This Tuesday June 18 was presented the probable last event of the year of “The Big N”: The Nintendo Direct 2024, through an official announcement, it had been confirmed hours before that no news of the successor to the current console that fans have dubbed the “Nintendo Switch 2” would be presented. On the contrary, it would be a 40-minute presentation full of trailers of exclusive or multiplatform video games for the Nintendo Switch, other sources indicated that the games to be presented would be from releases in the next 6 months and the first quarter of 2025.
Big surprises for Nintendo users at Nintendo Direct 2024
Despite not having presented the successor to the Nintendo Switch and thus giving a big disappointment to users, the Nintendo Direct 2024 was undoubtedly an event that met the expectations of many with certain announcements: Metroid Prime 4, a very nice surprise of The Legend OF Zelda, a Remake of Donkey Kong, more details of LEGO Horizon: Adventures and something of Dragon Quest, being an event full of surprises and a lot of nostalgia by the Japanese company.
And this was not long in coming, the Nintendo Direct 2024 had a great start with the announcement of “Mario & Luigi: Brothership” to be released next November 7 exclusively for Switch, where brief cinematics and short gameplay were shown appearing to be an RPG video game, with new allies, enemies, different game mechanics and a tentative turn-based combat, showing some similarity with the Mario RPG remake, released in late 2023, “Mario & Luigi: Brothership” is officially the sequel to the 3Ds video game from 9 years ago “Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.”
The second Nintendo announcement is for those who want to take their NES video game skills to the max, it is the “NES World Championship” where you can compete against players either in speedruns or other game modes in up to 15 titles such as: Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2, The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Metroid Prime 1, making this a very fun online competition for all Switch users.
The creators of the successful Final Fantasy franchise, Square Enix, announced that FANTASIAN: Neo Dimension, a turn-based combat game in what looks like a nice combination of the classic FF and Nier: Automata for its cinematics and excellent gameplay and strategy when fighting, One of the best games presented in this Nintendo Direct 2024 was undoubtedly MIO: Memories in Orbit, a perfect combination between the Ori saga and Hollow Knight, an aura of mysticism that we must explore while defeating magical creatures, this adventure will arrive in 2025.
One of the biggest announcements of the Nintendo Direct 2024, if not the biggest because of the amazing graphics, its gameplay quality, but above all the proximity of the game, was “The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom“. Princess Zelda is rescued by Link, but Link is swallowed by a rift, Zelda now has to flee while multiple rifts begin to appear and absorb parts of Hyrule. This time, it is Zelda’s responsibility to save the nation and bring Link back while fighting with a magical scepter and impressive skills in an unprecedented video game where the princess will be the protagonist of the story.
One of the most surprising video games in this Nintendo Direct 2024 was the “Funko Fusion” a shooter where our character in charge will be a “Funko”. It was revealed that there will be up to 60 characters from all genres such as video games, TV shows, movies, music bands among others, depending on the characters will be given the worlds to explore, but it was not revealed if this world will be “open world”, some Funkos that can be seen are: He-Man, Marty McFly, Ramona Flowers, Invincible, Skeletor, Scott Pilgrim, Johnny Depp, Chucky, and John Wick. The release is scheduled for September 13.
Luigui’s Mansion 2 HD was also announced as a remake of the Nintendo 3DS video game that appeared in 2013 and had very good reviews from users of this console, the game will arrive soon. Also a new Mario Party game called Mario Party Jamboree will arrive, which will have multiple maps and many more challenges ahead guaranteeing hours of fun both online and in local multiplayer, its release is on October 17.
The video game that arrived as a PlayStation exclusive and later received a copy for Xbox, Stray, today received a release announcement for Nintendo Switch. Stray is the story of a cat estranged from his herd who must find his way home and to do so must overcome tough and difficult obstacles. Stray was nominated for a GOTY in its year of release, so, the announcement of this game for Switch was more than deserved for Nintendo users and its release is scheduled for the holidays of 2024.
The announcement of a Donkey Kong was imminent since the release and success of the video game “Mario vs. Donkey Kong” at the beginning of this 2024, but the fans were already predicting a Remake of a title of the franchise released in a previous console, and the predictions were fulfilled. “Donkey Kong Country Returns HD” is a video game that will contain extensive level content with a total of 80 levels, including some from Nintendo 3Ds, the game shows action scenes with Donkey and Didi Kong using some tools to facilitate their journey, a game that looks to be a lot of fun, available from January 16, 2025.
There was also a bigger picture of LEGO Horizon: Adventures, where some new LEGO-based mecha creatures were shown, a bit more of what the story will be about, confirming that, despite the Sony exclusive having an adult rating, this will be a game for minors that will address issues such as the story of the heroine Aloy. LEGO Horizon will have the availability of construction and design, so you can create a place for Aloy and modify her outfit, the release date was not confirmed and continues for the holidays of 2024.
To close this Nintendo Direct 2024, brief cinematics and a preview of “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond” were presented. This was the video game with the most hype and anticipation and in 2 minutes they surprised everyone but not much more information was presented, such as its exact release date. Even so, with the little shown in the video, fans are satisfied, because after 7 years they will be able to play again with Samus Aran in a “Metroid Prime”, its release is scheduled for 2025 and it may be possible that it will be an exclusive release for the next Nintendo console.
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