Latest Nintendo Direct Sends Internet Into Frenzy With Smash, Super Nintendo Reveals
While a certain piece of Smash Ultimate News has dominated the online discourse about yesterday's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo made lots of announcements which should have fans excited for what will soon be coming to their Switches.
Lots of Smash Ultimate Announcements
Let's get the big one out of the way first: yes, Sans is coming to Smash Ultimate as an alternate skin for the Mii Gunner character. This is absolutely nuts and blows open any preconceived notions of who is eligible to appear as a fighter in the game. But that's hardly the only Smash news Nintendo announced yesterday. More immediately exciting, Nintendo announced that Banjo and Kazooie, begged for by Smash fans for over a decade, finally became a available fighters.
when Banjo & Kazooie are finally playable in Smash#SmashBros #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/HjHBMO90Kn
— J Fresh (@JFreshSplat) September 5, 2019
For the last 20 years…Banjo-Kazooie has been my favorite game.Super Smash Bros has been my favorite series.Seeing the two cross paths is a literal dream come true for me. pic.twitter.com/GcI4fL91Nu
— Ben Bertoli™ (@SuperBentendo) September 4, 2019
…is this real life? #SmashBros #BanjoKazooie pic.twitter.com/JpyT57YKrV
— Banjo for Smash Ultimate [20 Years In The Making] (@BryanMatias12) September 5, 2019
Oh, game director Masahiro Sakurai announced a new fighter: Terry Bogard from the Fatal Fury series.
here to leak the terry player guide for smash ultimate pic.twitter.com/eq0RJTbMwT
— ;;[hero of charity] 💗💜💙 (@HntroftheHntrs) September 5, 2019
Smash community: "Who tf is Terry?"Twitter: pic.twitter.com/E2kVE72SdQ
— Brutus 🇨🇦 (@Le_Brutus) September 5, 2019
If Terry Bogard is going to be the SNK rep for Smash, we already know what his Up B will be pic.twitter.com/BQ8BeCGwUN
— Foxcade (@SuperFoxcade) September 1, 2019
Ports!
Nintendo also announced lots of neat ports coming to the Switch, including Overwatch, the phenomenal, Return of the Obra Dinn, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, Trials of Mana, and Vampyr. The cult hit Deadly Premonition is also available on the Switch right now, and a sequel was announced for 2020.
deadly premonition getting a followup years after anybody stopped expecting one is their ultimate twin peaks tribute
— boss moz (@BossMoz) September 4, 2019
LOOK AT MY BOY!!!!! Deadly Premonition 2 ahhhhhhhhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/C8hMmkIlZH
— Welcome to Greenvale (@redseedsprofile) September 4, 2019
HOLY SHIT IT'S RETURN OF THE OBRA DINNIF IT COMES OUT TODAY I'M PLAYING IT NOWIF IT COMES OUT LATER I'M PLAYING IT LATER
— Platitudinous (@Platitudinous_X) September 4, 2019
Blizzard: We are introducing new ways to play Overwatch on Nintendo Switch!Reaper mains: pic.twitter.com/NBfRLzltSu
— Jao Picart ✍️ Commissions CLOSED ✍️ (@jaopicksart) September 5, 2019
Pokémon Sword and Shield Announcements
Pokémon Sword and Shield naturally appeared in yesterday's Direct as well. Though the announcements in yesterday's Direct weren't as earth-shattering as some others, we were introduced to Polteageist, a teapot Pokémon, and a "Curry Dex" system which allows you to experiment with ingredients to make power-up items when hanging out with Pokémon.
Polteageist is a Ghost type Pokémon that usually makes its home by hiding amongst dishes at hotels & restaurants. Since its body is made of tea, you may even be able to have a taste. Be careful, too much and you might not feel so well! #PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/ub7yGaRK59
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 4, 2019
POLTEAGEIST RT IF YOU AGREE pic.twitter.com/gJOUw0SY7A
— The PokéCommunity (@pokecommunity) September 4, 2019
"We heard you were mad about us not including the National Dex, so we made a Curry Dex instead.Please understand." pic.twitter.com/mTTDjT48mq
— Tylor (@theSirToasty) September 4, 2019
Personally I'm looking forward to making the Serebii Curry Dex.Might make a couple of videos creating the curry from the Curry Dex for fun in real life as I love to cook
— Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) September 4, 2019
Super Nintendo Ports
Finally, the last major piece of news Nintendo announced is that loads of classic Super Nintendo titles are coming to the Switch, and are free if you're paying the $20 annual subscription to Switch Online. The titles include Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island.
Which Super Nintendo game are you gonna play first on Nintendo Switch? pic.twitter.com/tZ32x76u0d
— IGN (@IGN) September 5, 2019
Talking with a friend during the direct: "It's cool that they're finally adding Super Nintendo games but it looks like it's just all the go-to standard snes games, nothing really unique h-"Sees Super Puyo Puyo Tsu pic.twitter.com/98wUWpMLzS
— FreshSalad (@FreshFreshSalad) September 4, 2019
WELL EVERYONE, WE GOT A F-ZERO GAME ON THE SWITCH!!!It's a start pic.twitter.com/hZQXZG84vg
— Black Shadow 4 Smash (#ReviveFzero) (@BlackShadow4SSB) September 4, 2019
SNES games available at launch will include:- F-Zero- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past- Super Metroid- Other stuff whatever.https://t.co/CpjROmdZ8n
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) September 5, 2019
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The Super Nintendo announcement is good. Hopefully they eventually offer a vast enough library of old games to compensate for the loss of the Virtual Console.