Nintendo fans, rejoice! A brand-new Nintendo Direct is on its way and it will be here tomorrow, February 8, with roughly 40 minutes of updates focused mostly on Switch games planned for release in the first half of 2023.
IGN is carrying the stream and, as usual, this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to know to watch the show, including when it starts, a list of places you can watch it with us, and what you can expect to see from the Nintendo Direct.
Nintendo Direct February 2023 Start Time
February 2023’s Nintendo Direct will take place on Wednesday, February 8, and will start at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT. If you live in Australia, that translates to 9am AEDT on Thursday, February 9.
Where to Watch the Nintendo Direct February 2023
If you’re interested in watching the latest Nintendo Direct, we’ll be hosting the stream here and across our many channels on platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Here’s the full list of places you can watch the show with us:
What to Expect at the Nintendo Direct February 2023
As with most of its full Nintendo Directs, Nintendo has not revealed which games we can expect to be featured in the show besides saying the Direct is “mostly focused on #NintendoSwitch games launching in the first half of 2023.”
What it did reveal, however, is that the Nintendo Direct will last roughly 40 minutes. So, what can we expect in those 40 minutes? Well, a good bet would be The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This incredibly anticipated sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is set to be released on May 12, 2023, and we still don’t know all that much about it.
This would be the perfect time to show us more gameplay, reveal a bit more about the story, or even share with the world any special collector’s editions or themed Switch consoles that may be planned for this momentous launch.
We also know that Pikmin 4 is scheduled for 2023, so we may get an update on this new entry in the franchise that first began on GameCube in 2001. Another big question mark is Advance Wars 1+2: Reboot Camp, which was originally supposed to be released on April 8, 2022.
There’s also the Metroid-shaped elephant in the room we have to discuss, as Metroid Prime 4 is still somewhere out on the horizon and the biggest news we’ve heard in some time is that its development was restarted back in 2019. Furthermore, there have been rumors that a Metroid Prime Trilogy for Switch has been in the works, but that also has yet to show its face.
It may be time to learn more about Nintendo Switch Online, as well, as a report back in 2021 said Game Boy and Game Boy Color games were on their way to the service.
Another good bet may be DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which was just confirmed to have sold more than 18 million units, and an appearance of some sort from The Super Mario Bros. Movie.