Nintendo Direct June 2023: all the news and trailers

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By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

If all of the many summer gaming events weren’t enough — Xbox, PlayStation, Capcom, Ubisoft, Summer Game Fest — here comes Nintendo with its second Direct presentation of the year. What makes this particular Direct interesting is how likely it is to be full of surprises. With Tears of the Kingdom already out and Pikmin 4 launching in July, the rest of Nintendo’s 2023 lineup is a big ol’ question mark. That means just about anything could be announced at the Direct, including major Nintendo franchises like Metroid (we haven’t heard about Metroid Prime 4 in a while) or Super Mario (a movie and theme park have already come out this year). Maybe we’ll finally hear about mythical releases like Hollow Knight: Silksong or Mother 3.

The event will last around 40 minutes, and you can stay up to date on all of the important announcements and trailers right here.

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Andrew Webster

Nintendo is holding its second Direct showcase event of the year, and it sounds like it’ll be a big one. Back in February, the company showed off Tears of the Kingdom, released a remastered Metroid Prime, added Game Boy games to Switch Online, and gave us a release date for Pikmin 4. This time around, the focus will be on Switch games coming out through the rest of 2023.

That includes the next Pikmin, which launches in July, but it’s also likely we’ll see what big game or games Nintendo has in store for the always-important holiday season. Right now, the only major release on the calendar is the first expansion for Pokémon Violet and Scarlet, which is