Nintendo reveals the 12 September Nintendo Direct will be an hour-long showcase

Nintendo has officially confirmed the previously rumored Nintendo Direct, which is supposedly going to be the longest ever showcase outside of a console reveal. The Nintendo Direct presentation is scheduled for September 12, 2025, at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. It will feature “roughly 60 minutes of information on upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch games.”

That makes it the longest livestream outside of the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal earlier this year. On average, Nintendo Direct livestreams contain info on first and third-party games, and last around 40 to 45 minutes. The previous longest-running Nintendo Direct was in February 2021.

While the company hasn’t specified the details of the Nintendo Direct presentations, there’s a lot for Nintendo to cram in this time around. First of all, the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. takes place on September 12, which hints at a few Mario announcements in the upcoming Direct Showcase.

At the same time, Nintendo has planned multiple first-party Switch 2 games for the future, which currently have no release date, such as Metroid Prime 4, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and Splatoon Raiders. As for next year, Nintendo hasn’t announced any plans for first-party games for the Switch 2 for 2026, but that might change in the upcoming Nintendo Direct.

Outside of Nintendo’s first-party roster, several high-profile third-party releases are expected down the pipeline, including multiple Resident Evil games coming to the Switch 2, including Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Resident Evil 2 and 3 Remake, Resident Evil Village, and Resident Evil 4 Remake, a few Xbox titles, and the Assassin’s Creed franchise. It’s reported that these third-party ports will run natively on Switch 2 hardware.

Nintendo is already planning a few games for the original Switch, including a Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Rhythm Heaven Groove release in 2026.

Nintendo previously hosted a Direct showcase last month, which focused exclusively on Kirby Air Riders. The 45-minute showcase broke down various game modes and mechanics of Air Riders, a direct sequel to the 2003 GameCube Kirby: Air Ride. Kirby Air Riders is scheduled to release on November 20 for the Nintendo Switch, priced at $70.