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	<title type="text">All the news from Nintendo&#8217;s July 2025 Direct showcase &#8211; The Verge</title>
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	<updated>2025-08-06T12:24:01+00:00</updated>

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				<name>Ash Parrish</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games]]></title>
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			<updated>2025-08-06T08:24:01-04:00</updated>
			<published>2025-07-31T15:30:00-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It's a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received games years after other platforms, if at all. While today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase may have lacked the splash of anticipated third-party games like Hades [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It's a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received games years after other platforms, if at all.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">While <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/716586/nintendo-partner-direct-july-2025-news-trailers">today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase</a> may have lacked the splash of anticipated third-party games like <em>Hades 2</em> or FromSoftware's <em>The Duskbloods</em>, what was on display offered some interesting insight. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Showcases like this one offer Nintendo's second- and third-party development and publishing partners the chance to show off what they've got on the way. In the original Switch days, multiplatform games like <em>Con …</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/716859/nintendo-partner-direct-july-cronos-star-wars">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Ash Parrish</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Nintendo&#8217;s next Switch 2 Direct is on July 31st]]></title>
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			<updated>2025-07-31T09:15:31-04:00</updated>
			<published>2025-07-30T09:14:15-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Now that the Switch 2 is out, and the console's biggest exclusives - Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza - are delighting fans, it's time to see what else this thing can do. Nintendo's hosting its next Direct presentation on Thursday, July 31st, bright and early at 9AM ET. You can watch the direct [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Now that the Switch 2 is out, and the console's biggest exclusives - <em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games-review/684518/mario-kart-world-review-nintendo-switch-2">Mario Kart World</a></em> and <em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games-review/707704/donkey-kong-bananza-review-nintendo-switch-2">Donkey Kong Bananza</a></em> - are delighting fans, it's time to see what else this thing can do. Nintendo's hosting its next Direct presentation <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/716586/nintendo-partner-direct-july-2025-news-trailers">on Thursday, July 31st, bright and early at 9AM ET</a>. You can watch the direct on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/gZoLrfLcIVg">here</a> and, of course, in the Nintendo Today app.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">According to Nintendo, the 25-minute presentation will be a partner showcase, focusing on third-party titles for the Switch and Switch 2. (Sorry, y'all are gonna have to wait a little longer for more news on <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/630255/metroid-prime-4-nintendo-switch-trailer"><em>Metroid Prime 4</em></a>.)</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/715733/nintendo-direct-annoucement-july-2025-switch-2">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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