Everything Announced During Nintendo Direct
Today’s Nintendo Direct packed a lot of exciting announcements into the roughly 40 minutes of content, from The Legend of Zelda to Resident Evil, here is everything that was announced.
Today’s Nintendo Direct was over half an hour of announcements covering games releasing on the Nintendo Switch later today up to next spring. One of the biggest highlights, of course, was the announcement of the Breath of the Wild sequel, which revealed the name of the game and the release date. Finally, it can stop being referred to as simply the Breath of the Wild sequel. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom releases on May 12th, 2023. For our full article click here.
Other highlights included a new Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem Engage planned for release in January along with the announcement of Octopath Traveler 2 for release in February 2023. The long-awaited Pikmin 4 was also announced to arrive on the Switch sometime next year. NSO Expansion Pack subscribers will be excited to hear about the nine games announced to be added to the Nintendo 64 collection through next year that includes Mario Party, Pokémon Stadium, and Goldeneye.
Additionally, four Resident Evil games will arrive on the Switch in their Cloud Versions, including Resident Evil Village. Also, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Kirby series, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe will be a remaster of the original, releasing in February. That’s probably enough highlights to excite any Nintendo fan, but there was so much more. To watch the full Direct, click here to watch on Nintendo’s official YouTube channel. But if you don’t have that kind of patience, here’s a list of every game that was announced plus the release dates:
Nintendo Direct – Every game announced
- Fire Emblem Engage - January 20th, 2023 + Divine Edition
- It Takes Two - November 2th, 2022 (PreOrders Today)
- Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse - Early 2023
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pack Wave 2 - October 13th, 2022
- Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake - Next Year
- Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star - March 2023
- OddBallers - Early 2023
- TUNIC - September 27th, 2022 (PreOrders Today)
- Front Mission 1st: Remake - This November
- Front Mission 2: Remake - 2023
- Front Mission 3 - Sometime in the Future
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - Summer 2023
- Splatoon 3 Splatfest - September 23rd - September 25th
- Octopath Traveler 2 - February 24th, 2023
- Fae Farm - Spring 2023
- THEATRHYTHM Final Bar Line - February 16th, 2023 (PreOrders Today)
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - October 20th, 2022 (PreOrders Available Now)
- Rune Factory 3 Special - Available 2023
- New Rune Factory Series in Development
- Nintendo 64 Additions:
- Pilotwings 64 - 2022
- Mario Party - 2022
- Mario Party 2 - 2022
- Mario Party 3 - 2023
- Pokemon Stadium - 2023
- Pokemon Stadium 2 - 2023
- 1080 Snowboarding - 2023
- Excitebike 64 - 2023
- Goldeneye - Coming Soon
- Various Daylife - Later Today
- Factorio - October 28th, 2022
- Ib - Spring 2023
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - 2nd Free Update - This Month
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - February 24th, 2023
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass Wave 3 - This Holiday
- Nintendo Switch Sports - Golf - Holiday 2022
- Mario Movie - Spring 2023
- Pikmin 4 - 2023
- Just Dance 2023 Edition - November 22nd, 2022
- Harvestella - November 4th, 2022 (Demo Later Today)
- Bayonetta 3 - October 28th, 2022 (PreOrders Available Now)
- Master Detective Archives: Raincode - Spring 2023
- Resident Evil Village - Cloud Version - October 28th, 2022 (Demo Available Today)
- Winter’s Expansion DLC - December 2nd, 2022
- Resident Evil Biohazard - Cloud Version - This Year
- Resident Evil 2 - Cloud Version - This Year
- Resident Evil 3 - Cloud Version - This Year
- Sifu - November 8th, 2022 (PreOrders Today)
- Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion - December 13th, 2022
- Radiant Silvergun - Later Today
- Endless Dungeon - Next Year
- Tales of Symphonia Remastered - Early 2023
- Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection - September 27th, 2022
- Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Song - Remastered - December 1st (PreOrders Now)
- Lego Bricktales - Fall 2022
- Disney Speedstorm - 2022
- Fall Guys - Season 2 - September 15th, 2022
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe - February 24th, 2023 (PreOrders Today)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - May 12th, 2023
Which announcement did you find the most exciting? Let us know in the comments!
