Everything shown in today's Nintendo Direct
Today's Nintendo Direct was one for the Nintendo faithful, with remakes and remasters from classic franchises aplenty — and a star turn for Princess Peach.
The Direct's line-up, including an F-Zero 99 announcement, and big finale, a port of the beloved Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, were fan-pleasing additions to the Switch's bulging catalogue.
And they are perhaps the kind of smaller announcements we'd expect at this point, for a platform widely-expected to be replaced next year. Still, as we saw, there's plenty of life left for the next six months at least — and beyond?
Top of the bill for me was Princess Peach: Showtime! which sees the Mushroom Kingdom's royalty take the stage and dress up in different costumes to unlock themed special attacks. Peach can become a swordfighter, ninja, chef and more. It's out on 22nd March 2024.
As highly-requested remakes go, they don't come much bigger than Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. It remains the pinnacle of the Paper Mario series, and is a GameCube classic well worth bringing to new audiences on Switch — sometime in 2024.
F-Zero fans had their patience rewarded by F-Zero 99, another take in Nintendo's online battle royale series. It launches for Switch Online members today.
And speaking of remakes, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, a remake of the 3DS game, is now listed for a summer 2024 launch. That's the furthest out of any Switch game.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong jumps from the Game Boy Advance to Switch on 19th January, with its dinky puzzle combat also available to play in local multiplayer.
The cult DS classic Another Code and its sequel will head to Switch next year as a remastered single release. It's called Another Code: Recollection, and launches on 19th January.
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