The ever popular monthly Nintendo Direct stream is over and it was a pretty good one actually. We got to see Super Mario 3D World haters get owned and Sonic Lost World is looking better than any 3D Sonic title ever has the right to. Speaking of Sonic, it’s perhaps not that surprising but he’ll be returning for Smash Bros 4. I’d like to see Tails join him but I don’t think Nintendo want to stick in too many 3rd party characters in there.
With the good came the bad, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze has been delayed until 2014. It’s always a shame to see a title get delayed (especially Donkey Kong) but let’s give credit where it’s due. The Wii U is in desperate need of games and yet Nintendo is willing to delay one of it’s biggest titles just so it meets their quality standards. I’m not happy about it either but if Retro Studios needs more development time, then so be it.
Overall it was solid Nintendo Direct, some new footage for upcoming titles was shown and a couple of release dates were announced. Nothing in the way of “megatons” but I’m fairly content with what I saw 
- Satoru Iwata starts off the show as always.
- Super Mario 3D World trailer.
- Haters be gone with you, the game looks great.
- Available from November 29th.
- Mario & Luigi themed Wii Remotes coming November 8th.
- Wii Party U “trailer”, well a trailer with an Iwata voice over.
- Available from October 25th.
- Horizontal stand Wii U GamePad revealed.
- It’s a horizontal stand, what else do you need to know?
- Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze DELAYED until 2014
- Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 trailer.
- Available from November 8th.
- Sonic returns in Smash Bros 4.
- Pikmin 3 DLC revealed, £1.79 for the first pack.
- Pikmin 3 software update adds in leader boards and is available now.
- More Pikmin 3 DLC is on the way in future.
- Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds “trailer”, again Iwata with the voice over.
- Now features more opened ended design. You can choose what order to tackle dungeons in and which items you want to buy. It’s completely up to you rather than the linear progression system we’ve come to expect from Zelda titles.
- Available from November 22nd.
- Kirby 3DS revealed and a trailer is shown.
- Available in 2014.
- From one Satoru to another, Satoru Shibata is here now.
- Wii U Karaoke By Joysoud trailer.
- Available from October 4th.
- Shibata is a pretty good singer, dude come play Rock Band 3 with me.
- Sonic Lost World trailer.
- Easily the most impressive 3D Sonic game I’ve seen, this one should be great.
- Available October 18th.
- Scribblenauts Unlimited will be available from December 6th in Europe.
- No explanation given as to why the game was delayed for over a year.
- Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies trailer.
- Available from October 24th. Exclusively on the eShop.
- A demo should be available right about… NOW!!!
- Bravely Default trailer.
- Available from December 6th.
