Nintendo provided some release dates, announcements, and showed off new trailer duing the Nintendo Direct this evening, and here’s what you may have missed.
Nintendo provided some release dates, and announcements, and showed off new trailers during the Nintendo Direct this evening.
We got to see a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, we were provided with a release date for Pikmin 4 and Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, and the company shadow dropped Metroid Prime Remastered, but there was more to presentation than that.
Other highlights of the video presentation include Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, Disney Illusion Island, Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie.
Here’s what you may have missed:
A new look at Disney Illusion Island was provided. The new cooperative 2D platformer adventure for one to four players, has you navigating Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy through a hand-crafted world. As previously announced, the game features fully voiced, animated cutscenes and an orchestrated, original score. It’s out on July 28.
A demo featuring the opening hours of Octopath Traveler 2 was released after the presentation concluded. Out on February 24, in the game, eight new stories await featuring eight new travelers, each with their own origins, motivations, and unique skills. Which path will you take first? Who will your allies be? And where will your journey lead you?
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon was also shown off. In this new take on the Bayonetta, you play as Cereza, a young apprentice witch before she comes to be called Bayonetta. The game has you using magic and her infernal demon partner Cheshire to travel through a mysterious and dangerous Avalon Forest filled with puzzles and enemies. You’ll control both Cereza and Cheshire at the same time, and obtain the elemental power of wood, rock, water, and fire from the forest to open new paths and sway battles. The game prowls onto Nintendo Switch on March 17.
The 3v3 footbrawler Omega Strikers comes to Switch on April 27. Duke it out in this free-to-play online multiplayer game which has you battling it out in an arena where you need to score goals. As one of more than 15 Strikers, you’ll sling slime, toss tofu, and rocket boost to victory, air hockey style.
Announced during the Nintendo Direct was the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection. Releasing June 1, it contains the first three Etrian Odyssey games all of which have been remastered in HD. With a blank map as your only guide, you will draw the map as you explore so that you can progress even further to areas where monsters and treasures await. Twenty-four newly drawn character illustrations are included.
Coming to Switch on August 29 is Sea of Stars, where you combine the powers of the sun and moon to fend off evil in a retro-inspired, turn-based RPG. As you freely traverse the world you will meet characters from all walks of life. You will also use well-timed attacks to devastate foes in battle.
A look at Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe was provided as well. A new story unfolds in the game when Magolor, the interdimensional traveler from the main adventure, loses his powers and must escape the realm between dimensions. You can access this new epilogue after clearing Story Mode. Up to four players on the same system can venture through this realm together, where there are over 20 stages to explore. If you want to try it out before it releases on February 24, a demo is now available in Nintendo eShop and allows up to four players to play this specially arranged demo with select stages and subgames.
