Nintendo announced that the first Nintendo Direct of the year will be held on February 9, 2022. It will take place at 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET. As expected, this will go over Nintendo Switch games we’ll see in 2022 and perhaps beyond. It will only focus on Switch games expected in 2022 and beyond.
Here’s the official announcement. It noted this will be one of the longer presentations, as it will be around 40 minutes.
Tune in 2/9 at 2 p.m. PT for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information mainly focused on #NintendoSwitch games launching in the first half of 2022.
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— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 8, 2022
In addition to North America and Europe, it will be broadcast in Japan as well. Sometimes, the Japanese version of the Directs feature different games.
2月10日（木）朝7時より「Nintendo Direct 2022.2.10」を放送します。
2022年上半期に発売を予定しているタイトルを中心に、Nintendo Switchソフトの情報をお届けします。
放送時間は約40分です。#NintendoDirectJPhttps://t.co/xveclFY8QL— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) February 8, 2022
The YouTube placeholder is already live as well. This means people who want to subscribe can be automatically notified once the stream is live.
This February 2022 presentation marks the first mainline Nintendo Direct in quite some time. The last one appeared on September 23, 2021. Since then, there’ve been other presentations, like an Animal Crossing-focused Direct and an Indie World Showcase. However, February Directs are quite common. There was one in February 2021 too.
The February 9, 2022 Nintendo Direct will appear at 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET.
