Nintendo’s first online event of the year was highly anticipated by fans. This first Nintendo Direct of 2023, Wednesday, February 8, was above all an opportunity to hope to learn a little more about the future Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the highly anticipated sequel to breath of the wild.
First good news: the game is still scheduled for May 12 and even shared a new video. There isn’t much more information on one of the most anticipated games of the year, but the chance to see Link have a new enemy on the horizon in the kingdom of Hyrule and the game is shaping up to be nothing short of magnificent.
Other games took advantage of the presentation to show off, among them Metroid Prime Remastered. still not the metroid prime 4 announced some time ago, but a surprise from Retro Studios themselves. Metroid Prime Remastered is available on Nintendo Switch immediately to revive the first installment in the series released in 2002 on the GameCube, with improved controls in addition to modernized graphics.
With a hybrid console that is selling like hot cakes, Nintendo has also been focusing on its upcoming releases like Pikmin 4Coming July 21, a new Professor Layton game (The new world of Steam), baYonetta Origins: Cherry and the Lost Demon as well as a plethora of additional content for existing games (Splatoon 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxeetc.).
Game Boy is reborn on Nintendo Switch Online
Among the plethora of announcements, one brought back memories from long-time Nintendo fans. After adding Mega Drive, NES, Super NES and Nintendo 64 games, Big N is expanding its Game Boy game subscription service.
The Japanese giant has thus indicated that several classics of the successful portable console and its Game Boy Advance version will appear shortly on Nintendo Switch. Players will be able to rediscover Tetris, Super Mario Land 2, Wario Land 3, Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX either Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare and Metroid II: The Return of Samusiconic hits for the Game Boy.
On the Game Boy Advance side, you will initially be able to enjoy Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario Kart Super Circuit (with the possibility of playing multiplayer at 4 online) and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga among the games included in the release. Other titles will be added later, including f-zero AND fire emblem.
Game Boy content can now be downloaded on Nintendo Switch if you take advantage of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription. On the other hand, it will be necessary to subscribe to the NSO version + Additional Pack for Game Boy Advance games. The home star, now the third best-selling console in video game history with over 100 million units in nearly six years, continues to do something new with the old to stay in shape, before the next generation takes over. relief. nose. But this direct from Nintendo showed that that wasn’t on the agenda yet. The Switch continues to resist.
Source: BFM TV
