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Star Wars Hunters Is A Free-To-Play Competitive Shooter Coming To Nintendo Switch

There’s a new Star Wars game coming to Nintendo Switch in 2021. Star Wars Hunters will bring some competitive online play to the console from a galaxy far, far away, Nintendo revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast.

The trailer for Star Wars Hunters didn’t provide too much in the way of details, though. We know the competitive third-person shooter will be free-to-play and online, and that it takes place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, but that’s about it. If you’ll recall, that’s a span that covers about 35 years, so it could entail just about anything.

The short trailer swept through the familiar locale of Jabba’s palace and showed holograms of what look like different potential fighter characters with different weapons. The suggestion is that you’ll mix melee weapons with gunplay, with the opportunity to wield heavy blasters, dual pistols, clubs, and lightsabers. The characters in the holograms included a Wookiee, a stormtrooper, and a guy who looked to be sporting something like Mandalorian armor.

We don’t have a firm release date on Star Wars Hunters, but Nintendo did say it’d be available sometime later this year.

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 Gets A Non-Update During Nintendo Direct

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild producer Eiji Aonuma made an appearance during the Nintendo Direct to confirm that Nintendo has nothing new to share about the game’s sequel.

Aonuma clarified that development on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is “proceeding smoothy” and that Nintendo will have more information on the game this year.

“For now, we’ll have to ask you to wait just a bit longer,” Aonuma said as he bowed before revealing that an HD remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and branded Joy-Cons are coming to Nintendo Switch on July 16. Preorders for the game are now live on the eshop.

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SaGa Frontier Remastered Coming To Switch In April

During the latest Nintendo Direct livestream, the release date for SaGa Frontier Remastered was revealed. It’ll be launching for Switch on April 15 (and for PlayStation 4, PC, and mobile). Along with updated visuals, the classic RPG from Square Enix will feature a new scenario for Asellus, one of the game’s several protagonists, and a new playable character named Fuse.

SaGa Frontier was the first in the SaGa franchise to release outside of Japan, and stood out for its science-fantasy setting, turn-based combat, and free-form story with multiple protagonists. Soon it’ll be playable on modern platforms.

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Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Is Getting DLC

Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are releasing more content for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. As revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, the game is getting an Expansion Pass that will add new weapons, characters, and more.

The Expansion Pass is divided up into two waves of content. The first will arrive this June and expand the game’s roster, introduce new weapon types, new challenges, and more challenging enemies. The second wave will follow this November and adds “new character vignettes” as well as more stages, characters, and battle skills.

The Expansion Pass costs $20 USD. As an extra bonus for purchasing the pass, players will get a new weapon and costume for Link. These will be available starting May 28.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity launched for Switch back in November 2020 and has been a big sales success. Not only was it one of Amazon’s top 10 best-selling games of 2020, it is also the best-selling musou game of all time according to Koei Tecmo.

We scored the Zelda spin-off a 6/10 in our Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity review. “Despite how much I’d invested in this version of Hyrule and the nagging feeling of leaving things unchecked on a map left me with, I stopped taking on side missions, stopped helping people build up Hyrule and prepare for the Calamity. I had started out completely on board with seeing Age of Calamity’s story through, being with the citizens of Hyrule until the bitter end, and just killing some baddies. By the end, I was doing these tasks more out of obligation than anything else,” critic Suriel Vazquez wrote.

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Nintendo 3DS’ Miitopia Will Come To Switch This May

During February’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed that Miitopia, a 3DS game that first released in Japan in 2016 and the rest of the world in 2017, is coming to Switch on May 21. Preorders are already live.

This Switch port adds new customizations options, including brand-new make-up options and wigs. You can see all the changes in the trailer below.

The rest of the game plays similarly to the original 3DS game–you create and put forth custom Mii characters into various roles across an evolving kingdom. Whether your Mii becomes the hero or the next dark lord is up to you, and the kingdom as a whole will be influenced by your actions.

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Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Coming To Nintendo Switch June 10

Ninja Gaiden is getting a second wind on Nintendo Switch this summer. The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection compiles Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer’s Edge into one package. It’s coming June 10.

Just in case that’s not enough ninjitsu action for you, the collection will also include all of the associated DLC across all three games.

The rebooted Ninja Gaiden series was notorious for its fast-paced action and challenge.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Adds Mario Clothes And Items Next Month

Nintendo shared more details on Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ Mario-themed update during today’s Nintendo Direct. The update is slated to arrive February 25 and will add a line of Mushroom Kingdom furniture, clothing, and other Mario-themed content to the life sim.

The Mario items will be available to order from Nook Shopping starting March 1, and they include Question Blocks, Super Mushrooms, Whomps, Fire Flowers, and more. You’ll also be able to purchase warp pipes, which you can place around your island and travel between the two locations.

In addition to the furniture, various clothing items based on Super Mario characters are being added to the game. The Direct showcased outfits based on Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Princess Peach.

Nintendo has been steadily rolling out new updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons since its release last year. The game’s most recent update arrived back in late January and introduced the Festivale event as well as new reactions and a variety of seasonal items.

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