While many were expecting Pokemon for the Switch to be announced at today’s Nintendo Direct, the Japanese company had different games in mind.
Nintendo announced a new Amiibo and several games, among them something that many have been waiting for.
Super Smash Bros is coming to the Switch. Nintendo, unfortunately, didn’t announce any details except for the year, 2018. Though the way the company announced the game, it’s possible Splatoon characters will join in on the game.
Mario Tennis is back with the new game Mario Tennis Aces, with characters such as Boo, Rosalina and obviously Mario joining in the on the fun.
During the Nintendo Direct, the company went into great detail about its upcoming Mario Tennis game. The game will feature a new energy gauge which allows players to slow down speed, or aim exactly where the ball goes.
The game will launch June 22nd with a pre-launch online tournament. Nintendo will dive deeper into that at a later date.
Splatoon 2 will also get a hefty new expansion which features a completely new single-player mode, called Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion.
During the Nintendo Direct, Square Enix went into details regarding the upcoming game Octopath Traveler. Square Enix announced new characters, gave out a bit more detail about how battling works and the release date, July 13th.
Nintendo also announced that Dark Souls will have a new Solaire Amiibo to allow players to ‘Praise the Sun,’ as well as a network which will allow players to try the first Dark Souls game before it’s officially released.
Join Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman in an outrageous superhero adventure when South Park: The Fractured But Whole releases on #NintendoSwitch 4/24! #southparkgame pic.twitter.com/FUzb9EfZox
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 8, 2018
Surprisingly enough, South Park the Fractured But Hole is coming to the Nintendo Switch with the first two DLCs comes to April 24th
Here are all the games presented in the Nintendo Direct:
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