An hour-long Nintendo Direct is about for September 12

Maintain on to your Cappy, a Nintendo Direct is coming your method later this week. Nintendo has scheduled an hour-long presentation for September 12 at 9AM ET. You do not typically see Nintendo operating Direct streams on Fridays, however hey, we’ll take it. There could also be a Mario-shaped purpose for this timing, too. You may watch the showcase above, on YouTube or within the Nintendo Today! app.

The Direct will embody data on Nintendo Change and Change 2 video games. By way of secure bets, we’ll seemingly get some extra particulars on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Kirby Air Riders, each of which have 2025 launch dates. These could very effectively bolster Change 2 demand forward of the vacations (as if Nintendo needed the help). It could be a shock if Nintendo did not announce a launch date — or delay — for Metroid Prime 4: Past throughout this Direct as effectively, since that sport remains to be slated to arrive this year.

In any other case, it is a bit of a thriller as to what to anticipate. There’s at all times an opportunity that Nintendo may begin teasing the subsequent large Zelda sport, even when it is a while away. In spite of everything, the corporate announced The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 4 years earlier than it arrived. Plus, this Saturday is the fortieth anniversary of the Japanese launch of Tremendous Mario Bros. so there certainly needs to be some sort of Mario-related announcement in retailer.

Elsewhere, maybe we’ll get some extra information on FromSoftware’s Change 2 unique The Duskbloods. In any case, Nintendo has to start out constructing out the Change 2 slate for 2026, and we’ll most likely get a mixture of first- and third-party information right here.