Nintendo Direct Announced for Tomorrow, With 40 Minutes of Switch Games Coming Out Later This Year

Nintendo has finally provided a date and time for its June Direct, which is set for Tuesday, June 18th at 7am PT / 10am ET.

[VenomUK]

I’d love to see a nice, accessible, mainstream fun game in time for the Christmas season.

[Hotpot]

They've confirmed no hardware announcement in it lol, the wait continues.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

That will be its own Direct/announcement video sometime in the next few months. I'm expecting another fall reveal like the Switch had in 2016.

[roadkillers]

I don't understand why they would announce it. The Switch is around 7 years old? Still selling more some months than PS5/Series, games still sell like hotcakes, and they have never done a price cut. What's the point of releasing a new console from a financial perspective?

[SlothLordPootus]

You don't maintain market leadership by sitting on your hands...at least not usually. Nintendo may be the exception. Lol

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

They don't have an incentive to release it yet, I did hear rumours that they delayed the Switch 2 because the Switch sold better than expected for this point in its life cycle. Plus, they've probably been working on it years ago with the assumption that Switch hardware sales would be dropping off at this point, so they would be choosing hardware, organising supplier contracts, ect... I wouldn't be surprised if they are sitting on the hardware for now, if Midori's leaks are to be believed, they have sat on some Switch games while they wait for the right time to releaes, would not surprise if they did the same with hardware.

[Seraphim]

I'd expect the Hardware announcement to come around or at TGS. Be that via their own show or at TGS itself. That's also assuming new hardware will launch for the Holidays or first half of 2025.

[Sonic1881]

But they did announce Metroid Prime 4

[Terry_B]

Won't watch it but look forward to any news of multiplatform games. Maybe the long rumored Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster will be shown finally.

[Kurisu]

Love Final Fantasy, but I suck at Tactical games. I tried to play War of the Lions but my god, was I awful at the game and barely touched it. The game gets so much praise though and I'd love for the remaster to roll around for all the fans!

[killacal13]

I really hope that remaster is real, I am going to buy it for myself and three friends, they have to experience this game, I hope there is a Ps5 version and a Switch version.

[Stanlittle]

Nintendo PLEASE let Switch 2 be an OLED

[ABizzel1]

By all intents it should, with them maybe making a “lite” LCD version just to have an affordable option for consumer that Nintendo can still profit off of Day 1 or Year 1 - 2.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

They can just make two versions, although the screen on the Steamdeck OLED has spoilt me.

[neomahi]

Oh, it's IGN. Who cares......

[RaiderNation]

Meh, wake me up when you finally decide to unveil new hardware. I'm over playing games on this potato.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Sounds like a you issue. There's still tons of games left to play on it and coming out this year/early 2025, and judging by the hardware sales, people aren't done buying it.

[RaiderNation]

Comments like this are so dumb. Who else would this be an issue for? I never claimed to be speaking for anyone else. I don't give a rats ass about these "tons of games" because I'm over the outdated hardware and lousy performance.

[Neonridr]

@RaiderNation - "comments like this are so dumb"

as opposed to your original comment, right?

[MeteorPanda]

Indie devs are still making games the switch fine like animal well.

I het it tho. I bet the new monster hunter game is a launch for the new switch

[Kneetos]

Xenoblade Chronicles X
Come on, it's time

[PRIMORDUS]

Oh man please I hope so. I loved them all on Switch.

[stupidusername]

Hoping for Metroid Prime 4. They announced it for the Switch and it’s still listed as a Switch game, so if they’re going to announce it for switch and not only switch 2 it’s now or never.
Also hoping for a Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remaster/remake like we got for Wii U. Several rumors suggest Nintendo have been sitting on finished switch versions for a while now, waiting for a good release window.

[DefaultComment]

I would bet prime 4 be announced in this direct. Nist likely that game wull probably be announced foe the new console as a launch title like BOTW did back then, What you can expect is possible prime echoes and the last pime will have the same treatment as the original prime and willl be ported to the Switch..

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

Your wished came true my friend!

[Dirty_Lemons]

Have to say I'm mightily impressed by the Switch's lifespan. It's crossed two console generations and still sells well, even with limited specs. Nintendon't need to change what ain't broke, I guess.

[jznrpg]

At this point I don’t really want to buy any new Switch games I would rather wait for Switch 2. The one problem is that I assume Switch 1 games will be BC with Switch 2 but it’s not guaranteed

[DefaultComment]

Of course, nothing is a given but you can be sure that Nintendo most likely will let switch games be backwards compatible for the new console(whatever will be called) so fear not.

[Jin_Sakai]

Just announce the Switch 2 already. Switch is a relic at this point.

[Demetrius]

Lmao

[Armyofdarkness]

I’ll tune in when switch 2 is on display, these games must be backwards compatible no?

[PRIMORDUS]

Actually Nintendo did say you can play original Switch games on Switch 2. "According to the company, the Switch 2 will support backwards compatibility for physical games allowing original Switch games to be played on the new console"

[Armyofdarkness]

That's good news!

[PRIMORDUS]

They need to show something on Metroid Prime 4 and cut the bullshit. Even a 30sec gameplay trailer would be fine, no CG crap.

[Firebird360]

Literally not interested in anything but new hardware. Its getting ridiculous at this point.

[DefaultComment]

You clearly don't have a clue about business. There is always a reason why companies do things they do...

[Demetrius]

I dont like turn based combat but for some reason I'm really enjoying it in paper mario thousand year door on switch, they really know how to keep that unique vibe mario got, I'm definitely in tune with what's gone come out 🔥😌, my first time playing paper mario since I was a kid, I remember playing it somewhere but I can't remember lol

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I'm hoping for Xenoblade Chronicles X port, Zelda Wind Waker/Twillight Princess ports, FF tactics HD announcement/port... I've also heard rumors of F-Zero/Star Fox games, but I feel like people are getting over excited about possible announcements.

I know most people get disappointed with Nintendo Directs, but I've come to enjoy them more than Playstation's/Xbox's shows, even if I'll be buying half these games on PC (probably). Which reminds me, that Baten Kaitos duology got shadow dropped on Steam today.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

A Link to the Past remake would be fantastic too, After Link's Awakening, I constantly expect it to happen at some point.

[gleepot]

Keeping my expectations super in check here: I fully expect a new Zelda, Mario, f-zero, 5 new metroids, a new star fox, and the entire GameCube library to be shadow dropped tomorrow.

[Knightofelemia]

I hope they bring Twilight Princess HD to the Switch.

[repsahj]

Hoping for a Glimpse of switch 2 please?

[gold_drake]

oo cant wait, wonder what they're gonna show off

[Tzuno]

please a new donkey kong, snes style

[Eonjay]

At this point I fully expect to see PlayStation and Xbox published games at the show as well.

[Sonic1881]

Metroid Prime 4 looks good

[repsahj]

Metroid prime 4! Dragon Quest 3 2D-HD remake and the new Zelda game!

[Armyofdarkness]

Playing as Zelda is going to be awesome!

[Chocoburger]

It ended up being my favorite game show of the year. Not bad for a system in its final main year of support.