This week Just Dance 2021 revealed their big song list, including a whole bunch of songs you'll recognize - and a few you'll have never heard of before. This game works with the subscription service Just Dance Unlimited, allowing access to over 550 songs at once. This next installment of Just Dance will be released on November 12, 2020, right on time for the long winter.
While the reveal of Ori and the Will of the Wisps during today's Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase was certainly surprising, it wasn't the only big announcement we saw. Nintendo actually led the show with the reveal of two new Monster Hunter games: Monster Hunter Rise, which is more in line with the traditional Monster Hunter experience, and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, a story-based RPG. Both titles are coming to Nintendo Switch next year.
Nintendo's latest Direct Mini: Partner Showcase ended with quite the announcement today, with Moon Studios and Microsoft confirming that Ori and the Will of the Wisps is coming to Nintendo Switch. The first Ori game, Ori and the Blind Forest, came to Switch in 2019, and with Ori and the Will of the Wisps launching earlier this year for Xbox One and PC, there was some question as to whether or not we'd see it come to Switch as well.
Nintendo has announced a new smattering of SNES and NES games that will soon be heading to Switch Online. Chief among these fresh arrivals is Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest. Back in July, we saw the original Donkey Kong Country added to the lineup of SNES games available to Switch Online users, so it seems that Nintendo's goal is to slowly add the entire Donkey Kong Country trilogy to the service.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we've been seeing Nintendo periodically host Nintendo Direct Minis where it only shows off upcoming third-party games for the Nintendo Switch. Officially called Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcases, we saw one of these presentations in July and another in August. It turns out this could very well be a monthly thing for Nintendo, as we're getting another one this week.
Earlier this month, Nintendo announced a lot of new products, games, and crossovers for Super Mario's 35th anniversary. Chief among these new games is Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a compilation for Nintendo Switch that includes three Mario titles from the past: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Today, Nintendo published an overview trailer for Super Mario 3D All-Stars, giving us a closer look at each game in the compilation.
Custom, limited editions Nintendo consoles are nothing new, but typically, those consoles are themed around Nintendo games. It's somewhat rare to see a non-Nintendo game get a limited edition console, but it definitely isn't unheard of, especially when the game in question is popular. Today Nintendo revealed a limited edition console for one of the most popular games in world - Fortnite - but depending on where you live, you might have a hard time getting one.
At this point, it’s definitely safe to say that the era of rhythm and music games sparked by Guitar Hero is well and truly dead. We haven’t seen a Guitar Hero title in five years, nor have we seen a proper Rock Band release in three. When you consider that we used to get multiple Guitar Hero games each and every year, it’s safe to say that we’ve moved beyond that particular craze.
In the very near future, a Nintendo Switch gaming console should be a bit easier to buy. Nintendo increased production of the Nintendo Switch by a cool 20% according to sources in Asia this week, ready to roll for the oncoming deluge of orders for the holiday season. Nintendo Switch benefited from the unprecedented global pandemic that hit the planet earlier this year, and sales seem to have stuck.
Nintendo announced today that Hyrule Warriors is getting a sequel, more than six years after it initially launched for Wii U and three years after it was ported to Switch. Dubbed Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, this new game takes place 100 years before the events of Breath of the Wild. While this probably isn't what fans were expecting out of a Breath of the Wild prequel given the vast differences in gameplay between the two, it will give us a look into the Great Calamity that turned Hyrule Castle and the surrounding area into a wasteland.
Throughout the better part of this year, Harmonix has been building up anticipation for its next rhythm game, Fuser. Though the company made a name for itself by creating the first two Guitar Hero games and then going on to create the Rock Band series, Fuser will see it ditch the plastic (or in some cases real) instruments and put you in the shoes of a festival DJ.
Today was a big day for the Mario fans of the world because Nintendo announced a slew of new games for the Super Mario franchise's 35th anniversary. It did this with a surprise Direct dedicated entirely to the festivities, which revealed a number of new titles heading to the Switch. If you missed the Direct today, you've landed in the right place, as we're recapping all of the day's announcements.