30 minutes of news for OG Switch games

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/34924887

A Nintendo Direct presentation has been confirmed for Thursday, 27th March 2025 focused solely on Switch games.

Here’s what time you’ll need to tune in…

  • North America: 7am PDT / 8am MDT / 9am CDT / 10am EDT
  • UK/Ire: 2pm GMT
  • Europe: 3pm CET / 4pm EET
  • Asia/Oceania: 11pm JST / 10pm AWST / 1am (Fri) AEDT
      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        5 days ago

        It’s real, and it’s happening, but I wouldn’t count on hearing about it again until the next Microsoft presentation. I’d like to see some Mina the Hollower at this Direct though.

        • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          I think Switch 2 is more likely. Which run their sizzle reel in April?

          I obviously don’t know their financials, but I am going to assume a month or two isn’t going to change things all that much for Team Cherry.

          So they can either launch for Switch 1 (and everything else) and be “just another game”. Or they can launch for Switch 2 (and everything else) and be the ONLY game. Plenty of “nindie” games did exactly that during the, quite frankly disastrous, first year or so of the Switch 1 and it was amazing for their studios.

          Launching as part of the XBOX Boy or whatever MS calls their handheld is also an option. But MS is almost definitely going to take advantage of the albatross that was the Series S to have significant cross compatibility.

          • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            5 days ago

            Last we saw Silksong, it was part of an Xbox marketing deal; that’s all I’m basing my hunch on. I doubt that deal is easily broken, and Silksong can write its own ticket with any marketing partner.