Nintendo Direct Thoughts

Hi there. Not dead yet. Just been on a writing break for longer than you and I would've liked me to be. Would've liked to put something real up too, but nothing I have is finished. I know, I suck.

Since I don't have anything useful to post, I'm just gonna comment on the Nintendo Direct that came out earlier today.

MEWTWO STRIKES BACK! Mewtwo will be released on April 28, 2015. If you have a 3DS or a Wii U, it costs $3.99 to purchase, or $7.98 total. If you have a 3DS and a Wii U, it costs $4.99. A better deal, but you need both systems in the first place, so if you have one, don't lose a (couple) hundred or so bucks buying the other to get a three-dollar discount. You'd lose more than you save. Basic economics.

Also some new costumes for the Mii Fighters, including a Link costume, a MegaMan X costume, a Majora's Mask, and more.

LUCAS COMES OUT OF NOWHERE! By popular demand, Lucas from Mother 3 returns as a DLC character, available in June 2015.

Nintendo is also listening to popular demand by having a suggestion box for possible Smash characters, called the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot. Each ticket will be considered, even though I'm sure plenty of them will be thrown out because they're for Master Chief or Goku or someone else Nintendo doesn't own. I personally sent in one for Paper Mario...while riddling the suggestion box with paper-related puns. Check it out:

The Paper Mario series is one of those that I felt
needed more representation in Smash.
Don't just label Paper Mario as another carbon copy
of the genuine article; Paper Mario has a lot of note-
worthy skills to bring to the fold: he has a hammer,
ground pounds, and numerous partners in his
portfolio to shuffle around as needed, plenty to set
him up as a varied and unique addition to the roster.

Mario Kart 8's second DLC pack is coming out too. The one that features Animal Crossing characters and courses. There will also be more racing suits available with the next wave of amiibo. Lastly, they're adding in a new racing speed: 200cc, faster than anything Mario Kart has ever seen. This opens up so many more options to skip parts of the course, but also so many more opportunities to fall off, so you better know how to brake and drift fast. The DLC Pack 2 and 200cc Update will be available on April 23.

Splatoon will release on May 29th. Three Splatoon amiibo will be released at the same time: an orange Inkling girl, a blue Inkling boy, and a green Inkling squid; the boy and girl Inkling amiibo are sold individually while the squid Inkling one is only available in a bundle pack that contains the other two.

And for the rest...

amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (spring release; free download): each individual amiibo unlocks a playable demo of an NES or SNES game.
Mario Maker: September release
Yoshi's Wolly World + Yarn Yoshi amiibo: Fall release

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is coming to eShop
Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains: 3DS release
-Attack on Titan Episodes 1 and 2: eShop release
Crossover between Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem
New Fire Emblem game
Codename S.T.E.A.M. tournament lasting until April 5th
N64 and DS games added to Virtual Console. 
Plus some other eShop games and stuff I don't find interesting.

That's about it. See ya.