Nintendo once again held a Nintendo Direct to whip the gaming world into a frenzy. The latest direct provided the gaming world with updates on titles like Mario Kart, Kirby, Metroid Prime, and featured some great new announcements for new titles. Let’s take a look at some of the announcements.
Nintendo Direct Features Mario Strikers Return & More
Mario Strikers: Battle League
The Mario world once again takes on the footballing world with the return of the Mario Strikers series. Not since the days of the Wii has a new Mario Strikers title released but the much-loved title will make a return later this year on the Nintendo Switch with some new mechanics to boot.
Nintendo Switch Sports
Wii Sports has got a makeover and makes its way to the Nintendo Switch. With new sports to boot and a lack of mii’s Nintendo Switch Sports aims to continue the legacy of one of the most memorable Wii titles.
Full Nintendo Direct Announcement List
- Advance Wars Remake
- No Man’s Sky Switch port
- Mario Strikers
- Splatoon 3 (summer)
- Front Mission 1st: Remake
- Front Mission 2: Remake
- Disney Speedstorm
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection
- SD Gundam Battle Alliance
- Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March 25 release)
- MLB: The Show (Nintendo Switch Port)
- Kingdom Hearts Intergrum Masterpiece on Cloud
- Portal: Companian Collection
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile & Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil
- LIVE A LIVE
- Nintendo Switch Sports (April 29) Golf coming this fall
- Taiko no Tatsujiin: Rythm Festival
- Triangle Strategy
- Cuphead DLC
- Metroid Dread Update (includes Dread mode)
- EarthBound/EB Beginnings on NSO
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War
- GetsuFumaDen
- Demona Slayer
- Lego Brawls
- Two-Point Campus
- Mario Kart 8 Course Booster Pack (includes 48 courses)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Last Word on Gaming Viewpoint
That was a blood pumping, heart-stopping Nintendo Direct. The fact Nintendo did so while largely leaving their biggest series’ untouched says a lot about how much the company has going for them.
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