Multiple sources have advised a Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this week, simply earlier than the Switch 2’s massive showcase.
While everyone seems to be anticipating subsequent week’s Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2, new rumours recommend the corporate has a shock up its sleeve over the approaching days.
Earlier this 12 months, a number of insiders claimed one other Nintendo Direct, devoted to the unique Switch, was deliberate for February, previous to the Switch 2 blowout on April 2, 2025. This included speak about a Kirby: Planet Robobot remaster and one ‘last massive sport’ which is but to be introduced, described as a ‘new model of a distinct segment beloved franchise’.
While these rumours have been tossed into oblivion after February glided by with no peep from Nintendo, a number of sources have now advised a Switch 1 centered Nintendo Direct may very well be occurring in any case.
This newest wave of rumours stems from an insider on Chinese social media website Weibo (through Reddit), who beforehand leaked particulars about final 12 months’s Nintendo Direct in June. In a somewhat cryptic post, he seems to recommend a Nintendo Direct devoted to the Switch will happen on Wednesday, March 26.
While in isolation this may very well be dismissed as wishful considering, two different sources have alluded to the identical factor. Famiboards consumer ninspider, who posted correct drawings of the Switch 2 final 12 months, responded with a wink emoji when requested if a Nintendo Direct is deliberate for this month.
Similarly, VGC editor Andy Robinson responded with a considering face to a post on Bluesky which praised Nintendo for ‘not having any extra Switch Directs earlier than the large Switch 2 presentation’, implying one thing may really be on the playing cards.
In what might, or might not, be sheer coincidence, these rumours have coincided with new exercise round Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Team Cherry’s long-awaited sequel, which was introduced six years in the past, just lately acquired some minor backend updates on Steam (through SteamDB) associated to revised pictures and a copyright date adjustment from 2019 to 2025.
There have been updates to the sport’s Steam meta information final 12 months too, which amounted to nothing, however the timing by way of the alleged Nintendo Direct is fascinating.
This additionally comes after Microsoft talked about Hollow Knight: Silksong in a blog post earlier this month, alongside video games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and FBC: Firebreak, that are each scheduled for this 12 months.
Insider extas1s just lately claimed the sequel is deliberate for June 2025 ‘on the newest’, though he hasn’t been dependable on the topic prior to now.
Team Cherry has not introduced any launch date (or window) for Hollow Knight: Silksong, however the developer did reaffirm the sport was ‘actual’ and ‘progressing’ in January this 12 months.
Any rumours across the Hollow Knight sequel are exhausting to take significantly given all of the earlier ones have come to nothing, however it could actually be a wise transfer to launch it across the identical time because the Switch 2 – which can be anticipated to launch in or round June.
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