There’s lower than 24 hours to go till a main Nintendo Direct, however there’s one thing very totally different this time. Sure, Hollow Knight: Silksong has lastly been launched — leaving followers looking for a recent sport to pin all their hopes and inevitable disappointment on.
With a Metroid Prime 4: Past launch date seeming pretty assured, followers are suggesting a few of Nintendo’s second-tier collection to hope for subsequent. This contains Star Fox (lacking in motion since 2017’s Star Fox 2), Golden Solar (sundown in 2010) and F-Zero (which has solely seen the bitesize launch of F-Zero 99 since 2004). And what about Mom 3?
In fact, tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct will doubtless function non-Nintendo video games too. Is it time to hope for information on Past Good & Evil 2, Ubisoft’s space-set sequel that now holds the Guinness World Document for the online game longest in growth? You by no means know. (You most likely do know.)
This week’s massive Nintendo Direct airs tomorrow, Friday September 12, at 6am Pacific, 9am Jap or 2pm UK time. It is set to be a bumper present, too, with an hour of bulletins — and fan hopes of some massive reveals by Nintendo are excessive.
Past this yr (and Metroid Prime 4: Past continues to be slated for 2025, final we checked) we all know comparatively little of what Nintendo has cooking for Change 2. There’s spinoff Splatoon: Raiders and FromSoftware unique The Duskbloods. However past these, Nintendo’s plans for the longer term stay underneath wraps.
“Now that Silksong is out what will we pray for each Nintendo Direct?”
NEVER. STOP. COPING. pic.twitter.com/QhfKXfJkYH
— Nightmare Cunning (@NightmareFoxxyy) September 3, 2025
ALRIGHT SILKSO- wait
ALRIGHT DELTARU- wait…
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what do i root for https://t.co/1Avl9TNHTF
— Cibles (@CiblesGD) September 10, 2025
The timing of a Direct tomorrow can also be fascinating — as many followers have identified — because it comes on the eve of Tremendous Mario Bros.’ fortieth anniversary. Nintendo celebrated the sport’s final massive birthday with a collection of particular launches, together with the time-limited Tremendous Mario 3D All-Stars Assortment.
May we see one thing related introduced tomorrow (hopefully together with Galaxy 2)? Or a glimpse of the following main 3D Mario sport? Or how about some information on subsequent yr’s Tremendous Mario Bros. Film sequel? Tune in tomorrow to discover out what’s there, as IGN studies reside. (Nobody recommend Silksong 2.)
Earlier this month, a former Nintendo worker claimed that the corporate knew it not wanted to create as many recent franchises — as followers had been already ready lengthy sufficient for new entries in current collection, which might merely be tailored to match new gameplay kinds.
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