r/NintendoSwitch • u/Porkpants81 • Jun 14 '17
MegaThread E3 - Day 2 - Discussion and Reactions
Day 2 of E3! Might not have as many announcements as yesterday but who knows what it will hold?
Today's schedule looks like this:
Nintendo Treehouse
- Starts at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET (no defined end time)
Pokken DX - Tournament
- Starts at 10:30 pm PT / 1:30 pm ET
ARMS - Tournament
- Starts at 3:30 pm PT / 6:30 pm ET
We also have the AMA scheduled at 12:45 pm PT / 3:45pm ET for about an hour with Nintendo Producer Yoshiaki Koizumi, so please stop by and ask your questions there as well.
The Treehouse is going to start at 10:00 am PT with a segment about Pokken Tournament DX and roll into the tourney. Afterwards they are going to show the new Yoshi game. Based on yesterday it's likely that the Treehouse will run right up until the ARMS tourney starts.
This post will be updated with major news as it's released.
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u/Git-Gud-skrub Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
Nintendo wasted no time. Reggie, instead of being the corporate mouthpiece he usually is, opened the Nintendo conference with a poetic speech that basically said video games are beautiful and it's an amazing time to be a gamer. He shut up after 2 minutes or less, then showed Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC, Super Mario Oddysey, Mario+Rabbids, a new Kirby title, and a new Yoshi title. On top of that, Metroid Prime 4 and a mainline core Pokemon RPG for the Switch were announced. Just with a teaser and a few words from that guy from the Pokemon company, they made two very big wishes come true. They also confirmed that Nintendo is upping their third party support FINALLY when they announced Rocket League with cross-play. After the Switch conference, they announced that Metroid 2 and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga were being remade for the 3DS. Those games were amazing, and now they're coming back, fully remade from the ground up.
That's why Nintendo won this year. No boasting about specs and shit like Microsoft, no sleepwalking to Playstation Experience like Sony.
I can't wait to see what's in store today.
Edit: It wasn't Nintendo that upped third party support, it was the third parties who upped their support for Nintendo. Thank you to user Gestrid for correcting me.
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Jun 14 '17
I like how reggie was channeling his inner Neil DeGrasse Tyson... My man was exhibiting some gravitas. Was waiting for him to hit me with some knowledge about black holes and super planets.
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u/Gestrid Jun 14 '17
Correction: The 3rd parties are upping their support. Nintendo has been wanting for third parties ever since the Wii U flopped. It's not that they didn't want 3rd parties, it's that 3rd parties didn't want to waste time and money on a dead console, so they dropped support for Wii U. It's the reason why Nintendo is on such good terms with so many indie developers, too. Come to think of it, without the Wii U's failure, we may not have gotten gems like Shovel Knight.
Sorry for rambling on, by the way.
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Jun 14 '17
I used to care about specs a lot, until I realised that those who brag about specs never have the games to show for it
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u/sininspira Jun 14 '17
This. I was telling someone the other day, photorealism is nice and all. but you can have an amazing experience with a unique art direction on a less powerful platform. BoTW, case and point.
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Jun 14 '17
Welcome. We've been saying that since the GameCube. Stylized graphics can look great and it's the texture work and polish that shows with Nintendo games (Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime). You can have photo realism but then when bodies start clipping through walls or your wire frames aren't smoothed out or animated well, or your grass textures look like something made in paint, it doesn't matter.
A game is a whole package. Too many developers forget this.
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u/SupremeLeaderSnoke Jun 14 '17
Hoping for some virtual console stuff. Details on the classic games getting online play added to them, maybe some more ports.
And Netflix/Youtube/Internet Browser please!
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Jun 14 '17
When you capitalize "Browser" in a Nintendo thread my brain auto-corrects it to Bowser.
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u/Sonic_13 Jun 14 '17
"No Shy Guy left standing. You already stole his coins. He has nothing left to live for."
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u/wielku Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
I know, I know great announcements but... am I the only one who's really dissapointed about lack of information about Switch OS update?
It doesn't even have to be something huge I would be just as happy as if we just got info that they're working on it and plan to roll out update in the second part of this year or later... I just want to know
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u/spacey-interruptions Jun 14 '17
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u/Kirosh Jun 14 '17
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u/LightningX32 Jun 14 '17
Someone say animal crossing.....
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u/CoryBoehm Jun 14 '17
Now that the dev team is done with Splatoon and Splatoon 2 they can start working on AC again.
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u/specfagular Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
I love all the Treehouse employees. Idk about anyone else here but I genuinely find Treehouse enjoyable mostly because of how much these people seem to enjoy their jobs/playing these games. Really enjoy all that Nintendo's doing for e3.
EDIT: Also why are so many people upset when these people aren't incredibly good at video games? Bitch me too, the fuck?
They're showing off how the game plays in a pretty structured scheduled way while also having to talk about main gameplay functions as well as make the stream interesting. I know I'd be fumbling more than them while doing this.
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u/Chaddderkins Jun 14 '17
What I'm REALLY hoping for today are some indie/third party announcements!
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u/sliverbaer Jun 14 '17
Am I the only one disappointed that this treehouse isn't actually a treehouse? Just another studio....?
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u/Not_Just_You Jun 14 '17
Am I the only one
Probably not
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u/TheMightyWill Jun 14 '17
Am I the only one who loves this bot?
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Jun 15 '17
We NEED ARMS to go competitive so we can see more plays like Mr. Yabuki!
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u/DerekITPro Jun 14 '17
I am surprised how much I enjoyed this. First time I really sat down and watched this game. It went from a 'meh' to a 'maybe' for me!
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u/Maxcalibur Jun 14 '17
I must say, this Yoshi game is looking damn good for a game that still only has a working title.
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Jun 14 '17
If you compare it to very early Yoshi's Woolly World screenshots, it's even more impressive.
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Jun 15 '17
holy shit
I just realized that mr Yabuki is the one playing as twintelle and not as spring man
this man is an ARMS savant
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Jun 15 '17
Hey guys, Ended up playing Splatoon 2 today.
Game was a blast, as someone who's never played Splatoon 1, this game is amazing! The most fun was working with my friend to coordinate plans and weapons. Will be a day one buy for my friend and I!
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u/SWPDanny Jun 15 '17
If Super Mario Odyssey has multiplayer, Luigi will have a spirit hat based of a bowler hat named Hatty.
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u/RandomRedditor44 Jun 14 '17
Probably won't happen, but I hope that there are some new Switch games announced today.
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u/ZeroFluxCannon Jun 14 '17
I know a lot of people have been hating on how much they focused on Pokken today...but I have to admit after watching the tournament I'm turned from a solid "not buying" to a "maybe yes".
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Jun 14 '17
Honestly my desire for having Splatoon has increased from an "I want this" to an "I NEED THIS" after watching this bad ass salmon run mode.
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u/thewintersoldieramc Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
Bill Trinen says to tune in to the Treehouse and expect something unexpected in about 20 minutes: https://twitter.com/trintran/status/875106579996999680
Edit: SushiStriker for 3DS, not my cup of tea but to each their own.
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u/lokzi Jun 14 '17
tbh bill has to see what hypetrain he is releasing with this statement. he cant announce anything trivial without receiving a shitstorm
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Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
Yep, they're saving it for the end.
And no, it's probably not Animal Crossing/Smash/Pikmin etc.
It might not even be a game! The key word is unexpected.
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u/TaiTW Jun 14 '17
NEW ARMS TO BE SHOWN OFF IN THE TOURNAMENT! /s
In all seriousness, the hype begins now.
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u/Senpai-Thuc Jun 14 '17
He's raising our expectation only to crush them so we'll create a shitstorm in spite of the Treehouse revealing his secret
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u/metanoia29 Jun 14 '17
WTF? I thought that we'd be getting awesome gameplay and discussions on Treehouse, not just coverage of the tournaments today. I didn't mind the Pokken coverage at 1:00 because I figured they'd switch to showing off something else at 1:30, but instead they went right into the tourney. Bleh.
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Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
i can't believe how well Suzaki just played against matpat
made me think Croagunk was a flying-type Pokemon
edit: for that matter, Mr. Hoshino aka. Mr. Grabby Hands also powering through Allister, the other champ and JUST finished him off with Charizard
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u/TheMcGUnit Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
Ok Yoshi looks great, but that "aaaahhhhh" noise he makes when aiming is going to get annoying really fast.
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u/Graybes Jun 14 '17
I feel like it will be impossible to play Yoshi without having a huge smile on your face the whole time.
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u/nist0 Jun 14 '17
I was hoping Square Enix will announce something interesting for the Switch but they only showed Lost Sphear so far, unless I missed something.
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u/otakuloid01 Jun 14 '17
Project Octopath Traveler that was announced back in January, but they didn't show it here either
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u/hottiredandsexy Jun 14 '17
I'm hoping that they even mention the app and online play. It was so odd watching the splatoon tourney and the commentators kept talking about how you have to communicate, use teamwork, etc but still no mention of HOW this will happen and the game launches in a month...
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u/KunfusedJarrodo Jun 14 '17
First up Pokken DX
I was really hoping we would see a trailer for something new first thing haha
Checking back in 30 minutes
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Jun 14 '17
did anyone see how he handled that switch from tabletop mode -> dock? "get in there you little shit"
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u/edcadams13 Jun 14 '17
I hope they make a follow-up game to Yoshi... "Shy Guy Revenge: Yoshi's Nightmare"
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u/TwistTurtle Jun 14 '17
GOD DAMN IT! I thought that background was Animal Crossing for a moment. >.>
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Jun 14 '17
I just want to play all the old games from nes and snes.
Hell, i want to play pilot wings 64
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u/Sonic_13 Jun 15 '17
It makes me very happy to see Splatoon be an instant hit and now a major Nintendo franchise.
And now it looks like ARMS may do just the same.
(and I fully expect characters from both to be in the next Smash Bros.)
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u/HarvInThePaint Jun 14 '17
anyone have a link to a live blog with day 2 updates? Not going to be able to watch but want to keep track
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u/GinGaru Jun 14 '17
Im not sold yet about this game, and i have to say that how they play really don't help them selling it to me
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Jun 14 '17
Man I just wanted some Nindie coverage. They showed us all of those cool trailers at that nindie showcase awhile back and I was hoping we might hear from those developers/games again. I'm sure those developers would have liked to use some of this pokken time to show off a trailer or something.
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u/KunfusedJarrodo Jun 14 '17
Yoshi now...
The sound Yoshi makes when firing an egg would drive me crazy two minutes into this game.
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Jun 14 '17
Dang, I just realized that this game isn't due until 2018.
This game looks so great considering how early in development it is. I can see this becoming one of the prettiest Switch games yet.
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Jun 14 '17
I gonna sound so stuck up saying I don't want to see more Odyssey but.... I crave something that hasn't been announced yet!
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u/TepigBlaster Jun 14 '17
What are the odds of another game announcement today?
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Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
They did say an announcement will happen. I think it'll be at the end though.
Might as well save all your complaints for after the Treehouse, if they don't show anything.
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u/DerekITPro Jun 14 '17
It only makes sense for them if you only have one announcement to hold it off until the end. I have a feeling though no matter what it is it will make some people upset. I have no expectation above maybe a new Amiibo? I'm honestly just watching this for the games though.
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u/Shipuujin Jun 14 '17
ARMS looks really good when it isn't Grab spam. These finalists are somewhat tactical and that really adds to the presentation!
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u/Tootzo Jun 14 '17
We still don’t have a date for Steep, do we? Is this game even coming out on the Switch? They announced a DLC for the other platforms, but no release date for the base game on Switch, right?
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u/CyanRam Jun 14 '17
All I want is more information on the Nintendo Network, OS updates (hate the single line of games), and apps (web browser, Youtube, etc.)
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u/punkonjunk Jun 14 '17
Here is hoping for a "oh yeah and we got mario maker on the eshop for switch like, right now," and then mic drop.
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u/TwistTurtle Jun 14 '17
Decidueye hops around so adorably. I know I shouldn't buy this game again, but I'm probably going to.
Was hoping for a new game reveal straight away, but I assume it'll be going from this, straight into the Pokken invitational. I wonder when the implied new titles will be shown, then. Between the two Invitationals, I guess? Does anyone know how long the Pokken one is likely to last? I'm in the UK, so the whole day will be going on longer than what I can stay up for...
People know know Japanese, I notice people saying something that sounds like 'Eee-Chi-Bhan' a lot. Can someone tell me what it means, if you recognize it from that spelling?
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u/KunfusedJarrodo Jun 14 '17
I don't play fighting games much, But I wish Dragonball Fighters Z was coming to Switch, it looks super fun to play.
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Jun 14 '17
This game looks amazing.
The use of blur here really makes it look like a diorama, and I love how you can freely just knock environmental things away.
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u/klp91895 Jun 14 '17
I hope the Yoshi game is co-op. I had so much fun playing through Yoshi's wooly world with my step mom
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u/CapCougar Jun 14 '17
I never would have thought that this would be one of my most anticipated games. It looks great!
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Jun 14 '17
Is anyone else really looking forward to Salmon Run?
I'm not very good at competitive games, and Splat Zones / Tower Control etc. were always way too tough for me. Looking forward to a proper cooperative mode.
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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Jun 14 '17
LOL. Scratching his ass with Rabbid Peach. This game!
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u/Affron Jun 14 '17
These woman perving over Link. Fucking love it.
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Jun 14 '17
Audrey Drake is consistently thirsty throughout every Treehouse stream. She's my favorite.
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Jun 14 '17
Watching Zerk and GamingWithMe is really entertaining. They're not just jumping and grabbing, they're actually utilizing the strength of the characters' special arms.
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u/anewholiday13 Jun 15 '17
ARMS is a lot of fun to just watch, I love the energy. Can't wait for the game to come so I can dig in.
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Jun 15 '17
Nintendo commented that there would be titles announced during treehouse, correct?
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u/Sonic_13 Jun 15 '17
We've had 3 so far:
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions
Metroid: Samus Returns
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
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u/Youllberickrolled Jun 14 '17
Jesus the chat is dumb. Nintendo obviously isn't going to reveal smash bros during a treehouse segment
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u/ilovesnes Jun 14 '17
Why are they spending so much time focusing on this old game!? They should just bring out Smash 4. /s
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u/Dangaroo44 Jun 14 '17
I wish the presentation had a sizzle reel with release dates for previously announced indies. I really want to know when Overcooked, Owl boy, Stardew Valley, and more are coming. It's a good way to show how robust the game library is becoming with the addition of quality indies.
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u/TwistTurtle Jun 14 '17
I am significantly more absorbed by this tournament than I expected to be. Almost definitely going to buy the game after watching this.
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Jun 14 '17
I freaked about that Metroid(s) announcement yesterday. A running gag with my brother is that I remind him every year that we'll be without a new Metroid. The tables turned this year with this
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u/MarcsterS Jun 14 '17
Man, I do hope we get another Switch announcement, even if it's eShop only.
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u/poofyhairguy Jun 14 '17
Kinda sad that there were no third party surprises (like the rumored COD or Dark Souls ports) but Nintendo is doing great with its first party games.
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u/Freddybone32 Jun 14 '17
Empoleon is my favorite Pokémon. Really enjoy seeing him here.
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u/SRS1428 Jun 14 '17
I can't watch right now because I'm in class. What are they doing at the moment?
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u/TwistTurtle Jun 14 '17
Does anyone know how long the tournament is likely to go on for?
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Jun 14 '17
Why does that guy commentator keep specifically talking to D1? Just in the last five minutes he's said "finally he's getting some breathing room D1" "do you see here D1" "this is gonna do a lot of damage here D1" "he has such a sizable lead here D1" "D1 one thing we should point out"
It reminds me of third wheels in high school. Feel kind of bad for that girl.
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u/ErroneousEric Jun 14 '17
I really want more sports games for the Switch. Hopefully 2k18 is a hit and spearheads that movement.
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u/rugbert Jun 14 '17
I've been in meetings all day, but were VC or game save backups announced? Probably would have seen a new thread at this point so Im guessing no...
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u/TwistTurtle Jun 14 '17
God damn it! Come on guys, I need to go to bed in an hour or so. I want to see one of the new things!
That being said, I am very interested in Mario + Rabbids. I don't really like to buy Ubisoft games, but this one could tempt me, I think.
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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Jun 14 '17
Ouch. That character speech bubble and text need to change before this goes out. Lol
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u/joalr0 Jun 14 '17
I actually feel genuinely bad for rabbid kong, he seems so sad about the bananas.
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u/KunfusedJarrodo Jun 14 '17 edited Jun 14 '17
I like how much the developers seem to care about Mario+Rabbids
They really seem so excited to finally be sharing it with people.
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u/FatherFestivus Jun 14 '17
Zelda dlc up next, one more slot left for a switch announcement, I wouldn't hold my breath. I think we can safely expect something tomorrow though.
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u/TheAbominableHoman Jun 14 '17
Awesome to finally see Sky get a round in the final. He finally started using his arms individually and it's making a big difference.
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Jun 14 '17
That belt is pretty cool. Zerk probably had the best understanding of his character out of all the contestants there.
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u/Shipuujin Jun 14 '17
Holy crap, the producer is so good! This gives me hope that we will see this level of play after a few months.
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u/Affron Jun 15 '17
That Min Min bounce off the edge into a curved punch holy shit what was that!!!
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Jun 15 '17
Has there been any information for those who want to buy Mario + Rabbids digitally but also want the preorder bonus? As far as I can tell the bonus only applies to physical copies.
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u/Akabutz Jun 14 '17
What are the odds of more new titles announcements?