This is not a drill—Chocobo Racing is back! Chocobo GP, a brand new entry in the Final Fantasy kart racing spinoff, is making its way to Switch next year. Square Enix announced the new game during a surprise Nintendo Direct this morning, alongside a handful of other announcments. Chocobo GP …
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This morning, Nintendo held its latest Indie World Showcase, unveiling a swathe of indie games making their way to Switch in the next year or so. In true Nintendo Direct fashion, it was a no-nonsense show focused on reveal after reveal, without much faffing around in between. There were plenty …
Earlier today, Nintendo held its first full Nintendo Direct in a long time. Nintendo’s coverage more recently has been focused on in-depth coverage of specific games (like last September’s Monster Hunter Direct) or “Nintendo Direct Minis” focusing on third-party games, Nintendo Direct February 2021 was a big one: almost an …
Yesterday, Nintendo shared the last of its Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase presentations for the year—continuing a somewhat annoying new trend of broadcasting them with no warning and at 3am New Zealand time. But that scheduling headache aside, it was a show full of exciting announcements and nice surprises, including—finally!—a …
Nintendo’s keeping up its recent trend of regular “Mini Directs” with another third-party showcase set for this Friday. The Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase – September 2020 will broadcast from midnight AEST / 2am NZST on 18 September. The focus this time will be on “upcoming Nintendo Switch titles exclusively …
During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Square Enix made the inevitable announcement that a whole lot of Final Fantasy games are coming to Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, the publisher seems happy to keep sleeping on the best one—Final Fantasy VIII—like it’s a bed made of phoenix down. The Final Fantasy games that are coming to Switch …