Today’s Nintendo Direct was one for the Nintendo faithful, with remakes and remasters from classic franchises aplenty -…
Today’s Nintendo Direct was one for the Nintendo faithful, with remakes and remasters from classic franchises aplenty – and a star turn for Princess Peach.
The Direct’s line-up, including an F-Zero 99 announcement, and big finale, a port of the beloved Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, were fan-pleasing additions to the Switch’s bulging catalogue.
And they are perhaps the kind of smaller announcements we’d expect at this point, for a platform widely-expected to be replaced next year. Still, as we saw, there’s plenty of life left for the next six months at least – and beyond?
Top of the bill for me was Princess Peach: Showtime! which sees the Mushroom Kingdom’s royalty take the stage and dress up in different costumes to unlock themed special attacks. Peach can become a swordfighter, ninja, chef and more. It’s out on 22nd March 2024.
As highly-requested remakes go, they don’t come much bigger than Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. It remains the pinnacle of the Paper Mario series, and is a GameCube classic well worth bringing to new audiences on Switch. Nintendo was vague on a release date, however – saying only that it will arrive at some point in 2024.
F-Zero fans had their patience rewarded by F-Zero 99, another take in Nintendo’s online battle royale series.
