March 31st.
• Top winners get unique art piece. More updates in the future.
• March 31st 3 -day event to play for free
• March 21: GDC Developers will speak on Arms and Splatoon

Splatoon 3.0 update: Late April.

• 100+ pieces of new gear. New stages.
• Rank X is an extreme rank that will come soon. More conditions to meet where you meet Callie where you can climb to Rank X. Making the game more competitive.
• New Singleplayer mode focusing on a new character called Agent 8. An Octoling w/o memory. Your adventure is through shady underground test facility. Its all one connected huge subway. Variety of mission that will expand on the characters and lore.
• If you finish it, you can play multiplayer as an Octoling.
• This is the first paid downloadable content.
• 2018 is the year of the Octoling bc Octo means 8.
• You can pre-order the DLC to unlock Octo gear
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Super Smash Bros for Switch for 2018

• That’s it. You know you’re gonna buy it

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