Two Nintendo Directs Set for Next Week, Including Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 September 2026 / 5,123 Views
Nintendo announced it will be hosting two Nintendo Directs next week.
The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Direct will be held on Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET / 3:00 pm UK. It will be approximately 30 minutes long. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.
The main Nintendo Direct will be held on Wednesday, September 9 at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET / 3:00 pm UK. It will be approximately 45 minutes long. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.
A Nintendo Treehouse live will follow the main Nintendo Direct on September 9. It will feature "gameplay of select titles featured from the Nintendo Direct. The livestream will last roughly 110 minutes." You will be able to watch it on YouTube.
Nintendo is developing a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for the Nintendo Switch 2, which is set to launch later this year. A new look at the game is likely at The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Direct.
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If GTA6 is announced for NS2, everyone is gonna blame Nintendo for the 30fps
Rockstar has themselves to blame by having ray tracing at 1440p by default. This would have been on ps4 without tracing
Surely you're joking? This is - as a whole package - the most impressive piece of real-time graphics so far
that makes zero sense, why would anyone blame Nintendo? it has literally nothing to do with the issue, and I don't get why anyone would upvote your comment
anyways I don't play 30fps games, period, so no sale to me, but honestly the game looked like ass anyways
my main concern is Zelda, i want 60fps Zelda, we'll see
30 minute Zelda Direct followed by a 45 minute General Direct?! Oh this is gonna be a big one!
Getting hopes up for a Nintendo Direct? Inevitable disappointment? You bet! ;) Being serious for a moment though, they have specified only games releasing for Winter 2026. I’m expecting a ton of third-party and indie announcements unless they’ve got plans to overload their October through March output.
That said… where’s my Clair Obscur NS2 port?
Looks like the original Ocarina release date of '98 corresponding with the Direct date being 9/8 was true (by the U.S. date format, that is).
Very excited, but I still want Nintendo to announce WWHD and TPHD for Switch 1 as well. That would be a great way for current Switch owners who aren't upgrading to Switch 2 just yet to enjoy Zelda's 40th anniversary too.
yeah WW on Switch would be an immediate buy for me
TWO Directs?!
Back-to-Back?!
IF they're doing Zelda first, it's for one of two reasons, or both:
1) They just want to get it out of the way so they can focus on everything else they have planned for the rest of the year and 2027.
2) They have something HUGE planned at the end of the General Direct that warrants its own spotlight. It's been a real long time since we've had a new, proper 3D Mario or Smash Bros. We're due.
At last!!! Can't wait.
Shaping up to be a great Christmas. Purchase the switch2 ocarina bundle, star fox, mario kart 8, fire emblem , mgs collection 2,.. oh boy
yeah if they offer Ocarina for $50 because it is in a bundle, that will sell, and get mario kart 8 and skip mario kart world, good idea
We might get a sneak peek at the movie trailer.
5D Zelda please
Zelddddda.
Zelda Anniversary Direct:
Ocarina of Time overview trailer and release date announcement
Link to the Past 2d remake by Grezzo
Wind Waker/Twilight Princess HD ports for Switch 1 with Switch 2 resolution boost
Older Zeldas making it to Switch Online every month up to the movie release
Movie trailer
Nintendo Direct:
Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 ports for Switch 2 ahead of Veronica
Monster Hunter Wilds trailer and release date
Luigis Mansion 4 in time for Halloween
Project M trailer
We will finally know whether the OoT remake will be a 1:1 recreation or a "reimagining" that updates the game.
i expect a combination of the 2
I hope it's more than "we fixed the camera and smooth the controls". Imho, game realy needs a update.
i agree
Cool. I'll be catching the Zelda Direct and the Treehouse, and watching any interesting clips out of the General.
It could seem like remake overload, but I hope we get remakes of Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons someday.
Also, finally two Directs that I'm interested in don't start at 6 a.m.
