The Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase February 2024 is coming in hot this week with a lineup of third-party Switch games releasing in 2024. Read on to know more about the showcase.
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2024
Games at a Glance
Nintendo Switch Launches
● Endless Ocean Luminous
● Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
● Grounded
● Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
● South Park: Snow Day!
● Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream
● GUNDAM BREAKER 4
● Penny's Big Breakaway
● Unicorn Overlord
● Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
● Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board!
● Another Crab's Treasure
● SaGa: Emerald Beyond
Nintendo Switch Ports
● Pentiment
● Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
● Monster Hunter Stories
● Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! Remastered
● Kingdom Come Deliverance - Royal Edition
● FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
Remasters/Remakes
● Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
● Contra: Operation Galuga
Other Games Announced
● Releasing on Switch
● Coming to Nintendo Switch Online
You can check out more games and what's been announced at the Japanese Nintedo Direct Feb 2024 by clicking the link below!
Nintendo Switch Launches
Endless Ocean Luminous
Endless Ocean Luminous is an underwater diving adventure game. Players explore the depths of the mysterious Veiled Sea, either on their own or with up to 30 players online multiplayer. Players can also interact with marine animals, with over 500 different species to encounter.
Endless Ocean Luminous releases in May 2, 2024 for Nintendo Switch.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance features an all-new route and ending in the form of "Canon of Vengeance", along with the original game's "Canon of Creation" route. Two divergent stories unfold and players can expect a familiar storyline that changes drastically in the latter half of the game.
Originally launched for the Switch in 2021, the game follows the protagonist, the Nahobino, in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo caught in a war between various demon factions and otherworldly forces inspired by different mythologies.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance release in June 21, 2024.
Grounded
Grounded is a co-op survival-adventure game where players are the size of an ant. Survive in a world where the insect life reacts to your actions. Play solo or with up to three players online as you build, craft, and discover the treacherous wonders of your own backyard.
Grounded crawls up to Switch in April 16, 2024.
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is the action-adventure sequel to ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights. The game follows Lilac and their companions in tale of destruction and renewal. Lily must explore the desolate world, battle corrupted creatures, and uncover what lies ahead in this magical journey.
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist launches on the Switch some time in 2024.
South Park: Snow Day!
Based on the infamous South Park tv series, South Park: Snow Day! is an action game that follows Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny in their efforts to save the town with your own original character. Create your own "New Kid", use a variety of weapons and abilities to way through the cold streets of South Park—solo or with up to three friends in co-op mode.
South Park: Snow Day! launches on Nintendo Switch in March 26, 2024.
Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream
Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream is an action game based on the Sword Art Online series. The game features solo and online co-op modes, where you play as the series' characters in 20-player raids to defeat powerful enemies.
Jam packed with quests, high-level raids, and robust character customization, Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream releases soon in 2024.
GUNDAM BREAKER 4
GUNDAM BREAKER 4 is a hack and slash looter game where players can create their own Gunpla and fight waves of enemies and bosses. The game goes back to the franchise's roots, giving players vast freedom in assembling their Gunpla with a variety of mobile suits and parts of any Gundam Breaker game to date.
Play solo or with up to three players in co-op multiplayer as GUNDAM BREAKER 4 releases soon in 2024 for the Swich, PC, PS4, and PS5.
Penny's Big Breakaway
Penny's Big Breakaway is 3D platformer featuring Penny, a street performer with big dreams, with her trusty Yo-Yo. A strange encounter with a Cosmic String transforms Penny’s Yo-Yo into a living creature with an appetite for snacks and mayhem. Use Yo-Yo to help Penny clear her name, outrun the Emperor’s penguin army, and unravel the mystery of the Cosmic String.
Penny’s Big Breakaway is available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Unicorn Overlord
Unicorn Overlord is a tactical fantasy RPG by Atlus and Vanillaware, featuring turn-based RPG combat system that allows you to place individual units into formation and form ranks. Embark on a journey through enchanting landscapes, and encounter various creatures, challenges, and puzzles along the way. As the unicorn protagonist, players must harness their magical abilities and overcome obstacles to restore peace and harmony to their kingdom.
The game releases in March 8, 2024 for the Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a new installment in the Eiyuden Chronicle JRPG series developed by 505 Games. Set in the fictional Galdean Empire, with over 100 playable characters, players must save the war-torn world.
It features turn-based combat and 2D graphics reminiscent of classic JRPGs from the 16-bit era. The game releases for the Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in April 23, 2024.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board!
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! is a 4-player action party game on the manga and anime franchise Demon Slayer. The game follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer to avenge his family and save his sister, Nezuko, who has been turned into a demon.
Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sweep the Board! releases for the Switch in April 26, 2024.
Another Crab's Treasure
Another Crab's Treasure is a puzzle-adventure game that follows the journey of a crab protagonist, Kril, on a mission to search for treasure and recover his shell. Embark on an underwater journey, interact with other sea creatures, and solve puzzles to progress.
The game launches on the Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on April 25, 2024.
SaGa: Emerald Beyond
SaGa: Emerald Beyond is a new installment in Square Enix's SaGa game series. The game is an open-ended RPG set in a fantasy world where players embark on an epic adventure to explore vast landscapes and unravel the mysteries of the Emerald Beyond.
As players visit more of the game’s diverse worlds, the ending options branch out even further. The game features a diverse cast of characters ranging from powerful mages, a dual-weilder, to a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired gun-slinging duo.
SaGa: Emerald Beyond releases on April 25, 2024 for the Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, and mobile.
Nintendo Switch Ports
Pentiment
Yes, it's real. This Xbox-exclusive is coming to a Nintendo console. Pentiment takes place in 16th century Bavaria where players are faced with choices and consequences that will impact a small community for years to come.
Players take on the role of Andreas Maler, a master artist who meets a colorful cast of characters and finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the small towns of Bavaria. Pentiment launches on the Switch in February 22, 20224.
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection features two classic titles in the Star Wars game series, Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II. The game rolls out packed with restored online play for up to 64 players, solo campaigns, local multiplayer matches, expansions to Hero Assault mode, and all previously released bonus content for both titles.
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection lands on the Switch in March 14, 2024.
Monster Hunter Stories
Monster Hunter Stories is a spinoff RPG in the Monster Hunter series initially released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. Unlike the mainline titles in the series, Monster Hunter Stories features turn-based combat. Players take on the role of a Rider, and go on a journey to unravel mysteries and become a legend.
The game comes to the Switch, PC, and PS4 in Summer 2024, with refined graphics, a new Museum mode, and more.
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! (Remastered)
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! is a game combining horseracing and Solitaire card gameplay, developed by Pokémon creators Game Freak. Players start as a rookie jockey with dreams of reaching the top of the racing world.
Initially released for the Nintendo 3DS, then mobile, the remastered version of Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! is available now for the Switch along with a demo.
Kingdom Come Deliverance - Royal Edition
This is a special edition of the action RPG—Kingdom Come: Deliverance—developed by Warhorse Studios. The game is set in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia during the early 15th century.
The game follows Henry, a young blacksmith's son whose peaceful life is disrupted by a brutal invasion, and focuses on his quest for revenge and his involvement in the kingdom's political conflict.
Featuring the full game and all its DLC, Kingdom Come Deliverance - Royal Edition launches on Nintendo Switch in March 15, 2024.
FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a spin-off sequel of the Nintendo 3DS's Fantasy Life series. Players embark on an adventure set in a colorful fantasy world. The game follows a young girl named Lively, who possesses the ability to manipulate time. With her unique power, Lively sets out on a journey to unravel the mysteries of her world and uncover her true destiny.
FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time releases exclusively for the Switch on October 10, 2024.
Remasters/Remakes
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is an upcoming remake of the action-adventure platformer—Epic Mickey—released for the Wii in 2010. The game follows Disney iconic character, Mickey Mouse, on an epic journey through the Wasteland, a decaying world where forgotten and rejected Disney characters reside.
Mickey Mouse makes use of a brush to manipulate the environment, restore and create objects and characters, and wipe out enemies with. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is coming to Nintendo Switch some time in 2024.
Contra: Operation Galuga
This is a remastered version of the 80s NES/arcade game, Contra: Operation Galuga. The remaster of the classic run-'n'-gun action game features its timeless gameplay and iconic weapons and characters, with modern graphics and sound, new stages, enemies and bosses, and mechanics.
Battle it out against the Red Falcon terrorist group in the Galuga Archipelago as Bill Rizer, Lance Bean, Ariana, Lucia, Lt. Stanley Ironside, and Probotector in different game modes—Story Mode for up to 2-player co-op and 4-player Arcade Mode.
Contra: Operation Galuga releases for the Switch in March 12, 2024. The game has demo and is also available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Other Games Announced
Releasing on Switch
● Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
● Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble
● World of Goo 2
● Suika Game (Multiplayer Mode DLC)
● Pepper Grinder
● Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
● Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
● Library of Ruina
● El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster
● Umbraclaw
Coming to Nintendo Switch Online
● Snake Rattle 'N' Roll
● R.C. Pro-Am
● Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
● Blast Corps
● Killer Instinct
● Earthbound 3 / Mother 3 (Japan Only)
Premiered February 21, 2024 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET
Nintendo held its first Nintendo Direct this year featuring Partner Showcase, showcasing Switch titles from its publishing and development partners launching in the first half of 2024. Nintendo Direct February 2024 can be viewed on Nintendo's official YouTube account.
| Region | Local Release Time |
|---|---|
| United States (EDT) | Feb 21, 9:00 a.m. |
| United States (PDT) | Feb 21, 6:00 a.m. |
| United Kingdom | Feb 21, 2:00 p.m. |
| New Zealand | Feb 22, 3:00 a.m. |
| Australian East Coast | Feb 22, 1:00 a.m. |
| Australian West Coast | Feb 21, 10:00 p.m. |
| Japan | Feb 21, 11:00 p.m. |
| Philippines | Feb 21, 10:00 p.m. |
| South Africa | Feb 21, 4:00 p.m. |
| Brazil | Feb 21, 11:00 a.m. |
