LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo opened its activities for the annual E3 2018 video game trade show with a bang – and a smash. Showing world-first footage of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo shared details about the latest entry in a series with sales of more than 40 million units worldwide. A new game built for the Nintendo Switch system, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lets up to eight players square off in action-packed battles that are all about smashing beloved video game characters off the screen. Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown at E3 2018, which runs through June 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Nintendo made its announcements during its Nintendo Direct: E3 2018 video presentation, which can be viewed at https://e3.nintendo.com.
“At E3, we’re showing how Nintendo Switch continues to redefine play, with the broadest range of games people can enjoy together anytime, anywhere,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s President and COO. “Fans who’ve debated which Super Smash Bros. fighter is the best now have the chance to settle their differences once and for all, pitting familiar faces against fresh challengers on stages both new and old. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, and the arrival of Epic’s Fortnite on Nintendo Switch demonstrate the strong momentum Nintendo Switch continues to have through 2018 and beyond.”
Today’s Nintendo Direct has ended, but Nintendo’s E3 activities are just getting started. As for today specifically, we have hours of live streams from the Treehouse to look forward to, as well as tournaments for Splatoon 2 and Smash Bros. Watch all of the action as it happens below.
Smash Bros. Ultimate has been dated. While it’s coming out late than expected, it’s due out on December 7.
Nintendo has announced that GameCube controller support is planned for Smash Bros. Ultimate. Past amiibo will be supported as well.
Nintendo is going all out with the roster for Smash Bros. Switch. The company is bringing back everyone, including Snake. The final title in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Nintendo made it very clear that the new Smash Bros. game for Switch would get the spotlight in its Nintendo Direct presentation today. Towards the end of the show, the title was shown off properly for the first time. One aspect confirmed is that the Ice Climbers are returning.
Nintendo provided an update on The World Ends with You: Final Remix today. The game is launching this fall.
