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E3 2018 Press Conference: Nintendo

The last press conference of E3 was by my least favorite publisher: Nintendo. Yes, you can hate me now, but I simply don't care for Mario & friends. Granted, Nintendo has some good franchises too, but unfortunately there weren't any good new games lately from those (Starfox, Metroid, F-Zero). The list of games and announcements is pretty long for a 42 minute showcase, but it's mostly because there was a segment where they've thrown a new game on screen every 2 seconds, so here you go:
  • Daemon X Machina
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country
  • Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee and Pokéball Plus
  • Super Mario Party
  • Fire Emblem - Three Houses
  • Fortnite
  • Overcooked! 2
  • Killer Queen Black
  • Hollow Knight
  • Octopath Traveler
  • Starlink - Battle for Atlas (with Switch exclusive: Starfox)
  • Arena of Valor
  • Minecraft
  • Sushi Striker - The Way of Sushido
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Donkey Kong Country
  • Pixark
  • Just Dance 2019
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Splatoon 2 - Octo Expansion
  • Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
  • Crash Bandicoot N'Sane Trilogy
  • Ninjala
  • Carcassone
  • FIFA 18
  • FIFA 19
  • Ark - Survival Evolved
  • Wastekland 2 Director's Cut
  • Paladins
  • Fallout Shelter
  • Dark Souls Remastered
  • SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
  • Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
  • Wolfenstein II - The New Colossus
  • The World Ends With You Final Remix
  • Megaman 11
  • Mario Tennis Aces
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
That's a pretty long list considering that the second half of Nintendo Direct consisted only of Super Smash Bros. Sooo long and sooo boring! Did you have to present every character and list every small change in such detail?

Of all the other games, only one could capture my attention and that was the very first: Daemon X Machina. Sounds a bit like Deus Ex Machina, doesn't it? That was some really nice mecha combat with some epic music. Although I'm not really a fan of cel-shaded graphics ("XIII" being the only exception), I have to admit that this game looked pretty good! I'd really love to play it, but I probably won't since I don't own a Switch. Meh, ZoE 2 for PSVR should keep me busy on the mecha front.


Otherwise I was extremely disappointed, since we didn't get to see anything  from Metroid Prime 4. I mean the game was announced a year ago and you still don't have to show anything?

Okay, so this was one hell of a week. We did see some exciting new games, while some remained curiously absent. I've watched 9 press conferences, which comes in at approximately 11 hours. On top of that I bought myself a 3D printer and built that one (more on that later - maybe ;)) and this in a 40-hour work week. Crazy!

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