Nintendo Just Dropped A Surprise Direct Presentation Packed With Reveals
Well, you wait months for a new Nintendo Direct and the company just goes and… drops one without really telling anyone. Not that I’m complaining, mind. We’ve gone quite a while without any real Nintendo news to sink our teeth into, and there was a of news in this surprise presentation.
I’m here for to round up all the biggest news and reveals from the show. Because I care about you. But before we dive in, if you’d rather watch the whole 28-minute broadcast for yourself, you can do so below (or click to YouTube if there’s no embedded player, just down there). Just be warned, there wasn’t any news, so don’t go expecting trailers for or , y’hear?
Let’s assume you’re busy and don’t have time to sit and waste 28 minutes. I get that. I mean, I don’t really get that because most of us are stuck inside for the foreseeable, but whatever. Allow me to take you through what you missed. Perhaps the juiciest bit of new, at least for Nintendo fans, was that we got confirmation of the nextDLC fighter… kind of.
Okay, Nintendo didn’t actually tell us which fighter is coming next… but they confirm that the incoming challenger would be from Nintendo’s other fighting game, . The next DLC fighter drops in June, so we should know exactly which character is joining the fray by then. It’s almost definitely Spring Man though, innit?

We also got a first look at the big Easter update for . There’ll be egg-themed furniture to collect and new challenges to complete. It’s all very cute, and lord knows we need that right now.
A few other first-party announcements: A new eShop puzzle game called is available today. A compilation of various classic board and card games called , is coming on June 5th. The remaster is hitting Switch on May 29th, and features a brand new epilogue story.
Finally, the excellent Switch fitness game will be getting a free update that introduces a Rhythm Game mode where you can dance along to classic Nintendo tracks in a fun new way to stay active.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Nintendo Direct without a ton of ports, and this one didn’t disappoint. The Borderlands Legendary Collection, and are all headed to the console May 29th. As someone who’s been waiting for Borderlands to come to Switch before finally giving the series a go, I’m particularly thrilled about that one.
A little further down the line, expect (March 27th), and (April 24th ). and are all expected in the spring. We then have (June 25th ), (June 30th ), (July 7th ) and (autumn).
Oh, and will be on its way at a currently unspecified date, which is a nice surprise. Finally, two ports are available from today: and Now we can all stop asking Nintendo when the next Direct is. For like, at least a week. I hope.