Mario in a Cat Suit, Upside-Down Karts, and Microsoft gets its SportsCenter
So what’s the deal with Cat Mario, Twitch Box One, and Sony’s possible truth-stretching? Seek and ye shall find, thou hungry scourers of information.
Microsoft and Sony showed off their big guns yesterday. Today, Nintendo took to the airwaves and fired back with hoverkarts, cat suits and a double helping of Smash. Prepare for trailer-dump in 3, 2, 1…
The next console Mario game, Super Mario 3D World, is somewhat unexpectedly a follow-up to their 2011 handheld gem.
The next mascot racer, Mario Kart 8, takes a page from F-Zero (R.I.P.) with anti-gravity courses and lopping tracks.
X will make you believe.
The Witch returns in Bayonetta 2, newly-shorn and packing as much high-heeled firepower as ever.
Now chores include smacking heads… introducing your favorite new brawler: The Villager in Super Smash Bros., coming to 3DS and Wii U.
Also playable on the floor are the HD-ified Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a new Donkey Kong Country sequel, the wack-tastic Wonderful 101 from Platinum Games, and a couple of 3DS titles no one will talk about this week before selling millions upon millions, Pokemon X/Y.
Elsewhere, Chris Baker spits truth about TwitchTV’s exclusive deal to become the “SportsCenter of video games” for Xbox One.
The new Killer Instinct is F-F-F-F-Free-to-play??
And one blip in Sony’s attempted Red Wedding moment is the admission from CEO Jack Tretton that third-party publishers can decide whether or not to implement a Season Pass policy on their games. Let the onslaught continue.
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