A Nintendo Direct and in-person events for Switch 2 are coming in April
The Nintendo Switch 2 design has been revealed, a 2025 release confirmed, and Mario Kart 9 has been teased… but what about everything else? Nintendo has announced that a Nintendo Direct will take place on 2nd April 2025.
The April 2025 Nintendo Direct will be sure to have a whole host of additional details that we crave for the Nintendo Switch 2’s release. Today’s reveal skipped over all the necessary hardware specs, didn’t even hint at a price or actual launch date, and outside of Mario Kart 9 and backward compatibility, there’s no clues as to what the console’s launch lineup will be.
Expect the Nintendo Direct to clear a lot, if not quite all of that up.
Alongside the Direct, Nintendo is (similar to the run-up to the Nintendo Switch) also planning some in-person hands on events through April. In the US these will take place in New York, LA and Dallas, at the London Excel arena in the UK, and there will be other regional venues.
Members of the public wishing to attend will need to have a free Nintendo Account and will need to register interest between 17th January and 26th January for a chance to be drawn.
Today’s Nintendo Switch 2 announcement was pretty abstract outside of Mario Kart 9, showing lots of points of comparison how the console has changed from the original Switch design. It shows the added USB-C port on the top of the console, the new kick stand design, the enlarged Joy-Con with new magnetic snap attachment mechanism. The console shares the same hybrid approach as the original Switch with detachable Joy-Con for docked or tabletop play.
Nintendo has put its strongest foot forward by confirming Mario Kart 9, as this is sure to be the best-selling game on the new console. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to sell like hotcakes for the original Nintendo Switch, especially with the additional track DLC added to it in recent years. But it originally launched for the Wii U in 2014, so it’s been over a decade since the last completely new Mario Kart. It’s high time
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