Nintendo tends to be fairly regimented when it comes to things like Direct presentations. Since Nintendo has started doing Directs, there has almost always been one in the month of February. Over the last few weeks, fans had started to grow more and more excited over the notion that a Direct would occur in February, and their hopes weren't unfounded, as a few reliable leakers stated that a Direct would happen soon.
Well, the leaks were right, Nintendo just announced their first Direct presentation of the year, set to take place February 8, 2022, at 2 p.m. PT/ 5 p.m. ET. In the short Twitter announcement, Nintendo stated that the Direct would «mainly focus» on the Nintendo games releasing during the first half of the year. While there are a few games already slated for release in the first half of 2022, Nintendo's slate looks a little bare right now, leading fans to speculate that Nintendo is going to make some surprise announcements.
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The first Nintendo game on the official schedule, Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the mascot's first foray into a full 3D adventure, and looks as though it's going to provide Switch players with another very bright and colorful open-world game. The game's plot seems fairly simple, with Kirby being tasked with saving some Waddle Dees from the Beast Pack across the Forgotten Land.
In a recent trailer, fans got to see a fairly sizeable chunk of gameplay, with a few of Kirby's new copy abilities being showcased, alongside a glimpse at the open-world structure of the game, and the enemies players will be encountering along their journey. The game's co-op mode was also shown off, giving a second player the ability to hop in and assume the
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