E3 2015: Nintendo Digital Event
June 17, 2015 | 22:29 | Written by: snake911
Their biggest new game announcement is for the latest entry in the Star Fox series, Star Fox Zero for the Wii U. A reimagining of the original, Zero will also be including elements from other Star Fox games such as the never released Star Fox 2. It looks beautiful and fun to play. I like the idea of having the TV with a third-person perspective of the ship while having an in cockpit view on the GamePad for accuracy in targeting enemies.
Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is a 3DS game that includes multiplayer gameplay that uses an interesting mechanic called totem that involves having players stack their Links on top of one another to solve puzzles and to attack enemies. The game will support both local and online multiplayer.
The absolute cutest thing shown during the digital event was seeing all of the Yarn Yoshi’s on display. For the soon to be released Yoshi's Woolly World, they are also introducing a new Amiibo that has Yoshi designed from actual yarn. It will be available in a few colors and are just adorable to look at.
This year seems like it’s the most I’ve seen Nintendo passing development duties to 3rd party studios. When it comes to physical items like Amiibo, Nintendo is teaming up with Activision’s Skylanders to include a few figurines that will work with both Skylanders and Nintendo devices. For the 3DS port of Hyrule Warriors called Hyrule Warriors Legends, it will still be Koei Tecmo’s project. And for Star Fox Zero, PlatinumGames will be assisting with the development.
My favorite game shown during this digital event was Super Mario Maker. It looks like they added a whole lot more to the game compared to when I saw it back during last year’s E3. It looks really polished, too. If I had a Wii U, I definitely get the edition of the game that comes with a booklet that shows a lot of sample courses. I’d also get the 8-bit Mario Amiibo as well.
This was a pretty neat package of games Nintendo showed off during this year’s event. They did not mention anything regarding their next gen console codenamed Nintendo NX, but I’m glad to see Nintendo is still out there as a strong competitor for both Sony and Microsoft. As a side note, it’s sad to hear that Sega doesn’t have a booth at E3 this year :-(
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