Please note, there is no Nintendo Switch hardware news in today’s Nintendo Direct. A dedicated Direct is scheduled for April 2 (April 3 in Australia and New Zealand).
Nintendo Today!
Nintendo Today! is a new smartphone app that delivers Nintendo news straight to your devices. It’s like a daily calendar, including new, videos, and comics from Nintendo games and characters in select franchises. Following the Nintendo Direct about Nintendo Switch 2 next week, news about the hardware will be included. It’s essentially an app full of Nintendo ads, but having the news all in one place might be handy for some!
Virtual game cards
Nintendo has announced an optional feature that changes digital games to virtual game cards. This simplifies game management and allows players to lend or borrow titles from Nintendo Account family group members. Your current digital games can become virtual game cards following a system update in late April and virtual game cards will work with Nintendo Switch 2 from launch.Virtual game cards are similar to physical cards, making them very handy. You can eject titles from one system and load them onto another, whether it’s a second system tied to your account or a family member. Local communication with a second system is only required the first time. A dedicated management screen houses options to load, eject, and manage your virtual card games. Arrange them as you like. Games are borrowed for two weeks before returning automatically to the original virtual card holder.
Game highlights
No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files
Kaname Date is a special agent with an AI partner embedded in one eye. You’re on a mission to track down an internet idol trapped in a mysterious death game. Conduct interviews, investigate her whereabouts, solve puzzles, and dive into a subject’s dreams to learn from their inner psyche.No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files will be released exclusively for Nintendo Switch on July 25.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
Cozy farm life experience game Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar was originally released for Nintendo DS, and is set to make a comeback on Nintendo Switch. Zephyr Town’s bazaar was once famous but is now in total disrepair. You’re new to town, bringing the power to breathe life into town and restore the market to its former glory. Spend each day rebuilding your farm: plant, water, and harvest crops; tend to your animals; and gather your bounty to sell at your customizable stall in the weekly bazaar. Zephyr Town has unique winds that make life a breeze. This version of the game features updated visuals, new characters, an expanded story, and voiced event scenes.Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar will be released for Nintendo Switch on August 27. It will also be available for PC via Steam.
Disney Villains Cursed Café
From my first impression, visual novel Disney Villains Cursed Café seems like Coffee Talk but with Disney villains. You are a potionista in charge of a mysterious potion café. Villains are reimagined with a modern twist; they include Cruella de Vil, The Evil Queen, Gaston, Captain Hook, Jafar, Maleficent, Ursula and more. Yzma (my favourite villain!) provides the ingredients and you brew the potions for each villain. Help guide them towards their desires while uncovering the mystery of this peculiar café.Disney Villains Cursed Café is now available for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series.
SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered
Originally released in 1999, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered returns players to Sandail to follow the intertwined fates of royal heir Gustave and excavator Wil. Both are in difficult situations: Gustave is caught in a power struggle, and Wil is confronting a hidden world-threatening danger. The game’s History Choice system allows key events to be experienced from multiple perspectives. This version of the game features fully enhanced HD watercolour visuals, additional in-game events, and refined gameplay mechanicsSaGa Frontier 2 Remastered is now available for iOS/Android, PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
It’s been ten long years since Tomodachi Life, and it’s about time for a sequel! Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream allows you to create Mii characters based on anyone you’d like (or just randomly!) and have them all live together on an island. It’s all so strange, but so fun. You can involved with their relationships and experience the ways they interact. Sometimes, you can watch their dreams.Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will be released (presumably as an exclusive) for Nintendo Switch in 2026.
Full list of featured games
- Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake — launches this year
- No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files — Launches on July 25
- Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army — launches on June 19
- Shadow Labyrinth — launches on July 18
- Patapon 1 + 2 Replay — launches on July 11
- Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar — launches on August 27
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — launches this year
- Disney Villains Cursed Café — available today
- Witchbrook — launches “this holiday” (Q4 2025)
- The Eternal Life of Goldman — launches “this holiday” (Q4 2025)
- Gradius Origins — launches on August 7
- Rift of the NecroDancer — available today
- Tamagotchi Plaza — launches on June 27
- Pokémon Legends: ZA — launches in late 2025
- Rhythm Heaven Groove — launches in 2026
- High on Life — launches on May 6
- Star Overdrive — launches on April 10
- The Wandering Village — launches on July 17
- King of Meat — launches this year
- Lou’s Lagoon — launches “this summer” (Q3 2025)
- Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time — launches on May 21
- SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered — available today
- Monument Valley and Monument Valley 2 — launching on April 15
- Monument Valley 3 — launches “this summer” (Q3 2025)
- Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots — launches this year
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion — launches “this winter” (Q4 2025 or Q1 2026)
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — launches in 2026
