Nintendo Direct September 2022: Everything Announced

While we didn’t learn too much about it, Shigeru Miyamoto stopped by the Nintendo Direct to announce that Pikmin 4 will finally be released on Switch in 2023. This news is a long time coming as Miyamoto had previously stated that the game was “very close to completion” in 2015.

Fire Emblem Engage Announced As a New Mainline Game, and It Features Marth

Fire Emblem Engage is the next main entry in the Fire Emblem series and it will follow a story set a thousand years after four kingdoms sealed away the great evil known as the Fell Dragon. In Engage, players will become a Divine Dragon called Alear who must work to collect Emblem Rings to “bring peace back to the continent of Elyos.” Along your journey, you will even be able to have other previous Fire Emblem characters join your party like Marth and Celica.

Fire Emblem Engage will be released on Nintendo Switch on January 20, 2022.

Octopath Traveler 2 Announced With New Heroes and the Same Wonderful 2D-HD Art Style

Octopath Traveler 2 will be released on February 24, 2023, and will bring with it a whole new group of heroes and a brand new story to experience in the world of Solistia, all with the same wonderful 2D-HD art style that set the original apart from other JRPGS.

Octopath Traveler 2 will not be Switch exclusive and will also launch on PC (via Steam), PS5, and PS4.

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line Is a Celebration of the Franchise’s Music, and It’s Out Early Next Year

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line is the ultimate celebration of the franchise’s music, and its a brand new entry in the series that began on 3DS. This new game will feature over 385 songs, and it will let two players play locally and up to four players online. It will also have a season pass that will add 90 new songs, including some from Nier, Octopath Traveler, and Live a Live.

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line will be released on the Nintendo Switch on February 16, 2023.

Goldeneye 007 (With Online Play!), Mario Party, and Pokemon Stadium Lead the Pack of New N64 Games Headed to Switch

Nintendo revealed some upcoming games that will soon be added to Nintendo Switch Online, and perhaps the most exciting is Goldeneye 007. If that wasn’t exciting enough, Goldeneye will even feature online play. In addition to Goldeneye, Pilotwings, Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, 1080 Snowboarding, and Excitebike 64 will also be joining the service in 2022 and 2023.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Will Be Released on December 13, 2022

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion will officially be released on Switch and other platforms on December 13, 2022. It will tell the story of Zach Fair and will be a remaster of the PSP classic.

Wave 3 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxes’s Booster Course Pass Will Include Tracks from Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Wave 3 of the Booster Course Pass will launch this holiday and will include such courses as Merry Mountain from Mario Kart Tour and DS Peach Gardens from Mario Kart DS.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Wave 2 of DLC Adds a New Mechanical Hero Called Ino

The second wave of DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will add a new mechanical hero named Ino. It will also add Challenge Battles and new outfits. The DLC will arrive on October 13, 2022.

Splatoon 3’s First Splatfest Will Have Inklings Choose Between Gear, Grub, or Fun

The first Splatfest for Splatoon 3 will arrive soon, and it will ask players to decide if they’d rather bring Gear, Grub, or Fun with them to a deserted island.

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Is Getting a Remake as Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

GameCube’s Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life is getting remade as Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, and it will be released on Switch in Summer 2023.

Harvestella Gets a Demo Today Ahead of Its November 4 Release Date

Square Enix has announced that Harvestella will be getting a demo today ahead of its November 4…