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E3 2019: NINTENDO GIVES US MORE ZELDA, MORE ZOMBIES, DELAYS ANIMAL CROSSING... wins e3

12/6/2019

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While Nintendo didn't hold a live theatrical presentation at E3 like many of the other big-hitters - not including Sony, who skipped the show altogether, presumably due to social anxiety - it did broadcast its traditional Nintendo Direct, which revealed its plans for the coming year in typically whimsical fashion.

Suffice to say, Nintendo's forthcoming offerings are a stark contrast to everything seen at E3 thus far; more diverse, more colourful, more fun... and generally more surprising. While the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are soon to enter the gurgling death throes of their life cycles, the Switch has no plans to nail itself into a coffin anytime soon.

Here are the main takeaways from Nintendo at E3.
BREATH OF THE WILD 2
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Saved for the end of the presentation was a brief teaser - looking rather dark and scary for a Zelda game (relatively speaking; its not like Link gouged out his own throat with a spork or anything) - which revealed that the sequel to Breath of the Wild is in development.

Given that Nintendo has rarely hurried to release direct sequels to its biggest franchises, given that it looks like it'll be the first time you can play as Zelda herself, given that the company always plays its cards close to its chest... this is huge for Nintendo fans. And Nintendo.

Like a kid who just did up their own shoelaces for the first time, it's hard not to feel a little proud of them. 
THE WITCHER III/ALIEN ISOLATION
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Two of the most graphically intensive games released on the PS4 and Xbox One - The Witcher III and Alien Isolation - are getting Switch ports. Speculation is rife as to the compromises that'll need to be made, especially when it comes to The Witcher, but... in short... this is the kind of thing that the word "blimey" was invented for.
LUIGI'S MANSION 3
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One of Nintendo's lesser-loved franchises - but one that is defiantly Nintendo - is back, and this time Luigi's is off on holiday, ridding his hotel of ghosts. In the nude!!!!! It'll feature a two-player mode, in which a second player controls a Flubber-like doppelgänger called Slime-vard (Gooigi). 
RARE WORKING WITH NINTENDO... SORT OF
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On paper, not the most exciting of announcements, perhaps - all a bit "Now with new hat!" - but Banjo-Kazooie coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is huge... because the characters belong to Rare. And Rare used to belong to Nintendo. And now belongs to Microsoft.

​It's further evidence of a steadily warming relationship between Nintendo and Microsoft, which began when the latter greased the wheels for Cuphead to slither onto Switch.
PANZER DRAGOON ON SWITCH
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A real sucker punch this one; one of the many franchises Sega has seemingly been content to let gather dust is making a comeback. Though stripped of some of the distinct prog-rock album cover aesthetic - which, let's face it, was one of the main things it had going for it - Panzer Dragoon Switch appears to retain all of the gameplay which made the series one of the few Saturn classics.

​Should've hired Roger Dean as a consultant. 
ANIMAL CROSSING DELAYED
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Probably the most anticipated game on Switch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been delayed until next March. Suffice to say, there was a lot of wailing and weeping on social media at the news. As with Luigi's Mansion 3, the game adopts something of a holiday atmosphere, being set on a tropical island.

Beyond that... well... I've never played an Animal Crossing game, so for all I know you have to stuff quoits up a nozzle.
EVERYTHING ELSE
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The gorgeous-looking remake of Link's Awakening is arriving in September. There'll be a Zelda-themed follow-up to rhythm-action game. Crypt of the Necrodancer, entitled Cadence of Hyrule. There are going to be more Resident Evil games on Switch - namely, 5 and 6. Pokemon Sword and Shield will support the Pokeball Plus accessory. There's going to be a Final Fantasy Tactics which ties into the new Dark Crystal series on Netflix. And No More Heroes 3 is coming next year. 

What's really lovely about Nintendo is that, while Microsoft shoved most of its cuter, less graphically bells-and-whistles games, into a brief montage, Nintendo affords them equal worth. For Nintendo, a game is a game, whether its a 2D, top-down, thing, or a huge, 3D, open world, action game. 

And this is why Nintendo won E3.
13 Comments
The BV Reviewer
12/6/2019 08:24:39 am

I am happy that Animal Crossing is delayed, because I actually hated that game for being too boring, but in my opinion, I think Microsoft was the winner of E3 2019, they had Keanu Reeves and they didn't announce the same game announced in the previous E3 for the 2nd time (remember Daemon X Machina), the big losers apart from Sony which should've lost for its absence would be Bethesda, but this still has gotta be the best E3 we've ever seen, except the first one

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Wapojif
12/6/2019 09:46:55 am

I was delighted with all of it. One kind of slipped through without getting much attention, that the Mana Collection is coming to Switch. Secret of Mana on the Switch? Yes, please.

As for Witcher III, that's fantabulous. The Doom port worked fine, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. It'll be amazing playing it in handheld mode - Skyrim works a treat, for sure. But there will be compromises that, I'm sure, will have graphics snobs frothing wildly at the mouth.

And, yes... Breath of the Wild II. Oh my giddy days.

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Meatballs-me-branch-me-do
12/6/2019 11:22:18 am

The big news of BOTW2 is that Zelda got a haircut!

I am a little worried for Animal Crossing - New Leaf was so wonderful it’s hard to imagine what else they could add, and Pocket Camp was tedious to the extreme what with trying to be a freemium game rather than something you can actually enjoy playing.

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Harry Steele link
12/6/2019 12:39:04 pm

There's something off about Banjo's eyes though, isn't there?

He's seen stuff over at Microsoft

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Meatballs-me-branch-me-do
12/6/2019 03:30:02 pm

At least he got his nose fixed.

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Robobob
12/6/2019 08:46:31 pm

Animal Crossing Delayed is a weird name for a game...oh. I see.

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Daph
12/6/2019 10:35:11 pm

Zelda .......like I mean ...more Zelda ...and I'm a happy bunny

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Colon semi
13/6/2019 07:22:09 am

Totally right about panzer, the colour palette and texture style is all wrong. It's completely lost the atmosphere which really helped bring it from an average game to a good game (along with the sfx but not sure what the devs have done with that).

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Jingy
13/6/2019 10:52:20 am

Very boring, not a surprise in the bunch. The ninty sycophancy continues unabated. It is depressing to see so many adults falling for it

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Robert Elliott
13/6/2019 01:17:49 pm

Xbot alert.

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Jingy
14/6/2019 10:38:46 am

Yes: everybody picks a team and then is a follower sycophant for that team. Thanks for the confirmation

DangerousDavr
14/6/2019 12:12:20 am

I think it has more to do with how badly everyone else did, rather than how well Nintendo did. It was a solid offering, but it was 'mostly' sequels and ports. Hardly their best effort.

What set them apart was that they offered far more variety and far more to look forward to than almost every other publisher at E3, combined.

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Jingy
14/6/2019 10:38:08 am

I really don't see that




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