Nintendo will reportedly stream a brand new Nintendo Direct devoted to third-party video games subsequent week.
That’s in line with NatetheHate and GameXplain, who declare a Nintendo Accomplice Direct will happen on Thursday, February 5. This matches what VGC has heard from our personal sources.
Accomplice Direct is Nintendo’s digital showcase for third-party titles scheduled for launch on Nintendo Change and Change 2, reasonably than video games Nintendo at the moment has in improvement at its personal studios.
Nintendo held a Accomplice Direct final July, which featured video games like Last Fantasy Ways, Monster Hunter Tales 3, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Star Wars Outlaws, Octopath Traveler 0, and extra.
As Change 2 enters the second half of its first 12 months, many gamers are anticipating main third-party sport bulletins. Video games already confirmed for Change 2 embody Elden Ring, 007: First Gentle, Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, and FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods.
It was lately confirmed that Nintendo Change 2 closed out 2025 with 4.4 million models offered within the US, retaining its standing because the fastest-selling console in US historical past. Unit gross sales of Change 2 are at the moment 35% forward of PS4 throughout the identical time-frame, and “practically double” these of the unique Change.
Nevertheless, some business analysts consider Nintendo will enhance the Change 2 value globally sooner or later this 12 months, pushed by the affect from tariffs, elevated reminiscence prices, and broader macroeconomic situations.
