Nintendo Direct roundup - Mario Kart 8 DLC, new Fire Emblem, and more

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Now that the February 2022 Nintendo Direct has been beamed into our brains, it's almost daunting to look back and think about just how many huge announcements were packed into this 40-minute showcase. Primarily focusing on Nintendo Switch releases for the first half of 2022, the Direct showed that there's plenty to look forward to in the coming months.

From big updates to games we know are coming like Splatoon 3 and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, to out-of-nowhere premieres in the form of Mario Strikers Battle League and Nintendo Switch Sports, it genuinely felt like there was something for everyone in this Nintendo Direct. Oh, and we're finally getting new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tracks. What a time to be alive.

Nintendo has certainly set the stage for the year ahead, then, but if you missed the Direct as it happened live, we've provided a roundup of all the biggest and best announcement trailers that you can watch below.

Following the success of both Hyrule Warriors titles, as well as the first Fire Emblem Warriors game, it was almost a given that developer Omega Force would be on board to add a fourth Musou to the Switch based on Nintendo IP. And much like how Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity focused specifically on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes does so for 2019's Three Houses.

Three Hopes will return players to the war-torn land of Fodlan, where a trio of nations dance between uneasy truces and all-out warfare. While some new faces appear in the trailer, we also see returning characters like Byleth, Edelgard and Claude.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes releases on June 24, 2022.

Considering the last Mario Strikers game launched all the way back in 2007, seeing Mario Strikers Battle