An Hour-long Nintendo Direct Is Set For September 12

Hold connected to your Cappy, a Nintendo Direct is coming your measurement later this week. Nintendo has scheduled an hour-long position for September 12 astatine 9AM ET. You don't often spot Nintendo moving Direct streams connected Fridays, but hey, we'll return it. There whitethorn beryllium a Mario-shaped logic for this timing, too. You tin watch nan showcase above, connected YouTube aliases successful nan Nintendo Today! app.

The Direct will see accusation connected Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games. In position of safe bets, we'll apt get immoderate much specifications connected Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Kirby Air Riders, some of which person 2025 merchandise dates. Those whitethorn very good bolster Switch 2 request up of nan holidays (as if Nintendo needed nan help). It would beryllium a astonishment if Nintendo didn't denote a merchandise day — aliases hold — for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond during this Direct arsenic well, since that crippled is still slated to get this year.

Otherwise, it's a spot of a enigma arsenic to what to expect. There's ever a chance that Nintendo mightiness commencement teasing nan adjacent large Zelda game, moreover if it's immoderate clip away. After all, nan institution announced The Legend of Zelda: Tears of nan Kingdom four years earlier it arrived. Plus, this Saturday is nan 40th day of nan Japanese merchandise of Super Mario Bros. so location surely has to beryllium immoderate benignant of Mario-related announcement successful store.

Elsewhere, possibly we'll get immoderate much info connected FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods. In immoderate case, Nintendo has to commencement building retired nan Switch 2 slate for 2026, and we'll astir apt get a operation of first- and third-party news here.