The subsequent Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this Wednesday, the corporate simply introduced. It is being billed as a “associate showcase,” with Nintendo saying it will exhibit Swap video games coming within the first half of this 12 months from “our publishing and improvement companions.” It’s going to kick off on February 21, shiny and early at 9AM ET.
Whereas Nintendo holds these showcases regularly, this one is doubtlessly extra vital than standard. Final week, Microsoft made an expected but still surprising announcement that it will start bringing a few of its titles to “different consoles,” a phrase that is arduous to not interpret as video games coming to the Swap (and Sony’s PlayStation 5 as properly).
Nintendo says it will be a 25-minute presentation, so there’s an opportunity we’ll hear about some video games from different builders, as properly. However we’re all anticipating to see some information about what video games Microsoft goes to carry over to the Swap. Microsoft solely mentioned that it will be bringing 4 video games to different platforms however did not title them; the most recent rumors cite Hello-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Halo and Gears of Warfare as probably choices to make the transfer.
This comes at a time when Nintendo would not have numerous its personal first-party video games scheduled for the platform (that we all know of, anyway). There’s additionally the looming specter of a Swap 2 console; experiences simply mentioned that the {hardware} is getting pushed back to 2025 after an anticipated launch sooner or later this 12 months.
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