As previously announced, Nintendo had plenty of games to give today in its June 2024 Nintendo Direct, revealing some new titles in some long-running franchises, twists on some other popular concepts and teasing Metroid Prime 4 with the first footage from the long-awaited sequel.Catch the entire Nintendo Direct below or the round up after the video:
The Direct started with the first look at the first new Mario & Luigi game in nine years, Mario & Luigi Brothership. Brothership is the first Mario & Luigi game on the Nintendo Switch and launches November 7.
A new Nintendo World Championship NES Edition trailer showed off more challenges and a new Survival Mode mode. The game launches July 18.
FAIRY TAIL 2 lets players act out the Arbaless Empire arc when it launches this Winter on Switch.
Fantasian Neo Dimension, a new game from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Square Enix, reunites the power team this Winter.
Basketball enters the Nintendo Switch Sports court this Summer, letting you live out your Slam Dunk dreams by playing people around the world in 2 v 2 online play.
MIO: Memories in Orbit brings a cell-shaded Metroidvania-style game to the Switch in 2025.
Three new roles have been added to Among Us today: Noisemaker, Tracker and Phantom.
Donkey Kong Country Returns gets the HD treatment for the Switch on January 16, 2025, with all the Wii and 3DS levels in one big resolution package.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake gets a new trailer showing the retro pixel goodness and gives a November 14 date. While Dragon Quest I and II also get the same HD-2D make-over in 2025, giving the full trilogy the upscaled treatment.
The New Denpa Man, a free-to-play sequel to the Nintendo 3DS game, launches as a timed exclusive on July 27.
The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past Four Swords, Metroid: Zero Mission, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Perfect Dark, the latter with all-new online multiplayer, all join the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service today.
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics brings seven classic Marvel games from Capcom to the Switch later this year.
Super Mario Party Jamboree takes us to the mall, the raceway, some classic boards and more areas in the newest game in the series with 110 mini-games on October 17 in the “biggest Mario Party game yet.”
The Legend of Zelda finally lives up to its namesake with a brand new Link’s Awakening-style game, Echoes of Wisdom. Playing as Zelda, the princess learns a new move called “Echo” which lets her recall items, monsters and more to save Hyrule without Link. The story gains its Triforce shard on September 26. A new Nintendo Switch Lite will also be released in the classic Zelda gold colors on the same day.
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection brings new cases to the Switch by bringing Miles Edgeworth’s games to the Switch on September 6 and includes not only the first game, but also the second, previously Japan-only game, to international audiences for the first time.
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- takes you back to school from the creators of the Danganronpa series in early 2025.
Finishing off the Direct was our first look at the highly anticipated Metroid Prime 4. The game revealed the subtitle Beyond and that Samus’ next adventure will launch on the Nintendo Switch in 2025.
Source: Nintendo Direct on YouTube
