Nintendo Direct – E3 2013

Nintendo skipped out on their regular press conference this year in favour of local Nintendo directs released worldwide simultaneously during E3. It was a good showing, though it could’ve been stronger

• New Pokemon Type – Fairy type
• Worldwide Release October 12, 2013
• Super Mario 3D World
• Playable Peach
• Cat Mario – climb walls and scratch enemies
• Available December
• Mario Kart 8
• Spring 2014
• HoverKart mode
• Anti-gravity feature to change courses up walls and upside down.
• Wii Party U
• 80 new mini games
• Tabletop Mini Games to only use GamePad
• Later this year
• Wii Fit U to be released this Winter
• New Art Academy headed to Wii U
• New Art tools for Miiverse: Pencils, Colour Pencils and Pastels
• Just Dance 2014 – Oct 1
• Rayman Legends – August 29
• Scribblenauts Unmasked for 3DS and Wii U
• Batman: Arkham Origins
• Deus Ex
• Shim Megami Tensei 4
• Skylanders Swap Force – Oct 18
• Splinter Cell Blacklist
• Sonic Lost Worlds
• Watch Dogs- Nov 21
• Cloudberry Kingdom
• Coaster Crazy Deluxe
• Ducktales Remastered
• Mutant Mudds Deluxe
• Oddworld: New n’ Tasty
• Shovel Knight
• Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party
• A World Of Keflings
• Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. looks gorgeous
• Tingle Bottle are messages in a bottle for other players within the game and into Miiverse
• Wind Waker HD available October
• Wonderful 101 Available August 23 for Europe
• Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze
• Plays much like Donkey Kong Country Returns
• Adventure to five islands to win back territory from invaders
• Use of more camera angles
• Dixie Kong is back as a playable character
• Available later this year
• Bayonetta 2 Trailer and game footage
• Bayonetta 2 releases 2014
• X – a game by MonolithSoft with open world exploration, releasing 2014
• Super Smash Bros for 3DS and Wii U available for 2014
• New characters include Villager from Animal Crossing and MegaMan