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Yakuza Kiwami Coming to Nintendo Switch in October​

The (remake of the) first Yakuza game is coming to Nintendo Switch after the series was absent on the platform for years.

Revealed alongside an October 24, 2024 release date, Yakuza Kiwami tells the story of Kiryu Kazuma as he battles through the criminal underground of Tokyo, Japan.

Faced with ten years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, Kiryu reemerges in the city with a whole new world to comprehend, as the Tokyo he knew in the 90s has long disappeared.

Castlevania Dominus Collection Brings Multiple DS Games to Switch Today​

Four classic Castlevania games are coming to the Nintendo Switch, joining the Castlevania Classics Collection and Castlevania Advance Collection already available on the platform. Even better, they're available later today.

Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remaster Arrives in March 2025​

After an unexpected delay and quietly vanishing for a year, Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remaster has reemerged with a new release date of March 6, 2025.

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Announced for Switch​

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is bringing its nature reviving and town building adventure to Nintendo Switch. The game arrives sometime in spring 2025, though no more specific release date was announced.

"The classic action role-playing game and life-simulation gameplay beloved by Rune Factory fans the world over is boldly reimagined in Guardians of Azuma, an all-new adventure set in the eastern lands of Azuma," the synopsis reads.

"A once-thriving land, this never-before-seen region was struck by a terrible calamity. The gods of nature vanished, causing the land to wither and the people to suffer. For the very first time, play as an Earth Dancer and call upon unique powers to battle blighted monsters and restore the land, people, villages, and even gods to their natural glory."

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 Coming to Switch​

The spooktacular Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch after releasing on other platforms in 2023.

My Sims Officially Revealed for Nintendo Switch​

Following a series of leaks earlier in August, Nintendo has officially revealed MySims as the first The Sims game coming to Nintendo Switch.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Arrives in September​

The Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics comes to Nintendo Switch digitally on September 12, 2024 and physically on November 22, 2024.

Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer Coming to Switch​

Your very own personal trainer is coming to Nintendo Switch via Fitness Boxing 3: Your Persona Trainer.

SpongeBob Affiliate Patrick Is the Star of His Own Game​

SpongeBob Squarepants: The Patrick Star Game is officially coming to Nintendo Switch.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st Coming to Switch​

A somewhat mysterious game called The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st is coming to Nintendo Switch.

Goat Simulator 3 Available on Nintendo Switch Today​

Goat Simulator 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch later today, August 27, 2024, at least digitally. Its physical edition launches later this year.

Star Overdrive Launches in 2025 as a Timed Switch Exclusive​

Star Overdrive launches as a timed Nintendo Switch exclusive in 2025, letting players can explore a vast planet and defeat myriad beasties using their trusty hover board.

Tetris Celebrates 40 Years in New Collection​

A collection of Tetris games is being released in celebration of the series' 40th anniversary.

A new mode called Tetris Time Warp will also let players jump between different eras of Tetris in the same game, from the original to the latest. It arrives later in 2024.

Balatro Teams Up With The Witcher 3, Vampire Survivors, and More​

Beloved deck building roguelite Balatro is teaming up with myriad other popular titles including The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Vampire Survivors, and Among Us.

The collaborations appear to contain themed decks with cards styled after characters from each game, potentially with exciting new effects

A Dave the Diver deck, for instance, changes the number cards to fruit, and the Among Us deck seems to include death animations for playing certain hands.

Neva Gets October Release Date​

Super stylish narrative adventure Neva received a release date at the Nintendo Direct Indie Showcase: October 15, 2024.

Moth Kubit Gets New Trailer​

Bizarre topdown role-playing game Moth Kubit received a new trailer and details at the Nintendo Direct.

Sea of Stars Dev Shares Trailer for Throes of the Watchmaker DLC​

Sabotage Studio has shared a new trailer for Sea of Stars' highly anticipated expansion Throes of the Watchmaker.

PowerWash Simulator Says Get Outta Ma Swamp​

PowerWash Simulator is getting Shrek DLC, meaning players can soon take their powerwasher to the ogre's famous swamp and clean it up for good.

Coffee Talk Tokyo Is a Super Cute Game About Chatting and Drinking Coffee​

Coffee Talk Tokyo is a super cute game blending everyone's three favorite things: coffee, talking, and Tokyo.

Date Everything Lets You Date Everything in October​

Date Everything is taking the dating simulator genre to new heights when it arrives October 24, 2024.

Wario Land-Inspired Platformer Pizza Tower Is Out Today​

The Wario Land-inspired platformer Pizza Tower is available today on Nintendo Switch.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

B+

 

[The_hunter]

D

 

[NanaMiku]

C for me. Pretty middle of the road. Nothing too crazy and no Silksong

 

[Yoshichan]

SUIKODEN/10

 

[graywolf323]

Trails/Tales/Suikoden make it an easy A for me

edit: also Atelier

 

[Sojiro]

Went with a C. It would have been lower had Trails remake and Yakuza not saved the day. Holy fuck they need to fire the two dipshit narrators of the indie world part, they are insufferable.

Games I really want:
Trails Rmake
Yakuza Kiwami
Morsels
Fighting Game Collection 2
DQ III HD (already knew about this though)

Looks interesting, on my radar but will wait to see:
Rune Factory
Tales of game
Atelier Lumia
Pizza Tower

I went into this with pretty low expectations and had a couple of must get games and a few other ones I am interested in. Loads of remasters/remakes/collections, which isn't too surprising to see as Switch support begins to wind down. At least some of those collections have a lot of value on the titles included, but if you already own the games it's hard to justify them.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Sorry, can’t get excited about indies on a 7-year old hardware where everything except simple polygons runs like shit.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Port Port Port

 

[Robb]

Average/boring I guess. I expected nothing and got nothing.

 

[Astral Dog]

this Direct delivers

 

[TintoConCasera]

C, the Trails remake was a nice surprise and that Morsels game looks fun.

 

[Azelover]

I feel like we are near the end right now.

Get ready people for five years of tribulations..

 

[Fake]

Was C for me, but went up to B.

Dammit you Nintendo.

 

[Holammer]

S. Silksong is the only reason I watched.

 

[blacktout]

It's a B for me, mostly because I went in with zero expectations and was pleasantly surprised that several games I have been hoping would come to Switch are finally getting ported (Pizza Tower, Yakuza, Stalker). Tetris Forever and the new Rune Factory game look like they have potential too, though I hope the new approach they're taking to Rune Factory doesn't mean they've eliminated the ability to enslave monsters and force them to work on your farm, lol.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Indie: G for Gross (I’ll dream about my fridge wanting to fuck me for weeks).

Direct: C for Collections (I’m seriously happy about the old stuff becoming available again, but you know the system is on life support when even the farming sims are fee and far between).

 

[Cattlyst]

I voted D. Just nothing there that appeals to me personally but I appreciate others will have different tastes and preferences. I don’t honestly think there’s a great deal left that Nintendo can do or tempt third parties with at this point. It’s definitely the dog days of the Switch’s life so it’s to be expected I guess. Roll on Switch 2!

 

[Punished Miku]

I had very, very, very low expectations, but there's a few things in there that were nice surprises. C+

 

[Walter Matthau]

I would say a B- for content even though most of the good stuff was multiplatform.

You guys can mock collections as much as you want, but I'm really looking forward to Tetris Forever, the Capcom sets, Castlevania, and Suikoden.

 

[cireza]

This is bad, I put an F.

Indie had nothing going for it, and third parties simply gave up. Collections of games I already own and random ports of old shit. Lowest effort possible.

 

[Ogbert]

The Switch will be one of my favourite consoles ever, but I’m done with it now.

Enough. It’s not even out of date, it almost feels retro.

Release something new Nintendo.

 

[Woopah]

Some surprises but bad overall. Nintendo will continue missing out on games until Switch 2 comes out.

 

[March Climber]

A rating for me.

Games of show:

Star Overdrive
Capcom Fighting Collection 2

My wishlisted games:

Star Overdrive
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Tetris Forever
Castlevania Dominus Collection
Pizza Tower
Metal Slug Tactics
Pico Park 2
Peglin
Morsels
Moth Kubit

 

[Rentahamster]

Date Everything?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Trails/Tales/Suikoden make it an easy A for me

edit: also Atelier

Came to say exactly this. It's an A for me as well.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'd give it a C or a D. The Trails in the Sky remake reveal was awesome, but they buried it in a sizzle reel. Dragon Quest III and Suikoden I & II (good to see that resurface) look great, but we've known they're on the way for a long time. There was really nothing in the way of announcements that was compelling for me. The indie portion was a complete throwaway.

Definitely some really cool games in there, but it wasn't much of a showcase.

 

[West Texas CEO]

U for U need a haircut.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I haven't seen the direct, but a new RF has my attention. Also, is that a TITS remake?

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

The overwhelming majority of the indies shown look like complete ass gameplay wise.

 

[Gambit2483]

I understand these are people's personal scores and opinions but I don't understand the hate on "ports" and older games.

Not everyone was born before the year 2000. Not everyone owned a Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, or PS3. I celebrate when devs go out of their way to bring back older or inaccessible classic games for modern platforms/younger generations. If you can't understand or respect that...

 

[Woopah]

I understand these are people's personal scores and opinions but I don't understand the hate on "ports" and older games.

Not everyone was born before the year 2000. Not everyone owned a Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, or PS3. I celebrate when devs go out of their way to bring back older or inaccessible classic games for modern platforms/younger generations. If you can't understand or respect that...

Bringing back games in this way is fantastic. But I would say that, when it comes to rating an event, new games are worth more credit than ports.

 

[MSduderino]

Hey, question: How to vote in polls? Or is it a privilege you get for higher level account?

 

[karappononingen]

C

 

[Shadowstar39]

B but not due to indies, but due to collections and ports- seriously, Castlevania, Suikoden (i know it should of already been out), and legends of heroes trials (a game trilogy that should of been on switch years ago, shit the vita had it).

Tetris collection and my sims will give me something to buy my wife. I can't complain there as it means more games for her switch.
Yakuza - nice, but already have them all on steam/steamdeck and ps5.

 

[MSduderino]

B

 

[Draugoth]

Hey, question: How to vote in polls? Or is it a privilege you get for higher level account?

You have to have at least 50 posts

 

[MrMephistoX]

Hard not to get excited about the DS Castlevanias since it’s the first time they’re being ported to a non-DS and the FIghting Collection 2 looks solid. Solid B although I’m not sure how Nintendo defines Indy when all of these are major publishers?

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Honestly, that was probably the worse Direct of all time. Including Wii U.

They must be getting close to announcing Switch 2.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

They gave us Super Mario Sunshine 2 as a shadow drop.

They won.

Spoiler

Team Eclipse won

 

[Jubenhimer]

It was okay. The fact that this was a double feature (Indie World + Partners Showcase) tells me that everyone is gearing up for Switch 2 announcements (Nintendo included), and this was just meant to get all of the Switch 1 only announcements out of the way.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Overall a B for me (Castlevania collection and Trails remake was enough for the B...but we also get the Suikoden collection!!)
They have a good slate for the rest of the year, at least for me.

 

[jshackles]

 

[Arsic]

D. The suikoden was just a date for a game we already knew about. The trails remake is the big game of the show, and is why this isn’t a F.

 

[near]

A

Expected nothing and got a lot. Castlevania Dominus Collection, already purchased not much to say here, 3 renowned games at a fair price. Neva release date, I played Gris earlier this year and to my surprise absolutely loved it, the studio's next game is a day one. Suikoden back from the dead, release date is confirmed even though its quite far away we've got a cemented date to look forward to. Then the Capcom collections. Capcom Fighting Collection 2, this is amazing news because I haven't played CvS2 in aeons and I loved that game. City of the Wolves has got me hyped for fighting games again, and the MvC Collection release date was also confirmed here for September. Excellent event all round for me.

 

[Mr Hyde]

No Astral Chain 2 makes it 0/10 but Suikoden release date makes it a solid 10/10.

 

[NanaMiku]

Huh, I just realized that it's another JRPG direct lol

 

[Muffdraul]

C. There was absolutely nothing in it that interested me, I hope it was basically just the last bit of business to clear off the deck to make way for a fucking Switch 2 reveal in the next Direct.

 

[GigaBowser]

crud

only yakuza maaaaybe like 1 of those indies

 

[LavitzSlambert]

C for a varied decent showing at the end of the Switch's life but without too many standouts. In terms of new stuff, we saw Castlevania DS collection, Sea of Stars DLC announcement, Morsels, and Suikoden 1 & 2 HD. Definitely more than I was expecting.