Nintendo Direct for 11.13.2013 started of with some pretty big pieces of info. Part 1 was a new trailer for Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, before discussing new characters. The trailer is just below and the characters are right after.
Reggie took a moment after the trailer to share his love for Legend of Zelda, and then to show off the previously announced limited edition gold 3DS XL releasing on November 22, 2013 with A Link Between Worlds. The system will be $219.99 and include the Zelda game with the gold 3DS, if you haven’t seen it the photo is below.
After this Reggie also detailed the new “mini trailers” that will be releasing via Nintendo’s Instagram, the first of which releases today. Give them a follow to keep yourself plugged into the mini trailer world of Nintendo.
The new Zelda characters being showcased are the following:
Irene
This witch will provide you a magic broom that allows you to travel to different points, even across worlds. Hyrule and Lorule will be accessible via her broom once you find the the travel points.
Seres
Seres is the daughter of the priest from the church, and is so sweet that she makes the perfect damsel in distress.
Mysterious Milk Lover
The milk bar in Hyrule will tell you the tales of a man that left for the mountains, who has an appetite for premium milk. This is being hinted as a sidequest for the new Zelda game, gotta love extra content.
Gramps
Gramps controls special multi-player battles with characters that you have tagged via street pass. This works by first creating a Shadow Link that transmits via street pass. You then fight them and the bounty on your Link increases as you win and lose different battles. You lose nothing, but gain rupees by winning.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Mario Party Island Tour gets gameplay demonstration and more details. The game releases November 22, 2013. The game will allow for multi-player system link via game sharing with just one cartridge. The game will also have a single player tower climb mode with boss battles every five levels.
Bravely Default
The next demonstration was for Bravely Default, which had an indepth look at the combat system, and gameplay features. Bravely default will allow you to build up different points. For example sleep points are built up while your system is in sleep mode. The combat system will allow you to set your combat strategy before combat and then speed up the flow of combat as you find your strategy to be working better. Street pass will allow your friends to help build your hometown and pass game data. Bravely Default will launch on February 7, 2014. There will be a collectors edition releasing the same day including an art book, 34 AR cards, the game, and a sound track.f
A new adventure trailer for “Bravely Default” was also revealed during Direct that you can view below.
“Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy” was given a new trailer and launch date. February 22, 2014. You can watch the trailer below.
The new software update from Nintendo for the 3DS will allow you to register your Nintendo Network ID on your 3DS, you can then combine balances from the two systems and use them to purchase software. Beware, once your Nintendo ID is registered on the system you cannot remove it so be sure the same ID is registered on both systems. Paid content can be downloaded without the Network ID, however, the new ID is required to download demo and free content.
The new update will also include Mii-Verse for Nintendo 3DS
The software update will also give Youtube capabilities to the 3DS as well as patch the Youtube app for WiiU. 3DS owners will be able to watch content on the top screen, while searching for content on the bottom screen. The WiiU update will allow you to watch content on the Game Pad or search for content on the tablet while playing your video on the television. Pikmin 3 will also receive a third round of DLC, which will be made with completely new stages. This expansion will allow you to find Louie and control him once he’s discovered. This download includes 8 stages total 4 collect treasure and 4 Battle Enemies. The third round of stages will release on December 2, 2013. The game will require a software update to play this content, without it the new content isn’t playable, and you also receive 2 free stages with the update. Both stages are inside of the “Fortress of Festivity”.
Animal Crossing Plaza is getting two updates soon. You can now use stamps to customize your posts to Mii-Verse, and combine multiple stamps with hand drawn messages to posts. You can also erase parts of stamps to create your own designs. These stamps will also come to Super Mario 3D World for Mii-Verse, and these will come to future titles. They are only from Mii-Verse with supporting titles, not anywhere on Mii-Verse. The other update is a ranking feature for Animal Crossing. Players can be ranked via polls in the plaza, the polls will be different questions about Animal Crossing characters. These will take place every month until the plaza closes in 2014.
Next Reggie returned to share the Indie Sizzle for different games being developed for the eShop. With Indie games shaping the future of the console war it is no surprise that Nintendo is focusing on the independent developers launching on their console. You can catch the sizzle reel below.
If you visit www.Nintendo.com/eshop/offers, you can take advantage of additional sales on eShop titles that reset every Thursday. The current deals for 3DS and WiiU are pictured below.
WiiU Deals
The final piece of the conference was some spoiling of Super Mario 3D World you have been warned these are game unlockable features. You have been warned!
