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A new Metroid! Kirby! But no Duskbloods release date.
It's day-two of Nintendo's Direct September showcases, and today the focus is Switch games arriving this winter. Today's show begins at 3pm UK time and we'll be covering the big announcements here, live, as they happen.
What do we expect? Nintendo showed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake yesterday in some detail, so I expect that means Zelda is cleared from the board. That does leave room for another major Nintendo franchise to take centre stage, like, perhaps, Mario. We haven't had a mainline 3D Mario game since Odyssey in 2017, nearly 10 years ago, so one is well overdue, though the Odyssey team was busy making Donkey Kong Bananza in the time since. With Nintendo specifying a "winter" focus for this showcase, however, a glimpse at a far-away Mario game might be wishful thinking.
What we can all-but guarantee, though, is a release date for FromSoftware's The Duskbloods, which we know is coming this year but not when. Would an October release date be too soon? Would it dare go to GTA 6 in mid-November? It's a tricky time for a game.
There's also hope of Nintendo revealing a long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 ahead of BlizzCon this weekend, and I'm sure we'll see some footage of Witcher 3 Remastered on Switch 2, after its Gamescom reveal last week.
We're almost certain to see more of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, too, which releases next week for Switch 2. Nintendo has already shown off plenty of footage from this game, but maybe we'll see even more either in the Direct, or in the Nintendo Treehouse that will last a whopping 110 minutes after the show is concluded.
But beyond that? I'm less sure. The "winter" period technically takes us to the end of February, so there's room for things we don't perhaps yet know about. Let's see.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that.
Goodness me that's a queue.
Jinxed it!
And I am absolutely certainly NOT hoping for any news on a new F-zero game. You hear that Nintendo?! (crosses fingers that this new inverse psychology tactic will work out).
Haha - I like this approach!
20 minutes to go
We're nearing the off. Shigeru Miyamoto has slipped his plushie Yoshi slippers on and picked up his Mario mushroom pipe (steady). What has Nintendo got in store?
Good shout! You certainly can hope.
Time is ticking, Here's a question for you: has it been a good year for Switch?
I wonder if The Duskbloods date really is the end of September. That would be wild. That's too , surely?
We're getting to the off here. Nintendo is really pushing Splatoon Raiders on the pre-show.
Donkey Kong Bananaza, the FFVII games, Splatoon Raiders, Culdcept Begins, Tiny Book Club - all crackers.
Good points, good points.
The show begins!
We are minutes, maybe seconds away from the show beginning now. What will we open with?
Monster Hunter Wilds on Switch 2 opens the show
The familiar Nintendo Director 3D shapes are forming into a logo. There was a PEGI 18 logo - exciting.
Monster Hunter Wilds opens the show. We've not seen this running on Switch 2 before. If this is Switch 2 footage, and why wouldn't it be, then it looks pretty good.
MH Wilds gets an early December release date and local play
The Switch 2 version includes local play, which is a winning addition. Never forget the effect Monster Hunter had on the PSP because of mulitplayer.
FF7 Reunion Crisis Core launches on Switch 2 today
Nintendo's Koizumi is here to lead us through the show. The first announcement: Final Fantasy 7 Revelation running on Switch 2. It's coming 8th April. That was announced last week. So we knew this.
Plus...
The prequel to FF7 - Crisis Core - FF7 Reunion, launching on Switch 2 later today.
A Switch 2 version of Zelda Hyrule Warriors is coming, with better performance and a harder difficulty mode. 25th February edition for the Definitive Edition of Age of Calamity.
Meccha Chameleon is coming to Sw...Read more: Full article on www.eurogamer.net
What do you think about this?
It's day-two of Nintendo's Direct September showcases, and today the focus is Switch games arriving this winter. Today's show begins at 3pm UK time and we'll be covering the big announcements here, live, as they happen.
What do we expect? Nintendo showed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake yesterday in some detail, so I expect that means Zelda is cleared from the board. That does leave room for another major Nintendo franchise to take centre stage, like, perhaps, Mario. We haven't had a mainline 3D Mario game since Odyssey in 2017, nearly 10 years ago, so one is well overdue, though the Odyssey team was busy making Donkey Kong Bananza in the time since. With Nintendo specifying a "winter" focus for this showcase, however, a glimpse at a far-away Mario game might be wishful thinking.
What we can all-but guarantee, though, is a release date for FromSoftware's The Duskbloods, which we know is coming this year but not when. Would an October release date be too soon? Would it dare go to GTA 6 in mid-November? It's a tricky time for a game.
There's also hope of Nintendo revealing a long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 ahead of BlizzCon this weekend, and I'm sure we'll see some footage of Witcher 3 Remastered on Switch 2, after its Gamescom reveal last week.
We're almost certain to see more of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, too, which releases next week for Switch 2. Nintendo has already shown off plenty of footage from this game, but maybe we'll see even more either in the Direct, or in the Nintendo Treehouse that will last a whopping 110 minutes after the show is concluded.
But beyond that? I'm less sure. The "winter" period technically takes us to the end of February, so there's room for things we don't perhaps yet know about. Let's see.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that.
Goodness me that's a queue.
Jinxed it!
And I am absolutely certainly NOT hoping for any news on a new F-zero game. You hear that Nintendo?! (crosses fingers that this new inverse psychology tactic will work out).
Haha - I like this approach!
20 minutes to go
We're nearing the off. Shigeru Miyamoto has slipped his plushie Yoshi slippers on and picked up his Mario mushroom pipe (steady). What has Nintendo got in store?
Good shout! You certainly can hope.
Time is ticking, Here's a question for you: has it been a good year for Switch?
I wonder if The Duskbloods date really is the end of September. That would be wild. That's too , surely?
We're getting to the off here. Nintendo is really pushing Splatoon Raiders on the pre-show.
Donkey Kong Bananaza, the FFVII games, Splatoon Raiders, Culdcept Begins, Tiny Book Club - all crackers.
Good points, good points.
The show begins!
We are minutes, maybe seconds away from the show beginning now. What will we open with?
Monster Hunter Wilds on Switch 2 opens the show
The familiar Nintendo Director 3D shapes are forming into a logo. There was a PEGI 18 logo - exciting.
Monster Hunter Wilds opens the show. We've not seen this running on Switch 2 before. If this is Switch 2 footage, and why wouldn't it be, then it looks pretty good.
MH Wilds gets an early December release date and local play
The Switch 2 version includes local play, which is a winning addition. Never forget the effect Monster Hunter had on the PSP because of mulitplayer.
FF7 Reunion Crisis Core launches on Switch 2 today
Nintendo's Koizumi is here to lead us through the show. The first announcement: Final Fantasy 7 Revelation running on Switch 2. It's coming 8th April. That was announced last week. So we knew this.
Plus...
The prequel to FF7 - Crisis Core - FF7 Reunion, launching on Switch 2 later today.
A Switch 2 version of Zelda Hyrule Warriors is coming, with better performance and a harder difficulty mode. 25th February edition for the Definitive Edition of Age of Calamity.
Meccha Chameleon is coming to Sw...Read more: Full article on www.eurogamer.net
What do you think about this?