Nintendo Announces Switch 1-Focused Direct Ahead of Next Week’s Switch 2 Direct – IGN
Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct focused on the Nintendo Switch.
The direct is set for 7am PT tomorrow, March 27, and will feature around 30 minutes of upcoming games for the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo made a point of clarifying that there will be no updates about Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation. Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct is set for 6am PT on April 2.
Tune in tomorrow, March 27th, at 7 a.m. PT for a livestreamed #NintendoDirect, featuring around 30 minutes of upcoming games for Nintendo Switch. There will be no updates about Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation.
Watch it here: https://t.co/sJFoxe0mq0 pic.twitter.com/1XeAuff5o1
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 26, 2025
So, what should fans expect from this Nintendo Direct? Nintendo still has a number of upcoming Nintendo Switch games in the works even as it prepares to release the Switch 2. It’s worth remembering the Switch has sold an incredible 150.86 million units to date. That’s an enormous audience video game publishers, developers, and Nintendo itself will find it hard to ignore even with so much attention on its successor.
To that end, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is still down as a 2025 Switch game, as is Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. We know Pokemon Legends: Z-A is coming to the Switch at some point this year. When the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced six years ago, Team Cherry confirmed the launch platforms as Windows, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. Switch 2 is backwards compatible, so the expectation is all these games will work on the next-gen console as well as the OG Switch.
This week’s Nintendo Direct may act as a last hurrah for the Switch eight years after it came out, outlining Nintendo’s final slate of exclusives as it moves on to Switch 2. But perhaps Nintendo has a few surprises up its sleeve yet.
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