{"id":2826,"date":"2025-03-26T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:24","slug":"nintendo-direct-confirmed-for-tomorrow-ahead-of-switch-2-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/nintendo-direct-confirmed-for-tomorrow-ahead-of-switch-2-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow ahead of Switch 2 showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After much speculation, Nintendo<\/a> has announced another Direct presentation entirely dedicated to the original Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the rumours of two Nintendo Direct presentations<\/a> within a week seemed hard to believe, Nintendo has confirmed it is doing exactly that.<\/p>\n

Ahead of its already confirmed Switch 2 showcase<\/a> on April 2, the company will release another Direct on Thursday, March 27 at 2pm UK time<\/strong>. As noted in the announcement<\/a>, this will focus entirely on upcoming games for the current Switch, with ‘no updates’ on its successor.<\/p>\n

The Direct will be available to stream live across YouTube<\/a> and will span ‘around 30 minutes’, which implies there will be some significant announcements.<\/p>\n

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 also have a separate Switch 2 version.<\/p>\n

Recent rumours<\/a> suggest it will not appear at next week’s showcase – implying there is no Switch 2 edition – so it may be one of the focuses for this Direct.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the Metroid front, remasters of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

What games with be in the Switch Thursday Nintendo Direct?<\/h2>\n

As for other possible announcements, there’s existing rumours of a Kirby: Planet Robobot port<\/a> and one ‘final big game’<\/a> 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!!<\/p>\n

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