Nintendo Direct: E3 2021 Highlights
From a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter, to a long-awaited update on the upcoming Breath of the Wild sequel, there was a lot to cover from Nintendo’s E3 presentation.
This year, like most years, Nintendo’s E3 presentation had a lot of hype to live up to. If you want to watch the 38 minute presentation yourself, you can find it here.
Nintendo had a lot to announce, but some of the highlights included the first 2D Metroid game in 19 years, Metroid Dread, scheduled to release on October 8th along with a new Warioware title, Warioware: Get It Together planned for release on September 10th. Kazuya, a character from Tekken, was also announced as the next DLC Fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
In honor of the series’ 35th anniversary, Nintendo had several announcements regarding The Legend of Zelda, from an update to the upcoming remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, to another Game & Watch System featuring the original three Legend of Zelda games. Also, they finally revealed some new information on the highly anticipated Breath of the Wild sequel. A short video showed off some new gameplay footage, showing a Hyrule filled with floating islands, much like Skyward Sword. They announced that they are aiming for a release date sometime next year.
There were a lot more announcements that we don’t have the time to cover in detail, so here’s a list of everything that was announced today during the presentation:
- Kazuya from Tekken in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Full Presentation on June 28th
- Life is Strange: True Colors and a Remastered Collection - September 10th
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - October 26th
- Worms Rumble - June 23rd
- Astria Ascending - September 30th
- Two Point Campus - 2022
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania - October 5th
- Mario Party Superstars - October 29th - Pre-Orders Available Today
- Metroid Dread - October 8th
- Just Dance 2022 - November 4th
- Cruis’n Blast - This Fall
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - September 24th
- Mario Golf: Super Rush - June 25th - Pre-Orders Available Today
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - July 9th - Free Demo June 25th
- WarioWare: Get It Together - September 10th - Pre-Orders Available Today
- Shin Megami Tensei V - November 12th - Pre-Orders for Physical Version Available June 21st
- Danganronpa Decadence - Later This Year
- Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - This Year
- Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods: Part 1 - Later Today
- Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 1 and 2 - June 25th - Pre-Orders Available Today
- Strange Brigade - Later Today
- Mario + Rabbids: Spark of Hope - Available 2022
- Advance Wars: ReBoot Camp - December 3rd - Pre-Orders Available Today
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Expansion Pass - Wave 1 June 18th - Wave 2 November 2021
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - July 16th
- The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch System - November 12th
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel - 2022
What game are you the most excited about? Was this presentation everything you hoped it would be? Is there anything you wish Nintendo had announced? Leave a comment letting us know!
