Nintendo Direct round-up: Bayonetta 3, Octopath Traveler 2, and Radiant Silvergun

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The biggest Nintendo Direct showcase for years has revealed a host of new trialers and updates on Mario Kart 8 and Nintendo Switch Sports.

There might not have been a Nintendo Direct in June, when E3 would normally be, but the one on Tuesday afternoon largely made up for it, with lots of new game announcements and new looks at highly anticipated games, including Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom.

Zelda was left to the very end, but Nintendo led with new game Fire Emblem Engage, which will be out in January. What followed after that was a largely random mix of third and first party titles, with everything from a Switch port of It Takes Two to the already rumoured Project Zero: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse.

As long as you can spare the time – it lasts over 45 minutes – we’d advise just watching the whole thing but below are the edited highlights and some of the more interesting games that stood out to us.

Nintendo really did throw everything and the kitchen sink into the Direct, including oddities such as Fitness Boxing Fist Of The North Star (Fitness Boxing is already a game, Fist Of The North Star is a famous anime inspired by Mad Max) and remakes of turn-based mech games Front Mission 1 and 2.

There was also a dizzying array of farming sims, including Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (a remake of 2003 GameCube game Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life), Fae Farm (a new four-player indie game), Rune Factory 3 Special (and a tease of a new series of Rune Factory games), and Harvestella (which has a free demo available from today).

Splatoon 3 will be getting its first Splatfest on September 23, while Square Enix announced the brand new Octopath Traveler 2 for February 24. However, it won’t be a Switch exclusive and will also launch for