Bulletin+: Nintendo Direct 6/18/24

Welcome to gaming once more. Nintendo will tell us everything—except for their new console.

New Mario & Luigi RPG. Has the Bros. Moves and abilities like the classic games! Mario and Luigi are trying to return to the Mushroom Kingdom. November 7th 2024, “Mario & Luigi: Brothership“.

Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition trailer. This was announced before. There are online leaderboards. A lot of the tricks are things actual speedrunners do. Out July 18th. There’s also a physical deluxe edition.

Fairy Tail 2. Pretty standard looking JRPG. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who likes Fairy Tail. Out this Winter.

Fantasian! Thank god it’s off Apple Arcade. You can bend spells to hit multiple enemies, and send foes “to another dimension” to deal with later. Out Holiday 2024.

Nintendo Switch Sports update. Basketball will be added. Two-on-two and three point challenges. Out Summer 2024.

Mio: Memories in Orbit. Looks cool, not a lot of info. Might be a Metroidvania?

New update for Disney Illusion Island. Detective themed. Out today.

Girlies rejoice! Hello Kitty Island Adventure, which is basically Animal Crossing plus Sanrio, is free from Apple Arcade jail and will come out for the Switch.

Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports, has soccer, basketball, golf and tennis. There were some solid Looney Tunes sports games on SNES, so hopefully this follows suit.

Among Us update. This got leaked a bit ago, thanks IGN. New roles. Noisemaker, Tracker, and Phantom. Noisemaker puts out a sound when killed, tracker can plant a tracking device on specific crewmates, and phantom can turn invisible at will. Update out today.

Farmagia, monster raising and farming RPG. Has more of a Pikmin thing going. November 1st 2024.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Seems like a very straight port. Includes the levels from the 3DS version. Out January 16th, 2025.

Dragon Quest III remake! The remake for III is out November 14th, and they’ve announced a separate remake for the first two games is due in 2025.

Funko Fusion. C’mon man. Out September 13th.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD trailer. We already know how this will go. Out June 27th.

THE NEW DENPA MEN. I guess we know what Genius Sonority has been up to. Free to play, out July 22nd.

Metal Slug Attack Reloaded. Tower defense Metal Slug. Tons of units, over 300 characters in five factions. Has VS mode. Out today.

Darkest Dungeon II out for Switch.

Switch Online games. A Link to the Past Four Swords, Metroid Zero Mission, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, and Perfect Dark. Perfect Dark has online multiplayer.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero. A new game in the series! Combine with items or with your buddies to power up.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. Has all the classic vs Capcom games and The Punisher. Has rollback netcode! And a ton of concept art and music. Out this year, also on Steam and PS4.

Super Mario Party Jamboree. They detailed a few of the boards. Also includes old boards from the first two games. There’s also a 20-player mode as well. Out October 17th.

2D Zelda game. But it’s actually a ZELDA game. You play AS Zelda. It’s called Echoes of Wisdom. Women can do things. Zelda uses a staff to echo items so she can clone things. You can even echo monsters you defeat. Out September 26th. There will also be a Switch Lite based on Zelda as well.

Just Dance 2025 Edition. 40 new songs including Ariana Grande, Enur, Sia, Green Day, Lady Gaga, and more. Out October 25th.

Another trailer for Lego Horizon Adventures. Actually, I think it’s the same trailer. Out Holiday 2024.

Stray‘s coming to Switch as well. Out Holiday 2024.

Tales of the Shire, a Hobbit game with decoration and city building. Holiday 2024. Gandalf is confirmed. #Gandalf

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection—finally Investigations 2 officially out outside Japan! Has the original sprites as an option as well. Out September 6th.