Nintendo held its first 2024 Direct simultaneously worldwide on February 21, 2024. The company published separate videos dedicated to audiences in each country and region, including Japan. The Japanese Nintendo Direct has been known to feature several titles exclusive to the country, and the February 2024 release is no different, so here are all the Switch games in it.
One of the main highlights of the Japanese show is a remake of Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin: Okhotsk ni Kiyu (Hokkaido Serial Murder: Gone in Okhotsk). This title is an investigative visual novel written by Yuji Horii, who also previously made The Portopia Serial Murder Case before he became famous with Dragon Quest. The game originally came out for PC-6001 and PC-8801 in 1984, before it found its way to the Family Computer (NES) in 1987. G-Mode will release the new remake in Summer 2024, which will feature fully detailed character and background illustrations with Japanese voiceovers. Yuji Horii will also return to supervise a brand-new continuation story taking place in 2024.
The Japanese Direct also newly revealed FuRyu’s new action game Reynatis and Genius Sorority’s The New Denpa Men RPG Free, the latter of which will be available as a free-to-play game. It also exclusively featured titles like Koei Tecmo’s horse racing simulation game Winning Post 10 2024 and an expansion to Square Enix’s online game Dragon Quest X.
Here is the complete list of all the Switch games featured in the February 2024 Japanese Nintendo Direct, along with their publishers and the release dates or windows revealed in the program:
- Crayon Shin-chan: Sumi no Machi no Shiro by Neos – February 22, 2024
- Contra: Operation Galuga by Konami – March 12, 2024
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! by Aniplex – April 25, 2024
- Disney Epic Mickey – Rebrushed by THQ Nordic – 2024
- Dragon Quest X Online expansion: The Door to the Future and the Sleeping Girl by Square Enix – March 21, 2024
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes by 505 Games – April 23, 2024
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster by crim – April 28, 2024
- Ender Magnolia -Bloom in the Mist- by Binary Haze Interactive – 2024
- Endless Ocean Luminous by Nintendo – May 2, 2024 (to be known in Japan as Forever Blue Luminous)
- Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time by Level-5 – October 10, 2024
- Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku by Imagineer – March 7, 2024
- GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay by Bandai Namco – February 22, 2024
- Guitar Life -Lesson 1- by Hori – Spring 2024
- Gundam Breaker 4 by Bandai Namco – 2024
- Hokkaido Serial Murder: Gone in Okhotsk by G-Mode – Summer 2024
- Ikki Unite by Sunsoft – April 18, 2024
- Library of Ruina by Arc System Works – April 25, 2024
- Monster Hunter Stories by Capcom – Summer 2024
- Mother 3 by Nintendo – Available now via Nintendo Switch Online
- The New Denpa Men RPG Free by Genius Sorority – 2024 as a free-to-play game
- Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! by Game Freak – Available now digitally
- Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 by Konami – 2024
- Reynatis by FuRyu – July 25, 2024
- SaGa Emerald Beyond by Square Enix – April 25, 2024
- Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance by Atlus – June 21, 2024
- Snufkin by Raw Fury – March 7, 2024
- Suika Game 2-Player Mode by Aladdin X – Available now digitally
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble by Sega – June 25, 2024
- Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream by Bandai Namco – 2024
- Umbraclaw by Inti Creates – May 30, 2024
- Unicorn Overlord by Atlus and Vanillaware – March 8, 2024 – Demo available now
- Winning Post 10 2024 by Koei Tecmo – March 28, 2024
- World of Goo 2 by 2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation – May 23, 2024
