Today’s Nintendo Direct brought with it a bit of a surprise for Life is Strange fans. Life is Strange: True Colors is coming to Nintendo’s handheld console on September 10, while Life Is Strange Remastered Collection comes later this year.
Following the Tekken/Smash announcement, Nintendo launched into a series of trailers that began with a new animation for Life is Strange featuring Max and Chloe sharing glances on a speeding locomotive before being joined by Alex Chen, star of the upcoming Life Is Strange: True Colors.
The rest of the trailer was just a pair of release dates. True Colors arrives first on September 10, while the upcoming Remastered Collection won’t arrive on Switch until later this year.
Square Enix had a brand new True Colors trailer to show at their E3 presentation on Sunday. We got our first look at Alex’s powers, which allow her to hear peoples thoughts and read their emotions by viewing their brightly colored auras. The trailer showed Alex reading the aura of a guy at a bar who had been cheating on his girlfriend, opening up new dialog choices for the interaction.
Previous trailers also show Alex having an affinity with music and a great singing voice courtesy of mxmtoon.
Life Is Strange Remastered Collection was also featured at E3, showing improved graphics and more emotive animations. Square announced a September 30 release date for the Remastered Collection, but we’re guessing the Switch version will be sometime after this date.
There were plenty of other announcements at today’s Nintendo Direct, including an October release date for Guardians of the Galaxy, Mario Party Superstars, and the all-new Metroid Dread, as well as free content updates for Mario Golf: Super Rush.
We’re on the last day of E3, so be sure to check back later today for the E3 awards ceremony.
