Nintendo Offers a “Bounty” of New Announcements During Its E3 Nintendo Direct Presentation

During its nearly 40-minute E3 2021 Nintendo Direct video presentation, Nintendo spotlighted a variety of new games coming to the Nintendo Switch – with many launching this year. Announcements include Metroid Dread, the first 2D Metroid game starring bounty hunter Samus Aran with a new story in 19 years; Mario Party Superstars, a new game in the Mario Party series featuring classic boards from the Nintendo 64 era and a collection of minigames from across the series; Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, which includes the first two Advance Wars games rebuilt from the ground up; WarioWare: Get It Together!, the newest game in the WarioWare series; and Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, which is inspired by Game & Watch systems and features three of the earliest games in the Legend of Zelda series.

In addition, the next DLC fighter in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 was revealed as Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series. The debut of a new teaser for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild also premiered during the Nintendo Direct presentation, showing off gameplay and a new world high above the kingdom of Hyrule.

A slate of games from development and publishing partners were also featured, including Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope from Ubisoft, a sequel to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle; Shin Megami Tensei V from Atlus, the next entry in the Shin Megami Tensei role-playing series; and three games in the Life is Strange series from Square Enix, including the latest game Life is Strange: True Colors.