Hold on to your Cappy, a Nintendo Direct is coming your way later this week. Nintendo has scheduled an hour-long presentation for September 12 at 9AM ET. You don’t often see Nintendo running Direct streams on Fridays, but hey, we’ll take it. There may be a Mario-shaped reason for this timing, too. You can watch the showcase above, on YouTube or in the Nintendo Today! app.
The Direct will include information on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games. In terms of safe bets, we’ll likely get some more details on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Kirby Air Riders, both of which have 2025 release dates. Those may very well bolster Switch 2 demand ahead of the holidays (as if Nintendo needed the help). It would be a surprise if Nintendo didn’t announce a release date — or delay — for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond during this Direct as well, since that game is still slated to arrive this year.
Otherwise, it’s a bit of a mystery as to what to expect. There’s always a chance that Nintendo might start teasing the next big Zelda game, even if it’s some time away. After all, the company announced The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom four years before it arrived. Plus, this Saturday is the 40th anniversary of the Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. so there surely has to be some kind of Mario-related announcement in store.
Elsewhere, perhaps we’ll get some more info on FromSoftware’s Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods. In any case, Nintendo has to start building out the Switch 2 slate for 2026, and we’ll probably get a mix of first- and third-party news here.
