The Nintendo Direct Post 

Welcome to our Nintendo Direct thread that will begin shortly at 07:00 JST (15:00 PT, 18:00 ET, 23:00 BST and 00:00 CET). All we know for certain is that Splatoon 2 and ARMS will be featured along with other Nintendo Switch and 3DS titles. Check out the YouTube video embedded below. Looks like the Direct will be 35 minutes long.

● And it begins! Yoshiaki Koizumi. Hey! Pikmin on 3DS! Releases 13 July in Japan along with Pikmin amiibo!

● New The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. amiibo. I’ll do a separate post soon.

Ever Oasis also releasing on 13 July in Japan. Also The Snack World releasing on the same day!

Lady Layton is releasing on 20 July in Japan.

Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 releasing 3 August. Sorry I’m struggling to keep up! Most of the other games are ones with previously announced dates.

Kirby’s Blowout Blast announced for 3DS this Summer.

ARMS now. 16 June in Japan. Neon Yellow Joy-Con. Joy-Con extended batteries too.

● New Switch announcements include Fate/EXTELLA, a Senran Kagura HD Rumble game, Nights of Azure 2 and Payday 2 and Monopoly plus much more (I can’t keep up!).

Splatoon 2 time! It features a new four-player Salmon Run mode. Three new amiibo. It’s coming 21 July. I’ll update individual posts ASAP.

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