E3 2019! The first day of the show will reveal a number of new Nintendo titles and remakes of classic titles from the past! Latest News Pickup!

E3 2019 opened in Los Angeles, USA, on June 12, 2019, Japan time. This year's event was unusual in that SIE, one of the three major consumer game providers - Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), and Microsoft - will not be participating. The fact that SIE, which has participated in E3 since its inception, will not participate in the 25th E3 milestone year foreshadows a major change in the game industry.

The latest "Fire Emblem" game is a two-part story of three warring kingdoms.

At Nintendo Direct| E3 2019, Nintendo's high-profile event held from midnight to tomorrow morning on the 11th (Japan time), a number of titles for Nintendo Switch were announced. As for its own title, the latest video of "Fire Emblem: Fuuka Yukigetsu" for Nintendo Switch, scheduled for release on July 26, 2019, was shown. According to the official information, the story is composed of two parts, and it takes place five years after the days at the military academy and transitions into a world of warfare between the three kingdoms.

A sequel to "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and new Smash Bros. characters were also announced!

Furthermore, information on the sequel to "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" was also announced. Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL" on sale, it was revealed that Banjo & Kazooie, the main characters from the Nintendo 64 title "Banjo and Kazooie's Big Adventure," will be available this fall as new participating fighters.

As for other companies' titles, the heroes of "Dragon Quest III," "Dragon Quest IV," and "Dragon Quest VIII" from the "Dragon Quest" series will participate in the game. On the same day, Square Enix also announced that "Dragon Quest XI: The Search for a Time Gone By" is scheduled to be released on September 27, 2019, and in conjunction with this announcement, it was also revealed that the hero and heroine called "Son of the Devil" in the same title will participate in the game. The heroes of the "Dragon Quest" series are scheduled to be released this summer.

The official website for "ASTRAL CHAIN" opened at the same time as the video was released!

A new video has been released for "ASTRAL CHAIN," a 3D action game developed by Platinum Games and scheduled to be released by Nintendo on August 30, 2019 for the Nintendo Switch. At the same time as the video was released, the official website also opened, allowing users to check out the worldview and characters of the game.

Third-party games are also releasing information on remakes of old classics and new titles.

Among third-party games, a remake of Square Enix's popular title "Trials of Mana" for Nintendo Switch will be released in early 2020. The title of the remake is likely to be "Seiken Densetsu: Trials of Mana.

Sega's "Panzer Dragoon" was also announced to be released this winter as a remake for the same hardware as "Panzer Dragoon: Remake. As for Konami's popular "KONTRA ROGUE CORPS" series, it was also announced that the first new title in a long time, "CONTRA ROGUE CORPS," will be released on September 26, 2019.

The title is also aware of the Tokyo Olympics to be held next year.

Sega Games showed off "Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympics," co-developed with Nintendo and scheduled for release this November. The game is based on the theme of the Tokyo Olympics to be held next year, and the booths at the event were designed to resemble stadiums. Epic Games is also focusing on the globally popular "Fortnite," and plans to hold a tournament for this game during E3.

(Text by Masamichi Saito)