In case the Apple event next week wasn’t enough, Nintendo has decided to crash the party with not one, but two Nintendo Direct livestreams of its own.
Nintendo announced a pair of Nintendo Direct livestreams that will take place on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9, both at 10 a.m. ET. You’ll be able to watch both of the events live on Nintendo’s YouTube channel, or in VOD form, immediately following their conclusions.
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Why two Directs instead of one? Well, the first Sept. 8 event is specifically themed around the 40th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series, and it’s approximately 30 minutes long. Arguably Nintendo’s most prestigious franchise, Zelda has been mostly absent from the Switch 2 in the console’s first year-and-change of existence. In the most recent Nintendo Direct before this, Nintendo teased a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2. The legendary 1998 game is still considered one of the all-time greats.
For the first of the two Directs, I fully expect to finally see some gameplay footage from the Ocarina remake, as well as a general idea of what’s new and different about it. Beyond that, it would not be shocking if Nintendo released some limited edition controllers or even a Zelda-themed Switch 2 console or bundle. I would also guess that at least one or two older Zelda titles will be ported to Switch and/or Switch 2 as part of this. Twilight Princess is conspicuously missing from the console, for example.
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You can watch the Legend of Zelda Nintendo Direct at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 8. We recommend catching the action on YouTube:
The second Direct is a more general stream focused on non-Zelda titles coming to Nintendo platforms. We really, truly do not know anything about this one, other than that it’s 45 minutes long. That’s enough time for plenty of trailers and news, perhaps including a release date for FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods, which just had a successful closed beta weekend on Switch 2 in August.
Aside from that, the second Direct could contain more info about Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, which is slated for release in October, and Xenoblade Genesis, set to launch next year. Those two games and Pokémon Winds & Waves are basically the only other upcoming Switch 2 titles that we know about right now. That could mean that Nintendo is gearing up to announce some brand new stuff in this Direct, but it could also mean that the bulk of the 45-minute runtime will be devoted to ports of existing third-party games. Knowing Nintendo, it could truly go either way.
You can watch the Sept. 9 Nintendo Direct at 10 a.m. ET, and it will livestream on YouTube:
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