Nintendo Direct Announced for February 8th @ 2pm PST/5pm EST

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Nintendo has just announced a new Nintendo Direct will be released tomorrow at 2pm PST/5pm EST. It will be a roughly 40 minutes primarily focused on Switch games releasing in the first half of 2023. You can check out the official announcement here:

Tune in at 2 p.m. PST tomorrow, Feb. 8, for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information mostly focused on #NintendoSwitch games launching in the first half of 2023.

Watch it live here: https://t.co/8ce3reaEig pic.twitter.com/Pmf41dQWIw

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 7, 2023

You can watch the Direct at this link when it goes live tomorrow.


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Writing/Editing: Sari
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Author's Note: What are you hoping gets announced during tomorrow's Direct? Personally I'm hoping we get a good amount of Zelda and Advance Wars news. Let us know what you're hoping for in the comments below!

 

Hopes

• SSBU updated rerelease
• Project X Zone 3
• Kid Icarus
• Metroid Prime 4
• Tomato Adventure remake
• New mainline Mario
• New DK game
• Dragalia Lost on Switch
• Game Boy and GBA on NSO
• ARMS 2
• Trails in the Sky HD
• Sora amiibo
• FE4 remake

Expectations

• A big blowout for Tears of the Kingdom
• Some last bits of info on Return to Dream Land DX
• More info on Sparks of Hope DLC
• Another new Mario game regardless
• Advance Wars
• More info on Engage DLC
• Possibly some Gen 9 DLC?
• More info on the Booster Course Pass

 

10pm for us GMT gang

 

Can't wait this direct is mysterious

 

All aboard the hype train, leaving station now.

 

All aboard the hype train, leaving station now.

leaving now? oh crumbs I got on the wrong train again

 

What I’m hoping to see: Geneology of the holy war remake, XC3 DLC, Any Metroid Prime 4 information, Information on the actual plot of tears of the kingdom, GBA games added to online expansion pass, new game from a first party series that hasn’t been getting a lot of love lately like starfox, kid Icarus or even F-zero

 

leaving now? oh crumbs I got on the wrong train again

Don't worry, there are actually multiple trains headed for the same destination, just on different routes, so you could still be on the right one.

 

Don't worry, there are actually multiple trains headed for the same destination, just on different routes, so you could still be on the right one.

this starting to sound like the start of digimon frontier

 

Will we finally get DLC for Mario Party Superstars?


Probably not, sadly.

 

I'd love to see some new first party Mario / DK / Yoshi games personally. I'm also pretty excited for Mario Kart DLC as well. I'm sure we'll see some of the new Zelda, Pikmin, maybe Metroid. Either way, should be good!

 

University student asks professor to cancel class due to today’s Nintendo Direct with email containing “perceived vague threat” https://t.co/oYqdBIoKlO pic.twitter.com/kQi2OkDFXc

— Nintendo Everything (@NinEverything) February 8, 2023

Man, what’s wrong with some people?

 

So Cool Direct especially the newly announced mode for Kirbys Return to dreamland!
Wave 4 of Mario Kart looks Amazing!
And well ZELDA TOTK was shown and boy am i a bit scared for my (Sadly not) Green hatted boy!

 

So what's the deal with Metroid Prime? Are they just making fun of us now?

 

I’m happy to see more FE engage content, the past handhelds starting get get games on the Switch, and our first MK8DX DLC character from this direct.

 

Thoughts:

• Pikmin 4 looks great, really excited!
• Love Gameboy and Gameboy Advance games on NSO, a long time coming.
• Wish Metroid Prime was the whole trilogy, but exciting nonetheless.
• Zelda looks great, can't wait for it.
• Splatoon 3 DLC looks fantastic, after how good Splatoon 2 DLC was, I can't wait for the new campaign.
• Engage DLC looks good as well.
• Mario Kart finally adding characters, and Yoshi's Island stage looks great!
• New Professor Layton is great, wish I could play the older games on Switch though.
• Finally more Advance Wars news and release confirmed. This poor series finally getting a break.

 

Pretty amazing showing overall. Almost every game shown was something I could see myself playing, and I feel like there was a lot more showings from Nintendo's major IPs than the average direct. Also there wasn't too much of one thing, like that one direct where they showed like 5 farming related JRPGs. The highlights for me were probably the Splatoon 3 DLC, Ghost Trick, Katamari, and them shadow-dropping the Metroid Prime Remaster.

Ghost Trick in particular because I want DS and 3DS games to get released on modern platforms. It looks amazing in HD.

 

Well, definitely better than the last one. About time we see Tears of the Kingdom footage, Pikmin 4 footage, and a release date on the Advance Wars reboot.

 

After seeing the sneak peek of the Booster Course Pass's 4th wave, it definitely asks the question if the last two waves will also offer extra characters. As things stand, the roster is now two characters shy from bringing back the entire Mario Kart Wii cast.

As for Tears of the Kingdom, knowing that Ganon will have dialogue will definitely make things more interesting. Not once did he speak in Breath of the Wild.

 

After seeing the sneak peek of the Booster Course Pass's 4th wave, it definitely asks the question if the last two waves will also offer extra characters. As things stand, the roster is now two characters shy from bringing back the entire Mario Kart Wii cast.

As for Tears of the Kingdom, knowing that Ganon will have dialogue will definitely make things more interesting. Not once did he speak in Breath of the Wild.

Well, if it is to say "kill them all mouahaha", the interest will be kinda low...

 

Well, if it is to say "kill them all mouahaha", the interest will be kinda low...

We'll just have to hope that that's not the only thing Ganon says. His voice sounds so fierce and menacing in the trailer, which really fits how evil he truly is.