
Penny’s Big Breakaway, a 3D platformer from the team behind Sonic Mania, coming Early 2024. Vampire Survivors, the huge Steam hit where you battle wave after wave of enemies, is coming to the Switch on August 17th. Persona 5 tactical, a Persona 5 spinoff with - as the title implies - a heavy emphasis on tactical battles coming to the Switch November 17. Detective Pikachu will make his Switch debut on October 6th with a cinematic adventure game called Detective Pikachu Returns. A demo is coming June 28th, and if you really want to get in the Pikmin spirit, HD remasters of Pikmin 1 and 2 are available on the eShop today There will also be nighttime expeditions, which will bring in new monsters and new glowing Pikmin.
While the gameplay is similar to what we’ve seen in past Pikmin games, this time out you’ll have Ochi, a dog companion who can help you bash through obstacles and carry masses of Pikmin.
A long look at Pikmin 4, which is arriving on the Switch in exactly one month, on July 21st. No details were given about the latter game, but it showed Peach wearing a dress that made her look like Elsa from Frozen (or any other blonde in a sparkling blue dress, obviously). And at some point in 2024, we’ll be getting a Switch version of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, as well as an untitled game starring Peach. This summer we’re getting Wave 5 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, with a new course (Squeaky Clean Sprint) and 3 new characters (Petey Piranha, Wiggler and Kamek). On November 3rd Wario is getting a new mini-game collection, called Wario Ware: Move It. There’s a remake of NES classic Super Mario RPG arriving on November 17th.
There were plenty of other Mario-related highlights, too. The new game, which hits the Switch on October 20th, features Daisy as a playable character, Mario being able to turn into an elephant, and a whole bunch of other features that were promised to be fleshed out before the game’s launch.
Wonder, a return to the plumber’s 2D side-scrolling roots. The biggest announcement: Super Mario Bros. Mario and friends were undoubtedly the stars of the presentation. After a month in which we’ve seen highlights of new releases coming from Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, and pretty much everyone else, today it was Nintendo’s turn to show off what they have in the pipeline (no pun intended).