Unwrapping the Excitement: Highlights from Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 2024
Now that Nintendo’s Direct Partner Showcase for today has come and gone, I want to talk about my top highlights and the couple of things that disappointed me. With that being said let’s start with the bad!
I was pretty bummed of course when the showcase was not live as done in the past but a roughly twenty three and a half minute long video. More so than this of course, the absence of any news regarding a Switch successor has me curious if there will be another Direct presentation coming in the next quarter! Now for the things that have me excited!
Can we talk about the crazy amount of titles they showed off for release this year! From the new Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, to all the classic titles coming to Nintendo Switch online! With that being said, here is everything announced in order of release dates for Nintendo’s flagship console:
- Penny’s Big Breakaway released today Feb. 21st.
- Suika Game Multiplayer Expansion released today Feb. 21st
- Multiple classic titles on Nintendo Switch Online released today Feb 21st. (Killer Instinct, RC Pro-AM, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Blast Corps, and Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll.)
- Picket card Jockey: Ride On! dropped today Feb. 21st
- Pentiment is due tomorrow Feb. 22nd
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley due March 7th
- Unicorn Overlord coming March 8th with a demo today Feb.21st
- Contra: Operation Galuga coming March 12th with a demo out today Feb. 21st
- Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is coming March 14
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Royal Edition is due March 15th
- South Park: Snow Day! is set for March 26th
- Pepper Grinder is slated for March 28th with a demo out today Feb. 21st
- Grounded is coming in hot on April 16th
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau will be available April 23rd
- Another Crab’s Treasure is coming April 25th
- Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board is available April 25th
- Endless Ocean: Luminous is coming May 2nd
- World of Goo 2 is slated for May 23rd
- Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance is coming June 21st
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble rolling in on July 25th
- Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available Oct. 10th
- Monster Hunter Stories remaster will be out Summer 2024
- Arranger will coming in Summer 2024
- Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream is slated for 2024
- Gundam Breaker 4 will be out 2024
- Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is coming 2024
- Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is out 2024
I know what I’m excited for. This is quite the lineup! Ender Magnolia and Shin Megami Tensei are officially on my must play 2024 list. With that being said we still have more announcements coming next Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 6AM PST (9AM EST) from the Pokemon Company, where We’ll get to see what else Nintendo has in store for us!
So what are you most excited for? Are you as bummed as I am that there was no mention of a new system? Let me know in the comments!