It’s trying like yr for Nintendo! While rumors of a brand new console launching this yr proceed to bubble onwards, all we all know thus far is that extra Switch unique video games will proceed to launch in the meanwhile.
Even although 2024 is little doubt a quieter yr for the console than 2023, there are nonetheless loads of first-party titles on the horizon. Let’s check out all Nintendo Switch exclusives releasing in 2024!
Another Code: Recollection
Release Date: January 19, 2024
The first Switch unique of 2024 is Another Code: Recollection. This is a set of two remakes from the Another Code journey recreation sequence. It collates revamped variations of the primary two entries in the franchise, Another Code: Two Memories and Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories.
Most excitingly of all, this assortment marks the primary time that the latter recreation releases in North America. As such, this can be a big deal for followers of the sequence.
The first recreation initially launched on Nintendo DS again in 2005. It’s a point-and-click journey harnessing the twin display format, as you employ the touch-screen to unravel puzzles whereas the principle character, Ashley, investigates her lacking father.
If you’ve by no means performed Another Code earlier than, this polished new assortment is the perfect start line. Boasting brand-new voice performing, visuals, and much more puzzles than in the unique variations, that is the definitive approach to expertise each Another Code video games.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Release Date: February 16, 2024
Just a number of months after the staggering highs of Super Mario Bros. Wonder the plumber returns, albeit in a lesser function, in Mario vs. Donkey Kong.
This is a remake of the 2004 Game Boy Advance title. You play via side-scrolling platforming ranges in Mario’s toy manufacturing unit, which has been overrun by Donkey Kong.
It’s an extremely devoted remake as well, retaining the unique recreation’s puzzle focus. In some ranges you’ll have to discover a hidden key earlier than you’ll be able to full it. In others, doorways can be locked till you gather a hard and fast variety of objects, or bypass environmental puzzles. It’s certain to be considerably more difficult than Wonder, even when it doesn’t boast as assorted a variety of talents.
Even extra considerably, Mario vs. Donkey Kong might effectively be the ultimate mainline Mario recreation to launch on the Switch, outdoors of RPGs. If that’s the case, then the sport will tackle a legacy totally separate from its supply materials: harkening again to the simplistic platforming mechanics however endearing allure that make the character so beloved.
Princess Peach: Showtime!
Release Date: March 22, 2024
The subsequent Nintendo Switch unique releasing this yr is, because it stands, the ultimate brand-new first occasion recreation slated for the console. Even extra considerably, it’s the primary time the beloved Princess Peach has had her personal recreation since Super Princess Peach in 2005.
We nonetheless don’t know hundreds about Princess Peach: Showtime! apart from it being a side-scrolling platform the place a plethora of latest talents formulate the gameplay loop. In the reveal trailer we noticed Peach casting spells to banish bushes blocking her means, wielding a sword, and reworking into an old-timey detective.
If Super Mario Bros. Wonder gave Mario a complete new host of talents, then Princess Peach: Showtime! appears to be like set to do precisely the identical factor. If you’ve been craving for a brand new solo Peach recreation for the previous twenty years, it isn’t too lengthy till your prayers can be answered!
Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
Release Window: Summer 2024
Announced in the Nintendo Direct from September 2023, this full-fledged remake of the 3DS Luigi’s Mansion recreation is the primary time we’ve seen Mario’s brother in a solo launch because the third entry of the Mansion franchise again in 2019.
The teaser trailer proven was extremely transient. That mentioned, did present a way more polished graphical model that revamps the 3DS visuals for the Switch. The spooky ambiance continues to be right here, alongside Luigi’s dependable ghost-busting instrument, the Poltergust.
If you first sampled the Luigi’s Mansion sequence with the third recreation, this can be a nice probability to go again in time to see how we bought to this stage. Even higher, it brings again the four-player co-op mode. You can put an finish to those paranormal pests with associates!
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Release Window: 2024
The final formally confirmed Switch unique for 2024 is a remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This is the second entry in the sequence of turn-based Paper Mario RPGs. That means a complete of three video games from that sub-franchise are actually playable on Switch.
It’s some of the coveted remakes ever from Nintendo. The unique GameDice recreation isn’t solely inaccessible on trendy {hardware}, however massively costly to purchase used. It’s arduous to see how Nintendo could make the sport look any extra polished resulting from its timeless 2D visible design, however with new animations promised, we’re excited to see the way it seems.
Metroid Prime 4
Release Window: TBA
The final entry on our checklist is a little bit of a speculative one, and a recreation that every one Nintendo followers have hoped would launch with the flip of every yr. We first heard about Metroid Prime 4 means again in 2017 following the Switch’s launch, nevertheless it has been little greater than an city legend in the years since.
If 2024 is the ultimate yr of main assist for the Switch, it could be becoming for Metroid Prime 4 to behave as its final hurrah: the ultimate tentpole unique earlier than the successor console releases. There’s some precedent for it, too, with the Metroid Prime remaster touchdown in 2023 to widespread acclaim.
We wouldn’t be stunned if Metroid Prime 4 goes down the Breath of the Wild route, releasing on each the Switch and whichever console succeeds it. Either means, we hope 2024 is lastly the yr the place this long-shelved recreation lastly sees the sunshine of day.
Those are all of the Nintendo Switch exclusives confirmed (or rumored) to launch in 2024. If any upcoming Nintendo Direct displays add much more titles to this checklist, we’re positive to be in for an unimaginable closing yr for the Switch!
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