During today's Nintendo Direct, the company announced a new game in collaboration with action game experts PlatinumGames. Dubbed Astral Chain, the new game is directed by Takahisa Taura, the combat and gameplay director of 2017's Nier: Automata. It is also supervise by Hideki Kamiya, vice president of PlatinumGames and director behind Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, and more.

Check out the trailer below.

The game will be released on August 30 this year.

Link's first Game Boy adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is being remade for Switch, and it is arriving this year.

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The teaser for the game showed off familiar locations from the original game, an 2D animated version of the game's iconic intro, and it looks similar to the 3DS' Link Between Worlds, but with much sharper HD aesthetic.

During today's Direct, Nintendo promised an in-depth look at the next Fire Emblem, Three Houses. They weren't kidding.

In addition to a number of in-depth details revealed about the game's features and premise, Nintendo dropped the date you can play the next Fire Emblem: July 26.

For more on Three Houses, head here.

Daemon X Machina, the exclusive to Switch mech action game is releasing this summer, but ahead of that official release, you can try out the game today.

The free demo will allow players to try out four missions, a boss battle, and show off some of the customization options.

The team behind Lost Sphear and I am Setsuna have announced its next game, Oninaki, and it's an action RPG.

In the game you will rescue lost souls by switching between the world of the living and the dead. The game launches Summer 2019.

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Amid several announcements made during Nintendo Direct, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is receiving new content. Starting today, players will be able to enjoy the puzzle platformer with friends. Additionally, pre-orders for new DLC, featuring 18 new challenges and 5 new courses, is now available for a March 14 release. In line with the co-op update, one course will also be playable later today. Check out our Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker review here. 

Amid several announcements made during Nintendo Direct, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is receiving new content. Starting today, players will be able to enjoy the puzzle platformer with friends. Additionally, pre-orders for new DLC, featuring 18 new challenges and 5 new courses, is now available for a March 14 release. In line with the co-op update, one course will also be playable later today. Check out our Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker review here. 

During today's Nintendo Direct, Square-Enix and Nintendo revealed that Dragon Quest Builders 2 has a Western release date for Switch. The game will be available on July 12.

There is no word on whether or not it will be coming to other consoles on this date.

You can check out our review on the original game here.

During today's Nintendo Direct, Square-Enix and Nintendo revealed that Dragon Quest Builders 2 has a Western release date for Switch. The game will be available on July 12.

There is no word on whether or not it will be coming to other consoles on this date.

You can check out our review on the original game here.

Coming this fall, Square Enix's Dragon Quest XI will be making it's way to the Switch. In addition to arriving on Nintendo's console, it will also feature several new upgrades. 

It will allow you to switch on the fly between the 3D visuals and the 2D, 16-bit visuals that would play on the bottom screen of the Japanese-exclusive 3DS version. You will be able to toggle between the English and Japanese voice acting, it will feature fully orchestrated field and battle music this time out, and it will additionally have stories focused on each of the game's playable characters that were absent from the PS4 and PC release.

Dragon Quest XI was initially announced for the Switch, but this version was postponed. A little over a year after it's release on other platforms it will finally arrive as Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition.