Nintendo Direct February 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer

This will go down as the direct that happened

The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection announcement and Unicorn Overlord demo were the highlights for me.

Maybe Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance too. Still unsure how I feel about it overall.

There are some things I would buy, nothing I'm hyped for though.
Just screams "final year" for the Switch.

disappointment, just weak games

On the bright side, I can happily save money

So the best part was definitely the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer

It was decent. I was only interested and glad seeing some games I already knew about before (specifically Penny’s Big Breakaway, Another Crab’s Treasure, Pepper Grinder, and Tales of Kenzera: ZAU).

Always nice seeing more classic Rare games coming though.

Sold on Unicorn Overlord and Contra: Operation Galuga.

Looking at Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Gundam Breaker 4, Another Crab's Treasure, and Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection with hope.

Yaaaaawn.

Sad, but not really considering, the Rareware stuff was the most exciting.

Fantasy Life i, Unicorn Overlord, and Contra for me. Everything else was, "maybe I'll play it, maybe I won't?"

I didn't watch the Direct today (cause it isn't a first party release presentation) but I'm happy to see the games that came out!

I've been waiting for a decent portable Gundam game. Is this it?

Already sold on Unicorn Overlord. As for everything else Ender Magnolia is another highlight for me.

@TheBoilerman

Hopefully it doesn't feature the soundtrack from the trailer. 😵

The star wars. Contras and rare games are my highlights

Nothing that interests me personally. I'm disappointed by SMT V Vengeance being a separate purchase as someone who owns the original game already. They should at least offer it a reduced price if you have the original version. Not interested in spending another 60 bucks on the same game.

Blast Corps available now was by far the highlight for me.

@marcelominucelli disappointed for you but some of us are excited.

Where are the games at?

Wow that was quite a packed Direct for me. I already had Unicorn Overlord preordered, but now I’m interested in those games I think will appeal to the kids (Grounded, Snufkin, Endless Ocean, Suika DLC, Fantasy Life, Another Crab, World of Goo 2) and the geekier games I’ll probably like (Rare titles on NSO, Gundam Breaker, Star Wars Battlefront, Contra, even the new Ender Lilies sequel).
That was a lot to take in.

Super Switch can take its time bc I’ll be broke this year! 😅

I thought it was really good, but I’m not too picky and generally choose to enjoy variety and that was good in my opinion.

hi-fi rush comes to the ps5

A lot of the sequels/remakes in this one are from properties I always thought about trying, but never got around to. Hopefully I'll find the time to change that with at least a couple of these.

@JohnnyMind those rare games are not what people wanted or hoped would drop ..

Man, i haven’t seen the Direct yet, as i just got home, came straight here, saw this poll, and i am pleased. Pretty rare that the amount of selections we are limited to on the poll is a hindrance to me.
Grounded - my most wanted. I am almost excited to be disappointed with how bad it will probably run.
Pocket Card Jockey - Let’s freaking go. I remember Gavin dropping a paragraph or two about how we needed more PCJ last year and here it is. Loved the original and this is day one for me.
Star Wars Battlefront Yeah. Perfect choice for a multiplayer online 3p shooter on the Switch. Had a lot fun with this years back and excited to jump in again.
Monster Hunter Stories - i was sure a new MHS was getting announced. Kind of bummed it’s not a new game, but i did like the first more than the second, so i’m still hyped. Wonder if they’ll re-release the amiibo.
Snufkin:MoM - My partner is gonna go bananas as she has been waiting for this title forever. Just last year she got me to read a Moomin book (Moominsummer Madness) and i fell in love with the series and bought and read the rest. So i’m pretty excited too.
Alright, now to time go watch the direct.
Oh, and please pardon my gross display of enthusiasm.

Very much a treat. Release dates for Fantasy Life i and Kingdom Come, a promising sequel to one of the best recent metroidvanias, a curveball return of Epic Mickey itself, the migration of first Monster Hunter Stories and the lovely Pocket Card Jockey, a bunch of Rare retros for the sub, other cool stuff like Grounded and Arranger alongside World of Goo and even Endless Ocean sequels... the only negative commentary you may realistically read from my side would be authored by my wallet.😄 Switch continues to expand its treasure trove of a library.

I'm just satisfied the Direct happened and it had a decent showing. It's been a dreadfully slow news year in gaming.

You had me at RC Pro Am!

Snuffkin yay

For the poll I picked ender magnolia, monster hunter stories, and fantasy life i.
Though I did make a list on my notes app and the list is.
Grounded, unicorn overlord, SAO fractured daydream (how does playing a mmo save the world?), gundam breaker 4, monkey ball banana rumble, another crab’s treasure, penny’s big breakaway, pocket card jocky, and epic Mickey rebrushed.

So... You haven't included games from the Japanese Nintendo Direct again?

Boo anime and indie dump.. I’ll pass

Hey @k8sMum looks like Nintendo Life ate our other comments, and/or the entire article.😂

So it turns out there is no fast forward on YT that I could find, so I just watched it while I ate breakfast. It was actually better than I expected, even if it turns out I never play a game in it b/c these days I seem to only play games I can borrow from my library and most of these seem digital only. 🤷‍♂️

Nice to hear from you, glad to see you're still doing the gaming thing. 👍

Lots of great stuff but seriously Atlus can pound sand over SMTV:V. If it isn’t stand alone DLC. I will wait until it hits the bargain bin.

Love the demos and a number of games got release dates. Time to balance the budget!

I found today’s direct to be decent. Not their best, not their worst. None of the games are ones I’m super hyped for, but considering most of these will be released in the Switches eighth year, it’s pretty amazing.

I plan on checking a few of these out while I wait patiently for Switch 2.

Great coverage NL! 😊

Great Direct, thoroughly enjoyed it. Where do I sign?

Star wars battlefront no effen way!!! Also the south park game with the dumbest name ever looks way better than previously assumed... The last two games were fantastic hope this one is too...and your voting thing doesn't have south park on it

I usually don't tune in to these Partner Showcases, instead I watch what they offer individually and see if anything gets my attention.
This time I watched the whole thing, now my eyes are on:
-Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (really hope this gets a physical release)
-World of Goo 2
-Penny's Big Breakaway
-Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!
-Suika Game Multiplayer DLC
-The Rare games and Mother 3 in NSO
-Endless Ocean: Luminous (physical release confirmed by NCL)

Maybe Ender Magnolia and Pepper Grinder, the latter made me think of Drill Dozer.

I have to say, while I only have mild to moderate interest in a few of the games shown, this was quite a varied selection! Perhaps we'll be drip fed Rare Replay through NSO? 😋

More Shin Megami Tensei is always great!

Two games, kingdom come and contra, loved what they did with that game. Feel of nostalgia.
But this direct.

*EDIT:
Didnt know Killer instinct was added today! Holy moly didn't see that coming.

Nice time to save your bucks, at least for me.

Rarely have I been whelmed so under! Not one, not two, but NO game that I’d want.

Ah shrug. Don’t have time anyway.

So glad that Epic Mickey is returning! It being a remake I just hope that the devs keep to the very 'melancholy' tone the original version had.

The Direct was somewhat decent. Nothing I need day one, but some material did interest me. I'm glad there are demos for both Unicorn Overlord and Pepper Grinder (Mainly interested in this one since I get Drill Dozer vibes). I've heard a lot of good things about Pentiment. And as a Metroidvania fan, Ender Magnolia has me kicking myself for overlooking Ender Lilies before.

I'm glad Rareware is coming to NSO. None of the current games on offer interest me, but the future possibilities do. Also glad Monster Hunter Stories 1 is making the Switch, though I'm skipping this since I played it on 3DS. As for Pocket Card Jockey, I might finally try the game as long as touch controls aren't forced.

new monkey ball

imma see about that southpark since it wasn't even on the vote roster

@marcelominucelli Weak games Ender Magnolia, Unicorn Overlord, Shin Megami Tensei V, Fantasy Life i, Pentiment, Kingdom Come Deliverance?
I understand you might not like them, but they're by no means "weak".

I haven't played a Monkey Ball game since the original way back on Gamecube. It just seemed like one of those franchises that's "played one, played them all," you know? But I actually feel like getting back into it. I might actually get this new one.

@marcelominucelli I disagree. I count at least 5 good games with some quality. What did you expect?

This comment isn't offensive, it's just curiosity

I miss some news about Laika on Switch. Someone here knows something about this launch?

Considering I only have time for 1-2 games a year, nothing here that sings to me. Still always interesting to see what’s in the pipeline. Switch ain’t done yet… but the momentum might be slowing

I only watched the Japanese Direct.

Ender Magnolia is a fantastic news: the sequel of Ender Lilies, one of the best 2 or 3 Metroidvania I ever played.

The most surprising announcement to me, it's Hokkaidô Rensa Satsujin : Ohôtsuku ni Kiyu, remake of a totally obscure Japanese adventure and detective game that was first released in 1984 on Japanese computers (like PC-88) and directed by... Yûji Horii (one of the creator of the Dragon Quest series), and later released in 1987 in Famicom (only in Japan, of course). The Famicom remake of Portopia (which defined the Japanese adventure games and was also created by Yûji Horii) was based on this game, so it was also important. But I think this game is very obscure even to Japanese players, more than Portopia or Famicom Detective Club. But I'm very interested.

And the reveal of a new Action-RPG called Reynatis, taking place in Shibuya, seems very exciting to me.

Aside from that, the sequel of World of Goo is a good news to me (I loved the first game), as well as the remake of Epic Mickey and Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance. And, of course, the release of Mother 3 on NSO is exciting to me (but less exciting to many Western players). Unicorn Overlord seems very good too.

The new Forever Blue (I liked the Wii's version) and Monkey Ball might be interesting to me.

I'm happy to finally have a release date for the new Fantasy Life game, even if it is later than I would have hoped. I still have a huge backlog though so it's not the end of the world lol! Cool to see Epic Mickey come back as well. I was already sold on Unicorn Overlord but I was happy to see another trailer. Also, I can't wait to play Monster Hunter Stories when it launches. I loved the sequel and I'm hoping the original is just as good.

interested in ender lilies 2 fantasy ilfe and endless ocean 2

Looking at the list, I guess it was pretty decent. No games or announcements are particularly exciting, but overall... I want a lot of them? Unicorn Overlord is the obvious winner, but it was previously announced and is releasing soon, so the demo is just a form of early access. SMTV Vengeance would be more interesting if it didn't basically require replaying the same game. Maybe I should be skipping first editions for SMT games. I don't like that another Super Monkey Ball game has Banana in the title; makes it hard to figure out which is which in the shop. Fantasy Life i, Another Crab's Treasure, Penny's Big Breakaway, and Pepper Grinder all look cool. I'd have like a Big Breakaway demo, and Fantasy Life i kind of depends on how the multiplayer functions. I played the demo for Pocket Card Jockey on 3DS once and loved it, but never ended up buying the game. I should probably right that wrong this time around. Pentiment is supposed to be excellent. My cousin swears by Blast Corps. And I like the idea of Endless Ocean Lminous, but I don't think I actually enjoyed Endless Ocean back on the Wii, and I don't like the sounds of 'every dive is all new' or whatever it was-- sounds procedurally generated, which isn't ideal for an exploration-based experience.
Ultimately, knowing me, I'll definitely be getting Unicorn Overlord (since it's been preordered for months lol), maayyybe getting Pentiment, Another Crab's Treasure, and Pepper Grinder, and should be getting Pocket Card Jockey.

It's sad to see just a few people voting for Gundam Breaker 4. It surprises me that Gundam really isn't very popular outside of Japan but I hope that it gets more fans with this game. If you are interested in a fantastic hack n' slash with customization and online co-op features, please check this one. Gundam SD Alliance is also a great multiplayer game that, while has that weird kinda chibi aesthetic, it delivers the full Gundam experience and it's much better than many reviews made it out to be. Even if mechas aren't your thing, they are simply fun games that are easy to play.

I'm also very excited about the Battlefront games and Monster Hunter Stories.

Oh, and Another Crab's treasure looks like one of those games that will fall under a lot of people's radar and turn out great, but we'll see.

I could have voted for most of those. Liked virtually everything I saw in that Direct. What am I doing wrong?

It looks cute.
RPG with house decorating Animal Crossing style?
Sign me in.

Decent enough Direct, but not a ton I'm 100% going to pick up. As far as new things that caught my eye go, though, Arranger looks quite intriguing, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble actually looks like a return to form, Pocket Card Jockey is a likely buy from me, and Endless Ocean has my attention...but I'll really need a demo to sell me on it.

Arranger is the one I'm most excited for.

There should have been list for other. The Japanese direct had a lot of interesting games not shown in the other one. My top 3 are Guitar Life, Denpa Men, and Mother 3.

Man, the backlog with this console will never end... I think I could be playing Switch games until 2030.
There's about 6 or 7 games I want to get from this presentation only.

@Anti-Matter Fantasy Life i is a game made for you, then! (for me too)

Gundam Breaker 4- Game play looks kinda generic, but as a gunpla fan I'm sold more on the diorama mode. Then again, with no online features mentioned, who the heck can I show my builds off to? Tempted by that Tryon 3 face, but going to have to wait for the reviews.

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU could be neat too.

I saw Blast Corps and got teary eyed right after I lifted my jaw from the floor. Now, time to cry myself to platinum and the “You can stop now” achievement. Also, making me choose 3 when clearly I’m choosing 7 is cruel and unusual.

Contra, Another Crab's Treasure, Pepper Grinder, Ender Magnolia and Endless Ocean all seem pretty appealing to me.

Ender Magnolia?!? Put that on the list of "sequels/prequels I never expected to see." But I'm stoked!

Never played the original Epic Mickey, so will be interested in this for the right price. I'm a sucker for Platformers.

Super Monkey Ball is always a good time, and having a full-on new game might make me be willing to get back into the series. Again, for the right price.

Another Crab's Treasure looks wonderful. I'm not sure Switch is the route I'll go, but I think there's a high chance I end up with this one in my collection at some point.

Penny's Big Breakaway is another fabulous-looking game. 100% getting this one.

Pepper Grinder is one I've had on my Steam Wishlist for many months. Happy to see the wait is almost over! Looks neat.

Tales of Kenzera was announced at The Game Awards, right? Thought it looked awesome then. Not really much of a showcase today, but I am very much interested.

So, all in all, 7 games of interest for me is not shabby at all for any Direct. That said, only 3 of those were "breaking news" titles, so that does dampen the impact a bit. Regardless, it's nice to know I have Switch as an option for the others I already was interested in.

@johnedwin The Nintendo games? RC Pro Am for the old Nintendo heads. Killer Instinct and Battle toads for the Super Nintendo old people and Blast Corps because it’s one of my favorite N64 games of all time and its highly underrated. It’s one of those game you can’t watch and have to play on your own. I hope this is the version with the z-button glitch. Otherwise Blast Corps is going to be a harder game to play.

News of the Switch 2 delay followed by this debacle. Not a great week for Nintendo. That said, I will buy Ender Magnolia.

An absolutely laughable, pathetic and sad Direct, I wish they'd completely throw these "Partner Directs" into a boiling cesspit of magma where it belongs. Every single game shown was a laughingstock.

What a real slap in the face. Everything was laughable slop and such that didn't need to be shown in a video, but as a series of easily-ignored and blocked tweets.

I am only interested in Penny's Big Breakaway. The developer of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, should really give us a translation of the game to Scandinavian countries.

I just played Pepper Grinder demo, really cool, really refreshing.

Japan got some pretty nice stuff as well. Reynatis looks cool.

honestly, I'm pretty disappointed in this Nintendo direct. we didn't get any new Mario, Kirby, Zelda, etc games or any updates on upcoming ones. I am excited for epic mickey, though.

@rainbowtick Not sure how this would be a yawn for you, the variety here is pretty stellar and they showed off quite a lot.

A sequel to Ender Lilies, SMT V, Penny's Big Breakaway, Pepper Grinder, Another Crab's Treasure, and Tales of Kenzera easily made this worth it. Tons of other notable things too.

Expand the horizons my friend. This was far from a snoozefest