On the night of September 23-24, the third Nintendo Direct this year was held in an online format. While the Internet is in full swing discussing the cast of voice actors for the upcoming cartoon about Magio, we have highlighted the main points of the event.
Rumors and plums on the eve of the presentation did not significantly affect the stock price: 5 days ago, the Nintendo stock cost ¥53.47 thousand ($483.92). From September 17 to today, there was a positive growth of 560 points, it occurred just after the Direct itself. At the time of writing, after adjustment, the share can be bought for ¥53.8 thousand ($487.31).
The most discussed news, among others, was the release of Switch Bayonetta 3, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 3, a new major addition for Animal Crossing: New Horizon, and a collection of games for the Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis with original controllers. Separately, there was an announcement of the future cartoon on Super Mario, which was personally told by Shigeru Miyamoto, the game designer and author of Mario himself, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, etc.
The cast of the cartoon has already become the subject of humorous and ironic comments from the gaming community. Chris Pratt especially got it, he will voice the famous plumber.
Ok but seriously, who do we think is playing Waluigi?
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) September 24, 2021
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First Look at Mario and Yoshi in Super Mario Bros. (2022) pic.twitter.com/zskHGVTNH0
— ???? Chebi ???? | ❓0❓❓ (@MrChebi) September 23, 2021
Besides Chris Pratt voicing mario did you know that Vin Diesel will be voicing Sonic?#NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/QG9cJaYLqs
— Max Mittelman finds Tasque Manager attractive (@Trickster____) September 23, 2021
In general, the audience reacted positively to the event. Journalist Geoff Keighley has traditionally created a survey on your Twitter, where he asked readers to rate Nintendo Direct on a four-point scale. 37% of people rated the event a strong “B”, dissatisfied with the event − 15.1%.
How would you grade today's #NintendoDirect?
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) September 23, 2021
“We are looking forward to a year filled with both new games from well−known franchises and unique, exciting projects from our development and publishing partners,” said Nick Chavez, Nintendo’s vice president of sales and marketing in the United States.