Nintendo Direct

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Switch, Videos | 10 Comments

The latest Nintendo Direct will be kicking off not too long from now. Nintendo will begin hosting the presentation at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe.

In the west, the new Nintendo Direct will be about 45 minutes long. The Japanese version will be 50 minutes long.

Assuming everything goes as planned, we’ll have a live blog going below. Big news updates will be posted in real time as well. Finally, we have embeds for all three streams below. Should be fun!

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

A new Nintendo Direct is airing tomorrow, and Nintendo NY is hosting a special viewing event. You can stop by the store to watch the presentation live with other fans.

Nintendo NY tweeted earlier today:

Nintendo Directs and E3 broadcasts can sometimes lead to some amazing reactions – sort of like the announcement of Metroid Prime 4.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch | 173 Comments

Update: The Japanese presentation will be 50 minutes long. There will also be no mobile news.

Original: A new Nintendo Direct presentation will be held on September 13, Nintendo has announced. We’ll be hearing about what’s coming to Switch and 3DS “over the next few months, including new details about Super Mario Odyssey.”

The presentation will be held at the following times:

– 3 PM PT
– 6 PM ET
– 11 PM in the UK
– 12 AM in Europe (September 14)

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 4 Comments

Missed today’s Splatoon 2 Direct? If so, that’s not a problem, as we now have the presentation in full below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 3 Comments

Today’s Splatoon 2 Direct will be beginning soon. Nintendo will be starting the presentation at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe.

You can watch today’s Direct as it happens below. Details from the broadcast will be added in after the video embed attached to this post. If any significant announcements are made, we may make separate posts as well.

Live blog

– Turf War, Ranked Battles are still in
– Inkopolis Square: equip gear and weaponry here
– Choose skin, eye color, hair, legwear
– Clothing and shoes are called gear

Gear

– Galleria in Inkopolis has gear and weapon shops
– Headspace: head wearshop
– Buy head gear from Flow here
– Ve Olde Cloth Shoppe: buy clothes from Jelfonzo
– Shella Fresh shoe shop, buy from Bisk
– Ammo Knights: weapons shop, buy from Sheldon
– Speed up what Sheldon says with the press of a button

Weapons

– Main weapon, sub weapon, special weapon
– Each weapon type has strengths and weaknesses
– Some weapons have extra functionality not in the first game
– Chargers now let you keep charge while swimming in ink
– Rollers now let you fire vertically
– New dualies let you dodge roll
– Autobomb subweapon: locates and hunts down enemies
– Toxic Mist subweapon: thrown at enemies, surround them in harmful gas
– New subweapons in development
– New Clash Blaster, Fingza Roller, Goo Tuber, Dapple Dualies

Specials

– Enemy’s UI icon will glow when ready
– Tenta Missles: lock onto enemies, fire multiple projectiles
– Inkjet: fly through air, throw blobs of ink
– Sting ray: fires high pressured ink that shoots through walls
– Splashdown: clears out enemies with an inksplosion after you dive from the air
– Ink Storm: rain ink
– Bomb Launcher: launch a barrage of bombs
– Ink Armor: increase defense of allies
– Baller: puts you in a giant hamster ball, can climb up walls

Turf War

– Battle for territory
– If you ink the most turf, victory is yours regardless of kills/deaths
– Included stages: The Reef, Musselforge Fitness, Inkblot Art academy, Starfish Mainstage, Humpback Pump Track, Sturgeon Shipyard, Port Mackerel, Moray Towers

Ranked Battle

– Splat Zones: fight for splat zones on the stage; team that controls the longest wins
– Tower Control: fight for control of tower that moves when you’re standing on it
– Rainmaker: carry to other team’s goal; rainmaker can fire powerful charge shots
– As you win Ranked Battles, your rank increases; get matched with players of similiar skill
– Separate rank for each mode this time around
– May move up 2 or more ranks at a time depending on your forces
– Can connect with another person or 3 friends
– If you play well, receive an in-game medal

Gear Abilities

– Some for headwear, smoe for clothing, shoes
– Thermal Ink: track distance players
– Object Shredder: increases damage dealth to non-player objects
– Quick Respawn: reduces respawn time
– Respawn Punisher: increases respawn time
– Drop Roller: tilt left stick during Super Jump to perform a roll when you land
– Can see other players’ gear on the map screen
– Murch can add or remove gear abilities

Salmon Run

– Only open at certain times online
– Steel Eel: block your path with long bodies and lay down ink
– Flyfish: hovers and uses missiles
– Steelhead: builds bombs up its head and throws at targets
– Other undiscovered enemies as well
– At night, enemies will rush you with incredible speed
– Some items can only be earned here

SplatNet 2

– Service that puts information such as stage schedules and stats at your fingertips
– Can view detailed results for last 50 battles
– See weapons and gear of the players
– Win rates of specific modes and stages
– View lifetime ink gauge; shows how much you’ve inked compared to real world places
– Shop lets you send gear to Murch in the game
– Nintendo Switch Online app is where these features are
– Communicate with players via voice chat
– Automatically split with in-game teams
– Use social media to invite friends

– Set control sensitivity separately for TV and handheld modes
– Save control settings and weapon loadouts to any Splatoon amiibo
– Tap the amiibo on any console to use those settings
– Get exclusive gear from amiibo
– Snap a photo with amiibo

– Can draw things and have them show up in the game and share them online
– Crusty Shawn food shop: get more points and money from battles

The Shoal

– Play locally with friends
– Pick any mode or stage
– Wireless multiplayer and LAN play possible

Squid Beats 2

– Time button presses to the beat

Single-player mode

– Take on challenges and fight Octarians
– Take different weapons into battle
– Marie looks awfully worried about something

Updates

– New weapons in development
– Splat Brella: press and hold the button to open the umbrella and block attacks; continue holding to charge it at players
– Bubble Blower coming
– New gear on the way
– More stages in the works
– Updates for around a year
– 2 years of Splatfests
– Fight along friends on the same team in Splatfests
– Marina, Pearl seem to have replaced the Squid Sisters
– Splatoon 2: Splatfest World Premiere on July 15
– First Splatfest theme: Which is better: cake or ice cream?

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 20 Comments

The next Nintendo Direct will air tomorrow. Nintendo is holding a special presentation dedicated to all things for its next Switch game, Splatoon 2. During the presentation, fans can look forward to news about “some of the new features, weapons and styles” in the game.

As for how long the Direct will be, Niconico may have some insight. It’s showing as a 25-minute presentation on the video site’s schedule. Some have questioned how accurate Niconico is with these timetables, though they were actually right on the money with the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 event last month. But… we’ll see.

The Splatoon 2 Direct will air on Thursday at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 18 Comments

A new Nintendo Direct will air this Thursday focusing on Splatoon 2, Nintendo has announced. Fans can look forward to information about “some of the new features, weapons and styles” that will be in the game.

This week’s Splatoon 2 Direct will air at the following times:

– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe

We’ll have the Splatoon 2 Direct stream up an hour before it goes live on Thursday.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 62 Comments

Nintendo has announced a new Japanese Nintendo Direct, which will air on Wednesday, June 21st, at 8 PM local time. The Direct, which will be 14 minutes long, will be all about Dragon Quest XI. According to the announcement, the Direct will be mainly about the 3DS version of the game and its exclusive features. It’s possible that the Switch version will also be shown off for the first time, though that’s not exactly a safe bet. Either way, we’ll know for sure in about 48 hours.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Switch, Videos | 25 Comments

E3 2017 is only a week away, but it already feels like the festivities have started. Today’s Pokemon Direct can be partially attributed to that since we should be getting some big news about the franchise very soon.

No live blog for this one due to how short it is, but you can watch the Pokemon Direct as it happens below in an hour from now (7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe). Although it’ll only be eight minutes long, similar presentations focusing on the series have been equally short. We’ll put up any breaking news on the site right as it happens.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 104 Comments

A special Pokemon Direct will be hosted tomorrow, it’s been announced. The broadcast will be rather short in length lasting eight minutes.

You can watch tomorrow’s Pokemon Direct at the following times:

– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe

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