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Portal: Companion Collection, a compilation of both Portal and Portal 2, will come to Nintendo Switch later this year.

Valve's brilliant pair of 3D puzzlers will make their Nintendo debut with the latter game's co-op mode also intact.

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The Nintendo Switch looks to be giving all sorts of new life to old games in 2022. Both Portal and Portal 2 are heading to Nintendo's console, combined together in a single release called Portal: Companion Collection.

Nintendo announced the new Portal ports during the February 2022 Nintendo Direct with a new trailer. As fans of Valve's space-bending puzzlers already know, a big part of Portal 2 was the cooperative play it offered. The Switch version will include local, online, and split-screen cooperative multiplayer.

If you're unfamiliar, the Portal games are first-person puzzlers known as much for their humor--and quippy AI antagonist GLaDOS--as for their challenging, inventive puzzles. In the first Portal, you play Chell, a woman who wakes up in the strange Aperture Science portal testing facility and who is run through a series of tests by GLaDOS, which eventually become more and more unnervingly dangerous. The first Portal was relatively compact, coming as a part of Valve's Orange Box release for Half-Life 2.

Portal 2, on the other hand, expands on everything in the original, making for a much longer and more in-depth experience. It also expands on all the story related to the game, giving you a lot more information about GLaDOS, Aperture Science, and its founder, Cave Johnson. It also is pretty damn funny.

We don't have a definitive release date for Companion Collection, however. The Direct has slated the game as coming out "later this year," so we're stuck waiting for further details.

Today, during its latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the house of Mario and Zelda announced Front Mission 1st.

This is a full remake of the original Front Mission coming in 2022. It’s developed by Forever Entertainment and it’s likely one of the Square Enix franchises teased by the developers a few months ago, and we totally called it.

On top of that, Front Mission 2 will also come at a later time.

You can check out the announcement trailer below.

Here are the details provided by the developer:

• Front Mission comes back as a remake
• The game features a modern mode with improved controls
• The legendary soundtrack fully orchestrated

“In the year 2090, the world’s conflicts are fought using giant war machines called Wanzers. Huffman Island, the only place where the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.) share a land border is a hotbed of conflict. With dozens of characters to meet, its mature story, and non-Manichean protagonists, Front Mission is the classic tactical Japanese RPG, finally available worldwide.”

The classic platformer series Klonoa is getting a two-game compilation on Nintendo Switch later this year. At today's Nintendo Switch Direct presentation, it was confirmed that Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is coming on July 8, bringing together the games Door to Phantomile and Lunatea's Veil in one package.

A trailer showed off the colorful Klonoa games running on Switch, looking nice and crisp to boot. Though the Switch version is coming on July 8, a trailer from Bandai Namco also notes that it's coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X without a specified release date.

The two games were originally released for PlayStation and PS2 in 1997 and 2001, respectively.

The Nintendo Direct stream is now underway, and Mario Strikers Battle League just got announced as a sequel to the Mario soccer series that started back on the Gamecube. The trailer shows off plenty of gameplay and gives us a look at a few special moves, too.

This soccer game is coming to the Switch on June 10, which is right around the corner. This is a surprise, considering we haven’t seen it at all leading up to this Direct. You’ll be able to play with up to eight players online with all of the over-the-top moves that Strikers is known for.

You can have a look at the Mario Strikers Battle League trailer below to hear the narration and see the gameplay for yourself:

You can actually pre-order the game right now if you’re interested in putting down some money early to get your hands on this next installment in the Strikers series.

Earlier today during the Nintendo Direct, some new details on the upcoming remake, Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp was revealed. The game is a remake of the GBA classic franchise, Advance Wars. But this time there’s new art and a few new features that take advantage of the Nintendo Switch Online features.

Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp will feature custom maps that you can play on locally. On top of that, you can share the custom maps online. That way you can let others play your creations and you can even test out other player’s maps. Other online features include multiplayer and leaderboards.

But if you prefer to stick to the couch and hang out with your friends in person, then there’s always the local multiplayer mode.

Different from the original games, you can fast-forward gameplay to make it through enemy turns much faster than before. Additionally, you can reset turns if you end up making a move that you regret. Or if you want the classic experience, then you can just play through the game without using those additional features. This remake will also be the first in the series to feature full-voiced characters.

You can check out the official trailer for Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp down below. The game launches exclusively on Nintendo Switch on Apr. 8.

It’s been fifteen years since the last Mario Strikers game, but fans of the battle soccer series don’t have to wait much longer for a new game. During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the company revealed Mario Strikers: Battle League, which will hit the Nintendo Switch on June 10.

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Chrono Trigger pseudo-sequel Chrono Cross is being remastered for the Nintendo Switch. It’s scheduled to launch on April 7.

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Today during the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a trailer showcasing one of the game modes in Splatoon 3, Salmon Run: New Wave.

Salmon Run was a horde mode that was introduced in Splatoon 2, the previous game on the Switch. Now we see that it’s back in Splatoon 3, and it looks bigger and better than ever. There’s even wacky, creepy music to go along with it.

The trailer shows a helicopter bringing mecha enemies and bosses to the island where you and your friends will need to defend eggs and bring them to safety. They feature a boss called Fish Stick, who needs to be contained with the help of all teammates.

One of the new features in Splatoon 3’s Salmon Run: New Wave is the ability to throw collected eggs to teammates and into the safety basket. This wasn’t a feature in Splatoon 2, and it will provide more opportunities to work together to save as many eggs as possible.

Nintendo also revealed that Splatoon 3 will launch this summer, and reminded us to look out for more information coming soon.

You can watch the full trailer for Splatoon 3 Salmon Run: Next Wave below. Be sure to check back with Twinfinite for more information on what was revealed in today’s Nintendo Direct.

Mario Strikers - Nintendo's much-loved, but long-absent football game - is finally making a return on 10th June, in the form of Mario Strikers: Battle League for Switch.

The first series entry, Super Mario Strikers (also known as Mario Smash Football in Europe), initially launched for GameCube all the way back in 2005, foisting a typically Nintendo spin on the beloved sport. If you're unfamiliar with the game, think a Mario Golf or Mario Tennis style makeover - replete with game-changing items and ludicrous special attacks - but 5v5 football action, and you're pretty much there.

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School’s back in session The Fire Emblem series is headed back to the musou format. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is coming on June...

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Today, during the Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that a Pixar and Disney racing game would be arriving on the Nintendo Switch and other platforms this summer. Titled Disney SpeedStorm, the game will include loads of characters and locations throughout the catalog of animated movies and television shows that the companies have, and will feature online multiplayer.

Disney SpeedStorm will be free-to-play and will also include cross-platform play, so you can race against your friends on other platforms. No specifics have been clarified as to what other consoles it will be on at this moment.

You can check out the official trailer for Disney SpeedStorm down below.

If you’re curious about the other games showcased during the latest Nintendo Direct, Twinfinite has got plenty of ongoing coverage, including lots more news listed below. Be sure to check back to the site for consistent updates on Disney SpeedStorm and everything you could ever want or need to know about all of the Nintendo and Direct-related events.

Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, the long-awaited return of the beloved Nintendo strategy franchise, finally drops on April 8, 2022. Preorders for the upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive recently went live, and we’ll show you where you can order an early copy for yourself. Re-Boot Camp was shown off during the most recent Nintendo Direct. The remakes will feature voice acting, a fast forward and rewind function, and a map editor that lets you make your own levels. Advance Wars will have both local and online multiplayer.

Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp preorder bonuses

Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp does not include preorder bonuses at this time. This is common for Nintendo-published titles, but it’s always possible third-party retailers may throw in an extra or two. We'll make sure to update this article if any retailers announce preorder bonuses.

The Nintendo Switch is getting another Mario sports game. Mario Strikers: Battle League, the first Mario soccer game since 2007, releases on Switch on June 10. Preorders for Mario Strikers: Battle League are starting to pop up, and we've got all of the details you need to know.

Mario Strikers: Battle League preorder bonus

It's rare for Nintendo to offer an official preorder bonus with its games, and Mario Strikers: Battle League will likely be no different in that regard. However, Mario games often get retailer-specific bonuses, including the last year's Mario Golf: Super Rush. While no retailers have announced any bonuses so far, it wouldn't be surprising to see bonus goodies included with orders from Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, or Target.

Mario Strikers: Battle League is a 5v5 soccer game that, unsurprisingly, twists the rules of the game to make it more action-packed and chaotic. The field has an electrified perimeter, and you can tackle opponents into it to shock and stun them. Familiar Mario items like green shells can be used to attack opponents, and a special shot dubbed Hyper Strike count for two goals if you score. A lot of the gear is designed to make it look like the characters are going into a fierce battle, but it's more than just for show. Player stats change when you switch outfits and accessories.

The next entry in the Fire Emblem series has been revealed. Set in the same universe as the Fire Emblem: Three Houses universe, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a Musou-style game that offers players a different spin on the story of Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude. The game is set to release exclusively on Nintendo Switch on June 24.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is coming to Nintendo Switch, Nintendo announced as part of its Nintendo Direct event on Wednesday. It will be released on April 20 from developer Aspyr Media.

The game was originally released in 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. It also came to Wii, and Nintendo says the new version for Switch is an "enhanced" edition of that. The game supports button and motion controls, as well as local co-op for its Duel mode (which has 27 characters to choose from). It will cost $20 on Nintendo Switch.

Aspyr Media is also working on a Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake, but it has not been announced for Switch.

Nintendo’s Japanese website already teased that Splatoon 3 would be a 2022, but now we know more about a mode in it. The 2022 Nintendo Direct brought up the game again. Salmon Run Next Wave will be in Splatoon 3.

Salmon Run is the co-op multiplayer mode in Splatoon 3. Your goal each run is to collect the golden Salmonid Eggs. New bosses like the Fish Stick appeared in the footage. It also noted there will be an Egg Throw move, which you can use to toss Salmonid Eggs to allies.

The Salmonid are preparing to make a big splash in Salmon Run Next Wave! Find out if the Inklings and Octolings will ink or swim when #Splatoon3 launches on #NintendoSwitch this summer! pic.twitter.com/krVDu6fIpi

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

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, the strategy remake from Nintendo and developer WayForward, has a new release date. The game is now slated to launch on April 8, 2022.

Announced at E3 2021, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is a reworking of Game Boy Advance titles Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. The first two games in the franchise to see release in the West, they're part of a Wars series that dates back to the Famicom era in Japan. Players lead the Orange Star army against foes in tactical battles with tanks, infantry, planes and ships.

Nintendo originally slated Re-Boot Camp for release in December 2021. It delayed the game to Spring 2022 in October for more development time. Until the Nintendo Direct announcement, the company had given no specific timing for the Re-Boot Camp release.

The new release date announcement was part of the February 9, 2022 Nintendo Direct. In the presentation, Nintendo showcased upcoming titles like Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and Mario Strikers: Battle League. The presentation also showed footage of the game, which you can check out below.

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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp will launch on April 8, 2022 on Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe. There's no word yet on a Japanese release.

Today, during its latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, the house of Mario and Zelda announced Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

The game is a warriors/musou version of Fire Emblem: Three Houses telling a “different story within the same universe.”

The game will launch on Nintendo Switch on June 24, 2022.

You can check out the trailer below.

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Today, during the Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that No Man’s Sky would be arriving on the Nintendo Switch this summer. You can check out the official description and trailer down below.

Inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction, No Man’s Sky presents you with a galaxy to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action.

In No Man’s Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets filled with life, and you can go to any of them you choose. Fly smoothly from deep space to planetary surfaces, with no loading screens, and no limits. In this infinite procedurally generated universe, you’ll discover places and creatures that no other players have seen before – and perhaps never will again.
Now including…
Play with all major updates since launch: Foundation, Pathfinder, Atlas Rises, NEXT, The Abyss, Visions, the 2.0 BEYOND update, Synthesis, Living Ship, Exo Mech, Desolation and the 3.0 update, ORIGINS, Next Generation, Companions, Expeditions, Prisms and Frontiers.

An epic voyage to the centre of a shared universe awaits, allowing you to explore, trade, fight and survive alone or with friends.

Procedurally generated prog rock music video No Man’s Sky is coming to Switch later this summer, Nintendo announced today during a 40-minute Nintendo Direct.

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The February 2022 Nintendo Direct kicked off with Fire Emblem Warriors 2, which is Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. This will be a Fire Emblem: Three Houses game. It will appear on June 24, 2022. This will be a worldwide release date.

The new Fire Emblem Warriors game will star the adult versions of the characters from the mainline installment. The first trailer showed people like Byleth, Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard.

Here’s the first art for the game. It shows Byleth facing a new foe.

A different story set in the #FireEmblem: Three Houses universe awaits in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, coming to #NintendoSwitch on 24/06. pic.twitter.com/fvQsYbjyAS

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

Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Release: June 10, 2022

Today during Nintendo's latest Direct presentation, the company announced Mario Strikers: Battle League, a new entry in the series with an action-focused take on soccer. The game will be released on June 10, though pre-orders are available now. 

Twisting the original sport, Battle League pits two teams of five against each other to – as you might expect – score more goals than the opposing team. While the game can be played alone, it also features up to eight-player multiplayer and the ability to join online soccer leagues.

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Nintendo has just announced Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a musou spin-off of the popular Fire Emblem Three Houses.

Familiar faces return in this new story set in the Three Houses world (similar to how Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity expanded on Breath of the Wild, perhaps?). It's set to launch for Nintendo Switch on 24th June 2022.

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses is coming back, this time as the frenetic hack-and-slash game Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. The Musou-style game arrives on Nintendo Switch on June 24, 2022.

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Oh, this is nice! Nintendo's used its latest Direct to slap a date on Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp. The bundling of two classic tactical battlers will be hitting Switch on 8th of April, with pre-orders available now on the Nintendo eShop.

Re-Boot Camp includes both Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. Both are absolute classics - brightly coloured turn-based gems that are fiercely replayable. The remake has a chunky 3D art style that a lot of people find hard to love, but it's not the only new element, by the sounds of things. Nintendo also announced that the COs will now be voiced, you'll be able to fast-forward gameplay and reset moves, and there are a handful of additional modes too.

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Platform: Switch
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Koei Tecmo
Release: June 24, 2022

Nintendo has revealed Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, which, as the name implies, is a Three Houses take on the Musou Warriors spinoff.

Fire Emblem Warriors was first released back in 2017, and it was the first Warriors game set in the universe of Fire Emblem. It's back in Three Hopes, which will bring Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and all of your favorite students and teachers from Three Houses back for the fight. Despite having the "Fire Emblem Warriors" name, this is not DLC – it's a brand-new game. It will be released on June 24 on the Nintendo Switch, so you won't have to wait too much longer now. 

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