Today’s Nintendo Direct featured a number of third-party games that will hit Nintendo Switch for the rest of this year and beyond. As expected, the showcase focused on games made by companies that don’t belong to Nintendo, but there were still many highlights and several exclusives.
Today’s Nintendo Direct in full.
The show began with Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, which premieres this week. An update of the title with even more monsters to kill arrives in August and has the jazz title Seething Bazelgeuse. Oh, and now a demo is available.
Next up was the venerable Nier Automata, the acclaimed 2017 PlatinumGames role-playing game. It is now heading to Nintendo Switch via a new edition of The End of YoRHa featuring previous DLC and new costumes. It opens on October 6.
The surreal puzzle adventure Lorelai and the Laser Eyes is an indie released by Annapurna that hits consoles for the first time in 2023 via Switch.
Super Bomberman R2 is a new Bomberman game that will hit Switch next year, where up to 15 people can play. There is also a scenario creator mode.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is a compilation of 10 classic Mega Man games from the Game Boy Advance era that will hit Switch in 2023. There is also an art gallery and music mode with over 150 songs from around the world. the series. Digital, will be available divided into two volumes – Vol. 1 and 2.
Then a remake of the classic Pac-Man World puzzle. It’s called Pac-Man World Re-Pac, unfortunately, and will be released for Switch on August 26th.
White is a textless monochrome artistic adventure starring a fawn and a wolf cub who must work together to find a way home through a snowy desert. It is described as an emotional adventure and has cooperative games both local and online. The console is exclusive to Switch and will arrive in February 2023.
The creator of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert’s Return to Monkey Island, which in fact is, after a long wait, will be released first on consoles via Nintendo Switch, which is nice. Just don’t hack a copy! There is still a vague release date for this.
We thought we might see a confirmation of the release date of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope today after the previous leak and in fact we now have one. The game’s release on October 20th has already been officially confirmed and we’ve taken a look at a new trailer that revealed Bowser as a playable part of your team.
A more detailed sample of the game will air tomorrow at 5pm UK time. Oh, and Nintendo Switch Online members can try out the original Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle using a limited time game trial.
Then a game montage. Chibi roguelite Little Noah: Scion of Paradise launches today at the Switch eShop, the Railgrade train management simulator arrives this fall, RPG Time: The Legend of Wright is another promising puzzle game set in a notebook and is scheduled for 18 of August.
We took another look at Sonic Frontiers, which comes out in time for Christmas. A brief glance at the game’s cyberspace area took a look at the challenges you’ll take on at “supersonic speed” to grab the keys and move further.
Take a turn towards a new open area and discover the mysteries of cyberspace in the latest adventure of the blue blur!
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Here are some other games we already knew: The Disney Dreamlight Valley, unveiled earlier, will be released on September 6 via early access, Live to Live from Square Enix, already confirmed for release on July 22, Doraemon Story of Seasons is will launch later this year as the action strategy turns. -Deactivated Minecraft Legends arrives in 2023.
Dragon Quest Treasures, a spin-off starring Drik11’s Erik and Mia, premiered on December 9th.
A recent montage showed other known quantities: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (available now), No Man’s Sky (October 7), A Plague Tale: Requiem – Cloud Version (October 18) and Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump + Dimensions (July 28). ).
The Portal Companion collection, a compilation of both Portal 1 and Portal, is available today on Nintendo Switch. Valve’s excellent first-person puzzle platformer games had previously been announced for the Nintendo laptop, but today’s release is a surprise. Fans of multiplayer mode take note: you can play Portal 2 in local cooperation, split screen, and online.
Square Enix announced Harvestella, a Final Fantasy-style version of Stardew Valley. There are fields to cultivate, people from the village to make friends and beasts to kill, as expected. There is also something very ominous called Death Season, which you should avoid. It arrives on November 4th.
Finally, we took a look at Persona 5 Royal, which arrives for Switch along with the PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S versions on October 21st. Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable are also up and running soon.