The action-adventure title is also nominated for Game of the Year, alongside Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Cocoon, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
The remake offers two new worlds with new enemies and themes and Time Attack for measuring your fastest completion times.
Available for five days, the new Spirits will bring characters from Splatoon 3, Pikmin 4, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
As Nintendo looks ahead to the next few years of its software pipeline, it's looking to partner with more external developers to make games based on its properties, it's been claimed.
Nintendo announced in November that it was working with Sony Pictures on a live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda.
The update adds smoothing, a scanline filter, and screen options for Metal Gear Solid 1, including 16:9 (which isn't widescreen).
The game's eShop page has also been updated, revealing an 8 GB storage requirement for the upcoming action-adventure title.
Speculation on the game in question has been rife, with Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fi Rush being deemed the likeliest candidate by many.
Leaks have previously claimed that though the console will sport improved hardware and tech, it will build on the Switch's hybrid design.
UK physical sales for the acclaimed Nintendo Switch title are also not far from that of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Though the legendary developer does say he is "thinking about who I can pass things on to" in the future.
The beloved RPG's highly anticipated remake is set to launch for the Nintendo Switch in 2024, but doesn't have a firm release date.
The update goes live in early January 2024, adding new screen features like a 16:9 presentation and a scanline filter for MGS1.
Nintendo's acclaimed 2D platformer is still on top of the charts, selling over 94,000 physical copies in Japan last week.
The epilogue will see players returning to the Land of Kitakami, where the expansion's first part was set.
All five Knight League tracks are blanketed in snow, while Boost colors and Pilot Card customization options are available as rewards.
The sidescrolling platformer sold over 82,000 units last week, while Pikmin 4's total sales in Japan have now crossed the 1 million mark.
Learn more about the adventure game's story and mechanics, or try out the first chapter of Another Code: Two Memories on Nintendo Switch.
Players venture to Blueberry Academy, learn to fly with Miraidon or Koraidon, and encounter returning Pokemon in the new DLC.
The console now sits behind only the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation 2 in lifetime sales in the United States.
