Nitro Direct

Sup everyone, welcome to the new and improved (if not shorter) version of a regular **Nintendo Direct**, a **NITRO DIRECT**! In these short blog pages I'll get to show off my next few pages, spit some information and even some extra stuff about them, so let's go for our first title of the direct!

SONIC GENESIS

After the latest entry in the franchise was... not very well received, our friends over at SEGA have developed a new title that will certainly make both fans and newcomers to the franchise anxious to play as the Blue Hedgehog once again!

### **OVERVIEW.**

The nefarious Dr. Eggman has discovered an ancient hyper computer in the middle of outer space, now with the help of this new weapon, his sole objective is to get Sonic and friends out of the way so he can finally not only conquer Earth... but the entire GALAXY! Will you help the fast-loving rodent?

In this old-fashioned Sonic adventure, every element from the modern and past era of the Sonic games have been combined to make for an unforgettable experience with many things to do.

### **PLAYING.**

Genesis' main feature is its Single Player campaign. It spans 9 main zones and 2 extra ones, each consisting of three acts. The first two acts of each zone are typical platforming levels, while the third act is a boss fight. Like in the classic *Sonic* games, each zone has its own theme, featuring distinct graphics, enemies and obstacles. Contrary to official 3D *Sonic* titles like *Sonic Adventure*, the levels feature multiple paths and are designed openly, with hidden items encouraging exploration. Surprisingly enough, Genesis also has a MULTIPLAYER MODE, or to be exact, several multiplayer modes.

Sonic Genesis features several multiplayer modes that can be played either via splitscreen or over a network connection. The main mode that can be played in Multiplayer is the **CO-OP CAMPAIGN**, where up to four players get to play the campaign together in a similar fashion to the New Super Mario Bros games. The CO-OP Campaign itself also has a mode which allows the four players compete in such categories as fastest time, collected rings, and earned score. It also has several other fun modes that include:

* Capture the Flag
* Tag
* Hide and Seek

If you couldn't notice, most of these features were directly inspired from the fangame **SONIC ROBO BLAST 2**, which was a great source of inspiration.

### **SOME FAMILIAR FACES**

As you can guess, SONIC Genesis will obviously have... SONIC in it, ain't no biggie, not only that, but some of his buddies will go alongside him in this crazy space adventure too! The roster isn't that big, but we hope you have fun with each character's properties and diverse set of abilities:

* **Sonic the Hedgehog:** Sonic lives by his own rules, never thinking twice about what others perceive of him, and driven by his own desires. He was born to run, and he loves to cover as much ground as fast as he can. His demeanor is always cool and calm.
* **Miles Tails Prower:** Tails is a young fox with a knack for building things. He’s as talented as Eggman but has yet to discover the true potential of what he can accomplish. Besides his ability to fly using his tails, he has become an experienced pilot of his plane, the “Tornado”. Tails’ natural talent for building things helps Sonic more than ever this time around.
* **Knuckles the Echidna:** Knuckles was born on Angel Island and brought into this world to defend the Master Emerald. This is his destiny. If Sonic exemplifies the wind, then Knuckles is the mountain, stern and unmovable. Wild and tough, his determination is unshakable.
* **Amy Rose:** Amy is a cheerful, though slightly erratic girl, with a positive attitude and boundless energy. However, she has a scary temper and her infatuation with Sonic makes her shortsighted and a bit obsessive about him.

That's all the characters you can play as in the main campaign, but of course, you can play as MANY others in Multiplayer or after beating the story. Some of these extra characters include:

* **Shadow the Hedgehog**
* **Silver the Hedgehog**
* **Big the Cat**
* **Metal Sonic**

### **DATE**

We can assure you that SONIC GENESIS will be ready by Mid Spring or Early Summer, or even earlier! So stay tuned!

SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE

*The screen fades to black, and the firey Smash logo appears, immediately after this, it cuts to Masahiro Sakurai, ready for another Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation.*

**SAKURAI:** Hello everyone, I am Masahiro Sakurai, director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, long time no see! I am very happy to announce that Version 8.0 of Super Smash Bros Ultimate is up and ready to be released, along with a few surprises, including the DLC Fighter Pass number two! This time, six new fighters will join the roster, all from very diverse franchises. I am sure you are dying to know which fighters there are in the pass, and so today, we luckily have one just ready to be revealed, it's a long waited fan-favourite, so I hope you enjoy playing him as much as we in the team enjoyed programming him...

**The trailer, animated in a very simplistic 2D, opens in a green valley, the camera flows through the beautiful landscape before stopping on a tree, someone is heard writing behind that tree, we see what this someone's doing, they're drawing Mario, Link and Kirby fighting. They put the notebook down and sigh, but suddenly get an idea, and start scripting something down, and a SMASH ENVELOPE pops in front of them, they cheer, get up and grab the Envelope, revealing who this person really is...**

**SAKURAI:** The creative lil'Maxwell from the Scribblenauts franchise joins the battle in this new Fighters Pass, and soon'nough, you'll be able to play as him. This release will be planned for around early Spring, or even earlier, so stay tuned. Now, let's go check out on Maxwell's moveset and playstyle.

*The camera cuts to Gameplay*

**SAKURAI:** Maxwell is a mid-weight, with great mobility because of his short stature and age, but throws aren't really their strong point either, as you can already guess, Maxwell's main gimmick is his trusty NOTEBOOK, he can write anything there and it'll instantly appear, sadly, we couldn't fully translate that into his moveset.

* For his neutral B, Maxwell writes in his notebook, and an item comes out, which he grabs. He generally won't grab rare items like Smash Balls or Special Flags, but there's still a chance that these objects appear. If Maxwell spans this move, the player will be punished with the pencil breaking, so Maxwell will have to wait at least six seconds until it's fixed to use the move again.
* For his down B, Maxwell "activates" his opponent from a short range, which causes characters to gain adjectives. These adjectives can be nerfs, like "small", "slow" or "sleeping" or in rare cases, buffs such as "giant". However, Maxwell will have to wait at least 4 seconds until he attack an opponent with this move again.
* For his side B, Maxwell, with the help of his sister's magic globe, will teleport forwards, if when teleported, he comes in contact with an opponent, a moderately big knockback will be dealt on this opponent.
* For his up B: Maxwell will equip a Flamethrower, point it down and activate it, impulsing him into the air.
* For his final smash, Maxwell will generate an enormous Dragon and ride it for a short span of time, in the dragon, Maxwell can hurt people with its claws or tail and shoot fire either as a blast or as condensanted fire balls, Maxwell will stay on-air during the duration of this final smash, and he can only descend a few inches, this final Smash is quite similar to Yoshi's, from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

**SAKURAI:** And now, for the mii costumes...

**We are in Pirate Ship, someone is fighting several Miis dressed like pirates, this someone is also a Mii... wearing a SHANTAE costume.**

* SHANTAE (Brawler)

**Someone walks through Castle Siege, holding a strange sword and strange shoes and pants. The camera pans up to reveal a Mii... dressed like SORA.**

* SORA (Swordfighter)

**We are in the KALOS POKEMON LEAGUE, someone fights several Metroids. Before revealing himself, a familiar theme song plays... the HALO THEME.**

* MASTER CHIEF (Gunner) **+Track**

We are in the GAMER stage, Wario is eating several Pizzas, before he's sent flying away and knocked out, FREDDY FAZBEAR and SPRINGTRAP as mii costumes step in as THE FNaF 2 trailer song plays.

* FREDDY FAZBEAR (Brawler) **+Track**
* SPRINGTRAP (Brawler) **+Track**

**SAKURAI:** We really do hope you enjoyed this direct, until then, see you next time...

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**???:** They are rage itself, brutal, without mercy... But you, you will be worse, you will walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your blade never dry, and may we never need you again...