About that Nintendo Direct
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▶ Nintendo Direct June 2024 — If you ain’t caught the Direct yet, here’s the link you need. It’s 40 jam packed minutes of solid announcemnents and reveals for the next six to eight months. The highlight has to be that surprise Zelda game, but there’s much more, including a new Mario + Luigi RPG, new hardware, another Mario Party, and a proper look at Metroid Prime 4…finally. A real good un! Here’s a text-based rundown of events if you’d rather skim. Nintendo of America // YouTube ▶ Nintendo’s Summer Direct surprised me — I share all my thoughts on the highlights from this latest Direct. Feel free to drop a like and say Hi in the comments! Switch Weekly // YouTube Nintendo brought out the fan-pleasers for Switch’s final summer Direct Andy Robinson // VGC Nintendo Direct shows Switch is going out in its Prime Nathan Ellingsworth // Dexerto ▶ Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Trailer analysis, theory and speculation — An on-the-fly detailed look at the Metroid trailer. Liam’s enthusiasm here is clear. FWIW, I thought the trailer looked great on Switch, but the limited gameplay shown so far seems a little safe perhaps? Liam Robertson // YouTube It looks like Zelda games have changed forever Oli Welsh // Polygon ▶ Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer analysis — A die-hard Zelda fan analyses the trailer in shot by shot detail. Zeltik // YouTube Echoes of Wisdom’s swordless Zelda is not about what’s canon — it’s about good gameplay Zoë Hannah // Polygon Rumors dry up as videogame leakers face a reckoning — Not much leaked from this latest Direct, with known ‘bird’ leaker Pyoro oddly quite this time around. Turns out Nintendo may well have plugged the leaky source. Jason Schreier // Bloomberg Prominent Nintendo leaker locks account, after source ‘revealed as employee’ — In relation to the above story. Andy Robinson // VGC More than 10 years later, Nintendo is righting its Zelda and Peach crimes Ana Diaz // Polygon Nintendo’s stellar Direct proved that you can’t ignore Apple Arcade Giovanni Colantonio // Digital Trends PREVIEW Dragon Quest 3 remake: A classic RPG gets a stunning overhaul — ” one of the better uses yet of the HD-2D visual style “. It’s out in November, but the preorder page is already up. Moises Taveras // Kotaku Nintendo won’t confirm studio behind Mario & Luigi: Brothership, but says “original devs” are involved — This trend of Nintendo keeping tight lipped on who is working on their titles is a bit odd if nothing else. Some rumours point to ILCA (behind the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl remakes) as the likely devs. Vikki Blake // Eurogamer REVIEW Times & Galaxy Jenni Lada // Siliconera REVIEW Echo Generation: Midnight Edition Allyson Cygan // Nintendo World Report ▶ REVIEW Moonstone Island Nindie Spotlight // YouTube INTERVIEW How Little Kitty, Big City was designed to steal hearts (and fish) — A chat with studio founder Matt T. Wood about the design parameters behind this charming puzzle platformer. John Harris // Game Developer Four Swords Adventures was a costly but brilliant experiment from Nintendo — I shared this last week, but I’m including it again now that Four Swords (and others) is up on the NSO . Robin Bea // Inverse REVIEW GameBook Color – colouring outside the lines — A review of the recently released Game Boy Color tome from Ninty Media. Paul Murphy has just announced a GBA themed compendium is on the way too. Faith Johnson // Fusion R Gamer ‘Switch 2’ is Nintendo’s chance to adopt the PC feature it’s desperate to take for a spin — Makes the case for a scroll wheel to be added to any Switch 2 controller. Francisco Dominguez // Nintendo Life Game Boy Tetris’ true genius was teaching a generation how to play videogames Tim Rattray // Nintendo Life Yeah! It’s time for Nintendo to get social again and bring back Miiverse Daniel Vuckovic // Vooks
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available · 🎫 = Game Voucher eligible
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