Nintendo Press Conference

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Ah!  The Nintendo conference is over and I only have 7 minutes before the Square Enix one starts.  Quick!  Thoughts!

Nothing revolutionary announced.  They're holding off on talking about the new system until next year.

Lot's of gameplay from games releasing later this year or early next year.  Things like Star Fox and Yoshi's Wooly World look to still be on track and fun.

I'm super excited for the new Fire Emblem which now has an English name, Fire Emblem Fates.  I loved Fire Emblem Awakening, so I'll definitely be picking up this one.  That Fire Emblem cross over on the other hand... looks a little crazy.  I'm not sure what to think about it.

A new multiplayer Metroid for 3DS just got announced.  I hope Metroid fans are happy.  It didn't look all that appealing to me, but that's ok, I'm not a huge Metroid fan.

The new Triforce Heroes Zelda game for 3DS is more my speed.  I'm not sure if I'll have people to play it with via multiplayer, but I'll get it just for the single player game alone.

The real winner for me is still Mario Maker.  Mario is my favorite platforming series ever.  If Mario Maker has good online sharing and community support it could easily turn into one of my favorite games of all time.

And I need that 8-bit Mario Amiibo like... now.  It's amazing.  So cool.  I can't even.

Square conference is starting in 2 minutes.  Time to wrap up.  Good show Nintendo.  Lots of games I'll end up playing and enjoying.

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