Headbangers Rhythm Royale looks like a musical pigeon fever dream

Bang your… beak?

For Nintendo Directs, it’s always good to expect the unexpected. I don’t think I really expected Headbangers Rhythm Royale, though.

Shown during today’s Direct, Headbangers was actually revealed earlier this month at the Future Games Showcase. Though I missed it at the time, amid all the sound and fury of Summer Game Fest, I very much noticed this bird-based battle royale during today’s Direct.

Headbangers Rhythm Royale seems to pit a bunch of pigeons against each other in a musical battle royale. It looks absolutely wild. And it joins an increasingly stacked October lineup, hitting on October 31, 2023.