At its Nintendo Direct E3 event today, Nintendo showcased some new gameplay from Hyrule Warriors, its upcoming hybrid of the storied Legend of Zelda series and the sometimes maligned Dynasty Warriors franchise. That is, the game uses characters and settings from the Zelda universe and transposes them into the over-the-top action brawling style of Dynasty Warriors.
Nintendo have never really gotten the hang of E3 presentations and so, after a series of costly and embarrassing failures that were ignored by the general press and hated by gamers they opted to give up live E3 briefings in favour of super special extended Nintendo Direct videos. These occasionally tend to turn out like some sort of Dadaist nightmare but are, at the very least, devoid of utter boredom of their equivalent live presentations. CEO Satoru Iwata addresses gamers directly to talk to them about Nintendos values and how they relate to the way the company is currently operating, and then introduces a series of game trailers and showreels, explaining their features to the audience. Occasionally members of a roster of talking heads turn up, but for the most part its just Iwata talking, awkwardly, directly to camera.
Nintendo seem to be piling all the biggest enthusiasm this year into their two Smash Bros. games; Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros.
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From GamesReviews:
"It has been a long wait. It seems like years since we received our first screens, months since that detailed, energetic Nintendo Direct Now, it will only be a little over a week before we can all play it. Its almost Mario Kart time, and it just cannot seem to come fast enough. I had zero desire to sit down and write this up. I dont want to tell you about Mario Kart, I dont want to discuss Mario Kart, and I definitely dont want to waste valuable time editing anything about Mario Kart. I just want to play it.Nintendo doesnt waste time or resources when it comes to their most important franchises, and this has only meant good things for fans. Mario Kart 8 takes the Mario Kart series to another level entirely, both in terms of game play and visuals."
