EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings--first released as Mother in Japan--are coming to Nintendo Switch. Revealed during today's Nintendo Direct, both games appear to be faithful ports of the critically-acclaimed titles, and will be available for for Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers later today.

This news follows years of fans longing for the EarthBound series to make its way on to modern consoles--as well as some cryptic tweets from Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi. Earlier today, Itoi took to Twitter to tease the upcoming announcement, writing "7am, huh? Amazing. Maybe it'll be snowing" in response to Nintendo's tweet about the Direct showcase.

The Nintendo Direct stream is now over, but Triangle Strategy got a “final trailer” and more demo info ahead of its launch next month. A new demo has also been announced that will allow players to carry over save data and play even further into the game.

This turn-based strategy RPG is launching on Mar. 4 for Nintendo Switch, so a number of videos have been getting released recently to build hype for the game while showing off more of its world and characters.

You can have a look at the Triangle Strategy trailer below to hear a bit of character narration and see more gameplay for yourself:

If you’re looking to play the game a bit early to see if it’s for you, the demo will be available for download on the Nintendo eShop at that link.

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Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Square Enix
Release: March 4, 2022

A new Triangle Strategy demo is coming to the Nintendo eshop today on Switch, as announced during today's Nintendo Direct. Now, I know we've already had a chance to check out the Final Fantasy Tactics-style combat and social engineering political strategy in an earlier demo, but this new demo? Players can experience the game all the way until the end of chapter 3 during this demo. Probably even more relevant, progress from this demo is going to carry over into the full release!

The February 2022 Nintendo Direct concluded with the reveal of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. A new trailer for the upcoming JRPG showcased the game's characters and teased its plot, concluding with the reveal that the game is set to launch in September 2022.

As seen in the trailer, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 features a brand-new cast of characters. The game utilizes a similar visual style to Xenoblade Chronicles 2, though noticeably less horny in the character department. The narrative tone also seems to be a bit darker than its predecessor.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 character designer Masatsugu Saito is responsible for this game's character designs as well, explaining the similar artistic style. The game's music is composed by an assortment of artists that have contributed to the Xenoblade Chronicles series--Yasunori Mitsuda, Manami Kiyota, ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO), Kenji Hiramatsu, and Mariam Abounnasr.

"We believe the game will be enjoyable for both those who've played Xenoblade Chronicles or Xenoblade Chronicles 2, as well as those who will be playing a Xenoblade Chronicles game for the first time," Xenoblade Chronicles 3 executive director Tetsuya Takahashi said, according to a Nintendo blog post.

Like its predecessor, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will launch for Switch.

A new Xenoblade Chronicles game will appear this year. Nintendo announced Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will come to the Nintendo Switch in September 2022.

Here’s the first trailer for the game.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Coming this September! pic.twitter.com/1D4cTW22HY

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) February 9, 2022

This will mark the third Xenoblade Chronicles game on the Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was the first to appear. After that, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition showed up. This means Xenoblade Chronicles X is the only entry to not appear on the console.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will come to the Nintendo Switch in September 2022.

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Bandai Namco will release SD Gundam Battle Alliance for the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2022. Information regarding the title appeared during a Nintendo Direct. In the presentation, several key gameplay features were revealed. This includes the ability to form battle alliances with other players. Online co-op will be available. However, consumers will need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to access online features. Update: Bandai Namco confirmed it will come to the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC as well.

The short trailer also revealed players will be able to upgrade their individual Gundam using parts. Characters from a variety of Gundam series will appear in SD Gundam Battle Alliance. This includes Kira Yamato from Gundam SeeD, and Mikazuki Augus from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Players will lead three Mobile Suits into battle as they uncover why the various timelines have come together.

You can watch the trailer below.

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Among notable Gundam characters, several popular Mobile Suits and Gundam were shown during the trailer. This included Big Zam, OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon, and the ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos. More information regarding the title will appear in the future.

Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enix
Release: <time datetime="2022-04-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 7, 2022</time>
Rating: Teen

Players of the original Chrono Cross have long praised it as one of the standout role-playing games of its time. Inventive characters, an intriguing dimension-hopping story, and incredibly memorable music made it a game that has stuck in the memory of gamers even decades after its original release back in 1999. The fondness players have for the series hasn’t been lost on those who hold its rights, as Square Enix has just announced that a remaster, entitled Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, is on the way to the Nintendo Switch.

No Man's Sky - Hello Games' ever-evolving exploratory space sim - will be packing down all 18 quintillion of its procedurally generated planets and squeezing them onto Switch this summer.

It's certainly an ambitious undertaking given the Switch's comparative limitations and the generally demanding nature of No Man's Sky's procedural core, and Hello admits the project - which a small team at the studio has been "secretly working on" for the last couple of years - has been a "real moonshot".

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Today, during its latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the house of Mario and Zelda and Monolith Software announced Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

The game will come to Nintendo Switch in September and “ties together the future of the worlds depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.”

You can check out the trailer below.

If you’d like to learn more, here’s how Nintendo officially describes the game:

“A vast world awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the next game in the acclaimed RPG series from developer MONOLITHSOFT. Players will step into the roles of protagonists Noah and Mio amid turmoil between the hostile nations of Keves and Agnus. Six characters hailing from those nations will take part in a grand tale with “life” as its central theme. Explore a new world that will connect the futures of both Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, launching for Nintendo Switch in September 2022.”

Today, during the Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that a Metroid Dread would be getting two free new game modes added to it. The first is called Dread Mode, where players lose immediately if they even get hit once. On the other side of the spectrum, Rookie Mode is a much more forgiving mode that is designed for newer players of the series.

Both of these modes will be added to the game for free later today. Additionally, a Boss Rush mode is also going to be launching in April 2022, allowing players to speedrun the boss fights of Metroid Dread.

You can check about the game and its new modes via the official trailer and description below:

Upon investigating a mysterious transmission on Planet ZDR, Samus faces a mysterious foe that traps her in this dangerous world. The remote planet has been overrun by vicious alien lifeforms and murderous robots called E.M.M.I. Hunt or be hunted as you make your way through a labyrinth of enemies in Samus’ most intense side-scrolling adventure yet.

Nintendo announced that both Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings are joining the NIntendo Switch Online service. Subscribers will be able to play it starting on February 9, 2022.

Here’s the trailer revealing they are on the way. It offers a look at how both will look on the system. Earthbound Beginnings is the first Mother game for the NES. Earthbound is the localization of the SNES game Mother 2.

#SuperNES and #NES RPGs EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings will be available to #NintendoSwitchOnline members…shortly after today's presentation! pic.twitter.com/tOGgfINibk

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) February 9, 2022

Ahead of the reveal, Mother creator Shigesato Itoi teased something would be on the way.
https://twitter.com/itoi_shigesato/status/1491443271146827784

Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings both appeared outside Japan digitally before. For example, you could play Earthbound Beginnings on the Wii U.

The latest Nintendo Direct presentation aired today, February 9, and it featured a huge amount of information on upcoming Nintendo Switch games. Many of these are planned for the first half of 2022, so you'll have no shortage of new titles to enjoy as we move into spring and early summer. But some of the announcements stood out from the rest, and they have us particularly excited about Nintendo Switch. These were the biggest announcements from the February 2022 Nintendo Direct.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Fire Emblem Warriors is back with a sequel focused specifically on the smash-hit Fire Emblem: Three Houses game. Featuring the same locations and characters as the tactical role-playing game but with the massive "Warriors" battle style, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes features a different story than the previous game. Will those hundreds of grunts destroyed by the player be subject to permadeath? It releases on June 24.

Earlier today during the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch Sports was revealed for the Nintendo Switch. This game is the next game in the Wii Sports franchise, a series of games which was made popular on the Nintendo Wii back in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

At launch, Nintendo Switch Sports will include tennis, bowling, chambara, soccer, badminton, and volleyball. Just Like the Wii U version of Wii Sports, you’ll be able to play the game online with friends or in random matchmaking.

An update will come to the game this Summer that will add the full soccer game. And if you loved the golf game in the original game, then there’s good news for you. The Fall update will add golf to Nintendo Switch Sports.

An online playtest will take place before launch from Feb. 18-20. If you want to take part then you must have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. You can visit the game’s official website to sign up.

You can check out the official Nintendo Switch Sports trailer down below. The game launches for Nintendo Switch on Apr. 29.

And if you just can’t get enough Nintendo reveals, then you can check out the video-on-demand version of the full Nintendo direct down below.

Platform: Switch
Publisher: Valve Software
Developer: Valve Software

Valve's landmark puzzlers, Portal and its sequel, Portal 2, are coming to the Nintendo Switch, as announced today during Nintendo's most recent Direct livestream. 

In terms of the releases, the Portal Companion Collection seems to be just that: both games in one package. The brief announcement trailer did not specify any new content coming to the games, aside from the change in platform. Nevertheless, playing the Portal games in handheld mode seems novel. 

Check out the trailer here:

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No release date was given for Companion Collection, though the trailer did announce the games will be released "this year." 

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A new trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land was unveiled at today's Nintendo Direct, and the pink puffball has a new trick up his sleeve - Mouthful Mode.

This mode will allow Kirby to inhale and then embody everyday objects around him during his quest to save the imprisoned Waddle Dees. Yes, this means Kirby will be able to inhale a car, and then corporally drive around the environment. He will also be able to inhale vending machines, and then use its contents to attack his foes.

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Today during the Nintendo Direct, a remaster for the 1999 Playstation game Chrono Cross was announced. The remaster is called Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, and it will be coming digitally to consoles and PC later this year.

Chrono Cross is set in the same world as Chrono Trigger. The story focuses on a teenage boy named Serge as he travels through two parallel worlds, one of which resembles his home world. Along the way, he meets a cast of over 40 characters who can join him in his quest depending on choices made.

The remaster features a variety of improvements, such as the ability to turn off enemy encounters and a newly enhanced soundtrack. There will be a background filter feature, auto-battle function, additional languages, ability to switch between pixel font and HD font, and ability to choose between playing with original or updated HD graphics.

Additionally, the game will include Radical Dreamers, a text-based game set in the Chrono universe that was released exclusively for the Satellaview. This is the first time this game will be released outside of that original release.

Fans will also be able to preorder a special Chrono Cross Music Box that was originally only released in Japan as Chrono Concert series merchandise. It will ship in October 2022 and can be purchased at the Square Enix online store.

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Nintendo has announced a "Booster Course Pass" for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that will add 48 additional DLC courses to the popular racing game by the end of 2023. The first wave of courses arrives March 18.

The DLC will include remastered courses from earlier games. Eight courses will be released across six waves, for a total of 48 courses in all. Some of the courses confirmed so far include Coconut Mall from Mario Kart Wii, Choco Mountain for Mario Kart 64, and Tokyo Blur from Mario Kart Tour. These will be available in the first wave, and they can be played locally and online.

The Booster Course Pass costs $25 on its own. It's also included with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass at no extra cost. Individual waves of courses cannot be purchased alone.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the Switch's best-selling game of all time, with more than 43 million units sold, so it makes sense that Nintendo wants to keep the party going like this with additional DLC.

For more, check out GameSpot's rundown of all the biggest games and announcements from today's Nintendo Direct.

Nintendo is finally delivering us a sequel to one of the Wii's best games. During the February 2022 Direct, Nintendo revealed Switch Sports, a follow-up to Wii Sports.

Like its predecessor, Switch Sports delivers a bunch of different sports to play, all of which are played with motion controls.

The highlight of Switch Sports is volleyball, a sport that video games have consistently not done a great job of delivering... unless you're considering Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

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Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Release: March 25, 2022
Rating: Everyone 10+

Kirby and the Forgotten Land is coming on March 25. In today's trailer shown during the latest Nintendo Direct, we got a new look at some of Kirby's abilities in the game. 

As you'd expect, they involve him sucking items up and transforming based on what he swallowed. This ability is known as Kirby's Mouthful Mode, and when he sucks up something like a car, for example, Car Mouth is activated. In Car Mode, Kirby can race around the level, ramming through any enemies in his way. 

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During today’s Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that its classic RPGs Mother (known in the West as EarthBound Beginnings) and EarthBound are coming to the Nintendo Switch’s retro libraries for NES and SNES, respectively.

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Nintendo's just announced an update for the series that started as a Wii pack-in. Nintendo Switch Sports will land on the Switch on the 29th of April.

Nintendo Switch Sports sees three classic sports returning - Tennis, Bowling and Chambara. You'll also be able to play three new games: Soccer (Football), which uses a giant ball, just like real soccer (football), Badminton, which will please friend of Eurogamer Ed Thorn, and Volleyball. I don't know why I capitalised all the sports but it's too late to change that now.

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Today, during its latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the house of Mario and Zelda and Square Enix announced Live A Live.

The name will likely ring a bell for many JRPG veterans, as it’s a remake in the popular HD-2D visual style of Square’s classic game with the same name, originally published in 1994 on the Super NES/Famicom

It’ll release on Nintendo Switch on July 22.

The game features several stories set in different times and places in history, which you can play in any order that you want. It’s certainly a very unique take on the genre and now western audiences will finally get to experience it.

You can check out the trailer below and see how the new visuals transformed the original game.

If you’d like to learn more, you can find an official description below:

During the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, Disney and Pixar announced Disney Speedstorm, an upcoming kart racer that incorporates characters from both company's histories. A new trailer for the game showcased what the game would look like.

Speedstorm will be a free-to-play combat racer. The game will feature split-screen and online multiplayer and also support cross-play.

You can expect to see Speedstorm launch for Switch this summer. Given that it supports cross-play, it should be launching for other platforms too, but Nintendo did not reveal what they might be during the Direct.

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Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo

During today’s 40-minute long Nintendo Direct, we got a glimpse at Splatoon 3’s frenetic cooperative multiplayer mode. 

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Klonoa is coming back and will appear on the Switch. Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is on the way. The collection will be available on July 8, 2022. It will include two classic titles. People will be able to go through remasters of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil . PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC versions are also on the way.

Here’s the first trailer for it. It starts off with a look at the first installment in the series. Then, it shifts to show off Lunatea’s Veil.

We also know about some of the special features for the game. There will be co-op multiplayer for up to two people. You can also change both games' difficulty.

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series will come to the Nintendo Switch on July 8, 2022. PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC versions are "coming soon."

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Triangle Strategy has been a regular Nintendo Direct fixture since it was announced. Which makes it no surprise it appeared during the February 2022 Direct. This time, it was in regards to a new trial. A Triangle Strategy Prologue Demo will appear on the Switch.

This Triangle Strategy demo will be different than the original. Square Enix used the first one the same way it did its initial Bravely Default II trial. It asked folks to offer feedback on the experience. The company then used the details to shape its development. The Project Triangle Strategy first trial showed up in February 2021. Square Enix then offered a list of how the final game changed in response. Among the additions were new difficulty options.

As for this trial, it seems people can expect to play through the early portions of the game. You can get to the end of the third chapter. The announcement also confirmed people can carry over save data.

Triangle Strategy will come to the Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2022, and there will be a new Prologue Demo for it.

Metroid Dread will receive a free update that adds two new difficulty modes for all players. The news was revealed during a jam-packed Nintendo Direct that featured 40 minutes of news. Metroid Dread players can expect the free patch to be downloadable later today, February 9.

The first new difficulty, called Dread Mode, brings much higher stakes to the game with a one-hit-kill element that can upend Samus' valiant efforts in a flash. On the flip side of that hardcore mode is a new Rookie Mode, which is meant to be an introduction for new players, or perhaps just give veteran players a breezier experience.

Nintendo also announced that a second free update, currently scheduled for April, will add a boss rush mode to the game. Watch for the first free update to appear on your Switch today if you're eager to make Metroid Dread harder or easier.

Platform: Switch
Publisher: Forever Entertainment
Developer: Forever Entertainment

Front Mission is back with Front Mission 1st: Remake coming to Nintendo Switch this summer. Announced at today's Nintendo Direct, a remake of Front Mission 2 has also been announced to come to Switch at a later point in the future. Check out the entire announcement trailer below!

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 exists and it’s only a few months away. Nintendo revealed the sprawling open-world game will come to Switch in September 2022, and it looks even prettier than its predecessors.

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Nintendo just announced what’s basically a sequel to the best-selling Wii game of all time, Wii Sports, only this time for the Nintendo Switch. And this latest edition is called...Nintendo Switch Sports.

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Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition has officially been announced. Revealed at today's Nintendo Direct, the upcoming Switch title is a remaster of the 1999 RPG Chrono Cross, complete with several quality of life changes such as the ability to skip battles and a newly refined soundtrack. In addition to Chrono Cross, the game also includes Radical Dreamers, a text-based adventure game that served as a supplemental title to Chrono Trigger and was originally released on Super Famicom.

Shortly after the Nintendo Direct announcement, Square Enix shared the remaster will be available on other consoles as well. In addition to Switch, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam. You can preorder the collection through the Nintendo eShop, Steam, and Square Enix's official website.