Nintendo at E3 2013 Wrap-up

As another E3 draws to a close let’s take a look at some of the coolest things Nintendo announced over the week.

• Super Mario 3D World
• Mario Kart 8
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
• Mario and Luigi: Dream Team
• Yoshi’s New Island

Of course, there were plenty of other games Nintendo announced/announced more information on, such as Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, and Bayonetta 2, but either the announcements weren’t as major or, as in the case of Bayonetta 2, I’m just not very interested in the game.

I’d like to point out a trend here. For the most part, Nintendo is getting really lazy with their game titles. Super Mario 3D World? Mario Kart 8? Yoshi’s New Island? All really boring. The crowning jewel though? The Smash Bros. games: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Those are the real titles. Seriously Nintendo? That’s the best you can think of? In fact, I’d like to go on record that the sales for the Wii U would, undoubtedly, been stronger had the name been unique. There is still confusion that the Wii U is just an updated Wii and not a totally new system.

Overall I think Nintendo had a very strong showing at E3 with a LOT of their major titles, many of which I can’t wait to get my hands on.

You can watch the E3 Nintendo Direct here.

Mario Kart 8 announced!

Today Nintendo announced Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U!

The big new addition here is anti-gravity racing. The Mario gang can now race about topsy turvy, upside down tracks that curve around the Mushroom Kingdom at previously impossible angles.

The game will also support twelve person online multiplayer, HD graphics, and 60 fps gameplay. Woot!

You can burn rubber with Mario and his pals in Spring 2014.

 

Watch the Nintendo Direct E3 presentation!

Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation showed off a lot of great games. I’ll do full posts on some of the ones that caught my eye. In the mean time, you can watch the Nintendo Direct presentation above and check out the Nintendo E3 website.

Nintendo E3 Preview: What can we expect?

E3 is just a few days away. Reggie, Iwata, Miyamoto, and Luigi have all arrived in LA. What can we expect the big N to reveal during their Nintendo Direct and throughout E3 this year? The Nintendo Direct is said to focus on Wii U, but we’ll probably still see plenty of 3DS news elsewhere during E3.

We are confirmed to see reveals of:

• A new 3D Mario (Wii U)
• Smash Bros. (Wii U and 3DS)
• A new Mario Kart (Wii U)

We will most likely see more of:

• Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
• The Wonderful 101 (Wii U)
• Yarn Yoshi (Wii U)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U)
• Rayman Legends (Wii U)
• Scribblenauts: Unmasked (Wii U and 3DS)
• Flipnote Studio 3D (3DS)
• Mario and Luigi: Dream Team (3DS)
• Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS)
• Mario Party (3DS)
• Yoshi’s Island (3DS)
• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (3DS)
• Zelda: A Link to the Past sequel (3DS)