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Nintendo's third party surprise of back-to-back showcases of partner and indie developers has dropped, with both a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and Indie World broadcast happening today. There are plenty of announcements to go through, with the presentation clocking at about 40 minutes. You can skim the thread below to see all the announcements that were made.

The first block of announcements are indie projects.

First is Balatro, which is getting a The Witcher III crossover DLC. Vampire Survivors, too. Dave the Diver as well. Even Among Us is headed to the game. It's a free update that will be downloadable later today.

The Gris developers are here to talk about their next project. They want to create an emotional story. October 15 launch for Neva.

Moth Kubit is a quirky RPG with bug characters. Spring 2025.

Coffee Talk's team are partnering with a new studio. They're now working on Coffee Talk: Tokyo, a new game. Out next year.

Sea of Stars is getting a DLC. Throes of the Watchmaker. New characters, dungeons, and skills. Free DLC. Next Spring.

PowerWash Simulation is getting Shrek DLC. Fall 2024.

Morsels is a roguelike where you play as a magical mouse trying to avoid dying to monsters. Feb 2025.

You can date your toaster in Date Everything! a dating sim where you can turn random household items into waifus and husbandos. October 24.

Peglin is a game from a game jam even that has turned into a full project. Roguelike pachinko RPG. Timed console exclusive, out today,

Wobbly Life is out December, and has coop. Silly physics kind of game.

Partner platformer with puzzles where you can play with up to 8 players to get through challenge levels. Pico Park 2. Today.

Pizza Tower is now on Switch, out today.

That's a wrap for Indie World. On to the Direct Partner Showcase.

This one kicks off with a form of Tetris. Tetris Forever collects classic titles, and even has a mode that jumps you through time periods of Tetris as you clear lines.

In addition, the NES Tetris will be headed to Nintendo Switch Online this Winter.

Star Overdrive is a hoverboard open world game. There's bosses and puzzles. You can level up your board for combat and traversal. 2025.

Goat Simulator 3 heads to Switch. Today.

Trails in the Sky is getting a full remake. 2025.

Star Wars: Hunters gets season 3 on September 26.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy is out November.

Worms: Armageddon Anniversary releases September 26.

Patrick is the star of this next game. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is a physics based sandbox. October 4.

Fitness Boxing 3 is coming. December 5.

8 more Capcom games in Capcom Fighting Collection 2. Plenty of arcade fighters in one game. Power Stone is included. 2025.

Atelier Yumia releases early 2025.

Suikoden 1&2 Remaster gets a new trailer. March 6.

Dragon Quest 3 HD has new features to streamline the game. November 14.

Castlevania's DS titles get a new lease on life with the Dominus Collection, packaging together the three DS entries. Later today.

Civ VII has a new trailer. Feb 11.

Tales of Graces F is getting a remaster. You can now toggle encounters. Jan 17.

MySims Cozy bundle brings back the two MySims games from the Wii.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is coming to Switch. Holiday this year.

Next up is Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, out this Spring.

We end off on Yakuza. The franchise is headed to the Switch. Yakuza Kiwami launches October 24.

 

[RedColoredStars]

Everything is great except for trash Civ.

 

[JuanMena]

Surprised to see Castlevania DS. To be honest I thought they were going to be non Nintendo Castlevanias getting ported (Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night and another one).

Kinda disappointed to see it's watered down versions of DS Castlevania.

Now I'm curious if people will attempt to "port" the "Controller for Touch Controls" back to original DS roms.

The rest is meh, outside Capcom vs SNK 2.

 

[Scarlet]

Atelier and MySims bundle!! And a new Rune Factory?? Genuinely a banger showcase.

 

[Chary]

Quite possibly the best partner showcase ever?

Tales, Trails, Rune Factory, Atelier, DS Castlevania, even MySims for the nostalgia. Heck yeah. Graces F is a day 1 buy.

 

[DuoForce]

In addition, the NES Tetris will be headed to Nintendo Switch Online this Winter.

How does it take that long for a simple NES rom to get added into a paid online service?

 

[RedoLane]

Can't believe my favorite Castlevania game is back! I wanted to play Order of Ecclesia again for so long, so I bought the collection for the switch in a heartbeat.
No regrets since M2 worked on it once again.
The new Haunted Castle version is quite surprising. That definitely wasn't on my bingo card.

Oh yeah, and definitely gonna play Tales of Graces f Remastered next year. I bought the PS3 limited edition back in the day, but I never finished the game. auto-save is a godsend since the lack of it was one of the reasons I stopped playing it in the first place.

 

[ZeroFX]

You're late. Kiseki and atelier are always good to see, rune factory will most likely be botched by trasxseed like 5.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Dominous Collection was the only good thing...oh and Pizza Tower i guess.

How does it take that long for a simple NES rom to get added into a paid online service?

Drip fed bullshit to give the illusion that Nintendo is providing "content"

Kinda disappointed to see it's watered down versions of DS Castlevania.

Watered down? You mean the removal of the initially required gimmicky "seal" touch screen QTE from DoS? Steam reviews say that apparently they have been replaced with QTE button presses. Other than that it doesn't look watered down to me

 

[Bladexdsl]

90% are multiplat ports the rest is shovelware except for castlevania

 

[AkiraKurusu]

I don't know if it's just me, but there's never anything good in Partner Showcases or Indie Worlds.
I only care about 1st-party or 2nd-party games, in proper Nintendo Directs; like, all the games Chary listed here? Don't care for any of them.

 

[Exnor]

The Capcom ones and Castlevania look good.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Trails in the fucking Sky, for god's sake. Trails. In the fucking. Sky.
Come on! Can't wait to go on a journey with Bestelle and Joshua once again.

 

[Viri]

We end off on Yakuza. The franchise is headed to the Switch. Yakuza Kiwami launches October 24.

Lmao? Where was this years ago?

Also, I'll probably get the Capcom collection on Steam, because playing Power Stone 2 online sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[thekarter104]

How does it take that long for a simple NES rom to get added into a paid online service?

Exactly. Switch Online is probably worth it in 2050.

 

[JustABadger]

Among us cards. Among us cards. Among us cards. Among us cards. Among us cards.

 

[NitroRevolutionNX]

Pizza Tower, MySims, Yakuza?! Pretty solid if you ask me.

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

Goat Simulator 3 and NES Tetris are all I care about on there

 

[Yawnn]

Trails remake ? Ay yooooooooo.

 

[such]

Trails in the fucking Sky, for god's sake. Trails. In the fucking. Sky.
Come on! Can't wait to go on a journey with Bestelle and Joshua once again.

Odd timing, though (anniversary notwithstanding).

So, this is releasing - most likely - the year of a Switch 2 reveal (if not after) and most likely the year of its release.

Does this then mean we're getting Trails 1 for the Switch 1, and then 2 & 3 for the Switch 2? Or, are they remaking only the 1st game? Or, are we getting Trails remakes for the Switch 1 until... the 2030s? I guess that'd possibly indicate back compatibility, so these would be Switch 1 games officially, but fully playable (and better performing) on the Switch 2? Or, do they release 2 & 3 as Switch 2 games with the caveat that they're fully playable on the Switch 1? Would that just be digital, or would it apply to the carts as well (assuming we're getting carts?)?

And if they had all of them basically ready, they'd just announce the whole package or the intention to release them fairly close apart.

I fully expected this to get announced for next gen, so this is very puzzling. At this point I'm just glad they've embraced the PC.