Rumor: Nintendo Direct Set for Next Week - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2026 / 2,677 Views
A Nintendo Direct is reportedly coming next week, according to insider Nate the Hate on YouTube.
"We are in the month of June and expectations are there will be a Direct in the near future," said Nate. "Do these claims have merit? When will Nintendo begin to discuss their 2026 plans with us after Star Fox and Rhythm Heaven, and Splatoon Raiders? What does the rest of 2026 look like from Nintendo?
"We'll be getting that answer very soon, as from what I have heard, the Nintendo Direct will take place next week, the second week of June. And just to be clear, that that is the week of the 8th."
This would be the first major Nintendo Direct since September 2025. However, there have been smaller showcase since then, which includes Partner Showcases, Indie Worlds, and ones focused on a single game.
This should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made.
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After 23 consecutive guesses the 24th one could be right.
I can only assume you don't know who NateTheHate is lol
The only guesses we've seen for a nintendo direct stated it would be in summer, and next week is in fact, summer, so what are you even talking about
Summer is in 3 weeks, man.
Yes the astronomical/meteorological start is on June 21.
Colloquially people tend to mean when public school is out... Usually the last week of May
Can't wait!
I mean the patterns don't make much sense anymore, but June is still pretty likely.
We need to find out the holiday title, even if it's a game like Switch 2 Sports instead of Luigi's Mansion 4 or 3D Mario.
3D Mario for this year seems not the most probable, unless the team was very efficiently splitting focus between DK and 3D Mario.
Super Smash Bros. if Sakurai is director again seems nearly impossible to release this year even if it's announced this month or later this year. Again, a case of a team working on something else (Kirby Air Riders).
Luigi's Mansion 4 or Switch 2 Sports are quite likely for the holiday title, or maybe a game that skipped Switch like Nintendogs.
I have heard a lot about a HD remake of Ocarina of Time.
This early in a platform's life that seems just about the only remake bankable enough to be the holiday title.
Its going to be on Tuesday or Wednesday...
Nintendo has historically preferred to go either before or after Sony and Xbox... but not in between
Nate certainly has credibility but even your average enthusiast could predict this timing with relative accuracy
Nintendo in recent years have only been 50/50 on having a summer direct. But yes with them having no February general direct this year it would have been surprising if they skipped summer.
