Nintendo shared potentially its final Switch Nintendo Direct today ahead of its previously announced Switch 2 Direct happening on April 2. Expectedly, the Direct featured a number of release dates for new Switch games, but it also showcased new Metroid Prime 4: Beyond gameplay and revealed new Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi Life games.

You can find a round up of all the news below.

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is coming to Switch in 2025.

No Sleep for Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files, a follow-up to the 2019 game, is releasing July 25.

Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, a remaster of the 2006 PlayStation 2 game, Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, is coming to Switch on June 19, 2025.

Shadow Labyrinth, based on the shockingly violent Pac-Man-inspired animated short from Amazon’s Secret Level show arrives on Switch on July 18, 2025.

Patapon 1 + 2 Replay, a collection of the first two Patapon games, originally released for Sony’s PSP handheld, is arriving July 11, 2025.

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, a remake of the 2010 DS game (2008 in Japan) is arriving August 27 on Switch.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond still does not have a release date outside of 2025, but we did learn more about its mechanics and see new gameplay. You can read more here.

Disney Villains Cursed Cafe, a game about running a cafe with cameos from various Disney bad guys, is available today on Switch.

Witchbrook, the long-in-development game about attending a school for witches with friends, is coming holiday 2025 to Switch. You can learn more here.

The Eternal Life of Goldman is a hand-drawn platformer that appears to be inspired by the classic DuckTales NES game. It is launching this holiday.

Gradius Origins arrives August 7 and will feature Gradius, Salamander, Life Force, Gradius II, Gradius III, and Salamander 2. Some of the games will include multiple versions from different regions and launch years. A brand new game will also be included: Salamander III. The game is coming to Switch on August 7.

Rift of the Necrodancer, the well-regarded rhythm game already available for other platforms, is coming to Switch today and will include DLC from Celeste. Future DLC is also promised.

Tamagotchi Plaza, a new game in the franchise about managing a collection of shops with cute mascot characters, arrives on Switch on June 27.

Nintendo shared a lot of Pokémon Legends Z-A details and gameplay. It is still arriving in late 2025. You can read more here.

A new Rhythm Heaven game is coming in the form of Rhythm Heaven Groove. It is coming to Switch in 2026, which is surprising considering the Switch 2 is right around the corner.

Nintendo introduced its new Virtual Card System, which makes it easier for players to play and loan digital games across multiple Switch and Switch 2 consoles. You can read more here.

Near the end of the showcase, Nintendo shared a number of rapid-fire details:

• High on Life is coming to Switch on May 6
• Star Overdrive is coming to Switch on April 10
• The Wandering Village is coming to Switch on July 17
• King of Meat is coming to Switch this year
• Lou’s Lagoon is coming to Switch Summer 2025
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is coming to Switch on May 21, 2025

Saga Frontier 2 Remastered, an updated re-release of the classic 2000 PlayStation RPG is available Today.

The classic puzzle mobile games Monument Valley I and II are coming to Switch on April 15. The recently released Monument Valley 3 will arrive on Switch Summer 2025.

Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots is coming to Switch later this year.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a flashy, pixelated beat ‘em up inspired by classic arcade games coming holiday of 2025.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, the sequel to the bizarre 3DS game that lets you have strange adventures with Mii characters, is coming in 2026. Like Rhythm Heaven, it’s an odd release window, considering the Switch 2 will have been released by then. You can learn more here.

Finally, Nintendo closed out the show with the reveal of the Nintendo Today app, which will deliver general news and news about the Switch 2 in the coming weeks, and potentially years. You can learn more here.

You can download the app here for iOS and here for Android.

Since its announcement in 2017, we have been patiently waiting for Witchbrook, the next game from Chucklefish. You might recognize them as the developers known for Starbound and Wargroove, but they also published big indie hits like Stardew Valley, giving us plenty of reasons to be excited. Luckily, the latest Nintendo Direct not only gave us a fresh look at the magically collegiate adventure but also gave us a launch window: holiday 2025.

Witchbrook is a cozy life-sim where players embody a student at the titular magical college. As you take classes and learn spells, you'll be able to bring them into other areas of life, like selling magical decorations at a stand in the town square. Players can also explore the town of Mossport to get jobs, make money, and meet up with their friends. It's all showcased through a cute, isometric, pixelated art style.

The trailer featured cozy mechanics galore. In addition to the aforementioned shop mechanic, you can use a telescope to read the stars, deliver mail to townsfolk, and rearrange your living quarters by using levitation spells to move furniture. The game also supports up to 4-player online co-op, which the new video showcases through footage of four people flying across the town on their brooms. At a different point, we see someone also driving a moped, which seems objectively inferior to a flying broom, but I'll leave the magic to the students of Witchbrook.

A moped? Really?

While the trailer was specifically for the Switch version, the game is also headed to Xbox and PC. You can take classes, learn spells, and socialize with your fellow students on the platform of your choice when Witchbrook launches this holiday season.

After the Pokémon Presents earlier this year, we got our first real look at Pokémon Legends Z-A, including gameplay, new characters, and the game's selection of starters. Today's Nintendo Direct gave us just a bit more information, specifically explaining what the deal was with the mysterious teaser at the end of the previous trailers.

Pokémon Legends Z-A is the second of a new style of mainline Pokémon games, with a free third-person camera, an open world, and revamped combat. While Legends Arceus took place in an ancient Sinnoh region, Legends Z-A is a return to the Kalos region from Pokémon X&Y, allowing players to see what happened after that game's campaign. Given that those titles are the only mainline Pokémon games without sequels or DLC, it's been a highly anticipated return.

The game takes place entirely within Lumiose City, a huge Paris-like metropolis with multiple districts. Wild Pokémon will now appear in Wild Zones, closed-off areas within the city where the creatures are able to live peaceful lives undisturbed. While this feature appeared in the Pokémon Presents trailer, we only saw what the areas were like during the day. Today's Nintendo Direct revealed they're a bit different once the sun goes down.

At night, Battle Zones appear. While Wild Zones have an inviting green entrance, the Battle Zones are an aggressive red-orange and are full of trainers looking for challengers. Collectively, these encounters are known as the Z-A Royale, a competition where a trainer makes their way from Rank Z to Rank A. Rules here are similar to other games – eye contact with a trainer forces you into a battle – but the new action-based battle system allows for alternate approaches too, like the ability to ambush a trainer with an attack before they see you.

Reach Rank A, and you'll "have a wish granted," though it's not entirely clear who grants the wish and how far their powers go. Examples in the trailer include a taxi driver hoping to abolish all public transit except taxis and a woman hoping the city will host a marathon, so don't go into it expecting to solve world hunger or anything.

The inclusion of Battle Zones raises many questions. When you lose, do you drop ranks? How often can we battle in the daylight, outside of Battle Zones? Who's hosting the Z-A Royale to begin with? We'll have answers once Pokémon Legends Z-A drops on Switch in late 2025.

Nintendo released Tomodachi Life in 2013 for 3DS – a quirky and, frankly, bizarre virtual social sim that gained a cult following in the years since. Cries of “bring back Tomodachi Life” have been answered with the reveal of Living The Dream, a new installment coming next year.

Like the first game, Living the Dream lets players create Mii characters and watch them live their lives, only this time the game takes place on a tropical island. The game’s charm once again comes from the strange interactions that can unfold between your Mii and those of your friends. From furiously lobbing random objects at each other to even invading each other's dreams in funny/terrifying ways (like becoming a giant), the series' trademark wackiness (including its text-to-speech style voiceovers) seems preserved and dialed up a few degrees. 

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launches on Switch in 2026. You can check out our review of Tomodachi Life here.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond made its presence known during today’s Nintendo Direct with its first gameplay demonstration. Today’s trailer reveals a new world Samus unexpectedly finds herself in, the first extended look at combat, and a brand-new suite of powers. 

The trailer unfolded on planet Viewros, a planet of lush jungles including a colossal tree at its center, not unlike Pandora from the Avatar films. To learn more about her surroundings, we see Samus use her trusty scanner to glean information on fauna and flora, some of which, believe it or not, are hostile. 

The first-person gunplay looks familiar but polished like never before. In addition to blasting new alien threats and killer plants with her cannon, Beyond sees Samus become augmented by an ancient force granting her new Psychic powers.

These powers grant her telekinetic-like abilities, allowing her to manipulate mechanisms with her mind. We see her turning what looks to be a giant clock hand by simply waving her hand, for example. In combat, Samus can now psychically guide her arm cannon’s projectiles to her targets, essentially turning them into homing blasts. 

The trailer concludes with a tantalizing tease of a new red and black suit for Samus, but we’ll have to wait and see what abilities accompany her new armor. Unfortunately, Nintendo didn’t reveal a release date, but Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is slated to launch for Switch later this year.