Nintendo Direct confirmed as gamers demand these announcements

What will gamers be demanding for on Nintendo livestreams now that Hollow Knight: Silksong is out? Well, quite a lot, it turns out.

Nintendo has confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in the gaming industry from the past couple of weeks or so in that a Direct is happening on Friday (12 September) at 2pm BST / 9am ET / 6am PT

A social media post said: "Tune in for roughly 60 minutes of information on upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch games."

Nintendo hosts these streams throughout the year when the company shares updates on first-party titles and other games releasing on its hardware.

This will be the first one which will see lots of announcements about Switch 2 games. It can be watched across Nintendo's platforms.

There has already been some rumours than an unannounced Pokemon spin-off could appear and in the comments on Nintendo's announcement, gamers have been making their demands of that they want to see.

One said: "I wonder if we'll see more Switch 2 Editions here? With Sakurai and team working on Kirby Air Riders, it seems like the next proper Smash game will be a little while off, so perhaps a side team could be working on some sort of upgrade for Ultimate in the meantime?"

Another commented: "Xenoblade Series Switch 2 Editions, I'm begging you!"

"Metroid Prime 4 info please," one said.

Another agreed with that.

One said: "PLEASE GIVE ME DONKEY KONG 64 ON NSO."

Another added: "YOSHI WOOLLY WORLD IS COMING TO SWITCH AMD SWITCH 2 IM CALLING IT RN."

One said: "I'm so ready for the DK Bananza + Mario Kart World DLC!"

And another commented: "Release date for Zelda Hyrule Warriors and maybe just maybe new Fire Emblem would be nice."

A number of fans were left in disbelief that the stream will last for an hour.

One said: "ONE HOUR??"

Further users exclaimed something similar.

To be clear, there is no confirmation of what will specifically be announced during Nintendo Direct at the time of writing.

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