Gamers, mark your calendars. In today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the video game giant announced and featured tons of new games across player’s favorite brands that will come to the Nintendo Switch later this year and beyond.
Gamers are headed back to Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. In the new game, players take on the role of Zelda as the people of Hyrule, along with Link, go missing in strange rifts that appear across the land. The game launches on Sept. 26 along with a new Nintendo Switch Lite inspired by the series. The Switch will feature the Hylian crest and have access to classic Zelda games from the NES, Super NES, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Advance through the included year of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.
A new Super Mario Bros. game is also in the works. Mario & Luigi: Brothership is an RPG adventure series in which Mario and Luigi hop around the islands of Concordia, explore new places, and meet new friends. The game hits the Switch on Nov. 7.
Two more games featuring staple Nintendo characters are also on the way: Super Mario Party Jamboree, which comes out on Oct. 17, and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, which comes out on Jan. 16. Super Mario Pary Jamboree features five new game boards, two returning boards, and more than 110 minigames including challenges, puzzles, and more. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD features Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in an HD version of the game originally released on the Wii.
The presentation also featured a trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond featuring the first look at gameplay in Samus Aran’s next big adventure. The game is headed to the Nintendo Switch next year.
The Nintendo Direct finished off with updates on games from Nintendo’s global publishing and development partners, including Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, an updated version of the epic fantasy RPG that comes out on Nov. 14; LEGO Horizon Adventures, a new LEGO video game coming out this holiday season; Just Dance 2025 Edition, which features 40 hot songs to dance to and comes out in October; and Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, which features superhero showdowns across seven classic arcade games and launches later this year.
Whether you’re chomping at the bit to play more Zelda or you can’t wait to roam the world of Concordia with Mario and Luigi, Nintendo’s slate for the second half of this year is packed with adventure.
