June 18, 2024

the big summary with big, eagerly awaited surprises

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The June 2024 Nintendo Direct had a lot of surprises in store for us. Much to the delight of players, there will be some nice announcements both at the end of 2024 and next year!

After a Summer Game Fest 2024 with partly uneven conferences but still full of announcements, Nintendo is ending the June festivities. After clearly stating that this will be the last major round of discussions around the Switch releases, Big N is introducing some great new features Nintendo Direct and announces the return of major licenses. In 40 minutes he has put together trailers that should delight fans of the Japanese publisher’s mascots and even others!

What to remember about Nintendo Direct

As is often the case with Nintendo, remasters and other ports are included. However, this also marks the return of very popular works that can be (re)discovered on the Switch. We already knew that we would see the lovable coward Luigi again Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. We will therefore be all the more pleased to see it Donkey Kong Country returns is coming to Switch. And for fans of the genre, there are episodes of Ace Attorney that have never been released outside of Japan are finally arriving here. On the RPG side, Dragon Quest is surprisingly announced as a trio!

But more than remakes and remasters, very popular licenses are finally getting new iterations! It is the case for Mario and Luigiwho opened the conference with a brand new couple role play. The two brothers also invite us to a new party Super Mario Bros.. But what people have been waiting for the most… It’s a new game, The Legend of Zelda, that promises to make many fans’ dreams come true, as does the highly anticipated, renamed Metroid Prime 4 Metroid Prime Beyond.

At the same time, several smaller games have announced updates. This is especially true for the highly acclaimed Disney Illusion Islandas well as Nintendo Switch Sports which welcomes a new discipline. Four new classics were also announced for Nintendo Switch Online. Finally, note that two licenses usually associated with PlayStation were also shown. We also had the pleasure of seeing it LEGO Horizon Adventureand see the cat Straying is coming to Nintendo’s portable console.