Nintendo’s SDCC 2015 plans – lineup, tournaments, and more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has shared its extensive plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2015.
First, here’s a look at the company’s lineup for the show:
Wii U
Super Mario Maker from Nintendo
Yoshi’s Woolly World from Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U from Nintendo
Splatoon from Nintendo
Skylanders SuperChargers from Activision
Nintendo 3DS
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash from Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes from Nintendo
Little Battlers eXperience from Nintendo
YO-KAI WATCH from Nintendo
All of these games are playable at Nintendo’s booth (No. 235). They’ll also be featured at the Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina (333 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101), which doesn’t a Comic-Con badge for entry. The lounge will be open from 10 AM to 7 PM July 9-11 and 10 AM to 5 PM on July 12.
The Nintendo Gaming Lounge will highlight Super Mario Maker in a big way. Those who stop by can “view a stage show in which members of the Nintendo Treehouse will demonstrate the game’s features, including level-creation techniques that will help people easily create custom levels in the game to share with friends.” The voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, will also be on hand.
That’s not all though. Tournaments are planned for Splatoon, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Head past the break for the rundown of the different tournaments, plus information about Little Battlers eXperience to win collectible figures.
EDGE #282 review scores
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This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:
Batman: Arkham Knight [8]
Splatoon [9]
Heroes of the Storm [8]
Yoshi’s Woolly World [6]
Destiny: House of Wolves [8]
Magicka 2 [7]
Nom Nom Galaxy [6]
Massive Chalice [7]
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Splatoon version 1.3.0 out now
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The newest update for Splatoon, which was announced for the game last week, is now available. Your game will be brought up to version 1.3.0 after applying the patch.
Today’s update makes adjustments and changes to Splatfest, weapons, and abilities. We’ve attached the full patch notes below for those who missed out on them last week.
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Japanese Yoshi’s Woolly World commercials
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Nintendo has released a couple of Japanese commercials for Yoshi’s Woolly World. View them below.
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Nintendo Treehouse: Live with Splatoon Tower Control – full recording
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Update: YouTube version added.
Nintendo Treehouse: Live with Splatoon Tower Control has now come to an end. If you missed any of the stream, head past the break to catch up on the full recording. We’re using Twitch’s archive for now, but we’ll update this post with a YouTube version when that becomes available.
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Splatoon – Moray Towers map coming soon
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Nintendo is currently hosting a live stream for Splatoon. While Tower Control is the main highlight, the broadcast also showed off a new map called “Moray Towers”.
Nintendo says that Moray Towers will be added to the game “soon”.
Watch http://t.co/w3WYQPX9KT to get an early look at Moray Towers, a map that is coming soon to #Splatoon.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 30, 2015
We’ll have an archive up of today’s Splatoon stream in a bit. You’ll be able to get a first look at Moray Towers in addition to Tower Control.
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Nothing’s off the table for Disney Infinity, but new stuff is taking the focus
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Could we ever see Howard the Duck or Secret of Monkey Island in Disney Infinity? While Disney says that nothing’s off the table, the developers are instead choosing to focus on newer content.
Ada Duan, vice president of business and franchise management at Lucasfilm, and Disney Interactive’s John Vignocchi told Polygon:
“In terms of Star Wars content, there’s definitely more Star Wars coming out. What these guys have been saying is that Disney Infinity is a platform for all the IP across the company, Star Wars being part of that. You’ll see more. As more movies and TV shows come out and there’s evaluation of what we can support, I think Infinity is going to support all the IP across the company. As Lucas comes out with more IP and more Star Wars.” – Duan
“I’ll be like, please, can we do Secret of Monkey Island? And she’ll say, ‘Can we talk about how relevant this is? There are so many other things we could do.’ We have so much new content coming out.” – Vignocchi
“It’s natural that we’re going to want things to be supported coming up. It’s not out of the question [that we’d approve something from the archives], but I feel like there’s so much new that that’s probably going to be the focus.” – Duan
“We’re listening to the fans. We do the Facebook fan stuff all the time. We do these informal polls, and they wind up in the senior executive meetings with guys throwing stuff around and yelling at each other. ‘OK, this is what the fan poll said we should be doing, these characters.’ That’s how I lost Darkwing Duck to Olaf this year. That would have been awesome, right?” – Viggnocchi
There have been two Disney Infinity games thus far, with a third following this year. Disney Infinity 2.0 introduced Marvel characters while the 2015 edition is featuring Star Wars for the first time.
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Nintendo Treehouse – Splatoon Tower Control live stream
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Treehouse: Live with Splatoon Tower Control will kick off at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT (an hour from now). We’ve included the live stream below.
Nintendo will be giving a first look at the Splatoon Tower Control multiplayer mode, which launches tomorrow. I wouldn’t expect much else aside from that!
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Shovel Knight – Plague of Shadows coming soon, exclusive Nintendo content teased
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