The 2022 Nintendo Direct Mini is at 9AM ET on June 28
Well, it’s happening! Sorta! It’s not the full Nintendo Direct that was predicted by some on June 29 — rather, it’s a Nintendo Direct Mini on June 28. That’s at 9AM ET, actually, and the publisher saysit’ll be happening here when the time comes.
Again, it’s important to note that this isn’t a first-party Direct, and to set your expectations accordingly. Here is the full descriptive rundown of the Nintendo Direct Mini that we got directly from Nintendo:
“Watch on-demand via our YouTube channel starting at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET on June 28 for roughly 25 minutes of info on upcoming third-party Nintendo Switch games.”
So on paper, we’re not getting updates onZelda: Breath of the Wild 2orMetroid Prime 4…yet. Or an update on whenAdvance Warsmight come out on Switch for that matter.
25 minutes is a fairly meaty timeframe, in any case, so we should see at least one big third-party announcement. I assume a lot of you will be doing avid amounts of research as to what a Nintendo Direct Mini actually entails, and we did a lot of the legwork already!You can check this out to get an idea of what a Direct Mini could look like.
The company was smart to move this away from the Summer of Gaming/to-E3-or-not-to-E3 week and have it be its own thing. Even if it doesn’t include first-party updates, all it takes is one megaton announcement (something exclusive akin toShin Megami Tensei V) to make waves.
