Our top picks from E3 for each platform.
The fever-pitch of E3 2018 has come and gone, leaving gamers worldwide with shiny new wish-lists for their platform of choice. While we’ve seen a flood of news for titles old and new, large and small, we’re distilling all that excitement to bring what we feel best encapsulates the thrill of E3: the big announcements, the games that’ll have everyone talking, speculating, and saving for months to come.
NINTENDO SWITCH
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The latest iteration of this fighting game franchise reunites past characters – “every single one!” – to form a massive roster of 66. Even guest characters such as Mega-Man, Ryu, Bayonetta, and Snake are making their return. Notably, players will now select a stage before the character select screen, to better match a fighter’s capabilities to the battlegrounds. (Out: 7 Dec 2018)
Fortnite
The co-op multiplayer, base building, and a battle royale mode has pushed Fortnite to the front of the open-world survival race. Now, it is seeing equal success on Nintendo’s Switch, as the pick-upand-go game play, coupled with a strong and playful art direction, meshes well with the handheld’s strengths. (Out: Now)
Super Mario Party
This story is from the August 2018 edition of HWM Singapore.
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