Before that, though, there’s the small matter of a Nintendo Direct. The 2nd full-fledged Direct of 2023 will stream on June 21st at 10AM ET on Nintendo’s YouTube channel.
The showcase will run for around 40 minutes and it will primarily concentrate on Switch titles that will arrive this year. With Nintendo not preparing to release a Switch follower up until at least next spring, it makes good sense to start padding out the release slate for the rest of 2023. Presently, the only first-party games on the horizon are Everybody 1-2-Switch! (which will get here on June 30th) and Pikmin 4. We’ll find out more about Pikmin 4, which has a release date of July 21st, during tomorrow’s Direct.
Nintendo has yet to reveal exact release dates for the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet expansion, besides to say it will show up in 2 parts this fall and winter. It’s been a long, long period of time since we’ve had any official word about Metroid Prime 4, while a Detective Pikachu title for the Switch has remained in the works for several years. We may or may not learn more about those during the Direct.
In other places, Pyoro, a leaker with a good performance history, states the display will include looks at a brand-new 2D Mario game and a “remake of a SNES classic.” Of course, there’s constantly the hope that Hollow Knight: Silksong will make an appearance. In any case, we won’t need to wait much longer to learn exactly what Nintendo has in shop.
