Nintendo is able to maintain its first Direct livestream of 2022, and it guarantees to start out the 12 months in grand trend. The firm has revealed plans for a 40-minute Direct on February ninth at 5PM ET that may “mainly” give attention to Switch video games debuting within the first half of 2022.

The timing offers some thought of what to anticipate. There’s an excellent likelihood you may hear about Nintendo’s personal Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March twenty fifth), and also you would possibly hear about soon-to-come third-party titles like Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (April fifth) or Life is Strange: Remastered Collection (spring).

With that in thoughts, there are quite a lot of wildcards this time round. Some of the most important Switch video games of the 12 months solely have a generic 2022 launch window, together with Splatoon 3, Bayonetta 3 and the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel. There’s no assure you may hear about any of those main releases in the course of the Nintendo Direct, however we would not be shocked if there are some earlier-than-expected launches or beforehand unannounced initiatives.