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