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Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Announced for Tomorrow

Feb 042026

A Nintendo Direct has been announced for tomorrow, specifically a Partner Showcase.

It will start at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET and last for 30 minutes.

Since it’s a partner showcase, we’ll be seeing third-party games for the Switch and Switch 2.

And that means I’m all-in on hoping for Ace Attorney once again! I thought last year was our year and got proven wrong, but maybe this is it!

(I still want to know what was up with those mysterious misplaced van Zieks captions.)

I also wonder if we’ll see another trailer for Danganronpa 2×2… and while we’re at it, I’d love to get an announcement for Hundred Line DLC, even though I’m nowhere near done with the game yet.

It also feels like a good chance we’ll get Falcom’s announcement, since they’ve revealed things at Nintendo Directs before (shout-out to the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake getting 5 seconds in a montage) and it’s supposed to be announced this month.

Of course, there’s always a chance that the Direct will largely focus on already-released third-party games coming to the Switch 2, like Elden Ring or Final Fantasy VII Remake, which wouldn’t be as exciting to me. I always hope to see some interesting new announcements at an event like this.

What are you hoping to see at tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase?

Falcom to Announce Another 2026 Title in February

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Feb 022026

We know that Falcom intends to release the Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake this fall (with a new gameplay trailer recently released, although beware spoilers), but they also listed an unspecified new title for 2026.

Whatever it is, we’ll find out soon.

In a new interview, translated by Gematsu, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo said their second 2026 title will have a “major announcement” in February.

We still don’t know what this new game will be, but a lot of fans expect it to be the Tokyo Xanadu sequel.

The sequel, set in Kyoto rather than Tokyo, was first teased back in 2024. Little has been said about it since then, so it feels like the time is right for a big announcement.

I know, I still haven’t finished Tokyo Xanadu despite having it on my to-beat list for a while now. If the sequel really is announced so, that might be just the motivation I need.

In the meantime, you’ll notice that it’s February and we’re not talking about romance games. Like last year, I’m taking a break from Celebrating All Things Romantic. I considered it, but I’m still in the middle of Hundred Line and need to play the game chosen by October’s contest winner, and piling on a whole host of romance games this month on top of that didn’t sound like a good idea.

Maybe next year will be the year! I still might try to do something specific for Valentine’s Day, though. We shall see.

Anyway, what do you expect from Falcom’s mystery announcement?

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Looks Fantastic!

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Jan 302026

Yesterday was the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct, and if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching the full live stream for the funny romantic drama going on throughout.

In short, the new Tomodachi Life game looks fantastic.

When we talked about this on Wednesday, I mentioned wanting to see confirmation that romance is still in, lots of customization options, and wacky random events.

I basically got everything I wanted.

The showcase began with a look at Mii customization, and it looks like it will be better than ever. On top of the physical customization, you can also set each Mii’s dating preferences to show which, if any, genders they want to date. So not only is romance in, but that’s just about the best way to handle it!

It also showed silly conversations, news broadcasts as absurd as I’d hoped for, and “quirks” that make Miis’ behavior a little more unique. Up to 8 Miis can live together in a big house, too!

You can customize the island, and the variety of designs they showed is incredible. Speaking of designs, it seems you can draw on just about anything to customize it further.

A few things are still unclear, like if Miis can still meet on their own, or if you have to introduce them to each other (although I’d assume they can), and if certain features like the Concert Hall are returning. A lot of fans are concerned about the Concert Hall since it wasn’t in the showcase, but on the other hand, I’m sure they didn’t show everything.

Only one negative thing came out of this presentation, and that’s the image-sharing restrictions. It sounds like you’ll be restricted on how you can share images from the game (probably due to that “draw any design you want” feature), which is a shame for a game basically made for sharing insane screenshots. The Japanese website, when translated, says these restrictions are on transferring images to smartphones and posting to social media, so hopefully that means we’ll still be able to take screenshots and share them by uploading them to a computer.

Anyway, that’s the one shadow on an otherwise stellar presentation. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sounds like everything I hoped for from a Tomodachi Life sequel, and I can’t wait!

What did you think of the Tomodachi Life Direct?

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