Nintendo Direct: Yarn Yoshi Amiibo, N64 And DS Going To EShop, And More

True to form, Nintendo has made a slew of announcements in today’s Nintendo Direct. We cover everything here that isn’t in our prior posts.

Amiibo had a huge presence in the Direct, with the announcement of amiibo tap, which lets you play highlights from classic eShops games, and Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, which introduces the new amiibo cards category.

However, a lot of fans eyes were drawn towards Yoshi’s Wooly World, which introduces Yoshi amiibo made of genuine yarn. These Yarn Yoshi come in three colors, and will join in as a secondary Yoshi who can open new paths, just like in coop multiplayer.

Splatoon also got their amiibo announced, for the girl, boy, and squid forms of the Inklings. Each amiibo gives them opportunities to acquire new outfits.

Nintendo took the opportunity to show off other games coming to Wii U and 3DS, including Mario Maker and Puzzle & Dragons, as well as announcing Boxboy, Pokemon Rumble World, and Attack on Titan Humanity in Chains. Code Name STEAM is also getting an update that gives new Nintendo 3DS owners the option to speed up enemy turns.

N64 and DS are finally hitting the Wii U eShop, with the same Wii Shop discount rules for N64 games in effect. Among the first games coming out are Donkey Kong 64,Yoshi’s Island DS,Super Mario 64, andMario Kart DS. We are also getting a batch of new Streetpass games, including UItimate Angler, a fishing game, alongside Streetpass Mii Plaza Premium.

Among the indies coming to the eShop soon are the Adventures of Pip, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, Don’t Starve Giant Edition, and Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Also shown off in the Direct are these games either already released or coming in the future:

·         forma.8

·         Dementium Remastered

·         Affordable Space Adventures

·         Starwahl

·         Never Alone

·         Ninja Pizza Girl

·         Antipole DX

·         Life of Pixel

·         Badland

·         Slain!

·         Runbow

·         Back to Bed

·         Space Hulk

·         Race the Sun

·         Dooors

·         Dot Arcade

·         Swords and Soldiers 2

·         Lionel City Builder 3D

·         Toto Temple Deluxe

·         The Bridge

·         Shutsimi

·         Nova-111

·         Windup Knight 2

Anything we missed from the Direct that’s not here or our other posts? Share it with us in the comments. You can also check out the full Direct below.