Breath of the Wild‘s sequel will be called Tears of the Kingdom. Find out what else Nintendo announced right now.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Title Announcement
The biggest announcement by far was the sequel title and footage to Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Tears of the Kingdom features a long pan up on a cave/temple wall showing us characters etched in stone from the series before showing Link opening up a door and exploring more of Hyrule. The sad news is that any hope of getting Zelda this year were dashed, the sequel won’t release until May 12th, 2023.
Also, I’m actually glad that they didn’t keep the previous title in the naming because The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Tears of the Kingdom would have been a mouth full lol.
Fire Emblem Engage Pulls Some Heroes Inspiration
Featuring a new character Alear, who is charged with bringing peace back to the Kingdom and presumably merging and fighting with other Emblems from the previous entries in the series, has been a sleep nearly a hundred years after the defeat of the Fell Dragon from Fire Emblem Awakening (released on the Nintendo DS) and will pick up where he awakens.
Check out the “engage” mechanic featured in the video and we’ll discuss more about it when we get our hands on the game this January.
Pikmin 4 Announcement Trailer
While we didn’t get a ton of information or a release date for this announcement, it’s nice to see this is on the radar and continue the fun adventures of Olimar and crew.
Octopath Traveler 2 Announcement
One of my favorite series on the Switch has received a sequel update. If you love rich RPG storylines that are familiar to the classic SNES RPGs or PS1 era RPGS, Octopath is definitely the series for you.
While the sequel isn’t a continuation of the same characters (as far as we know right now), you’ll get to travel around Solista with a new group of heroes and explore the new type of immersive storyline. Traveler 2 is expected to release a non-exclusive with releases on the PS4, PS5 and PC along with the Switch on February 24th, 2023.
Goldeneye, Pokemon Stadium headline the N64 expansion pack
A new crop of N64 games are headed to the online service, as the FPS classic 007: Goldeneye heads to the Switch with a online multiplayer component, along with Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, Mario Party 1-3, Pilotwings 64, 1080 Snowboarding, and Excitebike 64
Bayonetta 3
Pre-orders are officially available on the third entry and we’ll get a gameplay breakdown video later today on Nintendo’s official channel. We also got a look at the other team members
Front Mission Remakes
The Front Mission remake is here with gameplay with a release date this year in November. They confirmed that Front Mission 2’s remake will release sometime in 2023 will also confirming that Front Mission 3 will get also get a remake at some point.
Splatoon 3 Splatfest is Back
The latest release of Splatoon announced the team and item options between Gear, Grub, or Fun being represented in the arena when the fest kicks off Sep 23rd at 5PM PST thru Sep 25th 5PM PST
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Wave 2 DLC
Challenge battles are headed to XC3 along with a new mechanical character named Ino on October 13th.
Mario Kart 8 Wave 3 DLC Maps
Two old maps, Merry Mountain from Mario Kart Tour and DS Peach Gardens from Mario Kart DS, will be released in the Wave 3 DLC
Atelier Ryza 3
The latest entry in the popular Japanese alchemy series will release on the Nintendo Switch February 24th. The series was mostly exclusive to Sony in recent years and both Ryza entries were also released on the PS4 so no word yet if this release will also drop on the PS4/PS5.
Ports
- Resident Evil 3, 7, and Village will be available on the Switch through the online streaming service much like Control and Hitman 3.
- Kirby: Return to Dreamland Deluxe originally released on the Wii will be ported to the Switch with new additional movements and sub-games on February 24th, 2023
- Sifu, the martial arts brawler will release on the Switch November 8th with two release editions, Redemption and Vengeance
Final Announcements
- Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (which only released on the Wii in Japan and I have desperately coveted) will be coming to the west at some point in 2023 and for the PS5 lovers, it will also be making an appearance there (no word on Xbox or PC).
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion will be released on multiple platforms and is a remaster of the PSP version which featured Zach Fair from the original game
- Spongebob Squarepants: Cosmic Shake arrives in 2023 with some gameplay shown off during the show.
- The co-op adventure It Takes Two arrives on the Switch later this year on November 4th
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, originally released on the Gamecube in 2008 will get a remake on the Switch titled Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life.
- Fitness Boxing First of the North Star (yes from that anime and game series) comes to Nintendo Switch in March 2023 as legit boxing exercise game.
- Ubisoft’s Oddballers, a dodgeball free-for-all game is launching in early 2023.
- Tunic is coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation on September 27, but the anamorphic fox character is dressed in Link’s garb and definitely wielding a Hyrulean shield, what does this mean since the property will also be on Sony’s console?
- From the developers of Dauntless comes Fae Farm, which ummm…does exactly what you think it does. Described a love letter to farming and life sims by creator Phoenix Labs, the game will feature four player co-op, in-depth customization options, and dungeon exploration.
- Theatrhythm Final Bar Line launches on February 16, 2023 with a slew of DLC sparked from other Square Enix games (and given how much they presented at this Direct, you suddenly remember how much content that actually could be)
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope displayed more gameplay highlights and what the titular Sparks are.
- Rune Factory 3 Special was announced and teased a 2023 release like many did during the show with a brief glimpse of the game with a quick drop that a new game would be also be coming out later, but no word, title or additional details on that.
- Another Square Enix title, currently on the Apple Arcade, Various Daylife comes out the Nintendo Switch store on the 16th.
- Wanna build some factories? Then you’re in luck, Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch October 28th.
- Indie game Ib was announced for Nintendo Switch, it’s currently on Steam and is described as a “A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery”
- Pauline and Diddy Kong have been added to Mario Strikers: Battle League’s second DLC drop along with gear and eventually a new stadium in September.
- If you love playing Nintendo Switch Sports, it will be receiving a brand new golf mode, featuring 21 courses and eight-player online support later this holiday season.
- Just Dance 2023 Edition has a new trailer, featuring some of the artists and new game modes.
- Check out Harvestella on the Nintendo Store as a demo drops today, the game releases November 4th.
- From the creators of Danganronpa comes Master Detective Archive: Rain Code aiming for a Spring 2023 release date
- Arcade 2D rail shooter Radiant Silvergun launches today on the Nintendo Switch.
- The upcoming rogue-like tactical game Endless Dungeon is coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam in 2023.
- Tales of Symphonia Remastered, originally a Gamecube exclusive back in 2003 has been announced for 2023 on the Nintendo Switch.
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