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Last year, Nintendo announced Famicom Detective Club remakes for Switch in Japan. It’s now been confirmed that they’ll be releasing in the west. Look for them on May 14.


Samurai Warriors 5

Samurai Warriors 5 is in development for Switch, Koei Tecmo and Omega Force announced during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. A release is planned for this summer.

Samurai Warriors 5 is the latest addition to the hack and slash franchise. The previous entry in the franchise Samurai Warriors 4, came out in 2014. Samurai Warriors 5 marks a return of the series to Nintendo platforms.

Here’s a look at Samurai Warriors 5:

Outer Wilds

It’s been announced that Outer Wilds is coming to Switch. A release is planned for this summer.

Here’s an overview of the game:


Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Devolver Digital and Mediatonic’s popular massively multiplayer party game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is coming to Switch, the two sides revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation.

Here’s an overview of Fall Guys, along with a trailer:

During today’s ongoing Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo shared the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate news. The broadcast announced that Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are joining the game.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be unveiling and releasing two more characters later in 2021 as part of Fighters Pass Vol. 2. Min Min, Steve & Alex, and Sephiroth are already available through the season pass. Fighters Pass Vol. 1 featured Joker, Hero, Banjo & Kazooie, Terry, and Byleth.

The Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary wave 2 collectible pin set is now available through Nintendo’s website. You can claim it here. Technically this went up just under two hours ago, but we held off on posting this until the technical kinks of the site were worked out due to an overload of traffic – which seem to have been ironed out.

As detailed last month, you’ll need to have purchased Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury and have 14 missions completed on the official website. Note that codes for the pins may not last long – they went very quickly for the wave 1 pin set.

The second pins are based on the following games:

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A new Nintendo Direct will be airing not too long from now – it’ll be the first general presentation since September 2019. The fun begins at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

We have the different streams for today’s Nintendo Direct below, and we’ll also have a live blog going manned by Ervin. Expect additional coverage on the main site during and after the presentation.

Anodyne 2: Return To Dust

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, a lo-fi 2D and 3D adventure game, lands on Switch tomorrow. Take a look at some footage below.

Anodyne 2: Return To Dust will be sold digitally for Switch via the eShop. We’ve got more information and a trailer here.

Psydra Games is putting the Metroidvania-style platformer Mike Dies on Switch next week, the developer has announced. It’ll be launching on February 25.

WE have the following overview and trailer for Mike Dies:

Island

Island, a visual novel first released in 2016, was confirmed for Switch earlier this month. That news came in from Famitsu, which had news about the title for Japan.

We’re not quite sure yet what Prototype’s plans are for the west. That being said, English text is confirmed thanks to the official website. Even if Island stays in Japan, you should be able to purchase the game from the Japanese Switch eShop and finish up a playthrough without any issues.

Island will arrive for Switch in Japan on April 8. We’ll let you know if there’s any news for the west.


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