The February 2022 Nintendo Direct will begin in a few moments, and we’ve set up a live stream. We actually have separate integrations ready to go for North America, Europe, and Japan.
As announced yesterday, the event will kick off at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK / 11pm Europe. We’ve mentioned this before, but this will focus on launching Switch games in the first half of 2022 – although Nintendo may go beyond that window for some games. In any case, we are in 40 minutes of news.
You can watch the February 2022 Nintendo Direct as it happens with the live stream below. We will also have a live blog throughout the event as well as additional coverage on the main site during and after its broadcast.
Live stream
Live Blog:
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
New entry in the Fire Emblem Warriors series.
Set in the same universe as Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Arrival June 24, 2022
Advanced Wars: Reboot Camp 1 + 2
Commanders are now voiced
Fast forward option and rotation reset options
Additional modes outside of the main campaign
War Room, custom maps in Design Room and local + online play
Pre-orders available now, arrives April 8
No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky is coming to Switch
Open universe sandbox survival game
Coming to Switch this summer
Mario Strikers: Battle League
New entry in the Mario Strikers series
5v5 football with tackles, items and special moves
Customizable gear and stats
Hyper Strike: Orb that can be charged to score two goals at once
Up to 8 players, 4 players per team in local play
Play online with online club mode for leaderboards among 20 players, compete against other clubs
Available June 10, pre-orders open now
Splaton 3
Salmon Run back, new Salmonids boss, “Fish Stick”, “Flip Flopper”.
Can throw Salmon Eggs to other players from a distance.
New special abilities displayed.
Mode titled “Salmon Run: Next Wave”
Coming this summer
Mission before 1st: Remake
Play as mechanized machines called Wanzers
Turn-based strategy, aim at enemy parts to defeat them
Customizable wanzers
Coming this summer
A remake of Front Mission 2 is planned
Disney Speed Storm
Play as Disney Pixar characters
free to play
Each runner has special abilities
Cross-platform, split-screen and online multiplayer
Coming this summer
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Ported to Switch
Motion controls are optional
Arrives April 20
Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
Coming to Switch February 17
SD Battle Gundam Alliance
Coming this year
Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
Chrono Cross remaster is coming to Switch
Arrived on April 7, pre-orders are open now
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The objective is to rescue the kidnapped Waddle Dees
Mouthful mode, abilities based on large objects that Kirby inhales, separate from copy abilities
As more and more Waddle Dees are saved, the town of Waddle Dee expands providing new resources. Copy Abilities can be developed for new attacks. They also change in appearance. Some evolved forms are stronger.
Enemies are called the Beast Pack
Arrives March 25th, pre-orders are open now
MLB: The Show 22
Latest entry in the MLB baseball series: The Show
Cross-progression on any platform the game is running on.
Online cross-platform game
From April 5, pre-orders available now
Kingdom Hearts: Integrum Masterpiece cloud version
Collection of 3 game collections
Coming tomorrow to Switch
Cloud versions can be purchased separately
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
Klonoa platform series collection
Arrives July 8
Portal: Companion Collection
Portal and Portal Collection 2
Coming this year
live alive
RPG brought to the West for the first time
Story-themed storytelling
Available July 22, pre-orders open now
Nintendo Switch Sports
Successor to the Wii Sports series
Has motion controls.
Includes bowling, chambara and tennis.
Also includes football with a giant ball.
The physical edition includes a leg strap accessory.
Badminton and volleyball also included.
Offers both local and online play for all sports with friends or skill-based random matchmaking.
Coming April 29, free update planned for fall that will introduce Golf
Online playtest scheduled for February 18-20 for Nintendo Switch Online members
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
New game in Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm game series. Includes songs like Megalovania and Legend of Zelda main theme, over 76 songs in total
Up to 4 players can play together at once
Coming this year
Paid in-game subscription service for over 500 songs at launch
Triangle strategy
A new demo that goes all the way to the end of Chapter 3 is available starting today. Save files can be transferred to the full game
Cuphead: the delicious last dish
DLC arriving June 30
Metroid: Dread
The free update coming today adds Rookie difficulty and Dread difficulty. Boss Rush update coming in April
Earthbound
Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings are coming to Nintendo Switch Online today
Zombie Army 4: Dead War is coming April 26
GetsuFUmaDen: Undying Moon arrives today
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles coming June 10
Lego Brawls is coming in June
Two Point Campus coming May 17
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Booster Course Pass, grouping 8 courses at a time for a total of 48 by the end of 2023, many classic courses.
Arrives March 18, costs $24.99 or free with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass membership. Pre-orders are open now.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
The latest entry in the Xenoblade Chronicles series arrives in September 2022
