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September 2026 Nintendo Direct recap, new Metroid and Kirby games on the way

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The second of a two-part special, a more traditional Nintendo Direct is set to air today. Unlike the Zelda Direct the contents of this one is still relatively up in the air. What is known is that it'll be a 45 minute showcase putting a spotlight on the Switch 2 games launching later this year. Beyond that though, it's anybody's guess.

As with yesterday, I will be working throughout the presentation, so feel free to discuss it in my stead. When I return home later, I'll pop a summary of the big reveals here, and maybe even splinter off discussion with new threads if there's something particularly notable mixed in there. Let us know what you're hoping to see!

Direct Recap


New Info
  • Monster Hunter Wilds releases 4th Dec, cross-platform and local multiplayer supported
  • New accessories for Pokopia Expansion Pass
  • Free Star Fox update, split-screen battle mode, live 30th Sep
  • New trailer for Witcher 3 Remaster
  • New trailer for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, releases next week
  • New trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, launches 10th Dec
  • Yo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain is still in development, no launch window
  • New Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition trailer, new Heroes' Vault wave fighting mode shown
  • New trailer for coop adventure Stage Fright, 2027 release window
  • Disney Dreamlight Valley DLC shown off, underwater stuff, happy for you if this is something you were waiting for
  • New trailer for LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, launches 18th Sep
  • Kirby Air Riders Amiibo and upcoming event shown off
  • Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis gets new trailer, launches 12th Feb 2027
  • Big new trailer for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, shows free exploration and skateboarding, thumb wrestling remains questionable as a sport
  • Mario Kart World gets the tiniest bit of free DLC, and you better appreciate it or they won't make more, available today
  • Danganronpa 2x2 gets new trailer, releases 14th Jan 2027
  • They showed a bunch of trailers mini trailers in rapid succession, I'm supposed to be playing How to Fish right now so I don't have time to write them all out
New Games (ports with new stuff count ok)
  • Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Definitive Edition
    • Releases 25th Feb 2027
    • All DLC, new difficulty mode
    • Discount for owners of Switch version
  • Pikmin 4 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy
    • Releases 12th Nov
    • Voice commands for Oatchi
    • New game mode in Dandori Academy, challenges you to beat stages as fast as possible with multiple difficulty options
  • Onxy: The Dark Grip (Exclusive to Switch 2)
    • 2027 release window
    • Horror game about solving puzzles while trying to stay sane
    • Exclusively a handheld mode title that makes heavy use of the touch screen
  • Ondeh Ondeh Kaya's Tasty Tale
    • 2027 release window, not exclusive to Switch 2
    • Rhythmic adventure game with some big food themes
  • Metroid Ravenous
    • Releases 28th Jan 2027
    • New 2D Metroid entry, Samus notably hungry in this entry
    • Voice acting in cutscenes
    • Amiibo and special edition confirmed
  • Mega Man: Dual Override
    • Spring 2027 release window, also coming to Switch 1 and other platforms
    • Mega Man joins forces with Proto Man
    • Mega Man fans rejoice, you've not been forgotten
  • Eternal Anima
    • Releases 4th March 2027, also on PS, XB, and PC
    • HD-2D game from Marvelous
    • Not a farming game
    • Some time travel stuff
    • No really they do make other types of game
  • Metal Slug Ultimate Collection
    • 2027 release window, coming to other platforms too
    • A bunch of Metal Slug games
    • It's a bunch of games together so it counts as a new one
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! TAG FORCE GX
    • Releases 16th Feb 2027, coming to other platforms too
    • Remake of one of the PSP games I think
    • Low key the best announcement here
  • Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United
    • Releases 16th Feb 2027, coming to other platforms too
    • Apparently a pretty good game, now remade in 3D
    • JRPG fans keep winning
  • Kirby and the World Beyond
    • Spring 2027 release window
    • New 3D Kirby game
    • You can't go wrong with Kirby
    • You're genuinely a bad person if you can hold malicious feelings against the pink ball of happiness
Straight Ports
  • Meccha Chameleon, available today
  • Star Fox Adventures coming to NSO, available today
  • Kingdom Come Deliverance II Royal Edition, DLCs included, 2027 release window
  • Cairn, very popular climbing game, early 2027 release window
  • Resident Evil 2, 3, 4 remakes, digital releases 16th Oct, physicals to follow 29th Jan 2027
  • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, digital releases 22nd Oct, physical to follow Jan 2027
  • Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 coming to Switch 2

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tag force gx trailer was so funny
selling this game like "oh boy a fun adventure in school with your anime friends!"
y-yeah, that's what happens in gx :huh:

onyx: the dark grip looks incredible
i love the idea of a horror game where I'M the monster!
there's a chance this is a really great one, i think
 
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tag force is being redone sweet i heard rumor of it being a redone TF3 (which only saw an EU release on psp outside of Japan and even english voice acting? win win though i rather see all 7 psp titles get this treatment imo tag force series was awsome
 
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Scarlet said:
If this was directed at the roundup on the main page, it is indeed 2:

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If it was directed at the developers, yeah I have no idea either lol
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Maximumbeans said:
IMO not a bad direct at all, people are acting like they've been somehow betrayed but it had enough going for it. Like the Starfox remake has just come out, OOT remake was already announced, Pokemon has its own directs, and FE Fortune's Weave is right around the corner so to still get the amount this direct had is easily enough. Not everything has to be 'peak' or 'THE WORST', sometimes it can just be fine.

Or Bony Spirits, if we're being pedantic :^) though Scarlet has clarified that it is indeed '2' so whatever.
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I can obviously read that it says 2, my point was it should be 5...and not making another version of 2, or be called 2 at all.
And they didn't say it was a remake! And why remake the second game, out all 4 titles that already exists.
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SecureBoot said:
Very poor choice of words

However, I also cannot wait to eat alien ass with Samus this January
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I guess imagination comes to life...

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Ambers_Crimson_8K said:
I can obviously read that it says 2, my point was it should be 5...and not making another version of 2, or be called 2 at all.
And they didn't say it was a remake! And why remake the second game, out all 4 titles that already exists.
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I guess imagination comes to life...

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Jesus... JESUS CHRIST HAHAHAH
I was not expecting that image bruh hahahaha :rofl2:
 
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Ports for years-old games at full price, half framerate, and quarter resolution! Yipee! And let's not forget the best on-rails exposition dump game with a lil bit of monster hunting sprinkled in the campaign, Monster Hunter Wilds! Did I mention full price?
 

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