Nintendo Direct - June 18, 2024 - new Mario Party, Mario & Luigi game, and more

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That's right! It's time for the Summer showcase you've all been waiting for. A Nintendo Direct is about to air, bringing us 40 minutes of Nintendo Switch content. The event will start roughly an hour after this thread goes live, so stick around and enjoy the coverage when the broadcast airs, and share your thoughts on all the announcements. If you're not able to tune in, don't worry, because we'll summarize everything below!

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Here we go.

It's Mario & Luigi time. Quirky dialogue, Bowser, new minigames, and the combat system you've come to expect. Mario & Luigi Brothership is out November 7th.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition launches July 18, and features ghost data where you can compete for the best level clearing times in classic games.

Fairy Tail is getting a game. It's an action-RPG. It'll be out this Winter.

Fantasian is a new turn-based RPG from the creator of Final Fantasy. The unique gameplay in this one focuses on sending enemies to different dimensions to fight later, and positioning skills to chain kills. This holiday.

Nintendo Switch Sports is getting basketball as free DLC. Local and online play. Will be out this Summer.

Mio: Memories of Orbit is a 2D adventure game.

Disney Illusion Island is getting a new update. You'll need to solve a mystery case in this level. Out later today.

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is here to excite us all. It's an open-world Hello Kitty game. Timed Switch exclusive next year.

The Looney Tunes are back in a new sports game. Wacky World of Sports will release this Fall.

Among Us is getting a new crewmate and imposter role. Now there's trackers, and invisibility. Out later today.

Our first farm-like is here. There's dragons and monster raising, where you plant the monsters and then harvest them into living creatures that you can level up. Farmagia is out November 1st.

Donkey Kong Country Returns is getting a port. Will include the 3DS bonus levels. Jan 16.

Dragon Quest is the next focus. Dragon Quest III is getting an HD-2D remake. Re-experience it November 14th.

That's not all; DQ 1+2 2D HD is coming out next year as well.

Funko Fusion has all sorts of licensed characters in a 3D adventure game. There's 60 famous POPs to play as from various pop culture media. Sept 13.

Luigi's Mansion 2 is here, with a launch of June 27.

The New Denpa Men brings you a quirky RPG adventure. 4 player local coop. Free to play, timed Switch exclusive July 27.

Metal Slug Attack Reloaded is a tower defense version of Metal Slug.

Darkest Dungeon II. July 15.

NSO is adding the GBA version of LoZ: Link to the Past Four Swords, Metroid: Zero Mission. Turok and Perfect Dark are coming to the N64 library, now with online multiplayer. Available later today.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is a new game in the series. It's turn-based tactical gameplay. 2025.

Seven different Capcom games. MvC 2: New Age of Heroes, The Punisher, X-Men VS Street Fighter, and more. Launches this year.

Back to Nintendo IPs. Super Mario Party: Jamboree. New boards, and old boards will be in. Over 110 minigames. There's a 20-player online battle mode. Koopathalon. October 17.

We've got another Zelda remake in the style of Link's Awakening. This one stars Zelda. Echoes of Wisdom. Nintendo wanted a new gameplay style. Rifts have captured residents of Hyrule, including Link. Zelda uses the Tri-rod instead of the sword. You can create echoes of items to recreate them anywhere. You can create tables or boxes to help you climb walls. Fighting enemies have you creating echoes of monsters to fight other monsters with. September 26.

There will be a Zelda themed Switch Lite.

Just Dance. October.

LEGO Horizon Adventures is coming to the Switch. Holiday 2024.

Stray is being ported to the Switch. Holiday.

Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game. You can decorate your home, solve puzzles, and farm.

Ace Attorney Investigations 1+2 is getting officially translated. September 6.

100 Line Last Defense Academy is from the Danganronpa creator, and will be out next year. It's an RPG.

SaGa is coming to Switch. The combat system has been updated. You can change the course of the story with choices. Romancing Saga 2 Revenge of the Seven is out Oct 24.

The finale is...

Yep, it's Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. 2025.
 

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After I saw Mario & Luigi Brothership, I was so freaking happy that the Mario & Luigi series is back! RIP AlphaDream, you will be missed.
 

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The Zelda summoner game looks really cool. I'm glad they didn't just make her a sword fighter, and pretty much a female Link. Also, the way they side lined Link was pretty cool, he defeated Ganon, and saves Zelda, before falling into a void.

I always wanted a Sheik/Impa stealth ninja "Tenchu" game set during when Link is "asleep" in the Sacred Realm. Pretty much an OOT side story.
 

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I'm only looking forward to the new Life is Strange game & Stray port
Stray looked rough tbh (sorry!), I can see it falling on its arse on Switch - one of those 'just coz you can do it, doesn't mean you should' games that will be far more satisfying on more powerful hardware... (Handheld? Steam Deck or similar)

Other than that, and that game based on them giant fukkin wobbly head things (WTF was that?! And did I see Shaun of the Dead in there? Shit I've just been sick in my mouth thinking about how much they'll fukk that up..) - - it was a really strong show! Especially given how old and underpowered the Switch is now. I even gave that Zelda Switch Lite model more than a first look!
 

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Stray looked rough tbh (sorry!), I can see it falling on its arse on Switch - one of those 'just coz you can do it, doesn't mean you should' games that will be far more satisfying on more powerful hardware... (Handheld? Steam Deck or similar)

Other than that, and that game based on them giant fukkin wobbly head things (WTF was that?! And did I see Shaun of the Dead in there? Shit I've just been sick in my mouth thinking about how much they'll fukk that up..) - - it was a really strong show! Especially given how old and underpowered the Switch is now. I even gave that Zelda Switch Lite model more than a first look!
Seeing a Funkopop game sent me for a loop. I could smell the redditors through my screen
 

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Seeing a new Mario & Luigi was a very nice surprise to me, I didn't think there would be any more games in the series since AlphaDream went bankrupt. Echoes of Wisdom looks really cool as a new topdown Zelda.

And of course, Metroid Prime 4 looks absolutely incredible. Really hyped for that.
 

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I'm interested in seeing where this new Mario and Luigi game goes. I haven't played through any all the way yet, but bringing something to Switch would make it more likely.

New Zelda looks awesome! I love the open ended puzzle nature of BOTW and TOTK, those puzzles were always fun, so I like the new mechanic. Glad it's not just "Zelda with a sword" or something boring. Combat could be tedious if you have to summon a rock every time you want to fight something, but we'll have to see more of this game.

Eh. Mario Party. Not a fan, personally.

Metroid Prime 4 looks nice! Might pick it up to give Metroid a shot, I haven't played it yet.

Ace Attorney Investigations! If I wasn't still in the middle of AA5, I'd probably be playing those. I played a tiny bit on the DS of the first investigations but never really played much, so having it on Switch will be nice.

Everything else either slipped my mind or wasn't too important.
 

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I'll take mario and luigi and mp4 for RYU
dragonquest and romancing saga will be on pc
they've turned zelda in a puzzle game...lame
and couldn't care about the rest exspeically the ones with ps2 graphics
"They've turned Zelda into a puzzle Game😂" lmao call me gay but every thrimester I love going into this site to read your bs
 

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I'm surprised to see that nobody here has even mentioned The New Denpa Men! The original trilogy was pretty well known as an underrated darling in the 3DS library, and more than 10 years later we're finally getting a new installment in the west.

The people behind it are pretty well known too - it's the key franchise of Genius Sonority, best known for their work on the Pokemon spinoffs (notably Colosseum, XD, and Battle Revolution, as well as ALL of the puzzle games), and one of the lead composers for the franchise is Hitoshi Sakimoto of FFXII and FF Tactics fame.
 

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