Today’s Nintendo Direct showcased a variety of game announcements, updates, and surprises ahead of their highly anticipated Switch 2 reveal on April 2nd. Here are some of the biggest highlights from the presentation.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Instead of another brief teaser, this showcase provided more insight into Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, focusing on new abilities for Samus, including psychic powers that enhance both combat and puzzle-solving. While a release date wasn’t given, the game is still on track for 2025.
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
Atlus brings back the cult classic Devil Summoner title with Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. This updated version features enhanced visuals, reworked combat mechanics, fully voiced cutscenes and improved quality-of-life features launching June 19th.
World Spotlight
World Spotlight presentation by Atlus, where they provided an in-depth look at the game’s remastered elements and the development process.
Shadow Labyrinth
Shadow Labyrinth is a darker take on the Pac-Man franchise, reimagined as an action platformer with Metroidvania elements. The game features exploration-focused gameplay, challenging combat, and a more atmospheric tone. During the presentation, it was confirmed to launch on July 18th, 2025.
Rhythm Heaven: Groove
Rhythm Heaven series returns with its first new entry in eleven years, coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2026!
Virtual Game Card
Starting in late April, Nintendo will roll out a new feature called “Virtual Game Cards” for the Switch. Think of it like a way to treat your digital games like physical ones. Instead of just having your digital games in your library, they’ll show up as “Virtual Game Cards” on a special screen, where you can “load” or “eject” them just like a real cartridge.
Here’s the cool part: You’ll be able to lend your digital games to other Switch users. You can do this wirelessly by connecting to another Switch nearby. But, you can only lend one game at a time for up to two weeks. After two weeks, the game will automatically return to your console, and any save progress you made stays saved.
It’s like sharing a game with a friend, but all done digitally and for a limited time. This will also work on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2.
Nintendo Power?
To close out the Nintendo Direct, Miyamoto appeared with the announcement of a new app, Nintendo Today. The app is designed to keep fans in the loop on news with Nintendo, because of how well the Nintendo Direct format has done.
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