Nintendo Confirms PAX East 2018 Lineup and Events

Nintendo has confirmed their lineup and events for this year’s PAX East.

The company is hosting a number of first-party and third-party games, including Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Switch, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and more.


The following games will be playable at the Nintendo booth:

  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze from Nintendo
  • Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition from Nintendo
  • Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido from Nintendo (First time playable by the public)
  • DARK SOULS: REMASTERED from Bandai Namco Entertainment (First time playable by the public)
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus from Bethesda Softworks (First time playable by the public)
  • Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes from Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51 (First time playable by the public)
  • SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy from NIS America (First time playable by the public)
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy from Activision (First time playable by the public)

These indie games will be playable at the Nindie Arcade”

  • Just Shapes & Beats from Berzerk Studio (First time playable by the public)
  • Dead Cells from Motion Twin (First time playable by the public)
  • The Messenger* from Sabotage and Devolver Digital (First time playable by the public)
  • LUMINES REMASTERED from Enhance Games (First time playable by the public)
  • Runner3 from Choice Provisions
  • West of Loathing from Asymmetric (First time playable by the public)
  • Pool Panic from Adult Swim Games
  • Pode from Henchman & Goon
  • Garage from tinyBuild Games (First time playable by the public)
  • Next Up Hero from Aspyr Media and Digital Continue

If you’re visiting PAX East this year and stop by the Nintendo booth, checking in with your My Nintendo QR Code at the booth will get you a My Nintendo pass on a first-come, first-served basis. These passes will allow them access to a priority line to skip ahead to play select games during specified times. If you don’t get a pass you’ll receive a My Nintendo pin.

Lastly, Nintendo is hosting a number of informal tournaments for Splatoon 2 and even compete in mini-game challenges for Super Mario Odyssey and speed runs for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, among other events.

This year’s PAX East runs from April 5th to the 8th.

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