Dansday
Nintendo has never run two Directs on consecutive days. On 9 September 2026, the morning after the Zelda anniversary show, it ran a second one — 7am Pacific, roughly forty-five minutes, the whole Switch 2 winter slate.
It opened with Metroid Ravenous. First new 2D Metroid since Dread, a direct sequel to it, Switch 2 exclusive, 28 January 2027. The hook is in the title: Samus is starving, and she survives by feeding off the things she kills. A resource mechanic welded onto a series that has always been about isolation and scarcity, which is either an obvious fit or a very odd one depending on how you feel about Samus eating.
Two amiibo ship the same day — Samus and a Chozo Statue — with a third, Samus in the Metroid Suit, bundled into a Special Edition with a steel case.
The rest of the show was volume. Kirby and the World Beyond, fully 3D, spring 2027, timed to Kirby's 35th. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort on 22 October. Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition with a new Dandori Academy mode on 12 November, where you order Oatchi around using the microphone.
Third parties turned up in force. Final Fantasy VII Revelation lands on Switch 2 on 8 April 2027, the same day as everywhere else, with Crisis Core Reunion alongside it. Persona 6 and a Persona 4 Revival. Mega Man: Dual Override. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. Three Resident Evil games. Monster Hunter Wilds, Witcher 3 Remastered and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 all making the jump.
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam got 10 December, set in a town called Steam Bison. Star Fox and Mario Kart World both get free updates.
What was not there is the part people noticed. No 3D Mario. No Smash. For a console in its second year that is a deliberate hold rather than an absence — those are the cards you keep until you need them.
Two Directs in two days is Nintendo with more to say than one show can hold. That has not been a problem it has had in a while.