{"id":126390,"date":"2024-06-18T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=126390"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:15:46","slug":"nintendo-direct-airing-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/126390-nintendo-direct-airing-today","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Direct airing today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nintendo Direct event was announced yesterday and is set to air today at 4pm on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made via a Tweet from Nintendo and noted that the stream would cover the Nintendo Switch games coming in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the roughly 40 minute stream will not include any mention of the upcoming Switch successor console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Switch 2, as it has been dubbed by fans, was confirmed to be in development several months ago and fans have been eagerly awaiting more information on the console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Join us for a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoDirect?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoDirect<\/a> livestream focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> games coming in the second half of 2024! There will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during this presentation.<br><br>\ud83d\udcc5 June 18<br>\ud83d\udd53 7:00 AM PT<br>\u23f3 Roughly 40 minutes<br><br>Watch it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYjTHHpayb\">https:\/\/t.co\/rYjTHHpayb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAs6JYu31A\">pic.twitter.com\/uAs6JYu31A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1802702745276662114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the stream today won&#8217;t include any mention of the console, fans are still expecting a few other exciting announcements and new details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes more on the upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong, a highly anticipated sequel to the beloved Hollow Knight, Metroid Prime 4, and possible Zelda game remakes &#8211; such as classics like Wind Waker and Twilight Princess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can tune into the livestream on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/kX3BkD5PVUM\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/kX3BkD5PVUM\">YouTube here<\/a><\/strong> for when the Nintendo Direct event kicks off at 4pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/126387-valve-sued-for-allegations-of-overcharging-uk-steam-players\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/126387-valve-sued-for-allegations-of-overcharging-uk-steam-players\">Valve sued for allegations of overcharging UK Steam players<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Direct livestream is set to air today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":126391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73,8537,26563,22949],"class_list":["post-126390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-direct","tag-silksong","tag-switch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}