Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 12th, 2019. Did you watch the Nintendo Direct" If not, you really should. It was packed with all the stuff a Switch owner could want, and the only real question on my mind now is how I’m going to pay for it all. Besides the Direct, we’ve also got news about a new Taito retro collection, thoughts on the latest additions to the Nintendo Switch Online NES catalog, summaries of today’s surprise new releases, and a huge list of incredible sales. This one is not to be missed, friends! Let’s boldly go forth!
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The Nintendo Direct Was Full of Info and Surprises

Well, the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct has come and gone, and it was full of all kinds of great things. From surprises like The Witcher 3 coming to Switch, the addition of both the Dragon Quest Hero (in four flavors) and Banjo-Kazooie to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and the Collection of Mana to extra footage and details about already-known titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Luigi’s Mansion 3, and Link’s Awakening, if you couldn’t find a few things to look forward to in that presentation then I don’t know what would please you. I mean, we even got a tease for a sequel to Breath of the Wild! Frankly, there’s too much to summarize and Nintendo’s own video did a far better job of it than I ever could, so I’d recommend setting aside 45 minutes to just watch it yourself. ‘...