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Other News From The June 21 Nintendo Direct

by Donald Theriault - June 21, 2023, 4:49 pm EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Nintendo Direct

With the next wave of the Booster Course Pass, every day can be Wiggler Wednesday.

Other announcements from today's Nintendo Direct:

  • The second paid DLC for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope as well as a demo for last year's release are now available.
  • 4J Studios - the studio behind console ports of Minecraft - have announced a new original title called Manic Mechanics, a four player (local and online) co-op game set in a mechanic shop; it releases on July 13.
  • Splatoon 3's next Splatfest will pit the ice cream flavours of vanilla, strawberry, and mint chip: the event runs from July 14 - 16.
  • The ungodly popular roguelike/bullet hell hybrid Vampire Survivors will finally blast its way home on August 17.
  • A new trailer for Fae Farm (September 8) aired alongside announcement of digital preorder bonuses in the form of a "Cozy Cabin Variety Pack".
  • The popular tactical board game Gloomhaven - which also has a beloved PC version - will come to Switch on September 18: packages with additional DLC are now available.
  • The fifth wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass was announced for a generic "summer release" and detailed an original course ("Squeaky Clean Sprint") and three additional characters: Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek.
  • XSEED unveiled Silent Hope, an action RPG launching on October 3 whose chief conceit is that a king has stolen the words from the entire world.
  • Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 confirmed its green flag on October 19, while the Just Dance 2024 trailer reconfirmed that game's October 24 launch.
  • The "Metal Gear Solid Master Collection 1" - a compilation of Metal Gear Solids 1, 2, and 3, plus the MSX Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - was announced for Switch with an October 24 launch date; MGS1 - 3 will also be sold separately. The reveal also confirmed that Metal Gear for the NES and the "sequel" (not developed with any input from Hideo Kojima) Snake's Revenge will be in at least the Switch version.
  • Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - a massively multiplayer rhythm game - announced an October 31 launch.
  • After leaking from the sieve that is Square Enix, Star Ocean: The Second Story R - a remake of the second title in Square's sci-fi RPG series - was officially confirmed for a November 3 launch.
  • An expanded trailer for Persona 5 Tactica (November 17) showed new aspects of the game's combat system, including Persona fusion and a triange-focused version of the original RPG's "All Out Attack" function.
  • The newest Dragon Quest Monsters title will be localized with the subtitle "The Dark Prince" on December 1.
  • Sonic Superstars was reconfirmed for fall alongside reconfirmation of only local co-op in the four player platformer.
  • Batman: Arkham Trilogy will compile Batman Arkhams Asylum (2009), City (2011*) and Knight (2015) on Switch this fall.
  • Tears of the Kingdom will add a pair of new Amiibo - Zelda and Ganondorf - this holiday.
  • Free to play life sim Palia was announced for a 2023 release.
  • Also given a "2023" window was MythForce, a drop in/out co-op roguelike from Knights of the Old Republic II botchers Aspyr Media.
  • Penny's Big Breakaway - an original 3D platformer developed by the team behind Sonic Mania and published by Take Two indie label Private Division - was the sole item dated for 2024.

*Radio Free Nintendo host and former NWR Director Jon Lindemann was credited in the 2012 "Armored Edition" of Batman: Arkham City for Wii U

Talkback

KhushrenadaJune 22, 2023

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Batman: Arkham Trilogy will compile Batman Arkhams Asylum (2009), City (2011*) and Knight (2015) on Switch this fall.

Finally! In a bit of coincidence, my cousin was playing the first Arkham Asylum game a few months ago for the first time and talking about how much he liked it. I mentioned how it's one of the few games that had yet to be on a Nintendo system that I've still wanted to play. I was surprised that it hadn't been ported to the Switch yet at this point considering all the other games that have been ported at this point. I felt like it should be a ported at this point after other stuff like the Bioshock and Portal games had since come to Switch. I was wondering if there might be a trilogy port done like Bioshock and Borderlands since Arkham Knight had also never come to a Switch system. One of the few ports I've been waiting for and glad to see finally happen for the Switch.

What's up with the apostrophe of 2011 for City? Is that because it had the 2012 Wii U release also?

Mop it upJune 23, 2023

I actually like farm games but even I say there doesn't need to be so many on the Switch! With that said, it's unusual for them to have multiplayer, so for this reason we may end up checking out Fae Farm.

I never tried a Dragon Quest Monsters game before, but I might be interested. New Super Sonic Bros. looks like it could be fun, as does 3D Not-Sonic. We may check out MythForce for the co-op.

KhushrenadaJune 24, 2023

Yeah. Also not sure how much market demand there is for farm games on the Switch at this point. Like Stardew Valley has been the big farming title since just about when the Switch began, Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons have put out a few offerings with more on the way. I'll often see that Hope's Farm in the top 30 of Download Only Switch games when it goes on sale for like a $1. Rune Factory has put some stuff out. Animal Crossing has dominated for non-farming life sim stuff. There was Harvestella last year. No idea how well that went. It just seems like that market is full of offerings and now if I hear or see about a farming game, I'm pretty much tuning out on that news or what its about. The market seems saturated to me.

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