The first Nintendo Direct of 2022 just finished airing, and wow it was absolutely amazing. Although the biggest Zelda news was The Legend of Zelda theme appearing in Taiko no Tatsujin, the Direct certainly had something special for every player. Every moment bounced between a shocking new game announcement, to an exciting follow-up on a previously announced title. It started with a new Fire Emblem Warriors game but wasted no time in showing off Mario Strikers, Earthbound on Switch Online, DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nintendo Switch Sports, and then finally Xenoblade Chronicles 3. That list feels long, but it is just a fraction of the announcements shown off in the fast-paced direct. It is hard to tell what to be most excited about, though racing as Link on Coconut Mall is certainly up there. Anyways, without further ado, here is a full list of all of the Nintendo Direct’s announcements:
- Fire Emblem: Three Hopes (June 24, 2022)
- Advanced Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (April 8, 2022)
- No Man’s Sky (Summer 2022)
- Mario Strikers Battle League (June 10, 2022)
- Splatoon 3: Salmon Run Next Wave (Summer 2022)
- Front Mission 1st: Remake (Summer 2022)
- Front Mission 2 (Future)
- Disney Speedstorm (Summer 2022)
- Star Wars: The Forced Unleashed (April 20, 2022)
- Assassins Creed: The Ezio Colletion (February 17, 2022)
- SD Gundam Battle Alliance (2022)
- Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition (April 7, 2022)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March 25, 2022)
- MLB The Show 22 (April 5, 2022)
- Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece for Cloud (February 10, 2022)
- Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (July 8, 2022)
- Portal: Companion Collection (2022)
- Live a Live (July 22, 2022)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (April 29, 2022 / Play test on Februaury 18-20)
- Taiko no tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (2022)
- Triangle Strategy (March 3, 2022 / Demo available Febraury 9)
- Cuphead – The Last Delicious Course (June 30, 2022)
- Metroid Dread Updates (Febraury 9 / April 2022)
- EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings (Febraury 9, 2022)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass (Wave 1 on March 18, 2022)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (September 2022)
