A double Nintendo Direct has been announced for tomorrow, August 27. The upcoming event will mark the first-ever occasion on which a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and Indie World are held on the same day.
This announcement might not come as a surprise to the most attentive of fans, as rumors of big Nintendo events being planned for late summer 2024 have been circulating the internet for a while now. Most recently, Brazil-based journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe reported that a Nintendo Direct is happening soon, in addition to claiming that there's an Indie World broadcast planned for September 2024.
A newly emerged report reinforces some of the recent rumors about the Switch 2 release window that Nintendo is said to be targeting.
It would appear that Lippe's information was almost entirely correct, except that he missed the next Indie World's timing by a few days. Specifically, Nintendo just announced another Indie World presentation that's set to take place at 7am PT / 10am ET / 4pm CET on Tuesday, August 27. The show will be immediately followed by a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the company said, estimating that the two livestreams will run for around 40 minutes...
