Nintendo lines up 8-hour gameplay stream, including Smash 3DS
Nintendo continues its holiday push with an 8-hour "gameplay" stream this week that's set to feature among others the handheld Super Smash Bros. The House of Mario is broadcasting from its American headquarters this Friday, September 12, though it didn't give specific times to tune in. Nintendo said it'll first "be covering some upcoming games" for Wii U and 3DS before getting into gameplay, but it coyly kept what those other games are beneath its cap.
It's hard to know if we can expect a Direct-like slew of announcements or not, but it's safer to say there'll be more Smash info, simply because the game's almost out. The 3DS Smash launches in Japan on Saturday, September 13, and over there NicoNico is preparing its own Smash broadcast, also scheduled for this Friday (3AM PT/6AM ET/11AM UK). So, if there is any news left - and supposedly leaked character videos suggest there is - now's the time, though that info may arrive earlier in the day during NicoNico's broadcast
Nintendo recently confirmed the franchise-spanning fighter features Xenoblade's Shulk, one of the characters in the supposedly leaked videos. The others were Bowser Jr and the dog from Duck Hunt - no, really, stop giggling. As for news outside of characters, we may see the big N confirm the Smash-themed 3DS XL that's rumored to be coming to Wal-mart.
The 3DS Smash hammers onto retail shelves in North America and Europe on October 3, while the Wii U version remains due in winter 2014.
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