Japan Gaming Guide

The lastest Nintendo Direct saw a host of new announcements, including Splatoon 3, a remastered version of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and a new Mario Golf game. We’ll also see new Super Smash Brothers characters – Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

The Splatoon 3 announcement was a welcome surprise. The second game wasn’t too far away from a Switch remaster of the first, so we’re hoping to see the third in the series innovate a bit more. The teaser didn’t tell us much, but we saw a few character creation options, a funny looking fish side character and an upturned Eiffel tower sticking out of the desert sand. Will there be some open world exploration in this game? We’ll have to wait for more details. The game will launch in 2022, so there’s a while to wait yet.

Zelda fans hoping for some big news in the series’ 35th anniversary year got a couple of announcements. A new version of Skyward Sword is coming in July, along with custom JoyCons. No news of Breath of the Wild 2, though.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a set of Mario items, including warp pipes to let you travel around your island.

The Switch is also getting versions of the Outer Wilds, Fall Guys, Hades, Stubbs the Zombie, Saga Frontier and Miitopia.

No shortage of games then, even if some big hitters are absent. Take a look below:

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