Nintendo Direct Overview - Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, More - Article
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 September 2026 / 6,648 Views
Nintendo today held a Nintendo Direct. The showcase came in at 45 minutes long and featured dozens of games.
Some of the highlights included Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, Yo-kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain, Persona 6, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and much more.
Check out links to the news, announcements, trailers and more from the Nintendo Direct below:
- Kirby and the World Beyond Announced for Switch 2
- Metroid Ravenous Announced for Switch 2
- Pikmin 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy Announced
- Mario Kart World Free Update Adds 10 SNES Tracks and 2 More Knockout Tours
- Star Fox Free Update Adds 4 Players Split-Screen in Battle Mode and More
- Pokemon Pokopia - Expansion Pass Part 2 Gets New Trailer and Details
- GameCube's Star Fox Adventures Coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Today
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Announced
- Monster Hunter Wilds Launches December 4 for Switch 2
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Definitive Edition Announced for Switch 2
- Persona 6 Adds Switch 2 Version
- Persona 4 Revival Launches May 20, 2027 for Switch 2
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Launches December 10 for Switch 2, PS5, Switch, and PC
- Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 Remakes Coming to Switch 2 on October 16
- Yo-kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain Announced for Switch 2
- RPG Eternal Anima Announced for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
- Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United Announced for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC
- Danganronpa 2×2 Launches January 14, 2027 for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Encore Edition Launches November 5 for Switch 2
- Ondeh Ondeh Kaya's Tasty Tale Announced for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
- Gust Announces The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother for Switch 2, PS5, Switch, and PC
- Metal Slug Ultimate Collection Announced for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC
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A solid direct overall. Metroid and Kirby look great. 2027 is going to be a crazy strong year for the switch 2. After how disappointing the transition to next gen was for the ps5 and series x. It's great to see Nintendo actually focusing on using exclusives to sell a console.
Switch 2 kicking ASS!!!!!!
last Direct of the year? and no Mario...
Why would they have a 3d Mario release so close to Zelda? Thatd be wasted sales momentum. 3d Mario will prob drop next year summer, with Pokemon being their winter tentpole release.
not asking for a release, but for an announcement. Nintendo’s stock price dropping over the last few days suggests that investors were expecting announcements for its major franchises too
Yh but we know as fans that they dont like to announce games too far in advance of release and they made it clear this Direct and its announcements were solely for games releasing during the Winter period.
Mario is likely about 13 months away, they aren't going to announce it that early. Next Spring will likely be the earliest we hear about it.
For me and my children, it was the best Direct ever! But the only missing thing was a new Mario game.
Dread and Kirby were the only two 10/10 games from Nintendo after the first year of the Switch imo. I didn't like the Switch that much because I owned all the games on Wii U already.
I'm beyond excited for the 6 month window we have here, Nintendo is doing great. They need to re-release their SNES and N64 and Gamecube library like the PC ports are doing, but besides that this 6 month period is great.
Ocarina (GOTY) Dread 2 (og GOTY) and Kirby World 2 (og GOTY), along with Star Fox, Splatoon SP, Fire Emblem, 60fps Age of Calamity, and 4k Mario Kart 8. 4 x Xenoblade releases also.
Not bad, Nintendo, not bad. I'd like more 120fps patches (Mario Kart 8 at 120fps would have killed off Mario Kart World lol so they didn't do it), more 60fps patches (Pikmin update sucks), and more remakes of SNES and N64 and Gamecube stuff, but I'd say August to February is the best 6 months for the Switch 2 so far.
Very lackluster by usual September Direct standards. Kirby was the only new announcement for me.
also the Zelda themed Switch 2 look amazing, much nicer than my Wii U one, and sold out instantly... grrrr.... i already sold my Switch 2 to change over and I can't get the new one now, will wait
Metal Slug ultimate collection has me intrigued. Im surprised they did not do a full on King of Fighter 94-XIII collection too.
Okay Forgotten Land and Dread were some of the best games on Switch right below the ultra S-tiers like Smash and Zelda, so pretty damn exciting. Ironically the Kirby game looks more different from Forgotten Land than the Metroid does from Dread where I would probably have prefered the other way around, but still likely to be two very great games.
