[Guide] The Biggest Games Releasing on Nintendo Switch | May 2024

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With April coming to an end and May in sight, here’s a dedicated look at the four biggest games all releasing on the Nintendo Switch this May:

[Guide] The Biggest Games Releasing on Nintendo Switch | May 2024:

Endless Ocean Luminous (May 2, 2024)

Publisher: Nintendo | Genre: Simulation, Multiplayer, Adventure

File Size: 5 GB | Price: $49.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 1 – 30 (Online)

 

Take a deep breath and plunge into the Veiled Sea: an unexplored region with discoveries that change with each dive. Encounter and learn about over 500 species of marine life—some of which are presumed extinct, or even mythical!

What will you find on your undersea journey?

Hang out and explore together in shared expeditions of up to 30 players online

Wander together in groups of up to 30 with a Nintendo Switch Online membership*. Greet your fellow divers with a gesture and then delve into the depths to share discoveries.

Swim with friends on us—a free 7-day trial for Nintendo Switch Online is included!

You’ll need an Internet connection and a Nintendo Switch Online membership* to participate in shared expeditions, but if you are not a current Nintendo Switch Online member, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. After purchasing the game, you will receive a Nintendo eShop code for a free 7-day trial** for Nintendo Switch Online.

PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs (May 8, 2024)

Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment | Genre: Arcade

File Size: 2 GB | Price: $19.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 2 – 64 (Online)

 

PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is an online-only PAC-MAN eating competition! Eat your way through multiple interconnected mazes using Power Pellets and a variety of Power Items to chomp the GHOSTS and opponent PAC-MAN players! Be the last PAC standing at the end of each match in this 64-player Battle Royale to be the Chomp Champ!

• EAT TO COMPETE – The only PAC-MAN Battle Royale with cross platform play!
• CONSUME ALL – Eat everything in your maze! Then tunnel to other PAC-MAN players’ mazes and munch even more for the high score!
• PAC-MAN À LA MODES – Elimination Mode features arcade style action against players of any rank where you earn Tokens to trade for cosmetics. Ranked Mode features serious competition against players of similar ranking where you earn Rank XP to place on the leaderboards!
• MISSIONS ADD META – Fulfill specific conditions during the match for a score boost!
• TRUE PAC VS. PAC ACTION – Munch Dots and Fruit, then eat a Power Pellet to chomp the GHOSTS… and even chomp other PAC-MAN!
• POWER TO THE PACS – Power Items add to the action with shields, speed, and more to give you the upper hand against the GHOSTS as well as other PAC-MAN players! Some Power Items help PAC-MAN, but others help the GHOSTS!
• ELIMINATING MAZES – Beware of flashing mazes as they drop out one by one during each match! Escape before they’re eliminated!
• PERSONALIZE YOUR PAC – With a fun variety of body, head, and face cosmetics you can stand out from the pack with your own style!
• GET YOUR PACS TOGETHER – Add players to your Friend list, track friends’ progress, spectate friends’ plays, and even invite them to play in the same match as you!
• PLAY OR SPECTATE – Spectate ongoing matches from the general player-base or observe your friends’ skills. Elimination Mode spectators can even vote on what Power Items will be released to the players!
• BE THE CHOMP CHAMP! – Out-maneuver, out-last, and out-PAC to be the last PAC standing against 63 other PAC-MAN opponents!

Biomutant (May 14, 2024)

Publisher: THQ Nordic | Genre: Action, Role-Playing

File Size: 4.8 GB | Price: $39.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

 

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

A plague is ruining the land and the Tree-of-Life is bleeding death from its roots. The Tribes stand divided. Explore a world in turmoil and define its fate – will you be its saviour or lead it to an even darker destiny?

 

KEY FEATURES:

• Experience maximum freedom of movement while mixing shooting, melee and powers from your mutations
• Re-code your genetic structure to change the way you look and play with mutations like the Turtleform and Mucus Bubble
• Explore a vibrant open world by foot, mech, jet-ski, air-balloon or area unique mounts
• Mix and match parts to create your own unique slash, crush and pierce melee weapons, revolvers, rifles, shotguns and more
• A storyteller narrates every step of your journey, but it’s your actions and choices that’ll decide how your story of survival ends

 

INCLUDING FREE MERCENARY LOADOUT DLC: The Mercenary is a special loadout. The Mercenary has dual-wield as a starting ability and is geared up with classic blades. It’ll let you experience BIOMUTANT as a samurai looking warrior from the start.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (May 23, 2024)

Publisher: Nintendo | Genre: Role-Playing, Adventure

File Size: 5.1 GB | Price: $59.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

 

The nefarious X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach, and the help of a few locals, Mario journeys through a colorful world made of paper to find them first. To prevail in this quest, you’ll have to level up Mario and his friends, master timing-based attacks and badges to impress the audience on the stage of combat, and make use of all the abilities that come with being cursed—er, conveniently made of paper—like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings.

Leaf through a storybook world with charming characters in every fold – Surprises abound in this deep and engaging tale, where everyone’s got something to say and it’s often not what you’d expect. Mario will meet all kinds of interesting folks on his journey, like the upbeat and studious Goombella and the shy but determined Koops. Some of these characters will need your help with their own quests, or even join your party. Others, like Peach and Bowser, have stories of their own that you’ll play between Mario’s chapters!

A classic turns the page, bringing fresh visuals and updated features – Twenty years after the original game on the Nintendo GameCube™ system, this version for the Nintendo Switch™ system has revamped graphics, and a suite of additional changes that make the game easier than ever to enjoy.