This week the Anivision hosts discuss the news from the latest Nintendo Direct, they reminisce about Toys R’ Us, they rant about why you should give shows a chance, they shed tears for anime, and Amuro reviews the Tomb Raider movie.

News

  • Nintendo Direct
    • Mario Tennis coming out in May
    • Smash Brothers was announced for the Switch this year
    • Single Player expansion for Splatoon 2
    • Crash Bandicoot coming to the switch
  • Geralt (The Witcher 3) to be playable in Soulcalibur VI (Kotaku)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider to come out 9/14/18 (Youtube)
  • Fortnite comes to mobile with cross-play between most console/mobile/PC platforms
    • PS4/X1 cross-play not possible (Kotaku)
    • Side stories
      • Ninja sets Twitch streaming record when Drake and others join him in Fortnite
      • UMBC player references Fortnite after upset victory over UVA
  • Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time game coming to PS4 May 15th (ANN)
  • Toys R Us to close remaining 700 stores (Washington Post)
  • Violet Evergarden to be added on U.S. Netflix April 5th (Netflix)
  • Nozomi Entertainment announced 10th anniversary Gundam 00 ultra collector’s edition for 2018 (Twitter)

Discussion

  • Bring Your Own Topic
    • steev – Why you should give shows a chance!
    • Jrow – Shipping(s) You Hate
    • Xcom – Times Anime brings to tears
    • Amuro – Tomb Raider Review