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After airing a Nintendo Direct squarely focused on The Legend of Zelda yesterday, Nintendo released a traditional Direct this morning chock-full of more general news and updates. The biggest highlights include the reveals of new Kirby and Metroid titles, plus release dates for long-awaited projects such as Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. As usual, if you missed the live broadcast, we’ve recapped every new update in this quick summary, complete with trailers and links to the full write-ups for applicable stories. Monster Hunter WildsComes to Switch 2 on December 4Its expansion, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, comes to Switch…
Steam achievements for a wide swath of upcoming and even announced games have seemingly leaked from Valve’s backend. As a result, there might be massive spoilers floating around on the internet now for games like Persona 6, Persona 4 Revival, Kingdom Hearts IV, Mega Man: Dual Override, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, Gears of War: E-Day, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Stranger Than Heaven, and a lot more. We’re not going to reveal any of the details you could learn from viewing these achievements, but know that there’s a lot…
Professor Layton has been on a bit of a sabbatical these past few years. The latest entry came out for the iOS and Android way back in 2017, and a port of that game is the closest thing we got to a new entry during the entirety of the original Nintendo Switch’s lifetime. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam has been in the works for a while now, but it wasn’t until today’s Nintendo Direct that we finally got a release date: December 10, 2026. Check out the new trailer below. First revealed in February of 2023, Professor Layton…
Pikmin 4, which released in 2023, is getting a Switch 2 edition with an entirely too long name on November 12. The game, Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy, brings the game to Switch 2 with some likely technical improvements and the ability to give Oatchi voice commands using the built-in mic. The Switch 2 of the game will also include Dandori Academy, which is functionally a time trial mode. The unique element is you can practice getting your best times and then take official exams on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to lock in your official scores which…
We’ve been waiting for new details surrounding the upcoming movie based on the Legend of Zelda franchise, and during today’s Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct, many were expecting a new trailer. Instead, we learned of the official title and received some first narrative and thematic hints from series creator Shigeru Miyamoto.The movie is simply called The Legend of Zelda, with no subtitle nor any qualifier that it is a movie, as has been seen in The Super Mario Bros. Movie or The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the name not containing any subtitle will make…
Nintendo aired the first of two back-to-back Nintendo Directs this morning (the other presentation airs tomorrow), focused on The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary. The presentation heavily focused on the upcoming remake of Ocarina of Time, but it featured plenty of other updates on the live-action Zelda film, a slew of new merchandise, live attractions, and more. Here’s a quick recap of everything that was announced. The Legend of Zelda MovieAlthough we still don’t have a proper trailer, the live-action film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda got its official title: The Legend of Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto says the reason for…
The Ocarina of Time remake just got the in-depth reveal we’ve all been waiting for, complete with a new trailer, a gameplay demonstration, and a release date. On top of all of that, however, we also learned that special new amiibo – and an entire new Switch 2 console – will be launching around the game’s release.The Amiibo are further out – slated for 2027 – and include Young Link and Young Zelda from Ocarina’s early game. Scanning them unlocks “special in-game masks” for Link to wear, though it’s unclear if they affect gameplay at all. See them for yourself…
Nintendo aired the first of two back-to-back Nintendo Directs this morning (the other presentation airs tomorrow), focused on The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary. The presentation heavily focused on the upcoming remake of Ocarina of Time, but it featured plenty of other updates on the live-action Zelda film, a slew of new merchandise, live attractions, and more. Here’s a quick recap of everything that was announced. The Legend of Zelda MovieAlthough we still don’t have a proper trailer, the live-action film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda got its official title: The Legend of Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto says the reason for…
Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time today in a big way making it the primary pillar of the Zelda 40th anniversary showcase. Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma played a lot of the early game and detailed many of its various changes and updates. First off, we got a good look at young Link with all kinds of additional textures and details on his character model. Following the presentation, an extended trailer for the game also showed adult Link and lots of moments and characters from the game. Some, like myself, might…
The Nintendo Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time finally has a release date, and it launches this November. More specifically, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake launches on November 5, 2026, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. This release date puts the remake launching just two weeks before Grand Theft Auto VI, which is anticipated to be the biggest game launch of the year. Nintendo seems to know the cachet The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has, though, and many gamers will likely pick up this remake in November, whether they’re picking up GTA…