Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 7.31.2025 thoughts?

[weirdfeline]

Join us for a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on July 31 at 6am PT! Tune in for roughly 25 minutes of information on upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch games from our publishing partners.

A brand new Katamari game! I would've expected the Apple Arcade game but this is apparently all new.

Plants vs. Zombies original game getting a remake, trailer was a fun watch and hopefully Garden Warfare 3 is on the way..

Pac-Man World 2 remake looks better than the first game.

I think Chillin' by the Fire is only here because it's utilizing GameChat.

Mouse game Hela looks great. Now imagine if it was using the Stuart Little license.. wow.

Baby game Goodnight Universe looked interesting.

NBA Bounce is probably more fun than NBA 2K.

Philabieldia would've been a way cooler game title than The Adventures of Elliot.

[bikingjahuty]

I'm happy the only game that interested me that wasn't a port of a game that's been out for a while is coming to the original Switch. Once Upon a Katamari was the only game that I have any interest in.

[dhaabi]

Once Upon a Katamari
I'm very happy to see that this isn't stuck on Nintendo hardware. I'll be getting the physical PlayStation 5 release. But I'm not sure how I feel about the power-up pickups, though. I should probably prioritize playing We Love Katamari Reroll sooner than later.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
While this doesn't interest me, it's good to see Square Enix releasing another original title. Does the 2D-HD style need to be used be so many of their games, though? They all look the same.

Octopath Traveler 0
I'm not really sure how I feel about this after having only played the debut title. Conversation about this so far speculates that this is some adaptation of the mobile game, but nothing's been confirmed yet. The town-building aspects don't interest me. This seems more like a filler title to hold people over before the proper third installment releases. If I become more invested in the franchise, I may eventually play this.

Philabieldia would've been a way cooler game title than The Adventures of Elliot.

Perhaps, but I don't think anyone would remember how it's actually spelled.

[kamikazekeeg]

Nothing for me at the show unfortunately.  Only game I was interested in, Hyrule Warriors, was already announced so showing off more wasn't very important.

[theflea]

other then monster hunter stories 3, octopath zero and adventures of elliot the rest was meh.
my biggest fear is all Switch 2 will be key cards for physical versions.