Mario Kart 8 is probably my most-played Switch game, which means that Mario Kart World was easily my highlight of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. But even as Nintendo pins its launch campaign around its karting phenomenon, the Switch 2's real system-seller is lurking in the background.
The Duskbloods is the new game from FromSoftware and legendary Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki. An open-ended, multiplayer twist on the Gothic architecture of Bloodborne's Yharnam, its elevator pitch features a lot of words and phrases that make me think it will probably be very good. More important for Nintendo than any of those words, however, are these ones: The Duskbloods will launch as a Switch 2 exclusive.
