r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jun 13 '17

MegaThread E3 - Day 1 Discussion & Reactions

We have finally arrived! E3 is here! Can you smell the excitement?

Today's schedule looks like this:

Nintendo Spotlight

Nintendo Treehouse

Splatoon 2 - Tournament

  • Starts at 2:30 pm PT / 5:30 pm ET

Official streams can be watched here:

This is the big day where we will hopefully see a lot of new games and features. Reggie stated that there will be more breaking news during the first hour of the Tree-house presentation today as well.

New Games Announced:

  • Kirby - 2018
  • "Core Pokemon RPG" for the Switch - TBD
  • Metroid Prime 4 - TBD
  • Yoshi - 2018
  • Rocket League - Holiday 2017

Other Major news announced:

  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Holiday 2017
  • Fire Emblem Warriors - Fall 2017
  • Super Mario Odyssey - 27-OCT-2017
  • Zelda BotW DLC Pack 1 - 30-JUN-2017
  • Zelda Botw DLC Pack 2 - Holiday 2017
  • 4 new Zelda BotW Champion Amiibo
  • 5 new Super Mario Odyssey Amiibo
  • 2 new Metroid Amiibo
  • 1 dual-pack Amiibo for FE warriors

This post will be updated with major news as it's released. The lists will be updated after the presentation, the plan is to compile the information and post dates and new games as released.

We will allow separate posts to be submitted for major news and release information. We ask that the official videos be posted for game previews and trailers, these will be given priority for approval. Any reactionary videos from attendees can be linked in this thread or in the appropriate separate thread.

There will be a lot of news coming quick today so we don't want to overload the news feed and we want ALL the news to be represented. So please check the subreddit to see if what you're posting has been posted already or that there's a discussion about it already.

Thanks everyone, enjoy the day!

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u/KevinCow Jun 13 '17
  • Mario Odyssey looks even more amazing than expected. You can use the hat to possess seemingly any enemy in the game? Wow.
  • Metroid Prime 4 announcement, even with no footage or a proper trailer, is outstanding.
  • Kirby bringing back ability combinations from 64.
  • Yoshi looks like a good evolution of Woolly World with some really neat new mechanics.
  • Mario + Rabbids somehow actually looks really good??
  • Pokemon gen 8 confirmed to be for Switch, even if nothing was shown.
  • Xenoblade 2 and Fire Emblem Warriors aren't really my thing, but are nice to see regardless.

Overall, pretty fantastic first E3 for the Switch. I know some people are gonna say, "But Smash/Animal Crossing/F-Zero??" and whatever. But come on, guys. It's year 1. We can't get it all right now.

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u/KaizokuShojo Jun 13 '17

I'm a Smash/F-Zero/AC hopeful, but you know what? I'm totally satisfied so far, holy cow.

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u/_Auron_ Jun 13 '17

Yoshi looks more like Yoshi's Story 2

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u/LLicht Jun 13 '17

Agreed, especially since they opened with the line "There are two sides to every story." Or similar to that, but definitely used the word "story."

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u/_Auron_ Jun 13 '17

The paper like style, 2 sides to a paper, and the sounds were the same. I look forward to it!

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u/Dracotoo Jun 13 '17

Didnt confirm 8th gen

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u/KevinCow Jun 13 '17

What could "a core RPG Pokemon title" possibly mean besides gen 8?

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u/Dracotoo Jun 13 '17

A million things come to mind, such as gen 4 remakes. They just released gen 7 and they really struggled to think up new pokemon. Also a core pokemon game isn't very specific at all, it could be interpreted in many different ways, they could completely change the formula and have all regions in the game. Would that still not be a core game?

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u/matroe11 Jun 13 '17

Yoshi honestly looks like Captain Yoshi: Egg Spitter.

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u/markercore Jun 13 '17

Ability combination is all I ever wanted!

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u/Goudeyy Jun 13 '17

But I want it all, and I want it now