Nintendo fans tend to go by the company’s patterns, but every now and then, the company throws a curveball. That’s exactly what happened this week. We’re generally used to getting a Nintendo Direct before the Tokyo Game Show in September, but we instead saw a new presentation to end August. On top of that, it was shown right after an Indie World Showcase. We’re not used to seeing back to back presentations from Nintendo, but again, you can’t always predict what the Big N will do.
There were so many games between the two presentations – over forty in fact – that we can’t possibly mention them all here. For the Indie World Showcase through, a big highlight was the announcement and release of Pizza Tower. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase featured Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Castlevania Dominus Collection, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st, Atelier Yumia, Tales of Graces f Remastered, Tetris Forever, MySims: Cozy Bundle, Star Overdrive, and more.
For those interested in seeing how Crypt Custodian turned out, we’ve got new gameplay. A half hour of footage is available for the action adventure/Metroidvania title.
The eShop description provides us with the following details:
SEGA announced Yakuza Kiwami for Switch this week, but since then, shared the news that it’s a digital-only release and there won’t be a physical version of any sort.
Yakuza is finally heading to Switch for the first time. However, digital will be your only option – even in Japan. The good news is that SEGA seems to be pricing the game appropriately, and it will only cost $20.
Devolver Digital just kicked off one of its biggest Switch eShop sales ever to close out August 2024 with many games at their lowest prices ever, including Death’s Door, Gris, The Messenger, and more. Discounts are available for up to 85 percent off.
The full lineup of deals is as follows:
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.
