Cliff Notes – Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow ahead of Switch 2 showcase
- Nintendo has announced a Direct presentation on March 27, focusing solely on upcoming games for the current Switch, ahead of the Switch 2 showcase on April 2.
- Speculation surrounds potential announcements, including Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and remasters of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
- Other rumoured titles include a Kirby: Planet Robobot port and a remake of Fire Emblem: Genealogy Of The Holy War, alongside possible remasters of The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess.
Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow ahead of Switch 2 showcase
Two Directs in two weeks? (Nintendo)
After much speculation, Nintendo has announced another Direct presentation entirely dedicated to the original Switch.
While the rumours of two Nintendo Direct presentations within a week seemed hard to believe, Nintendo has confirmed it is doing exactly that.
Ahead of its already confirmed Switch 2 showcase on April 2, the company will release another Direct on Thursday, March 27 at 2pm UK time. As noted in the announcement, this will focus entirely on upcoming games for the current Switch, with ‘no updates’ on its successor.
The Direct will be available to stream live across YouTube and will span ‘around 30 minutes’, which implies there will be some significant announcements.
One of the big questions is whether Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will appear. The game is set to launch on the Switch this year but it’s unclear if it will serve as a cross-gen title for the Switch 2. Recent rumours, however, suggest it will not appear at next week’s showcase, so it may be one of the focuses for this Direct.
Elsewhere on the Metroid front, remasters of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have been rumoured for some time. The Switch remaster of the first game was shadow dropped in a Direct two years ago, so the same might happen for the sequels.
As for other possible announcements, there’s been rumours of a Kirby: Planet Robobot port and one ‘final big game’ from a ‘niche beloved franchise’. The latter description is broad, but it could relate to something like a new F-Zero, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Golden Sun, or Punch Out!!
A remake of Fire Emblem 4, aka Fire Emblem: Genealogy Of The Holy War, has been rumoured for some time too. The last game in the series, Fire Emblem: Engage, was only released two years ago, but a remake could make sense as a stop-gap.
If we’re approaching the end of the Switch’s life, this might be the perfect time for the long rumoured remasters of The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Zelda: Twilight Princess as well – although these might be fan pipedreams at this point.
As ever with Nintendo, it’s hard to predict what could show up at tomorrow’s Direct, although it certainly suggests Nintendo has a lot in store for next week’s Switch 2 presentation.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – will it turn up on Thursday? (Nintendo)
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