Nintendo Direct

Nintendo's hotly-anticipated February 2023 showcase is over, and we now have a much clearer idea of what's coming to Sw…

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Here is a list of all Nintendo Switch games announced or shown at the Nintendo Direct on February 8, 2023, like Metroid Prime Remastered.

Pre-orders begin today in Nintendo eShop and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. Pre-orders are available now in Nintendo eShop and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. Pre-orders are available now in Nintendo eShop, at retail and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. Roll in a classroom, a zoo and space as the pint-sized princely son with orders to restore the twinkle back in the heavens. [Blanc], the poetic tale of a wolf cub and a fawn, which launches Feb. Pre-orders begin today in Nintendo eShop, at retail and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. Pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are available now in Nintendo eShop, at retail and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. The Fire Emblem Engage Expansion Pass, which includes four waves releasing through the end of 2023, is available for purchase now in Nintendo eShop and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com. The digital version of Metroid Prime Remastered launches in Nintendo eShop and in the My Nintendo Store on Nintendo.com … You can play Game Boy games with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership, or play both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games with an active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership … Local and online play is supported for compatible games, and up to four players can play together online for the first time. A demo containing the game’s opening hours will be available in Nintendo eShop …

The Nintendo Direct also featured Metroid Prime Remastered, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, and more.

The original We Love Katamari is getting the remaster treatment and will be released on Switch on June 2, 2023. [Samba de Amigo: Party Central is a new rhythm game headed to Nintendo Switch in Summer 2023](/news/195168/samba-de-amigo-party-central-announced-for-nintendo-switch) that will have you up and dancing with your Joy-Con controllers. Fans will be able to return to Dead Cells on March 6 and find that it has been invaded by the world of Castlevania. Later this year, Volume 4 of the Expansion Pack will arrive and will contain a new story scenario for players to experience. Fans will be happy to know that 24 of the games characters have also recieved new illustrations in-game. If that wait it too much to bear, a demo will be available on the Nintendo eShop later today. The Game Boy Advance games that will be available at launch are The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. Fans will soon be able to jump back into Kirby's Return to Dream Land, and today's Nintendo Direct gave us another look at the remaster of the 2011 Wii title. Physical copies of the game will also be available on February 22. Alongside seeing the familiar Pikmin that will be helping us out on our journey, we also got our first look at a dog-like creature named Oatchi who will be helping us on our journeys. The collector's edition, on the other hand, will cost $129.99 and it includes a physical version of the game, an artbook, a Steelbook case, an Iconart steel poster, and a set of four pin badges. In addition, Nintendo also shared a first look at the game's collector's edition and a new Link amiibo.

In the end, Nintendo fans didn't get their Switch 2, or even much in the way of new information on The Legend of the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. They did, ...

The Switch has been easily the most successful Nintendo platform in two 25 years, surpassing even the highs of the Wii. Its predecessor has grown in esteem to the point that many fans regard it as the [best game in the series, if not the best game ever made](/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time). [Retro Studios' Metroid Prime remaste](/articles/metroid-prime-remaster-switch-revealed)r — rumored since seemingly the dawn of the Switch — was a big part of the Direct, even receiving a shadow drop after the show was over. [the first Nintendo Direct of 2023](/articles/nintendo-direct-february-2023-everything-announced-including-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom) — a show that Nintendo typically uses to set the agenda for the rest of the year. Coming off a year marred by releases with notable technical problems, and with the long-rumored Switch Pro failing to materialize, the [calls for a next-gen Switch](/articles/seriously-nintendo-its-time-to-release-a-switch-pro) have become difficult to ignore. Is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo broadcast its February 2023 Direct event on Wednesday, showcasing its slate of games for the first half of the year, including The Legend of Zelda: ...

A new Professor Layton game is coming, and Nintendo has kept things very mysterious, showing just the title and nothing else. The Game Boy titles are available with a Nintendo Switch Online membership, while the Game Boy Advance games (with Game Boy games) are available with a membership and expansion pass. The puzzle game is a sequel to Katamari Damacy, and in it, the player controls a rolly-polly character who collects a whole bunch of stuff — you know, in classic Katamari style. It’s called Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. It’s coming to the Nintendo eShop later today, and a physical version is coming to stores Feb. It’s a new IP from XSEED, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch exclusively in 2023. [original Metroid Prime is getting a remastered version](https://www.polygon.com/e/17893064) on Nintendo Switch, adding dual-stick controls to the classic GameCube game. The JRPG franchise was abandoned after Origins while developer Monolith Soft worked on other projects, like the [Xenoblade Chronicles](https://www.polygon.com/game/xenoblade-chronicles/5416) games. [a slate of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games](https://www.polygon.com/e/23355812) to Nintendo Switch Online. On Wednesday, Nintendo gave the upcoming strategy game a release date: July 21. [The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom](https://www.polygon.com/e/23355380) months away from its May 12 release date, Nintendo is sharing another look into the 2023 game. [the revival of the decades-dormant Samba de Amigo franchise](https://www.polygon.com/23591484/samba-de-amigo-nintendo-switch-release-date-sega-party-central) and remasters of Nintendo games from previous-generation consoles.

The show is focused on the first half of 2023, with a number of Switch games getting the spotlight over about 40 minutes. Expectations are high, as it has been ...

Here's the Nintendo Direct start time and how to watch the presentation live. To make things easier for you, however, we also have the stream embedded right here, so you can watch it in its entirety without needing to even leave this page. Original story: The latest Nintendo Direct presentation is today, February 8, and it begins very soon.

Zelda news and Metroid Prime Remastered, you say? All the news from the Nintendo Direct February 2023 showcase.

This included a look at the next wave of The best bit about Tears of the Kingdom’s presence in the February Direct was that there was no much-feared news of a delay to the release date. Coming in two waves, the first arriving in Spring, players will get to revisit the original game’s Inkopolis hub, complete with some familiar shopkeepers. Splatoon 3’s single-player portion was good fun, but we were hoping something a bit meatier would arrive down the line and ‘Side Order’ looks like it could fill that void. While packed with gameplay footage, Nintendo is still keeping the game’s finer details shrouded in secrecy. More importantly, we met the space dog Oatchi ( After watching the best trailer for the game yet at least 10 times, we can’t wait any longer than that. More titles for both platforms will be added in the future. It’s been a long time coming, but Nintendo Switch Online is finally getting Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles. Retro gamers were very well catered for, and as expected, we got our meatiest trailer yet for the sequel to what many consider to be the best video game ever made. We were blown away by the Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran’s legendary first 3D outing has been high on the need-for-Switch list for years.

Another Nintendo DS title makes its way to PC, this time with the puzzle-solving Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Reawakens. Ghost Trick is a supernatural ...

Sea Of Stars launches for [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244090/Sea_of_Stars/) August 29th. TRON: Identity is coming to [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109430/Tron_Identity/) sometime in April. Harmony: The Fall Of Reverie is launching sometime in June on [Steam.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966420/Harmony_The_Fall_of_Reverie/) Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania releases March 6th on [Steam.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101430/Dead_Cells_Return_to_Castlevania/) Square Enix's Paranormasight is a visual novel horror game where you investigate the ‘Seven Mysteries of Honjo’, AKA a series of ghostly world urban legends that I really don’t wanna mess with. Etrian Odyssey 1, 2, and 3 are getting the HD treatment with updated graphics, a remastered soundtrack and other quality-of-life updates. This dungeon-crawling RPG series was previously relegated to Nintendo’s handhelds, but now all three games are coming to PC via Steam on June 1st. This remaster includes five new challenges, taking the player back in time to experience the King Of All Cosmos’ childhood. [TRON: Identity](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/tron-identity) is a visual-novel puzzler from Thomas Was Alone devs, Bithell Games. The PC release will have remastered visuals, fresh music and an updated UI - I guess tapping my monitor with a DS stylus isn’t feasible. [Harmony: The Fall Of Reverie](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/harmony-fall-of-reverie), and this time they’re bringing their choice-based melodrama to a futuristic Mediterranean city. There were plenty of goodies coming to PC including paranormal detectives, retro throwbacks, a new game from Don’t Nod, and more.

Zelda and Metroid Prime Remastered rightly hogged the limelight, but there were also some exciting indie games in the Nintendo Direct roster.

Still, the breadth of genres, styles and ideas on display is hard to deny; the Switch may be approaching its sixth birthday, but the level of support for it – both from major studios and relatively tiny indies – shows no sign of slowing down. There was the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection, an HD compendium of three cult JRPG classics, and Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, a revival of two JRPGs from the GameCube era. Then came Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – a sequel to the distinctly kawaii Fantasy Life that graced the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. Sea of Stars, the upcoming RPG from the creators of The Messenger, has some beautiful visuals, too. Equally colourful is Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, a new game from French developer Don’t Nod. Nor was that the only title from Level 5, who must be one of the busiest developers in Japan. There was also Professor Layton and the World of Steam, a continuation of its long-running adventure-puzzler series. The sentient radish-wrangling premise is present and correct, though the big mechanical twist here seems to be the addition of a big, soppy dog. DecaPolice looks like another action RPG in the vein of Ni No Kuni and its sequel, albeit with a more mature anime theme than the Studio Ghibli-designed fantasy of those earlier titles. Then there’s the surprise return of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Capcom’s macabre adventure for the Nintendo DS that was widely overlooked on its original release in 2010. Social media’s abuzz with speculation in the build-up to each one, and then there’s plenty of chatter about what was announced afterwards – whether it’s excitement over a big reveal or disappointment that Nintendo still hasn’t got around to making a new Kid Icarus game. February 2023’s Nintendo Direct was rightly dominated by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, finally out on 12 May after what feels like decades of teases and anticipation.

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The game is the latest title by Kaz Ayabe (Boku no Natsuyasumi series creator) of Millennium Kitchen, who is known for creating many nostalgic summer vacation and childhood-themed games, and will be published by Spike Chunsoft." It's been and gone — the first Nintendo Direct of 2023. [Pikmin 4](games/nintendo-switch/pikmin_4) — 21st July 2023 [Xenoblade Chronicles 3](games/nintendo-switch/xenoblade_chronicles_3) Expansion Pass DLC Vol.

Of course, we recap last night's Nintendo Direct and discuss what we thought about Pikmin getting a dog and whether Zelda really will be playable in Tears of ...

But where does this leave Nintendo later this year, and next? For fans of Nintendo, there's plenty still to enjoy - even if it is now slanted to nostalgia, such as with Game Boy games, Metroid ports and a Baten Kaitos remake. Of course, we recap last night's Nintendo Direct and discuss what we thought about Pikmin getting a dog and whether Zelda really will be playable in Tears of the Kingdom.