Here’s the games that I’m most interested in. How about you?
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Mario Tennis Fever
Storm Lancers
Hades II
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Resident Evil Requiem
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
Nintendo Directs are basically Nintendo’s version of surprise parties—except instead of cake, you get a man in a blazer calmly announcing that a 25-year-old game you already bought three times is finally coming to Switch. 🎉
They start with this oddly formal tone, like Nintendo is about to unveil world peace, and then—BAM—Kirby is suddenly eating an automobile. You’ll see a polite Japanese executive appear, bow slightly, and then casually drop, “And now, please enjoy a brief look at Metroid Prime 4.” Cue a 12-second clip of a logo. Fans collectively lose their minds like they’ve just witnessed the cure for aging.
The pacing is wild too. One minute it’s Animal Crossing DLC, the next it’s a farming game where you marry turnips, and then oh look—it’s Bayonetta strutting through an exploding cathedral in slow motion. Somewhere in there, Miyamoto will just pop in like your cool uncle, smiling and talking about Pikmin as if he’s discussing his stamp collection.
And the endings? Always chaos. They wrap up with “Just one more thing…” which is Nintendo code for “We’re about to break the internet.” That’s when you find out Mario can now turn into a dinosaur, or a Splatoon kid is secretly in Smash Bros. It’s like Oprah giving out cars, except instead it’s “YOU get a port, YOU get a remake, EVERYBODY gets another Mario Kart track!”