Nintendo: New Zelda, Yoshi’s Island, and EarthBound eShop

It’s a good time to own a 3DS

Today’s Nintendo Direct presentation was jam-packed with fun surprises: winged Pikmin, new Yoshi’s Island and Legend of Zelda titles for 3DS, the long-awaited EarthBound Wii U Virtual Console announcement, and localizations of Bravely Default and all three Guild02 games. My goodness! Here’s a recap of what went down:

• Nintendo Direct: New Mario Party announced for 3DS
• Nintendo Direct: More info given on New Super Luigi U
  
• Nintendo Direct: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team out in August
  
• EarthBound is coming to North America and Europe!!!
  
• Nintendo Direct: New Yoshi’s Island coming to 3DS
  
• YES YES YES YES: Bravely Default confirmed for U.S.
  
• ‘Pirate’ and ‘Gamer’ revealed for Game & Wario
  
• Shin Megami Tensei IV is coming July 16
  
• Donkey Kong Country Returns will be less difficult on 3DS
  
• Nintendo Direct: Zelda Oracle titles bound for US eShop
  
• A Link to the Past sequel announced for 3DS
  
• Animal Cross: New Leaf to come in a special 3DS XL bundle
  
• Nintendo Direct: All three Guild02 games coming to US
  
• Picture of the Day: Iwata in Weegee-ception
  
• Nintendo Direct: Pikmin 3 set to release in August
  
• Nintendo Direct: Mario and Donkey Kong on 3DS May 9th
  
• Japan gets a special Luigi 3DS XL system
  
• Virtual Console and Panorama View coming to Wii U
  
• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies hits 3DS in 2014
• Mario Golf: World Tour packed with multiplayer goodness

Heck, even the promise of a portable Mario Party installment sounds appealing to me. What a way to start off the day. If you missed the original presentation or would like to rewatch certain segments, find it in full embedded above.