[BLOG] Nintendo Direct 5th November 2014: Rounding up the rest of the news

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[BLOG] Nintendo Direct 5th November 2014: Rounding up the rest of the news

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Ever since Nintendo hit on the concept of using online video to communicate the latest information about upcoming games, new DLC or any other news related to Nintendo to its fans and gamers, the company has developed a habit of encouraging people at short notice to come to the website or Twitch to watch live the latest Nintendo Direct as Nintendo employees (mostly Iwata) reveals the next little titbit from the company.



And so it came to pass that at 10pm on Guy Fawkes' Day (that's November 5th for you non-Brits), Nintendo put live its latest Nintendo Direct, which this time was focused on "new information about upcoming titles". One of these titles was entirely new - I've covered the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D in the last article; and Digmbot has covered the Xenoblade Chronicles X reveals elsewhere on the site - but here's a quick summary of everything else that was revealed during the 30-odd minute discussion:


Code Name: S.T.E.A.M



Code Name: S.T.E.A.M imagines a world where Steam power is still king. One fateful day, a steam-powered bridge over the River Thames is due to open, but as crowds gather to witness the event - suddenly, a monster invasion breaks out! A gang of four unlikely heroes, spearheaded by Abraham Lincoln (yes, that Abraham Lincoln - the trailer even refers to him as "United States President") have to use steam-powered technologies to bypass or defeat the monsters and... save humanity, I guess? I don't know, the Trailer doesn't explain the plot... or make much sense at all if I'm honest! Check it out below:





Amiibo support in Mario Kart 8



Nintendo announced earlier in the year that their popular Wii U racer, Mario Kart 8, will receive DLC for Amiibo suppoort in the near future - and now, thanks to a trailer revealed in this Nintendo Direct, we now know what it consists of. When you touch a compatible Amiibo figure (currently any Wave 1 character) on the Wii U gamepad while playing Mario Kart 8, you will unlock a special Racing Suit depicting your character. Then, whenever you race as a Mii, you can have it don the suit and it'll dress up as that character - so your Mii can pretend to be Mario, Yoshi, Kirby, Captain Falcon or any of the other Amiibo figures you may have. It's unknown at this point if the racing suits have any other purpose besides cosmetics.





Mario Kart 8 DLC



And staying on the topic of DLC in Mario Kart 8, Nintendo also revealed what will be coming in the first two DLC Expansions:





Hyrule Warriors: Spinner Link



Something that WAS a little shocking of late was Nintendo revealing that Hyrule Warriors - which had not previously announced to be getting any support for Amiibo - WOULD be patched to add in support in the future. A new Trailer in this Nintendo Direct revealed just what this support will be; and for once it's actually pretty cool. Use the Amiibo figure of Link while playing Hyrule Warriors and you'll unlock Link Spinner, a new form of link who rides atop a bladed Spinning Top which he can use to slice through enemies and other cool tricks! Check out this bad-assery below:





Mario & Luigi in Monster Hunter 4? WTF Capcom?!?



Okay, so it's not ACTUALLY Mario and Luigi, but whoever in Capcom decided to do this should be fired for damaging the serious nature of the Monster Hunter games. It's been announced that the long term cat-like assistants in the Monster Hunter franchise, the Felynes - who, among other things, are known for their love of cosplay in various MH Titles - will be able to dress as Mario and Luigi in at least some part of Monster Hunter 4. Yes, really.






Though, given Mario and Luigi dressed as cats in Super Mario 3D World, maybe the Felynes just want to return the favour.


Pikmin make their movie début!



...Well, short movies at least! The loveable Pikmin will be starring in a series of three short movies which will soon be downloadable via the eShop on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.





Splatoon's Single Player campaign revealed!



Rounding off this episode of Nintendo Direct, at E3 earlier this year we were treated to our first look at a third-party, cartoon-style, ink-based Shoot-em-up coming to Wii U next year, called Splatoon. The E3 Trailer and subsequent discussion focused mainly on the game's Multiplayer aspect; so this time, the footage focused on the single-player Campaign instead - which looks AWESOME, if I do say so myself.






Until the next Nintendo Direct - Crimson out!
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