Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Surprise Nintendo Direct Drops Bevy Of Details For The Switch
Nintendo released a surprise Nintendo Direct presentation offering a shotgun blast of details for various Switch games.
Apart from 2K's Switch collections for Borderlands, XCOM 2, and BioShock, and a release date for the Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (May 29), the presentation also dropped a variety of news on a bevy of titles.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate revealed that the first character in the newly announced Fighters Pass Vol. 2 is from ARMS, and will be released and announced in June. Unfortunately, there was no other information on this other than to stay tuned.
- Speaking of Arms, a game demo is running from March 26 to April 6 for paid Switch online members.
- A free Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bunny Day event runs from April 1-12, with other events like Earth Day coming later.
- Pokémon Sword & Shield expansion pass details. Isle of Armor comes out at the end of June, with more info about The Crown Tundra to follow.
If you don't want to wait for those titles, Nintendo has announced Switch games and content available now: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order expansion pass content featuring the Fantastic Four, Shinsekai: Into the Depths, Good Job!, A Ring Fit Adventure update featuring a rhythm mode with music from Splatoon 2, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Odyssey, Star Wars: Jedi Knight Academy, Panzer Dragoon: Remake, and the Bravely Default II demo.
And further out in the future Switch owners can look forward to games including:
- Saints Row: IV – Re:Elected (March 27)
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer (coming soon)
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades (spring)
- Minecraft Dungeons (spring)
- Vigor (closed beta)(April 9)
- Trials of Mana (April 24)
- Ninjala (May 27)
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (May 29)
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus (May)
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (June 5)
- Mr. Driller: DrillLand (June 25)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trials of Cold Steel III (June 30)
- Catherine: Full Body (July 7)
- Fuser (fall)
- King's Bounty II (later this year)
- Bravely Default II (later this year)
- Burnout Paradise Remastered (later this year)
Finally, despite the bevy of great news today, Nintendo sensitively reminds us that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of these release dates may change.
[Source: Nintendo]
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
