The August 2024 Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase aired earlier today, and new pre-orders are starting up. In addition to some new reveals, updates were given on some previously anticipated titles.
As usual, we’ll keep this post updated over the next few days. Then we’ll have everything in our regular pre-order roundup on Sunday.
Here’s what’s on tap thus far:
Wired Productions and Angry Demon Studio shared a new launch trailer for Gori: Cuddly Carnage. The title, a hack-and-slash action adventure experience, made it to Switch this week.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
A final trailer was released today for Monster Jam Showdown. The racer came to various platforms today, including Switch.
A whole bunch of information about it is available in the following eShop description:
A new image of the official Zelda timeline has been shared featuring Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom which appears to suggest that the duology are separate from the rest of the current timeline as we know it.
The information has been shared at Nintendo Live 2024, which is currently happening at Sydney, Australia.
Publisher Bushiroad Games and developer FuRyu have announced that they will be releasing Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2 worldwide on Switch next year, on January 30. The game is a sequel to competitive card game Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days, which released in 2022. The game will feature characters from both the anime series and the previous title.
Splatoon 3’s (most likely) final wave of amiibo drops on September 5 – the day before the game’s next Big Run event. The wave includes Callie and Marie in their Alterna outfits, plus Pearl and Marina in their Side Order outfits. We’ve got pictures of the exclusive gear items they provide, plus instructions on how to get every single one of them.
Following this week’s announcement of Tales of Graces f Remastered, Bandai Namco provided more information about the game – specifically frame rate, resolution, and improvements. This information comes from the official website.
First, on the tech specs specifically, Tales of Graces f Remastered is 30 frames per second on Switch with a 1080p docked / 720p portable resolution. The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions run at 60 FPS and at a generally higher resolution, but that’s to be expected. Also as a small tidbit, 31 save slots are available (30 regular, 1 auto save – auto save is new).
System: Switch
Release date: August 27, 2024
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Since the surprise release of Castlevania Advance Collection I’ve had the question “are we getting a port of the DS titles?” sitting in the back of my mind and surfacing to the forefront every time a Nintendo Direct aired. Of course bringing the DS titles across to the Switch wouldn’t be as simple a task, so it is perhaps understandable that it’s taken three years for Castlevania Dominus Collection to finally make it onto the system. However, now that it’s finally here, the end result is more than worth the wait.
A launch trailer has surfaced for Valfaris: Mecha Therion. The game, which features head-banging shoot ’em up action, released on various consoles like Switch this week.
Further information is attached in the following eShop description:
