Best Nintendo Direct announcements

62 ELO points separate Xenoblade Chronicles 3 from Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes in the Nintendo Direct ranking, after 2519 duels.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land claims the top spot with 1371 ELO points, winning 69% of its 59 duels. The pink hero's debut in a 3D open-zone adventure clearly resonated with voters. Splatoon 3 follows 26 points behind at 1345 ELO with a 65% win rate across 69 duels, while Mario Strikers: Battle League secures third place at 1339 ELO. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 sits at rank 4 with 1323 points, but the sharpest divide in the ranking appears directly below it: a 62-point gap separates it from Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes at 1261. Despite facing 76 duels, the Warriors spinoff maintains a 62% win rate yet remains distant from the podium. At the opposite end, MLB The Show 22 languishes at the bottom with just 963 ELO and a 21% win rate, reflecting minimal excitement for the sports title's Switch debut.

This ranking stems from 2519 duels cast by 90 players across 12 contenders, last updated on 11 October 2026. The figures reveal a Direct dominated by established Nintendo franchises, with clear tiers separating the most anticipated announcements from the rest. Vote now to influence the standings and determine which reveal truly earned the hype.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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