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

They pretty much announced everything EXCEPT Silksong 😄

Great Direct, though! If there wasn't at least one game you're interested in here, you probably just don't like Nintendo 😋

playable Princess Zelda and Marvel Vs. Capcom is all I need.
everything else is just filler for me.
A+ Nintendo Direct, one of the best I've ever seen.

After many years of previous Directs, I feel like it's almost clear to point a pattern in the newer ones.

This direct has grown on me after letting it sink in.

Hopes aside, were you expecting today's Direct to be this substantial?

No, you didn't. Stop lying.

The Xenoblade X port rumours got me and I'm annoyed I let them get my hopes up, oh well here's to the September direct I guess 🤷🏼‍♂️

One of the best directs I've seen since they announced Banjo Kazooie coming to NSO!

Really solid Direct. The Switch is going out with a bang. Looks likely that it will go on to surpass the PS2 in the next couple of years.

That total bait and switch Zelda game reveal was very frustrating to watch. Doesn't look like something I'd care about. I'd much rather have seen another proper Zelda game where you play as Link with traditional sword attacks and stuff. This looks like some meh gimmick puzzle game just with a Zelda game skin.

The new Mario & Luigi: Brothership game looks like it was shopped out to some third party imo. Don't like the visual look of it at all. It has the early '2000s "toon" look, where it's just not done quite right to look quite right imo.

Metroid Prime doesn't look any different to the GameCube games in any notable way, which is just underwhelming. But the one good thing is that it coming out in 2025 pretty much guarantees Switch is going to see enough sales to become the highest selling console of all time at least. And, for whatever nostalgic Nintendo fan reason, I want Switch to become the highest selling console of all time.

The rest of the stuff just looked like I was watching a trailer from 2010. As a casual sideline observer, I have to say that I'm honestly not impressed or excited with that showing for Switch's near-term future.

Slightly disappointed knowing that we aren't getting Metroid Prime 2/3 Remasters before 4 but overall that direct was excellent and the best of the game presentations this "non E3".

Too bad we can only pick 3 options as there's atleast 10 games I want day one from today's direct.

The Mario & Luigi game was a pleasant surprise. But there's nothing in this Direct that is a must-buy for me.

I don't get as hyped for Directs as I used to, so I'm not feeling too bummed out or anything. I just have to recognize that most of what's shown doesn't do it for me personally. I am happy that Metroid Prime fans finally got to see Metroid Prime 4 and I hope it exceeds their expectations.

a solid direct to me, a new Mario&Luigi game, Echoes of Wisdom and a new trailer for Metroid were probably my highlights here. That said, nothing really got me hyped up too much this time

its crazy how good theyve gotten at making these directs clean, concise, and well-paced

@UltimateOtaku91 wait for the September direct im calling it now

Proud to be apart of the 2% excited for "Not Danganronpa 4"

Yeah, this Direct wasn't bad. I got some of the stuff I wished for and some others things too.

@epicgamner I hope you're right, and maybe shadow dropped as well.

Amazing Direct, specially considering the age of Switch. The only bad part is that this amount of content just makes Switch 2 look farther than I hoped for

@UltimateOtaku91 @epicgamner I reckon we won't see the Switch 2 reveal until next year so this is probably a good shout, also keeping my hopes up that Monolith finally brings XCX to Switch 😅🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Great direct. I know poll said 3 choices but 4 choices took it for me.

DK Country Returns (I wanna try DK one day), Legend of Zelda: Echos of Wisdom, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, and ofc Metroid Prime 4 got me interested.

@UltimateOtaku91 September direct may show MP 2 and 3 remasters. And be shadow dropped.

But I do expect them to be coming before MP 4 releases tho.

While I'm (as always) disappointed by no Wind Waker/Twilight Princess ports on Switch (it's the holy grail in much the same way as my wish that a Norwegian Theatre shall put up Wicked), I'm really looking forward to many things here, especially the new Zelda game. I'm also planning to play the new Mario & Luigi, Stray, LEGO Horizons, Dragon Quest 3 HD (haven't played any Dragon Quest yet, that seems like a good place to start) and the new Mario Party if it's possible to play in handheld (since my TV is not working and haven't for years, so playing things on the TV-screen is out of the question). And with that (and games not mentioned, but that I also do know or believe is coming this fall), there will be lots of fun to be had =D

This was my favorite direct. Not because of the announcements but because it was the first one I’ve ever watched live and the chat was so funny. It was just spamming “that’s not silksong” or “that’s not tomodachi life” and my personal favorite “ew another anime game”

All jokes aside I feel like it was all just bland rpgs with a couple of good announcements sprinkled in. Mario party and Zelda are the only ones I found interesting but it does feel like the new Zelda game was cobbled together

Amazing Direct. 9/10.
I don't think anybody expected a new Mario and Luigi. Who is developing that? I don't think anyone expected we would get a new Zelda in 3 months. And Metroid Prime 4 is real! I have a 7 year old preorder that I hope Walmart honours!

For me personally, it was like a 6.5/10 Direct. It had good stuff, but nothing that really wowed me. Metroid looks dope and while I'm gonna get it, I'm not that big of a Metroid fan, so that was more of a 'hey cool!' announcement rather than 'OMFG I NEED THIS GAME NOW'. I missed such an announcement in this one.

Still, a good showing, so I can't complain, especially for this stage of the Switch's life.

This Direct was a fantastic sendoff to the Switch.

Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, 2D Zelda, Metroid Prime 4.

And on the third party front, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, Ace Attorney Investigations, and the Dragon Quest HD-2D remakes.

A hearty 9/10 from me.

A new Mario & Luigi, a new Zelda and a new Metroid Prime, all shown off in a single direct. Nintendo still firing on all cilinders with the Switch.

I agree with others that the Metroid Prime 4 reveal felt a bit bland and action heavy, but I expect Nintendo to show the story trailer at the start of next year, ánd will show the updated graphics and features for the Switch 2. Just like they did with the Mario Odyssey reveal.

And on the other hand, the graphics of MP4 on the Switch will be the best graphics of most games. Especially that last shot with all the water falls looked amazing!

Happy to see more games will be added to the backlog soon. That little Switch sure doesn't disappoint.
Really enjoyed the direct, many good surprises, and I think they absolutely nailed the order of the reveals.

First, shout out to @dartmonkey for pulling all of this together in a comprehensive fashion, it was a very full Direct, whether you liked it or not, it wasn't 1 of those, 20 minutes of games then 20 minutes of 1 game, it was game after game after DLC after game. Even Metroid Prime 4 at the end wasn't too long.

I went in expecting to not be playing anything shown but came away expecting to play at least 3 or 4, maybe more. A couple of those on PS5 - Lego Horizon and Funko Fusion - but that should count too. Not sure how many MUST plays there are as I do feel like I need to wait for reviews before parting w/ my money but at least I'm interested. The new Mario & Luigi and Zelda games caught me by surprise, wasn't really expecting anything new, just ports and remasters - see Stray and Donkey Kong along w/ a few JRPG.

Still looking forward to Switch 2 though.

@RetroGames Have to disagree with you on every single point you made (except Prime 4 graphics, I wasn't blown away either but my assumption is it will be cross-gen and improve that a bit), but everyone's entitled to their opinion!

I loved this direct, so many great games and genuine surprises!

The Direct blew away my rock-bottom expectations given that I wasn't expecting any major new games from Nintendo themselves other than remakes/ports between now and the release of the next console. I didn't really care at all for the plethora of JRPG games. A little disappointed that a Pokémon X/Y HD port doesn't appear to be on the way (which would have been a nice appetiser to tide us over until Legends Z-A).

I was initially keen on New Denpa Man until they announced that it's F2P game. Hard pass.

New Zelda where we can play AS Zelda was easily the best of the Direct for me. It seems to do for the Link's Awakening remake what TOTK did for BOTW, by using a gimmick to transform a familiar world into an open-ended sandbox.

Also looking forward to grabbing Ace Attorney, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, Donkey Kong Country Returns (which I had previously skipped on Wii/3DS), and Super Mario Party Jamboree.

And I'm still cautiously optimistic that we'll get ports of Metroid Prime 2 and 3 between now and the release of Prime 4.

wow... and I was thinking Paper Mario TTYD was my last Switch game... and now there are like 5 new ones I must have!

Honest this direct was pretty good. And the fact we FINALLY have a new denpa men game is amazing and the fact that it’s free to play is especially amazing!
@RetroGames Dude…they’ve been using that art style since the start of the M&L series.

Legend of Zelda, Metroid 4 and Mario & Luigi. Enough to add to my wishlist

Great direct.

• Prime, Zelda, and Mario & Luigi are definites.
• MIO, DQIII, and Fantasian are maybes.
• Prime 2 and 3 would've been nice.
• I'd have liked an update on Plucky Squire. (And Silksong, of course.)

@Greatluigi That's not the same art style as the first games in the series. It's not automatically the same just because it's trying to look kinda cartoony too. And being cartoony is not the problem. The original games look great imo. It's the particular type of "toon" shader they've used here, which just looks crap as far as I'm concerned. Again, it has that early 2000s vibe, where it just screams of not quite understanding what makes proper cartoon art look good. This is not it for me.

A fire direct, but no Skylanders, -99/10.

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM FIGHTING COLLECTION ARCADE CLASSICS! Kataimachi no Yoru Triple! Zelda! Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! Hundred Line! The New Denpa Men!
@JohnnyMind I don't know how much you into sound novels/visual novels, but Kataimachi no Yoru Triple looks interesting. I wanted to let you know about these games, if you haven't watched Japanese Nintendo Direct like me, lol.

Welp my bank account is on life support.

I’m legit afraid to watch the Japanese Direct because there are usually a few games in there that get added to the list. I am already at 22 games from this Direct.

@RetroGames the game likely isn’t done yet and they are showing early footage. But honestly the animation looks amazing and perfectly captures the art style of the series.

A limit of 3 choices is cruel 😤 This was such a strong Direct I'm still processing everything.

This was a good one, M&L: Brothership, MvC collection & AA Investigations collection were the highlights for me.

Metroid prime 4 looks a bit ..safe and same ol, excited nonetheless...and yay for Stray but my goodness to get it on switch is such a graphical downgrade for such a stylish and beautiful game

Wow, Nintendo. One of the best Directs in a long time. I cannot wait to see what you have in store for Switch 2. Microsoft had a good presentation recently for their games but not as good as this one, Sony was awful. Both should take notice from this Nintendo Direct.

Why can't they just remake any of Animal Crossing T_T

Nintendo shattered my expectations, and then set them on fire! WHAT. A. DIRECT! One of the greatest Directs I've seen in years

Having all the vs Marvel vs. along with X-men Vs. in one game…yep getting copped on day one. If they do physical in other regions? Double dipping.

As ever, a excellent Direct, many games for everyone, and interesting surprises!!
For me, well, none one is totally my cup of tea, but, Zelda, Mario Party, Farmagia, Phantom Brave and Mario & Luigi are my interest, ok, to wait for them! ^•^

I'm head over heels with MIO

Fantasian was ruined, thanks for changing your policy about this, NintendoLife..

And I never thought I wouldn't vote for a newly announced Zelda game

Metroid did NOT look like it was running on a regular Switch

@Otoemetry
I haven't really followed rumours but Xenoblade X remake/port would be awesome. It totally deserves to be published on better selling console.

First time in a while the limit to just 3 choices for a direct poll really felt limiting.

Just putting my shopping list here so I don't forget:
Mario and Luigi: Brothership
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest I + II
Metroid Prime 4
Zelda: Echos of Wisdom
DKCR

(And play Perfect Dark on my 64)

Also, shame on this poll for only letting us pick 3!

Mario & Luigi: Brothership
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
The Hundred Line Last Defence Academy
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Yeah, that was pretty good. A lot of titles I was interested in or know I will be playing.

You know it’s a good Direct when I’m not even able to put a freaking ZELDA game in my top 3.

I don't think people understand how absolutely bonkers that Marvel vs Capcom collection is. It seemed impossible to ever get those games released from licensing hell but here we are. Previously the only way to play those games were either on original hardware or a collection exclusive to Xbox 360. Huge win for the fighting game community.

As for my favorites (besides MvC): Dragon Quest 3 HD2D is a day 1 buy for me. DKC Returns HD and Metroid Prime 4 are runners up. the new Zelda game looks cute but I think I'll pass on it.

Also whatever happened to Metal Slug Tactics? That new MS game they announced here looks like a mobile game and am not interested in it

Dragon Quests and the new additions to NSO highlights for me

I must admit I didnt think they would announce this many great looking games so late into the Switchs cycle. But I'm glad they did. I got 5 new games on my wish list now.
Considering how awesome the Xbox showcase was earlier it has been a really solid last couple of weeks here. Now, if only Sony would stop messing around. Lol.

@ZZalapski Not at all. I went in expecting the last gasp of a dying console. Instead it blew last year's direct out of the water.

@SillyG X/Y??? Not a chance, at least not yet. You're going to have to wait for the Black and White remakes first.

@MsMaestroon I can think of one way they could have made this better: announcing Banjo Tooie.

Every time I see a new N64 game added and it's not BT, I am grateful that I canceled the service two years ago after replaying BK.

The variety of what showed up in the direct helps affirm my mixed feelings during some of the big showcases during SGF last week.

It's not so much that Nintendo was a missing piece to what's effectively E3's successor (for better or for worse), but that this Nintendo Direct fills that niche of diverse gameplay and aesthetics that other mainstream gaming spaces sometimes lack.

On top of that, little time was wasted front-loaded with cinematics and preamble but instead, often got to the gameplay quickly and let them (metaphorically) speak for themselves.

Phantom brave, is that you?

I loved the previous game, it have a mechanic that I thought was absolutely brilliant.

I'm in, 110%, I'm in.

Unironically very excited about Denpa Men. I love that series and cannot wait to play it again.

I'm a little interested in trying fairy tail 2. And also romancing saga 2.

I'm so glad Stray is coming to Switch! Also looking forward to the new Zelda game.

Great Direct. There were some duds in it, but it's close to being all killer no filler. I'm really surprised to see so many high-profile Nintendo 1st party games at this stage in the Switch's life. With how long of a tail Nintendo games have it gives me hope that Switch 2 will feature backwards compatibility.

Mario Party looks like a blast as usual!

On another note, I'm feeling like an absolute bozo not picking up a Wii U. I really thought we would see a Wind Waker port in the Switch lifecycle. Maybe there's still time but big sad all the same.

The games that I have interest about.

Getting on Switch
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Super Mario Party Jamboree

Getting on PS5 instead
FAIRY TAIL 2
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports
Farmagia

Not sure, still thinking twice
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Btw, for Nintendolife staffs.
Was there any difference with Japanese Nintendo Direct?

With respect to stuff I didn’t even have a hint about happening, the Marvel/Capcom Fighting Collection, Stray, and Metal Slug Attack Reloaded.

Overall though, there’s no escaping Prime 4 and Legend of ACTUAL Zelda. Buzzed for those two in particular.

@Anti-Matter they didn’t get Turok in their NSO expansion, and there was something some of my pals on Discord spotted called Eggy Party… (…I know… 💧) …but we’re getting it too. Drops free to play next month. Don’t know about anything else, but I was on my way to work in the aftermath, so I’ll check when I land back.

@LadyCharlie Well...would have been perfect if they also included the X-Men arcade game in that bundle.

Awww man. Prime 2 and 3? TP and WW HD? Would have loved those.

But Zelda echo game came out of nowhere!

Has stray been released previously on other consoles? Looked like it had awesome potential

I skipped to the comments to see how long it would take before someone mentioned Silksong and it was literally the first comment...

To me this was a mix of cool Indies, fair 1st party. Eh DK Returns HD really do we really need it? I mean it's nice to have but is it needed I think something else would be better to offer but sure if no other DK game or other games instead to offer sure why not. Definitive edition on Switch this HD version even?

A new Denpa Men game sure why not. Some JRPGs. Some fair Indie ports or updates sure.... Nothing I care about really but good to see still.

Capcom with some classics sure why not. PN03/Under the Skin/Auto Modellista style game with fake cars then licenses and won't happen, that's all I care about nothing more.

Phantom Brave YES! I thought it was part of the NIS collections? Is this a sequel? A separate release? Seems a 3D remake using Disgaea 6 & 7 3D elements hmm. I mean it's cool to have but still wasn't expecting that. I'm interested for sure to be able to play it but 2025 hmm.

Prime 4's new name nice. I do think Beyond is a bit generic but sure. Also no number hmm I assume with the number logic even though numbers don't change much for some people. I assume to also connect with Prime remaster audience? Which is fine.

Alpha Dream died for Brothership to exist. Just sigh. It's good to see a new one (not a series I care for but still has a place) but I mean really? They couldn't have made this game with some assistance did they plan to kill themselves with the plan/path they set themselves up for? Did they want to be sacrificed on 3DS for this game to happen? What a waste. I know it's a different studio behind Brothership but still.

Rhythm Heaven was never going to happen not surprised.

Fantasian ported and with more content wasn't sure if they were going to do that or not so cool I guess.

Zelda having well Zelda playable which I've wanted since Spirit Tracks. It's new which is fair then just the open world only ones. They needed to have this game. It's no Oracle remake but still something good to see. Almost thought it was a Link Between Worlds Remake at first.

Not much for me but still. The rest of Dragon Quest HD is cool, the metroidvania and more are fine to see but not things I care for.

Mario Party seems odd what they are going for when they have both so sure I guess to not leave the other party game audience behind? Seems odd to have an update that way. Seems unfocused and too 'audience seeking where they are with data provided' of a response or getting others to buy both. Seems silly but sure whatever they have to do as a business I guess.

All the people wanting the Wii U aka GameCube Zeldas on Switch I mean why would Nintendo spend time doing that they want new ones to get people interested of gameplay, they haven't repeated remasters either. Think. Sigh. They have different ways to sell NES games and different ways to offer their other gens games or make new ones based on what they had been experimenting with of new gameplay ideas and merch as if that wasn't clear. That's just funny to me. There is a reason why WW/TP had new ideas to replace the GBA use, it wasn't just the art/availability.

Mario & Luigi Brothership
Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports
Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection
Super Mario Party Jamboree
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Are the games I'm most excited about. I will get excited about Metroid Prime 4, when the release date and collector's edition are announced.

Both Brothership and Wisdom looked quite bland to me so far

Prime 4 has almost come too late, like when your friend celebrates their birthday a month later because "not everyone could make it before".

Return of Returns is really underwhelming,
although 2D platformers already rereleased on the 3DS are apparently viable, so hoping for Woolly World, though maybe it's too late.

I thought this far exceeded any expectations.

I don't get how folks dog on Prime's graphics so much. It is a marvel to me how much Nintendo can squeeze out of a phone that was outdated 7 years ago.

Echoes of Wisdom is some next level game design. That is a very elegant mechanic.

@Anti-Matter I've had a look, and Japan got everything we did, plus...

• Dragon Saikyou Ouzukan Battle Colosseum – July 4, 2024
• Minna to Machigoro – July 5, 2024
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition – July 11, 2024
• Butto Bird – Coming right after Direct
• Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 – September 19, 2024
• Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 – July 18, 2024
• SCHiM – July 18, 2024 (we're getting this too, but I didn't see it in our Direct)
• Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus – July 18, 2024
• The Star Named EOS – July 23, 2024
• Ninja Slayer: Neo Saitama In Flames – July 24, 2024
• Reynatis – July 25, 2024, Demo coming after Direct
• Eggy Party – July 19, 2024
• One Piece Odyssey Deluxe Edition – July 25, 2024
• The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II for Nintendo Switch – July 25, 2024
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tempest Stories – August 8, 2024 (same Slime Datta Ken game we already know about?)
• Gundam Breaker 4 – August 29, 2024 (already know about this)
• Kamitsubaki City Ensemble – August 29, 2024
• Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Nekketsu Hachamecha Dai Kanshasai! – August 30, 2024
• Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation – New paid expansion DLC coming right after Direct

I’m always happy to get one game that goes in the “I’m definitely buying that” camp. Getting more than one, even better!

@timp29 Stray has been out on other consoles for years, I think it was a game of the year nominee the year before last

@Coffeemonstah huh I've been keeping an eye on Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus because I'm a massive weeb (😅) so I'm shocked this wasn't in our direct considering it's previously been confirmed as a Switch release, maybe they're having localisation issues? Hope it will just get a news feed announcement closer to the time and still release on that date because I don't wanna wait longer than Japan! 😆

Mario + Luigi announcement made me want to play the older games. That direct slapped

This has been a really cool Direct.
Many good games:
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Stray
The Hundred Line Last Defence Academy

@Bret : Note that I said port, not remake, as a port would require far less work to execute.

Is NL done with the individual game articles already?

@RetroGames something tells me you were the kid crying at their own birthday party huh

Solid direct for me. I wish we were getting metroid 2 and 3 Remastered as well, but I can't complain about finally seeing an end goal for prime 4. And who knows, they could still drop them before its out. 2025 doesn't mean January.

I picked:

• Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics because MvC 2 and The Punisher are fighter and beat 'em up classics (respectively).
• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition because, I am old, and I didn't realize that some challenges are like: "beat Super Mario Bros.", and "beat Super Mario Bros. without warping". That's incredible! It's basically trophies/achievements that I've been clamouring for! Up until now I thought they were all tiny bite-sized challenges, but this is very, very cool!
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch), which I will call Zelda's Awakening, and no one can stop me!

Where's the Amiibo? I need Amiibo!

@SillyG Either way, they've never broken step with bringing older games forward. Maybe it's my B/W fan bias talking but I think the fanbase would riot if B/W remakes got "skipped" in favor of porting X/Y.

@pipes That was Konami, not Capcom.

@LadyCharlie Ah, you’re right! Oh fiddlesticks….

Metroid Prime and Stray for me are locks. Marvel vs Capcom and Mio are maybes. I might get LM2 and Mario Party for my wife.

Still, the direct felt good all around, I can appreciate the effort.

@Corvus96 Not even once.

@Otoemetry Bo's out July 18th worldwide.

@PikaPhantom weird it wasn't included in the direct then, maybe it points to an upcoming indie showcase?

@Otoemetry I think it's a bit too early for one, and it was in the Japanese version of the April Indie World as well. SCHiM was in the US version of that Indie World, so for whatever reason the Bo developers just got dropped from both Western showcases

Looking forward to Farmagia, Echoes of Wisdom and Metroid most.