Two days, two Direct presentations, one company, and a whole lot of hype.
Today, Nintendo announced back-to-back Directs will take place next week on Tuesday and Wednesday, both for The Legend of Zelda’s 40th anniversary and a general presentation about more games and features coming to Switch 2 and Switch soon.
For Zelda, the presentation will be 30 minutes long and probably feature both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and the upcoming Zelda movie, representing the legendary fan-favorite franchise quite well for its 40th year.
It seems likely that the Ocarina remake is coming out before the end of this year (it was announced for this year back in June), and my bet would be that it will launch either towards the end of October or the beginning of November. Nintendo most likely wants to release the anticipated remake, and its probable hardware bundles and SKUs, before the Black Friday holiday. I’d opine a release date announcement for Oct. 29, Nov. 5, or Nov. 12, but that’s just conjecture.
The following day, another general Nintendo Direct will take place and include 45 minutes worth of announcements of new games, Switch 2 ports, and more to come by the end of 2026 and early 2027. And it’s all really exciting to me, because I think the new Nintendo console is being slept on by many (probably because of its high price, but that’s just the state of the tech industry and world in general these days).
As Sony and Microsoft race to shoot each other in the foot with various decisions this generation, Nintendo is just quietly releasing really good exclusive games. Splatoon Raiders, Pokémon Pokopia, Star Fox, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book have all released this year, and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is due out in a couple weeks.
The Duskbloods is coming soon, too, and may get a release date at the Direct. Couple that with Zelda, and the last few months of 2026 are looking epic for Switch 2 owners. Beyond that, 2027 has Pokémon Winds and Waves, and who knows what else. The console is feeling like a pretty solid investment, especially if you made it before price hikes.
And that’s just for the exclusive games. The Switch 2 has become the home of general multiplatform games, too, like Resident Evil Requiem, Cyberpunk 2077, Hades 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, sports titles like Madden, even Call of Duty once again, and more. Outside of reviews for specific platforms, it’s the console I’ve been playing the most this year.
All Nintendo needs to do is keep releasing good games, keep them physically on a cartridge (even Game-Key Cards are better than what Sony is doing), and it could easily be the top place to play games for this generation. It already might be.
