Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door & Mario vs. Donkey Kong Remakes Revealed for Nintendo Switch

Though most of this year’s titles were released on time without much hassle, there are still some delays. For instance, Warner Bros. Games’ Batman: Arkham Trilogy on the Nintendo Switch. Set to release on October 13th, the publisher has announced a sudden delay to December 1st.

With Nintendo allegedly having showcased tech demos of the Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up being called) to developers in behind-closed-doors presentations at Gamescom in August, leaks related to the console have been springing up with much greater frequency of late, including some of the games we can expect to launch for the system.

Red Dead Redemption 2 could be in line for a surprise launch on the Nintendo Switch, as per a classification rating for the game in Brazil.

The Nintendo Switch is long past the traditional lifespan for a console and its technological limitations are rendering it unable to stand up to current generation systems for new games. Titles such as have struggled in making versions that can run on the outdated system, and Nintendo itself appears to be focusing heavily on remakes and remasters. As beloved as the Switch has been, and with as popular of a console as it continues to be, the next system will need to include many impressive features if it hopes to see similar numbers in sales.

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The next game in Square Enix’s SaGa franchise has been announced. Titled SaGa Emerald Beyond, the game was unveiled during the recent Nintendo Direct. SaGa Emerald Beyond is slated for release on the Nintendo Switch some time in 2024. Check out the trailer below.

Recently, X (formerly Twitter) has been abuzz with the speculations that a Nintendo Direct was coming for close to a week now with the term “Nintendo Direct” trending multiple days in a row. That Nintendo Direct came this morning and we’ve got the biggest highlights ready to share with you!

A for the new video game based off of the popular Spy x Family manga and anime series was revealed at today’s Nintendo Direct.

Following many rumors that Princess Peach was going to be getting her own Nintendo Switch game, was officially announced with a release date during today’s Nintendo Direct. The monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom will be taking on Grape and the Sour Bunch using a myriad of different abilities to save the day.

With the Switch now presumably in the final stages of its active lifecycle, Nintendo is filling out its release schedule with a number of remakes and remasters of older classics, from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door to Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. Another remake was also recently announced that might not have quite the same mainstream appeal, but will surely some excited.

Just when we thought all was over, Nintendo surprised fans right at the end of its newest Direct to announce that Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is being remastered for the Nintendo Switch. 

The legendary GBA Mario vs. Donkey Kong series was rooted in the puzzle-platforming of the original Donkey Kong games while adding a lot more puzzling to the mix. Logic puzzles were the name of the game there and the series began on the GBA and continued on to the DS and then 3DS as well. The original GBA classic hasn’t received a ton of love since tis original release, but used a simple idea of gathering a key alongside small Mario figurines as a way to bring more original Donkey Kong-style action to the world.