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As per usual with these, I will mostly be talking about things that caught my own attention and my opinions on that<\/b> versus reporting everything :) If you haven’t watched the presentation yet, I highly recommend doing so<\/a>. I already made sure to preorder the Nintendo Switch myself<\/a> (though, I am still hoping the colored Joy-con version will go up… There is also a chance that I may just preorder at Nintendo NYC) along with a few games<\/a> and am anxiously awaiting some accessories and Amiibo to go up…. But let me go ahead and get into my opinions here.<\/p>\n

One of the nice things with the presentation is it immediately came out with the price point and release date–$300 and March 3rd, 2017. The price is a bit more than I expected (I was thinking closer to $250), but after all the features in the controllers, I can see how it tips over to that. The date, however, threw me off completely. I was expecting late March, MAYBE mid-March at the earliest so the fact that the system is only about a month and a half away is practically mind-blowing to me. And wow will I need to finish Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World fast :P<\/p>\n

After some information on the system and the massive amount of features in the Joy-con controllers…
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\n…we were thrown right into games starting with 1-2-Switch<\/a> which kind of reminds me of what Wii Sports and Nintendo Land were for the Wii and Wii U. However, as far as I can tell, the game doesn’t seem to actually come with the Nintendo Switch and is its own game. I may have tried it if it came with the system, but for now I’ll probably hold off on it. <\/p>\n

Next up was ARMS<\/a> which is a brand new IP. It’s a fighting game with essentially elastic arms. While I’m not personally too interested in it, I think the art style is fairly interesting and it’s really colorful. I really like Ribbon Girl’s Design:
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We then got Splatoon 2<\/a>. While a lot of people were thinking the game would be a port with added features, I’m kind of excited to see how much more is in it due to it being an actual full game. If you follow my tweets or have read some of my other posts here, you’ll know I slowly started to just… stop having much fun with Splatoon due to:
\n-Stats being tied to customization.
\n-Match-making issues.
\n-The awful local multiplayer.
\n-Not being able to still get experience if playing in a full room of friends.
\n-The experience changes past level 20 which no longer gave you any credit based on how well you did personally. <\/p>\n

Despite that, I am very interested in the story of this game for many reasons. For one, Splatoon 2 takes place 2 years after the original game. I mean, this is apparently Inkopolis Square:
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\nAnd yes, I said that right–Inkopolis Square is not only the new popular area to hang out, but is two stations over from Inkopolis Plaza<\/a>. There were also various new characters such as Mini-Judd:
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And while I ended up no longer really playing the game, I still had a lot of interest in the characters and lore behind Splatoon so knowing this game takes place two years later, the new characters, and, for whatever reason, Marie being alone…
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\nI just have so many questions I am looking forward to learning the answer to. I really hope Callie, and the Squid Sisters in general, are okay.<\/p>\n

I still want to know if we can play the normal multiplayer locally without having to be on different systems though… That is the one thing I’m really interested on.<\/p>\n

Mario’s new game came up next and I AM SO EXCITED FOR IT!! Out of everything new we heard about during the press conference, Super Mario Odyssey<\/a> is easily the game I am most hyped about.
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\nIt’s not going to be out until Holiday 2017, but well, at least that means I’ll have a large amount of time to finish Zelda :P <\/p>\n

The game was mentioned to be similar to Nintendo 64 which is my all-time favorite Mario game (though, my favorite 2D Mario is Super Mario World) and as someone who just generally prefers full 3D Mario games… I can’t help but be excited. It just looks great and New Donk City reminds me a lot of Station Square from Sonic Adventure which is one of my favorite Sonic games. I can’t wait to see more of this game.<\/p>\n

The next game to get my attention was Xenoblade 2<\/a>. I don’t really have much interest in Xenoblade, but it actually looks really pretty and I can’t help but be intrigued by it this time around.
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Of course, this wasn’t the only game to catch my interest–Project Octopath Traveler (which I am assuming isn’t going to be its final title). The art style is incredibly pretty and I can’t help but want to know more about the game:
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Finally, the last game to be shown is the one everyone wanted to know the date for most of all–The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. If you have not seen the trailer yet, do yourself a favor and watch it right now:
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