The next Nintendo Direct live stream will take place on Thursday, September 14, Nintendo has confirmed.
The event will take place at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT / 4pm CEST and feature “roughly 40 minutes of information mostly focused on Nintendo Switch games releasing this winter”, Nintendo said.
The last Nintendo Direct took place in June and featured Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG, Pikmin 4 and Detective Pikachu Returns, among other games.
During its latest quarterly financial results briefing this month, Nintendo said Switch’s global lifetime sales stood at 129.53 million by the mid-point of 2023.
Driven by the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo shipped 3.91 million Switch units during the three-month period ended in June, which was up 13.9% year-over-year.
Nintendo forecasts it will sell 15 Switch million consoles during the current fiscal year ending on March 31, 2024, which would represent a 16.5% year-over-year decline.
According to VGC sources, the company has dispatched Switch 2 development kits to key partners, with a launch planned for the second half of 2024. Officially, Nintendo is yet to comment on plans for its next console.
The platform holder also showed off tech demos for its Nintendo Switch successor behind closed doors at Gamescom, it’s understood.
