Nintendo showed off several games during a 15 minute Direct Mini early Friday morning. Among the games shown was the reveal of two brand new Monster Hunter games, Monster Hunter: Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. It was also revealed that Ori and The Will of The Wisps is launching for Nintendo Switch today.
Here’s everything that was announced during the Nintendo Direct Mini.
This is the next game in the classic Monster Hunter franchise. It features the monster, weapons and creatures that fans all love. There’s also a new ‘wire-bud’ that lets you basically fling yourself around cliff faces like you’re in Attack on Titan.
Monster Hunter: Rise will launch on March 26th, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch. There will be a standard edition available for the game with a bunch of pre-order bonuses. Three amiibo were also announced: the Palamute, Magnamalo and Palico.
The second Monster Hunter game announced was Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. It’s a sequel to the 3DS game that released in 2017. The Stories game was developed as a more typical RPG where you play as a “rider” instead of a “hunter” that you play in the core franchise.
It was also revealed that both Monster Hunter: Rise and Monster Huner Stories 2: Wings of Ruin will have some sort of crossover content.
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin will release Winter 2021.
Some of the information above was from the Monster Hunter Direct which came after the Nintendo Direct Mini. It’s about 15-mins long and you can watch it below if you’re interested in either Monster Hunter game.
A sequel to the original game and your progress will carry over. There are a few new trainers in this one as well.
Releasing on December 4th
Max counter damager is in the quadrillions and your character level can hit ‘9999999’ or something ridiculous.
Disgaea 5 was also announced to be getting a ‘free to try’ for Nintendo Switch players.
Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny will releaser Winter 2021.
A brand new Empire of Sin trailer. Still no release date. The Switch will get exclusive pre-order content.
Sniper Elite 4 is coming to Nintendo Switch this Holiday season.
This survival game is getting a Nintendo Switch release “later today.”
Swing and putt away when the latest PGA Tour release for Nintendo Switch on September 25th.
The roguelike from Supergiant, which has been in early access on PC since 2018, is arriving on Nintendo Switch “later today.”
It was originally supposed to launch with cross-save, but that has been delayed for the time being.
The 3D platformer that looks so weird and wonderful every time I see it I can’t help be wrapped up in its charm. It’s going to have co-op as well!
Balan Wonderland released on March 26, 2021.
The last Rune Factory game was released in 2014. Although it was ported to Nintendo Switch earlier this year. Well, now we know that Rune Factory 5 isn’t that far away and in the game, you can ride sheep!
Rune Factory 5 is set to release in 2021.
The final reveal of the Nintendo Direct Mini was that Ori and The Will of The Wisps is arriving on Nintendo Switch “later today.” That’s a spicy release date!
It’s also getting a very pretty physical collectors edition with lots of shiny things. You can pre-order that via iam8bit.com.
That’s it for the Nintendo Direct Mini. At the start of the show, there was a note that several more are on their way for 2020.
Watch the full Direct in its entirety below if you’d like.
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