Nintendo held a 40-minute Nintendo Direct early Wednesday morning, featuring some pretty big reveals and trailers. Most notable was the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, finally getting a title and a release date.
Here are all the trailers and news from Nintendo Direct.
A brand new Fire Emblem game kicked off this Nintendo Direct, and not only do we get to meet some new characters, how combat (including a lot on horseback) works, and combo moves.
Fire Emblem Engage is set to release on January 20th, 2023.
The Game of the Year Winner for 2021 is making its way to Nintendo Switch. It can be played on one system or online and includes the friend pass as the previous editions did, so your friend doesn’t need to buy the game as well.
It Takes Two is releasing on November 4th.
For the first time in the west, Fatal Frame: Mask of The Lunar Eclipse is coming to the west sometime in 2023.
Wave 2 of the expansion pass is coming on October 13th with a new mechanical character.
It’s launching on Nintendo Switch next year simultaneously as other consoles.
Get fit with some rhythm boxing with the cast of Fist of the North Star.
A crazy-looking party game with a combination of silly and fun; releasing on Nintendo Switch early next year.
It’s coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 27th.
A remake of the first two games is coming this November, while a remake of Front Mission 3 is also planned for sometime in 2023.
A remake of the original Gamecube game is coming in Winter 2023.
The first Splatfest has been announced for next weekend with the theme of “what would you bring to a deserted island?”
Eight new characters are being introduced for the sequel to Octopath Traveller.
Octopath Traveler 2 will release on February 24th, 2023.
If Harvest Moon wasn’t for you, this is another cute faming game.
The game promises to include a ridiculous number (300+) songs and DLC in the future from games like Octopath Traveler and more.
Final Fantasy Theatrrhythm: Final Bar Line releases on February 16th, 2023.
Here’s a new trailer for the game and the reveal of a Gold Edition of the game that includes the Season Pass.
Rune Factory 3 Special is releasing on Nintendo Switch next year, and it was announced that a new game in the franchise is also in development.
Three more Nintendo 64 games are coming this year:
Pilotwings 64
Mario Party
Mario Party 2
And in 2023, Nintendo is adding these games:
Mario Party 3
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
1080 Snowboarding
Excitebike 64
And a TBD on the big announcement, but 007 Goldeneye (with online play) is coming.
The game is out on Nintendo Switch later today and looks like a generic JRPG.
It’s a tactics game with a very low graphic style.
Ib looked creepy and weird, but it’s hard to describe.
Pauline is joining the pitch, as well as Diddy Kong. Plus, more gear and another stadium is being added in the second free update later this month.
Atelier Ryza 3 is releasing on Nintendo Switch on February 24th, 2023, and there will be a demo available soon.
Wave 3 is coming this Holiday Season, and we know of at least two courses that’ll be included, which are:
Merry Mountain (Mario Kart Tour)
DS Peach Gardens (Mario Kart DS)
Golf and Survival Golf are being delayed slightly and will release this Holiday season.
Niantic was mentioned for the first time in a Nintendo Direct, Pikmin Bloom from Pokemon GO developer.
A new Pikmin game is coming in 2023, and although we see no gameplay, the game will be focused on the ground from the Pikmin’s point of view.
Here’s a trailer for the upcoming Just Dance 2023.
A demo for Harvstella will be available later today, with the save data transferring to the full game.
No delay; the game is still coming, and a gameplay trailer is going up on Nintendo’s Youtube channel soon.
From Spike Chunsoft, the developers of Danganropnpa, comes Raincode, a game that combines the detective element of the Danganronpa with supernatural elements.
Aussies, you can’t play this — but Resident Evil Village is coming to the Cloud for Nintendo Switch on October 28th.
It was also announced that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 would be coming to the Nintendo Switch via the Cloud later this year as well.
One of the best games of 2022 is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 8th.
The remaster of the prequel to Final Fantasy VII is coming to the Nintendo Switch alongside the previously announced consoles on December 13th.
This shoot-em-up is available later today.
This game is launching on Nintendo Switch next year.
A remaster of the 2003 game is coming to Nintendo Switch early next year.
Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection is releasing on Nintendo Switch on September 27th.
Romancing SaGA – Minstrel Song – Remastered is releasing on December 1st
LEGO Bricktales is releasing sometime soon
Disney Speedstorm is still a game with no release date other than 2022
Fall Guys – Season 2 is happening soon on all platforms, including Nintendo Switch
A remake/Deluxe version of the Wii game is coming to the Nintendo Switch on February 24th, 2023, as part of Kirby’s 30th Anniversary.
I’ll save any and all theorising to the experts, but here’s a brand new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is officially the titled to the Breath of the Wild sequel, and it’s releasing on May 12th, 2023.
If you’d like to watch the Nintendo Direct in full you can find that below.
Let me know in the comment section what trailer excited you the most.
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