The previously-announced Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers has a release date. In the west, the game launches on May 24. A demo will arrive on May 10.
WarioWare Gold is coming to 3DS, Nintendo has announced. 300 micro-games will be included. The game will launch on August 3.
Today’s Nintendo Direct will be kicking off in an hour from now. The presentation is expected to begin at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.
The new Nintendo Direct will cover Mario Tennis Aces as well as other games for both Switch and 3DS. The presentation should last about 30 minutes.
We have all three live streams (North America, Europe, Japan) below. If all goes well, Dennis will also be handling our live blog below. Expect new posts on the site as the big announcements are made. Enjoy the Nintendo Direct!
Clustertruck appears to be away away from releasing on Switch. Over on the North American eShop, it’s listed for May 15. Pricing is set at $14.99.
This date should be accurate as tinyBuild recently confirmed that Clustertruck had gone gold on Switch and had been submitted to Nintendo. If anything changes, we’ll let you know.
Five new SKUs for Switch games have popped up in GameStop’s database. These are all mystery titles at present, as each one has the label “Available sku”.
It’s no secret that a Nintendo Direct will be held in just a few hours from now. We don’t have to tell you that there’s a high probability that these SKUs are related. Once the presentation ends, it’s possible that GameStop will begin taking pre-orders for whatever these products are soon after.
Fire Emblem Heroes received a fairly big update today, which included the additions of Blessed Gardens and Rival Domains. Footage of both can be found below.
When Nintendo holds its big presentations, Nintendo NY often lets the fans stop by and watch them live. That will once again be the case with today’s Nintendo Direct.
If you happen to be near the store in the New York City area, head up to the second floor at 5 PM. You’ll then be able to view the Nintendo Direct with other fans as the broadcast happens.
Stop by #NintendoNYC this evening at 5PM EST to watch the Nintendo Direct with us in-store on our second floor!
— Nintendo NY (@NintendoNYC) March 8, 2018
Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga recently attended an event where illustrators and concept artists discussed their work. As part of this, Oga revealed that he actually took some inspiration from late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s “directly to you” pose, which was often demonstrated during Nintendo Directs. This ended up having an influence on a design element in the PlayStation 4 game Gravity Rush 2.
Here’s what Oga shared:
A few hours ago, news unexpectedly leaked concerning today’s Nintendo Direct. A Japanese retailer outed a Switch version of Sushi Striker and leaked a few release dates, including Mario Tennis Aces.
We may have some news pertaining to North America now as well. US-1 America, a video games distributor, has listed potential release dates for a trio of titles.
Last year, Parabole showed interest in bringing Kona to Switch. It seems that the team has now finally made that happen.
Over on the Switch news section, Kona now has its own channel. There’s nothing present currently, but it should be updated in the future. Meanwhile, Kona was also listed in the official European Nintendo Download press release for… tomorrow. This could be another title that just shows up out of nowhere.
Here’s some information about Kona, along with a trailer:
