The North American Nintendo Direct is now live.
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The North American Nintendo Direct has begun check below for live updates:
10:01 - Presentation is beginning with some Paper Mario goodness.
10:02 - Enemies change forms, then you have to change your strategy.
10:03 - There is a sticker museum, apparently you will want to go there often.
10:03 - A more formal trailer is beginning.
10:05 - Mario just picked up a goat and is using it in battle... The goat ate the enemies.
10:06 - Next up is Professor Layton.
10:07 - Reggie is describing how this game could be for anyone even newcomers to the series.
10:08 - 365 downloadable puzzles for free. We knew about this but I still think it is really awesome.
10:10 - Will be releasing more downloadable lessons in the future. For Art Academy
10:11 - Talking Style Savvy next. "It may be a guilty pleasure."
10:12 - Next Style Savvy demo coming next week.
10:13 - Onto some New Super Mario 2 DLC, which is available now.
10:14 - Talking about alot of old news (older retail games are available on eShop)
10:15 - Moving onto Crashmo. Features doors, move switches, and floating blocks.
10:15 - Can rotate the camera view, we've seen this stuff before.
10:16 - Available November 22.
10:16 - Now onto Fluidity: Spin Cycle.
10:17 - Fluidity: Spin Cycle is coming December 27.
10:18 - Liberation Maiden is available today. Aero Porter and Crimson Shroud coming later this year.
10:18 - Nightsky out today, Ikachan coming later this year.
10:19 - Started a sizzle reel of various eShop games, including some VC ones.
10:20 - I don't think there has actually been any new news yet.
10:20 - Fire Emblem will be coming to North America at some point.
10:22 - Can create your own character to go on the adventure as well.
10:22 - Will feature DLC like Japanese version of the game.
10:24 - Had a trailer of Fire Emblem, it looked beautiful.
10:24 - Next up Animal Crossing.
10:25 - Called Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
10:25 - Talking details we have heard before like the fact that you are mayor and customized clothing.
10:26 - Began a "short sneak peak"
10:28 - Trailer ended with DJ K.K.
10:28 - Reggie seems to be wrapping it up.
10:29 - Closing it out with what will probably be a montage video of things they talked about today.
10:30 - Snuck in a bunch of other stuff like Etrian Odyssey and Castlevania into this video at the end.
10:30 - Alright that looks like the end. Thanks for reading everyone.
Considering that the Circle Pad Pro is, at best, a niche product, I don't consider it a fail that it wasn't mentioned.
Personally, I love both Valkyria Chronicles and Fire Emblem, and considering Sega's current state of affairs, we may not be seeing a new VC game, especially in America, for a long time, if ever. In fact, the closest we may get is Project X Zone. And that's still up in the air. After all, VC is tied up with Sony, and their portable is ailing in Japan (the only place Valkyria really matters, let's be honest). The most I feel like we can hope for is a downloadable release of 3 or something.
So I guess from the list of games they talked about, I have Fluidity SC; Paper Mario; and possibly Liberation Maiden to look forward to. I'll wait to see more of this Fire Emblem game before getting excited, as I've somewhat lost interest in the series since playing Valkyria Chronicles (a game I believe this franchise could learn a LOT from). And Castlevania LoS-MoF can't come soon enough.
Personally, it looks like Fire Emblem is taking all the right steps with this new entry. The art style is beautiful, and the production values seemed to have been given a boost. This is the first time I've seen a Fire Emblem game with visuals that aren't underwhelming. They are very reminiscent of Valkyria Chronicles, too. This 3DS game is proving to be more polished and modern than Shadow Dragon on Wii. Not to mention the gameplay being updated without all out changing the way it works. Unlike, say, Pokemon or Madden, Fire Emblem games are spaced far enough apart to where I don't feel like they need to reinvent the formula that much between games. I think focusing on presentation was wise.
In other words, I think Fire Emblem is learning a lot from Valkyria in terms of presentation, but outside of being part of the same genres, they both operate on different rules. Fire Emblem wouldn't be the same without weapon triangles, grids, and crazy hair colors. Let's leave the gameplay as it is. Aside from new classes, they've already perfected the formula, as far as I'm concerned.
Those stumpy legged designs though .... eh, maybe they'll grow on me.
I guess this means we won't be seeing any new 3DS colours or bundles this holiday. Oh well, the blue 3DS XL is a good enough colour, and there will probably be some retailer special on it if I pay attention.I'm still waiting for NSMB2 3ds XL bundle to come out in PAL zone -- that dozen of 3ds games i bought before i lost original model aren't going to play themselves.
At this point, hell, weeks and weeks before this point, we should have no questions about the Wii U launch. We can still have questions about the Wii U but there should be no doubt and what's what on day one.They still hadn't started doing ads and that big marketing push yet. They're probably more concerned with that at the moment, i guess...
I guess this means we won't be seeing any new 3DS colours or bundles this holiday. Oh well, the blue 3DS XL is a good enough colour, and there will probably be some retailer special on it if I pay attention.GameStop is offering double trade credit on all hardware until (I think) October 28. A regular 3DS is normally $85 in trade credit so if you want that blue 3DS XL, you might want to jump on that deal, Mop It Up. $30 plus tax to upgrade isn't a bad deal.
