Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase June 2022
Latest livestream of Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase by Nintendo reveals a lineup of third-party games for Nintendo Switch.
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| Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase June 2022 |
Throughout ongoing month, Japanese developer/publisher Nintendo was largely absent from a lot of livestream events including Summer Game Fest and Xbox & Bethesda but a showcase was teased earlier last week by a well-known insider.
Nintendo confirmed a digital event yesterday, which will be focusing on games from third-party partners and has scheduled a show for Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase to go live across Twitch and YouTube at 6:00 AM PT/9:00 AM ET.
Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase offers a recap of upcoming third-party games headed to handheld.
Although a set release date of upcoming Sunbreak DLC expansion for Monster Hunter Rise was already revealed by developer/publisher Capcom earlier, latest Partner Showcase teases return of many fan-favorite monsters and few variants.
Capcom also unveiled a number of post-launch Title Updates coming to Sunbreak, adding flying wyvern Lucent Nargacuga, Forlorn Arena locale, rare monsters, special species and much more through August, fall, winter season to next year.
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| Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC Post-Launch Roadmap Revealed |
Despite a surprise announcement, Nintendo Switch port of 2017 action role-playing game NieR: Automata by PlatinumGames and Square Enix was teased earlier by a leaker and has now been officially confirmed to launch on October 6, 2022.
NieR Automata: The End of YoRHa Edition will include all previously released DLC and exclusive costumes for a price of $39.99 only. A prior datamining effort suggests that NieR: Replicant may arrive for Switch consoles at some point in future.
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| NieR Automata: The End of YoRHa Edition Announced for Switch |
After long speculation, developer Atlus finally announces critically-acclaimed Persona series for Nintendo Switch. Persona 5: Royal will be including base game and all previously released DLCs, launching for Switch system on October 21, 2022.
As part of 25th Anniversary celebration of Persona franchise, Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4: Golden will also arrive on a later date. Fans are speculating for remake of Persona 1 and 2 as no console ports have been announced by Atlus yet.
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| Persona 5: The Royal Coming to Nintendo Switch |
As reported earlier, NieR: Automata finally has been confirmed for Switch release and Red Dead Redemption 2 will have to wait further. Fans were really delighted by hotly-anticipated Persona series getting announced for Nintendo handheld.
Nintendo has yet to share updates on Bayonetta 3, which is expected to arrive this year but still no release date is given yet. A long-rumored Nintendo Switch remaster for Metroid Prime could be revealed via a future event in coming months.
