After a long drought, Nintendo delivered with an extra-pleasant Direct showcase.
Today’s Nintendo Direct focused on Switch games slated for release this year, and if you’ve been preparing for a slow summer, you might have some budget adjustments ahead of you. We caught glimpses of Super Mario Maker 2, Platinum’s Astral Chain, a battle royale take on Tetris, numerous ports including Rune Factory 4 and 5, and the biggest head-turner of all: a lovely Link’s Awakening remake.
Here’s our recap of today’s Nintendo Direct stories:
- Sign me the heck up for Super Mario Maker 2
- Captain Marvel joins the cast of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
- BoxBoy + BoxGirl lands on Switch this April
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival is sure to be a parent’s worst nightmare
- All the Star Fox friends take flight in Starlink: Battle for Atlas this spring
- Rune Factory 4 Special and Rune Factory 5 are coming to Nintendo Switch
- Yoshi’s Crafted World gets a demo later today
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses hits Switch on July 26
- Deltarune sounds perfect on the Switch
- Tetris 99 is a free-to-play battle royale on Switch
- Dead by Daylight prepares to carve up the kids on Nintendo Switch
- Final Fantasy VII, IX, and Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon dated for Switch
- Zelda: Link’s Awakening is back with an oh-so-adorable remake for Switch
- Astral Chain is a new game coming to Switch and it looks anime as hell
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is bringing its sombre adventure to Nintendo Switch
- Square Enix action-RPG Oninaki coming to Nintendo Switch
- Assassin’s Creed III is officially the Switch’s first Assassin’s Creed game
- Mech shooter Daemon X Machina has a limited-time Switch demo
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker gets a free co-op update today
Source: Destructoid Today’s Nintendo Direct was a real banger