Following a spate of showcases from PlayStation, Xbox, Ubisoft, Capcom and the Summer Game Fest, Nintendo hosted its own event on Wednesday night.
During the 40-minute livestream, the company presented several new announcements and trailers. Here’s a look at the biggest highlights.
Super Mario Bros Wonder
Nintendo unveiled the next Super Mario Bros game, titled Super Mario Bros Wonder. The first entry into the main series since 2017's Odyssey, the game offers a throwback, with a return to the 2D platforming style that first made the franchise so popular.
The trailer revealed a series of familiar game play and powers, and new ones, including the ability to turn into an elephant. Gamers can also play co-operatively, with playable characters including Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach and Daisy.
Super Mario Bros Wonder will be released on Nintendo Switch on October 20.
Super Mario RPG Remake
Super Mario RPG remains one of the most unsung heroes of the SNES, and is often cited as one of the console's finest titles. Fans of the original were thrilled to learn that Nintendo is developing a remake for the Switch with the same name.
During the Direct showcase, Nintendo presented a reveal trailer, which evoked the visual style, gaming mechanics and score of the original game – all brought into the modern age. The game will feature a familiar cast, with Mario, Bowser, Peach, Mallow and Geno all making appearances in the RPG title.
Super Mario RPG will be released on Nintendo Switch on November 17.
WarioWare: Move It!
Nintendo also revealed a new WarioWare game, driven by a new concept – making players move. WarioWare: Move It! was presented as a fun multi-player party game that doesn't take itself too seriously.
It challenges players to complete a series of rapid minigames, chopping down bamboo, eating sushi, shaking paws with a dog, cleaning a turtle shell on their backs, skiing and doing hula – all by moving around in real life with the Joy-Con controllers. It features two player co-op mode and a party mode with up to four players.
WarioWare: Move It! will be released on Nintendo Switch on November 3.
Detective Pikachu Returns
The company also revealed a sequel to Detective Pikachu, the 2018 game that spawned a live-action film starring Ryan Reynolds, titled Detective Pikachu Returns. In the original title, Pikachu takes on the mantle of detective, solving mysteries across Ryme City with Tim Goodman, a boy who is able to understand and speak with the electricity-charged creature – while also trying to track down the boy's father.
Detective Pikachu takes a novel approach to the franchise, reimagining the familiar Pikachu, voiced by Will Arnett, as a "tough-talking, coffee-loving" character, who "may have a self-assured attitude and talk like a middle-aged man, but ... somehow manages to keep his lovable charm".
Detective Pikachu Returns will be released on Nintendo Switch on October 6.
Other highlights
Nintendo also offered a deeper look at the coming real-time strategy game Pikmin 4, arriving on the Switch on July 21, and teased a new title possible starring Princess Peach. Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 is also coming to the Switch on October 24, and will include the Metal Gear games for NES. Nintendo also showed a new trailer for Persona 5 Tactica, the tactical RPG coming to the Switch on November 17, among several other announcements.
Who is Mohammed Al Halbousi?
The new speaker of Iraq’s parliament Mohammed Al Halbousi is the youngest person ever to serve in the role.
The 37-year-old was born in Al Garmah in Anbar and studied civil engineering in Baghdad before going into business. His development company Al Hadeed undertook reconstruction contracts rebuilding parts of Fallujah’s infrastructure.
He entered parliament in 2014 and served as a member of the human rights and finance committees until 2017. In August last year he was appointed governor of Anbar, a role in which he has struggled to secure funding to provide services in the war-damaged province and to secure the withdrawal of Shia militias. He relinquished the post when he was sworn in as a member of parliament on September 3.
He is a member of the Al Hal Sunni-based political party and the Sunni-led Coalition of Iraqi Forces, which is Iraq’s largest Sunni alliance with 37 seats from the May 12 election.
He maintains good relations with former Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s State of Law Coaliton, Hadi Al Amiri’s Badr Organisation and Iranian officials.
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Financial considerations before buying a property
Buyers should try to pay as much in cash as possible for a property, limiting the mortgage value to as little as they can afford. This means they not only pay less in interest but their monthly costs are also reduced. Ideally, the monthly mortgage payment should not exceed 20 per cent of the purchaser’s total household income, says Carol Glynn, founder of Conscious Finance Coaching.
“If it’s a rental property, plan for the property to have periods when it does not have a tenant. Ensure you have enough cash set aside to pay the mortgage and other costs during these periods, ideally at least six months,” she says.
Also, shop around for the best mortgage interest rate. Understand the terms and conditions, especially what happens after any introductory periods, Ms Glynn adds.
Using a good mortgage broker is worth the investment to obtain the best rate available for a buyer’s needs and circumstances. A good mortgage broker will help the buyer understand the terms and conditions of the mortgage and make the purchasing process efficient and easier.
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The two riders are among several riders in the UAE to receive the top payment of £10,000 under the Thank You Fund of £16 million (Dh80m), which was announced in conjunction with Deliveroo's £8 billion (Dh40bn) stock market listing earlier this year.
The £10,000 (Dh50,000) payment is made to those riders who have completed the highest number of orders in each market.
There are also riders who will receive payments of £1,000 (Dh5,000) and £500 (Dh2,500).
All riders who have worked with Deliveroo for at least one year and completed 2,000 orders will receive £200 (Dh1,000), the company said when it announced the scheme.
Some of Darwish's last words
"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008
His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.
Ain Dubai in numbers
126: The length in metres of the legs supporting the structure
1 football pitch: The length of each permanent spoke is longer than a professional soccer pitch
16 A380 Airbuses: The equivalent weight of the wheel rim.
9,000 tonnes: The amount of steel used to construct the project.
5 tonnes: The weight of each permanent spoke that is holding the wheel rim in place
192: The amount of cable wires used to create the wheel. They measure a distance of 2,4000km in total, the equivalent of the distance between Dubai and Cairo.
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