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Who? Nobody knows. If anything will come of it? Nobody knows that either. But multiple companies having their eyes on could mean anything.

Over 20 announcements, with a lot of variety, a couple of surprises, and a few shadow drops for good measure.

A New Nintendo Indie presentation? Who knows what surprises are abound. What surprise reveals will be there? What shadow drops? While no hints are contained, we'll all find out soon.

The April 30th release shows off final commercials; an exciting time for any fan of Pokemon Snap.

A summer release date. In addition, a three minute gameplay trailer.

April Fools Day has come and gone, and with it came the third Rivals Direct, this time eschewing the typical Nintendo Direct parody in favor of a Visual Novel-inspired framing device set in the Lovers of Aether universe, mixed with audience participation the style of streams like Twitch Plays Pokemon. Just like Rivals Direct 2, despite the timing and odd presentation, these announcements are all real.

Beloved gaming icon Mario Mario tragically passed away yesterday, March 31st, 2021. Thankfully though, his brother Luigi “Player2” Mario managed to painstakingly collect the seven Dragon Balls to summon Shenron and wish him back to life!

As part of a collaborative effort, several fighting game content creators have released videos about character archetypes in their favorite games. At the time of writing, three content creators have released videos as part of this collab: Novril, TheoryFighter and Leon Massey

Super Smash Bros. Melee just received its first official NTSC Tier List since 2015!

In his latest video for SSBMTutorials, David "Kira" Kim asks viewers to put their knowledge of various Melee characters' optimal conversions to the test. The format is simple: Kira shows a clip of a possible scenario in Melee, then lists several possible options you could take in that situation, before revealing the most optimal one and explaining why.

As part of his long-running Smash moveset concept series and spurred on by a recent uptick in interest in the character, Delzethin has taken a crack at how Dr. Eggman might play in Smash.

The team behind hit indie platform fighter Rivals of Aether, has announced Twitch Plays Rivals Direct 3, the third in their series of Nintendo Direct-inspired announcement streams. As with the past two, the direct is scheduled for April 1st.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that they, alongside esports venture RTS, have acquired Evolution Championship Series, alongside its parent company Shoryuken. Evo co-founders Tom and Tony Cannon will still be involved in an advisory capacity.

72 days since the presentation and release of Sephiroth as a fighter, Sakurai has showcased the upcoming fighting duo of Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as the next downloadable fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Up-and-coming indie studio Springroll Games has just released a public beta for their Platform Fighter Engine, an open source platform fighter template for Game Maker Studio 2. This template is available under the MIT license, meaning it is free to use for commercial products, so long as proper credit to its developers is provided.

In just a very short amount of time, the Pokemon series will be 25 years old! What better way to celebrate it than with a new video presentation (as well as a Post Malone concert of course). Learn more about what will be unfolding in the Pokemon world tomorrow here!

To those fearing that we'd have to wait until March 31st to get news on Pyra/Mythra, fear no more. We now have confirmation that we'll be learning more about Pyra/Mythra as early as next Thursday!

The Smash World Tour Twitter account recently announced there will be a 2021 iteration of the international tournament series for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Melee!

BlizzCon 2021 showcased a few new announcements this weekend, including updates on Diablo 4, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 2, and the surprise launch of the Blizzard Arcade Collection

After a tragically long hiatus, we finally got a full-length Nintendo Direct and it was just as brimming with hype as you would expect.