Yes, there will be a Nintendo Direct today, no, it’s not about the Switch 2, so stop asking.

It seems like Nintendo might be playing a prank on all of us right now, as while we’re all waiting for a reveal of the Switch 2, or the successor to the Switch as the company usually calls it, it’s busy revealing all sorts of other things. First there was the Nintendo Alarm Clock, a literal wake-up call, then the surprise reveal of a Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster, and now, later today, there’s a Nintendo Direct on the way… all about Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan. Overall, it’s not an announcement that’s going to have much of an impact on most of our lives, but it’s about that new section of Donkey Kong Country, which is supposed to include a new roller coaster, so maybe it’s worth the attention. It’s worth taking a look just for the fun of it.

This Nintendo Direct, or should I say Super Nintendo World Direct (you can’t just invent a new kind of Direct for everything you have, Nintendo), will air later today in the US at 2 pm PT/ 5 pm ET. In the UK, interestingly, the performance will be available to watch on-demand starting tomorrow, November 12, at 8am, but if you don’t want to wait that long (and why would you want to), the live stream will begin in the US. USA at 22:00 GMT. Maybe Nintendo thought Donkey Kong is too scary to be the last thing you see before bed? Who knows.

There are a couple of important things we should emphasize here, as Nintendo always does: First of all, they won’t be showing any new games, so don’t expect a new Zelda game or whatever. More importantly, no, of course they’re not showing off the Switch 2 here, and it would be a little strange to think they’d do it anyway. Nintendo recently said that it will still announce the next console before the end of the fiscal year, i.e. March 2025, so with a little patience it will eventually arrive.