Forever known as the Direct where we saw Mario’s nipples
Not five minutes into today’s 45-minute Nintendo Direct presentation, I felt like I was drowning in bite-sized 3DS announcements and release-window confirmations for known entities.
The company quickly covered a lot of ground before reaching the good stuff: surprise Switch ports for Doom and Wolfenstein II, and an extended look at Mario Odyssey, including two new worlds.
Here’s all our coverage!
- Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga remake coming on October 6
- Check out these new Ultra Beasts in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon
- Orange you happy there’s an orange New 2DS XL?
- Kirby: Battle Royale coming to 3DS next January
- Splatoon 2 to get classic and new arenas soon
- Minecraft is coming to New 3DS today
- Mario Party: The Top 100 bundles the best minigames on Nintendo 3DS this November
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be launching this December
- Snipperclips is getting new DLC and I’m stoked
- Fire Emblem Warriors fights its way to Switch on October 20
- Doom and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus are coming to Nintendo Switch
- Project: Octopath Traveler looks like a dream for RPG fans
- Skyrim will unleash its chaos on Nintendo Switch this November
- Nintendo arcade games are headed to Switch
- Dragon Quest Builders coming to Switch next spring
- Kirby: Star Allies coming to Nintendo Switch early next year
- There’s a Super Mario Odyssey Switch bundle that comes with two red Joy-Con
- Atlus is showing the 3DS a lot of love in 2018
- Two new Super Mario Odyssey worlds revealed, one tropical paradise and one frozen hellscape
I’ve been asked a few times lately what my game of the year is (or likely will be), and I always hesitate as I do a mental check of everything I’ve played and loved before admitting “Yeah, it’s gonna be Mario.”