Nintendo Announces Switch 1-Focused Direct Ahead of Next Week's Switch 2 Direct

Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct focused connected the Nintendo Switch.

The nonstop is acceptable for 7am PT tomorrow, March 27, and volition diagnostic astir 30 minutes of upcoming games for the Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo made a constituent of clarifying that determination volition beryllium nary updates astir Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation. Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct is acceptable for 6am PT connected April 2.

So, what should fans expect from this Nintendo Direct? Nintendo inactive has a fig of upcoming Nintendo Switch games successful the works adjacent arsenic it prepares to merchandise the Switch 2. It's worthy remembering the Switch has sold an unthinkable 150.86 cardinal units to date. That's an tremendous assemblage video crippled publishers, developers, and Nintendo itself volition find it hard to disregard adjacent with truthful overmuch attraction connected its successor.

To that end, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is inactive down arsenic a 2025 Switch game, arsenic is Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. We cognize Pokemon Legends: Z-A is coming to the Switch astatine immoderate constituent this year. When the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced six years ago, Team Cherry confirmed the motorboat platforms arsenic Windows, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. Switch 2 is backwards compatible, truthful the anticipation is each these games volition enactment connected the next-gen console arsenic good arsenic the OG Switch.

This week's Nintendo Direct whitethorn enactment arsenic a past hurrah for the Switch 8 years aft it came out, outlining Nintendo's last slate of exclusives arsenic it moves connected to Switch 2. But possibly Nintendo has a fewer surprises up its sleeve yet.

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