Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase Breakdown
Today’s Nintendo Direct might have just been a Mini Direct, but there were still a lot of announcements, from the Portal games to the Persona series, there’s a lot to talk about.
Today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase revealed information about third-party games coming to the Nintendo Switch over the next year or so. This included new information about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and a surprise announcement about several games from the Persona series coming to Nintendo Switch. Watch the full direct here.
Fans of the Monster Hunter series have a lot to look forward to, with the massive expansion Sunbreak coming to Monster Hunter Rise on June 30th. This presentation also showed that there will be several waves of free content coming to the game as well, with one coming in August, another in the Fall, Winter, and a final addition sometime next year. There’s also a demo available on the Nintendo eShop if you can’t wait a few more days.
The highly anticipated Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope got a release date of October 20th, with Pre-Orders also beginning today. Sonic Frontiers, which takes Sonic to an “open-zone” style game, was announced to arrive on the Switch this holiday season. This direct also surprised fans with the Portal Companion Collection dropping today for the Nintendo Switch.
The direct ended with the announcement that three games from the Persona series would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Both Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable were announced without concrete release dates, but Persona 5 Royal is scheduled to arrive on October 21st.
Here’s a full list of everything that was announced during this mini direct:
- Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - June 30th (Demo Available Now)
- NeiR: Automata: The End of YoRHa Edition - October 6th (Pre-Orders Today)
- Lorelei and The Laser Eyes - 2023
- Super Bomberman R 2 - 2023
- Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection - 2023
- PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC - August 26th
- Blanc - February 2023
- Return to Monkey Island - 2022
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - October 20th (Pre-Orders Today)
- Little Noah: Scion of Paradise - Today
- RAILGRADE - This Fall
- RPG Time: The Legend of Wright - August 18th (Pre-Orders Today)
- Sonic Frontiers - This Holiday
- Disney Dreamlight Valley - Early Access September 6th
- LIVE A LIVE - July 22nd (Demo Available Now)
- DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of the Great Kingdom - 2022
- Minecraft Legends - 2023
- DRAGON QUEST TREASURES - December 9th
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Available Now
- No Man’s Sky - October 7th
- A Plague Tale: Requiem - Cloud Version - October 18th
- Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions - July 28th
- Portal Companion Collection - Available Today
- HARVESTELLA - November 4th
- Persona 5 Royal - October 21st
- Persona 4 Golden - Coming Soon
- Persona 3 Portable - Coming Soon
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