Nintendo Direct is a mini-conference where Nintendo announces new and exclusive Nintendo announcements and showcases their upcoming games. Nintendo Direct serves as a way for Nintendo to keep Nintendo fans up-to-date on the newest happenings in the Big N directly from them instead of through video game websites or magazines. It is a very cool idea and personally these videos have always been fun to watch. Last night, Nintendo hosted another Nintendo Direct that focused mainly on Nintendo 3DS, but had a little section to showcase a game or two for the Wii.
First and foremost, I really did enjoy this Nintendo Direct as it did wrapped all the information about 3DS and Wii into one concise 20 minute video that flowed perfectly. My one big grip is that a lot of the big announcements that Nintendo shared with us should have been at E3, not this 20 minute mini-conference. The major announcements of the Nintendo 3DS XL and Namco Bandai helping develop the new Smash Bros. games along with the reveals of Fire Emblem and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask should have been showed E3 because it would have definitely improved Nintendo's okay showing at the event and it would gotten out to more people than just this little mini-conference that usually is only viewed by Nintendo fans and video game journalists. While I can criticize Nintendo's decision to omit a lot of this huge announcements, the Nintendo Direct did what it was suppose to do. It got Nintendo fans excited for the next wave of 3DS games and the Kirby Dream Collection for Wii. I would have liked if Nintendo gave a concrete release date for The Last Story, but that is just minor. We got a price and date for the 3DS XL, a rundown of all the third-party 3DS games, looks at New Super Mario Bros. 2, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Kirby's Dream Collection, Fire Emblem, Pokemon Dream Radar, Pokedex 3D Pro and Pokemon Black 2 and White 2. One of the other big announcements for me at least was the 8-Bit Summer initiative for the Nintendo eShop. If any of you have read some of my On the Download posts, I have been crying to the heavens about the lack of Virtual Console games on the eShop. It seems somebody at Nintendo of America has heard my prayers. There will be two Virtual Console games released each week in July starting July 5th including Kid Icarus: Of Myths & Monsters, which should of come out alongside Kid Icarus: Uprising in my opinion.
All-in-all, this Nintendo Direct mini-conference was very good. It was packed to the brim with great content and announcements. While some of this stuff should have been at E3, I cannot fault this mini-conference for Nintendo's obvious gaff. If you want to check it out, I have provided the video for you to watch below. Enjoy and have a nice day.
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