Nintendo hosted a 45-minute Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday to reveal upcoming games and updates for the Nintendo Switch.
As many players expected, Nintendo released the long-awaited trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game will release on his May 12, 2023, making it the standard edition of his most expensive game to date, retailing at his $69.99.
While the new “Zelda” game wrapped up the presentation, the stream said “Pikmin 4, scheduled for release on July 21, 2023. This comes nearly two years after Nintendo partnered with Pokémon GO maker Niantic to launch Pikmin Bloom, an AR game that encouraged players to walk outside and collect seedlings. is. Perhaps the most important piece of information here is that Pikmin 4 lets you ride a dog named Oatti.
Especially nostalgic fans of Nintendo’s long-running franchise had more to celebrate. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will soon be able to play select Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games. The platform already offers certain games from older consoles such as Nintendo 64, NES, SNES and Sega Genesis. Games currently available include Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Kirby’s Dream Land, and The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap.
“Zelda” and “Pikmin” have decades of history, but Nintendo has also found success with recent franchises like “Splatoon,” which debuted in 2015. His latest work, Splatoon 3, was released on Nintendo Switch in September. “Splatoon 3” was his second best-selling game on Nintendo last quarter, with 10.1 million units sold (top spot was “Pokemon Scarlet & Violet”, where he had 20.6 million units). .
Those ink-splattered, punk-rock squid and octoling fans have some new material to look forward to in the months ahead. Did. This will span his two waves of Inkopolis, which launches this spring, and Side Order, which is coming later. Inkopolis feels a little lacking. It’s a different setting to explore, but from this trailer it doesn’t seem like the weapons and gear available are any different than what’s already in the game. It seems to shove it into the canvas of the world (perhaps filling it with bright ink). This is a little more interesting than a performance by the Squid sisters (no offense to a very cool fictional band).
In addition, “Metroid Prime Remastered” (currently available), “Kirby Dreamland Deluxe” (released February 24), “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe”, “Fire Emblem Engage”, and “Xenoblade Chronicles 3″ expansion content announcement”
For home scorers: No, there was no Silksong update.
