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Switch-owning JRPG fans are having a party today. Highlights from today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase include the Persona 5 Royal and Nier: Automata ports for Nintendo Switch, but there were also sleek-looking independent titles such as the role-playing game Time: The Legend of Wright. wonderfully handmade, and some visually stunning companions. in the adventure White.
Here’s our summary of everything that was shown today in Nintendo’s third-party showcase.
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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Sunbreak is the next expansion of Monster Hunter Rise and adds a bunch of new monsters every season. There is also a main story where the player investigates three powerful monsters in a new location called Elgado Outpost. Expansion drops on June 30th.
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Nier: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition
The long-awaited Port Switch from Yoko Taro’s cult action role-playing game is finally here. This version includes all the DLC and some original costumes made specifically for this edition.
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Lorelei and the laser eyes
This surreal puzzle game is created by the developers of the beloved music game Sayonara Wild Hearts, and will be released sometime in 2023.
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Super Bomberman R 2
Konami’s first Bomberman Switch slowly improved with patches, and a new entry in the long-running puzzle series will hit Nintendo Switch sometime in 2023.
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Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection
Legacy Collection is the collection of 10 Mega Man Battle Network games on Game Boy Advance systems. (However, there is no GameCube network streaming signal.) The compilation will be released sometime next year.
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Pac-Man World Re-Pac
This 3D platform game allows you to play as Pac-man as you embark on an adventure to save his wife and children, who seem very sad in their cell. You can pick up the game on August 26 this year.
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White
White is a monochrome rendered puzzle game with gorgeous 3D art, and I’m here to do it. In addition to its main story campaign, it also has a cooperative mode. White arrives on Nintendo Switch in February 2023.
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Return to Monkey Island
Return to Monkey Island is the latest entry from Ron Gilbert’s famous adventure games, and the Kotaku staff is very excited about how beautiful it is. The game was announced in April and will be released later this year.
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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Mario and Rabbids collide in this tactical collaboration between Nintendo and Ubisoft. The game features new Rabbid creatures called Sparks, and the protagonists must unite to save them. The game will be released on October 20 this year.
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Little Noah: Scion of Paradise
This fantasy role-playing game is created by the developers who made Dragalia Lost and is shown with artistic style. The game is described as a casual roguelike and you can download it from today.
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Railgrade
If building a train system is your idea of having fun, then Railgrade may be your game. But it’s not just about building your own train empire, you’ll also need to coordinate shipping for an industrial colony. Okay, this last part is a little awkward. But trains! Railgrade will be on the Nintendo Switch sometime this fall.
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RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
Despite having the most generic name ever, The Legend of Wright is one of the most interesting RPG concepts I’ve seen among indies this year. You play as a hand-drawn character in a storybook and you can use your writing utensils to help solve puzzles. Think Xicory, but with fantasy heroics. The game will be released on August 18th.
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Sound borders
Sonic’s version of an open world game has caused a lot of criticism for its “open zone” game concept, but players will be able to judge Frontiers for themselves soon. The game comes out this holiday season.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley
Dreamlight Valley is exactly what it seems to be: a game where you spend time in a magical land with your Disney friends. And yet, I can’t help but feel a little enchanted by how much Disneyland looks digital. You can play the Disney version of The Sims starting Sept. 6, when the game goes into early access.
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Live a live
Square Enix’s classic 16-bit Super Famicom role-playing game will see its first western release on July 22, but you can start playing the first three chapters of this time travel game starting today. (Surprise!)
Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom
Doraemon is one of the most influential anime IPs of all time, and her cheerful tone is perfect for an agricultural simulation. So I’m thrilled to see Bandai Namco announce a sequel to the seasons ’first Doraemon story. The new entry in the series will hit Switch sometime this year.
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Legends of Minecraft
Minecraft Legends is an action and strategy game that takes a more story-based approach than the original sandbox feel. Legends will be released in 2023.
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Dragon Quest Treasures
Dragon Quest Treasures is a spin-off of the Dragon Quest series and will feature a pair of treasure hunters looking for loot. It arrives on Nintendo Switch on December 9 this year.
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Portal: Collection of companions
The beloved and fun 3D puzzle adventures of Valve, Portal and Portal 2, are grouped together for this Switch port, which will take you back to the test chambers of the Aperture Science Laboratories. The Companion collection comes out today.
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Harvest
As someone who was very disappointed with Rune Factory 5 this year, I have high hopes for Harvestella. The agricultural simulation game looks like a cross between Rune Factory and Tales games. Harvestella comes out on Nintendo Switch on November 4 this year.
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Person 5 Royal
I’ll never stop playing Persona 5 Royal, right? The remaster of Atlus’ best-selling school simulation RPG will be released on October 21st. The showcase also showed the Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden Switch ports, but no release dates for these games have yet been announced. All games will be sold separately.
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Curved 32-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 gaming monitor
32 “4K display offers 240 Hz with a response time of 1 ms for an incredibly fluid game. Quantum Matrix technology, HDR 2000 and UHD resolution work together to create a sharp image. Matte screen reduces glare helping to keep your eyes focused on the action in front of you.
And that’s all they showed! What were your favorite surprises?