So the Nintendo Direct was yesterday, and while it didn’t include Ace Attorney 7 like I’d hoped, there were some pleasant surprises nevertheless.
I’ll only be covering the highlights for me, so be sure to check out the full presentation to see all the news.
It started out with a look at the Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, which is set for later this year. Although I haven’t played the III remake yet, I’m interested in I & II. They look beautiful.
The next game shown started out looking like my sort of thing, with what looked like escape game elements… but I never expected to suddenly see Kaname Date on the screen and find out it was a new entry in the AI: The Somnium Files series.
No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files will be out on July 25 and appears to be a spin-off set between the two games. I didn’t expect it at all, but I’m excited!
(What’s even crazier is that one year ago, Uchikoshi tweeted a cryptic message that fans hoped might be a hint toward a new Somnium Files game until nothing came of it. Now it seems like it was a teaser for this game after all.)
Next up was Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. This is a remaster of Atlus’s PS2 game Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, an action RPG about a detective. It’s one of the SMT spin-offs that has most intrigued me, so I’m definitely interested in this remaster.
It will be out on June 19, so this summer is already starting to look stacked.
The funny thing is that this was rumored 6 months ago due to an accidental update to the Nocturne remaster that gave it Raidou achievements by mistake. When nothing was announced at TGS, I forgot all about it, only for it to surface now.
The weird dark Pac-Man game Shadow Labyrinth showed up again, Patapon 1 & 2 is coming to the Switch, the DS game Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar is getting a full remake (as Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, of course), and Metroid Prime 4 was featured as I thought it might be.
Metroid Prime 4 looks great, and seeing it reminded me that I started the first Metroid Prime last year only to sort of… forget about it. I’ll need to get back to that.
There were some other interesting games as well as an explanation of a new “virtual game card” system being implemented for moving digital games from system to system, but the biggest surprise for me was the game they closed with… a new Tomodachi Life.
I never thought it would happen. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has been announced for 2026.
I had way too much fun with Tomodachi Life on the 3DS, and I hope this new game will be just as wacky and weird. 2026 feels like it’s a long way off, but I’m really excited that a new Tomodachi Life game was announced.
Those were the biggest highlights from the Nintendo Direct for me! Which games stood out the most to you?
