That was a solid Partner Direct—
(i) Orbitals got a new trailer and a release window (Summer 2026),
(ii) third-party support appears to be continuing into the new year (FFVII Rebirth, Turok: Origins, and Digimon Story Time Stranger are all coming in only a few months, Hollow Knight got its NS2 Edition patch shadow dropped, etc.),
(iii) SquEnix's Avdentures of the House of Elliot got a new trailer and release date,
(iv) Super Bomberman Collection is neat! (though, being a PC gamer, not super interesting for me TBH),
(v) (Finally!) we got some release dates on several Bethesda projects,
(vi) and demos for the two big Capcom games are coming later today to NS2.
That all said, I think my hopes were a little too high... no Black Myth Wukong, no Call of Duty, no Clair Obscur, no Rayman, and no Sonic. So in that regard, I'm a tad bit disappointed; however, on the bright side, this is the first partner showcase from Nintendo that had me glued to every single reveal (with the exception of some filler trailers e.g. that one dinosaur stealth game lol).
Rating: 7/10.
