This morning’s Nintendo Direct at E3 2021 focused mainly on games releasing this year, with a few sneak peeks into some highly anticipated upcoming games. Unlike many had hoped, the event did not have any updates on a new Nintendo Switch. Standout games include a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, set to release in 2022, and a new Metroid game titled Metroid Dread set to release later this year.
Nintendo announced a large amount of news for The Legend of Zelda outside of the update for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, including a Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity expansion pass. The first wave, Pulse of the Ancients, will be available on June 18 with the second wave being released in November. A Game & Watch system will be launching on Nov. 12 and will offer three games in The Legend of Zelda series, including the original version of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and the original Game Boy version of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
A new installment of Wario Ware is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch. Titled Wario Ware: Get it Together, the game will be available this November and now offers a multiplayer mode. Nintendo also gave viewers a look into Mario Party Superstars, a new Mario Party game featuring five boards from the Nintendo 64 era and 100 minigames from past games in the franchise. Also announced: Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp, which remakes the first two games in Nintendo’s real-time strategy series. That’ll be out on December 3.