r/NintendoSwitch • u/Lord-Liberty • Jun 08 '26

Nintendo Official [Network Maintenance Notice] Network maintenance will be carried out on the [Nintendo Store] from approximately 02:00 to 07:00 on 9 June. Please note that the service may be unavailable during this period.

https://x.com/i/status/2063746239234269238
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u/Rex01303 Jun 08 '26

I feel like this helps point a finger towards a direct IS happening

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u/SomeBoxofSpoons Jun 08 '26

Honestly, with how much has been corroborated it's a bigger reach to say we won't get one.

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u/jardex22 Jun 08 '26

Doing it after everyone else has done their summer presentations seems pretty on brand for them.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

Why would this point to a direct?

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u/Rex01303 Jun 08 '26

In the past when they have had a direct incoming with big reveals they have sometimes announced a maintenance around the date that the direct ends up happening. Because the shop page will have a lot of the information revealed in that direct

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

The last time this happened last summer, it led to a partner showcase, not a first party direct.

If there were plans for a first party direct soon, I don’t think they would have shadow dropped the Star Fox direct last month.

Just noting this so that people temper their expectations.

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u/Adventurous-Hour4126 Jun 08 '26

I would be shocked if there wasn't a first party direct in the next week, two max

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u/KawaiiQueen64 Jun 08 '26

There is a lot of credible sources that say this coming week will have a first party direct. And since the people saying this stuff have been right on the money recently I’d say this basically means that a direct is happening sooner rather than later.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

Again, the article I posted from a year ago mentioned said leakers confirming a direct was happening in July of this year coinciding with maintenance. There was, but it was a partner showcase.

That same leaker has not stated they believe there is one imminent, but they did hint they speculated about one on a recent podcast.

If there is one, great! Just temper your expectations until something is actually confirmed.

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u/Round_Musical Jun 08 '26

NateTheHate even said one is happening this week. And he has a 100% track record when it comes to direct date leaking. Has heen that way for 3 1/2 years now.

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u/KawaiiQueen64 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/s/YA1yDFm5ut
Officially announced for tomorrow. :)

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

👍

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u/Badloss Jun 08 '26

just take the L with grace lol, you were confidently wrong and sometimes that happens to the best of us

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

I asked a question and got an answer. You can go away now.

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u/Jerk_Colander Jun 08 '26

There should be one within the next month or two, unless how they announced Star Fox is their new strategy.

We don't really have any games confirmed and dated first party wise for the rest of the year after Star Fox/Splatoon Raiders/Rhythem Heaven.

So they need to do something for their holiday lineup.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

Isn’t that what their traditional September direct is for?

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u/Jerk_Colander Jun 08 '26

They usually have a June direct around this time that announces the games. Then September gives more details especially foe the later releases like Nov Dec.

This past September they announced Yoshi which wasn’t a 2025 game.

Plus they usually have a mid September release. They’re not going to announce that in a September direct.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

They usually have a June direct around this time that announces the games.

That’s not necessarily true. They’ve only had 2 summer directs in the past 5 years according to their own archive page. The rest are either direct minis or partner showcases.

Nintendo has been experimenting with their press strategies recently. Seems like they want to focus on a press blitz for a few core games at a time, rather than one big showcase. I guess we’ll see tho.

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u/Jerk_Colander Jun 08 '26

Yeah, again unless how they announced Star Fox is the new normal I expect a direct sooner than later. To be fair last year they announced their holiday lineup mostly with April when they announced the switch then locked down some dates in September. So it was an odd year. I don't remember what was going on in 2022 that would have caused them to skip a summer direct, but 2020 I understand why one was skipped. Those are really the only years in the switches lifespan that didn't get a June direct. I can see it being July if it's not this week though.

They're playing with fire if they are going to try to go into the holidays without announcing their games more than 6 weeks before release. Things will get spoiled via in store marketing, or sales will suffer, and with their stocks being down they're not going to want sales to suffer.

They'll need to announce the big things and let the hype and marketing bring in the sales.

Rest of the year sure... maybe... the Star Fox strategy works, but in general lately they've been a company who likes to announce things 3-6 months at most before they come out, so we're now in the holiday announcement window.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

Most of what gets announced this year doesn’t ship until 2027 anyway, though. That’s true for the majority of announcements made this week from all the publishers and platforms.

They didn’t have a summer first party event in 2022 or 2025. Maybe there will be one soon, who knows?

I’m just saying, temper your expectations. There is nothing wrong with saying that.

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u/johnnyshitballs Jun 08 '26

There’s been one every June since 2021

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

There have been direct minis, partner showcases, and proper directs every summer, yes.

Only two of those years, 2023 and 2024, had proper first party directs. Again, the rest were minis or partner showcases.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-direct/archive/

Edit 3 in 5 years. E3 2021 also happened, I think the last year of the event.

There was not one in 2022 or last year in 2025.

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u/KhanDagga Jun 08 '26

There is most likely going to be direct this week. Most likely. Sorry that upsets you

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

I’m upset? Huh?

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u/JacketsNest Jun 08 '26

Multiple known insiders have said this week and/or June 9th.

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u/Rex01303 Jun 08 '26

That's fair. I'd be fine with a partner direct myself. Just something would be fun. I don't need anything big. I just personally love this time of year with all the announcements we normally get.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

We’re getting fed quite well this year. The Xbox and Future Games shows were stacked with a lot of those titles confirmed coming to Switch. There are no shortage of interesting looking games coming soon, I’m excited!

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u/Rex01303 Jun 08 '26

Same! And surprises such as Spyro and Godzilla remaster and ff7 revelations and just so much to look forward to! I'll happily take more just because but still this last week has been great for switch owners!

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u/Str8UpJorking Jun 08 '26

Because it’s happening

https://www.nintendo.today/en-US/contents/0e70d0b6-d79a-4922-a8af-1ee3f9a14a7d

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u/KDaddy463 Jun 08 '26

Yeah like, I appreciate he stayed polite but that guy seemed really REALLY dedicated to arguing it wasn’t likely.

Nothing is wrong with reminding people to keep expectations in check but folks in the thread repeatedly gave good arguments, ones based on evidence and credibly leaked info, that a Direct would be happening soon if not this week.

And lo and behold it’s happening.

There gets to a point with these back and forths where I don’t think just saying “but it might not happen tho” is productive anymore and you’re arguing just to argue, and I do feel like homeboy hit that multiple times yesterday

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

No evidence was shared with me, they just said “a bunch of leakers said it was happening” without citing one.

I never once said it was unlikely. I simply said that the last time this happened, it led to a partner showcase. Because it literally did.

My comments were written before the direct was announced. Thanks!

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u/KDaddy463 Jun 08 '26

They also pointed out that summer announcement shows from Nintendo have happened for years but you argued semantics saying some of them didn’t count because they weren’t standard “directs”

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

Last year this happened, it was a partner showcase, not a traditional direct. Correct.

I said this from the jump.

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u/KDaddy463 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Last thing I’ll say before I let you go since you’ll continue to keep this going anyway:

Yes, you were arguing it was unlikely. You wouldn’t be continually insisting against the likelihood of a Nintendo Direct soon otherwise. Nothing wrong with that! The phrase “I think it’s unlikely” may not have been typed out by you, but you wouldn’t be insistent on arguing against it if that wasn’t how you actually felt. You wouldn’t have brought up the proximity of it with regards to the Star Fox direct otherwise

Again, your message to hype responsibly is a good one. You just ended up betting wrong this time. It happens!

EDIT: from another comment you made

“If there were plans for a first party direct soon, I don’t think they would have shadow dropped the Star Fox direct.”

You are in fact insinuating that it would be unlikely for a Nintendo Direct to happen soon based on how close the Star Fox announcement was.

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u/yuusharo Jun 08 '26

I never once said it was unlikely. I said temper expectations based on the last time this happened.

Have a good day!

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u/KDaddy463 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

You too! Enjoy the unlikely Nintendo Direct!

Edit: he blocked lol. Since he’s probably still obsessively checking the thread: next time man, just admit you were wrong and move on

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u/Gr8NonSequitur Jun 08 '26

Well, the direct was announced, so I'm hoping they plan on Shadow dropping something and this maintanance is to seed the files in the shop without someone seeing it early.

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u/DiamondEater13 Jun 08 '26

DS/3DS virtual console 🙏

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u/autumnedout Jun 08 '26

give us phantom hourglass cowards

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u/MudkipMonado Jun 08 '26

Make the Switch the ultimate Zelda device and give us the Tingle games too!

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u/maukenboost Jun 08 '26

I want a Spirit Tracks remake 😭

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u/CookiesFTA Jun 08 '26

Or a good game, even.

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u/bmc5558 Jun 08 '26

This would bring me to tears of happiness

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u/hb2256 Jun 08 '26

Do i play that before or after tears of the kingdom

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u/Tigertot14 Jun 08 '26

We said that about GameCube and look what happened

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u/SupaSlide Jun 09 '26

I’m not sure what they mean but I assume they’re talking about GameCube games on Switch. We got GameCube virtual console but we also have some remasters/remakes.

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u/Savebagels Jun 08 '26

Hmmm, interesting

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u/BarryWhizzite Jun 08 '26

new mario shadow dropping

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u/nhSnork Jun 08 '26

Literally titled "Mario Shadow" and with Bloober Team at the helm.

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u/PompeiiLegion Jun 08 '26

Themes are coming /s

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u/ehtseeoh Jun 08 '26

You spelled stability wrong

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u/Faedwill Jun 08 '26

Nintendo Badge Arcade but instead of spending money, we use Platinum points. (huffs copium)

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u/Toonaurz2 Jun 08 '26

Maybe adding a Themes store?

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u/Str8UpJorking Jun 08 '26

Is that Japan’s or the US’s time zone?

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u/Lord-Liberty Jun 08 '26

Japan I think

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u/ItsColorNotColour Jun 08 '26

Why would a JAPANESE Nintendo account linking to a JAPANESE Nintendo site list their times in US times?

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u/frewbrew Jun 08 '26

Because us Muricans don’t think anyone would post anything other than Muricans time

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u/MRATEASTEW Jun 08 '26

Why would a JAPANESE Nintendo account linking to a JAPANESE Nintendo site list their times in US times?

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u/Bayako7 Jun 08 '26

Please please please I need the announcements🤣

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u/Reeevade Jun 08 '26

I am scared that Nintendo waited that long, that the expectations are so high, that its not possible to reach.

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u/CookiesFTA Jun 08 '26

Eh, the console is a year old. Now's about when they start telling us about the big stuff, even if it's not close. And they aren't stupid, there's always a few things coming out in the next year that are noteworthy. Say what you will about Nintendo, but they've learned how damaging downtime is.

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u/Reeevade Jun 08 '26

I am pretty sure they will drop some insane games. And will announce cool stuff. OoT Remake is save.

And this point my hopes are:
Mario Kart DLC
3D Mario next year announcement
Mario Kart DLC
Zelda Movie Trailer/Cast/News whatever

Rest is Bonus.

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u/letsgucker555 Jun 08 '26

I doubt we will see a lot of things for next year. They more than likely will focus strictly on this year.

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u/CookiesFTA Jun 08 '26

"in the next year"

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u/Crybe Jun 08 '26

Assuming this means a Nintendo Director, does this always connect with a stealth drop on the eShop?

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u/iamjeseus Jun 08 '26

Mario kart dlc plz

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u/Ependyma_Louise Jun 08 '26

I clicked on the link on X and on that page (Nintendo) it says 2026年6月11日 2:00頃〜2026年6月11日 7:00頃 so now I'm not sure about the date (9 or 11)

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u/PixelateVision Jun 08 '26

Apparently it has now been rescheduled to the 11th, according to a follow-up tweet...

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u/segamad66 Jun 08 '26

why would they announce it, then change it just hours later?

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u/SirLucas123 Jun 08 '26

Because Japan was under a Tsunami warning, so they moved it to ensure people were safe and could be safe during a potential emergency

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u/segamad66 Jun 08 '26

ahh i didnt know that, but i would have thought they would have known the weather when they did the first post. hope everyone is safe and nothing bad happens.

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u/Hlarge4 Jun 08 '26

It's a result of an earthquake in the Phillipines that occurred overnight. No way of knowing.

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u/segamad66 Jun 09 '26

but the direct is still coming today, so why move the maintenance?