A new Nintendo Direct will broadcast on Wednesday

Nintendo has confirmed it will broadcast a new Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, February 9.

The 40-minute live stream will begin at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm BST and focus on Nintendo Switch games launching in the first half of 2022.

The live stream will represent the first Nintendo Direct since September, when the Japanese company re-revealed Bayonetta 3 and announced N64 games for Switch Online.

The company seems to be getting back into its usual routine for the marketing events, after a year on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2020, the company’s president Shuntaro Furukawa reaffirmed Nintendo’s commitment to the Direct model, telling investors that it believed the live-streamed presentations were still an effective means of communication.

Nintendo will likely use its latest direct to showcase Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, as well as the upcoming adventure game Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The company could also announce a sequel to launch game 1-2-Switch, according to reports. Splatoon 3 and the sequel to Zelda: Breath of the Wild are also due out this year.

It’s likely going to be a busy 12-months for the Japanese company, with game releases disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic finally approaching completion.

According to Emily Rogers, a Nintendo insider whose information has matched VGC’s own in the past, the company could release a first-party title virtually every month during 2022.

“What makes this year interesting is how many Nintendo games are either finished or near-finished,” she wrote. “I don’t expect any major gaps in the release schedule. I’m curious to see the critical reception to an upcoming casual game. I doubt this sequel will win over many new fans.”

Nintendo announced this month that Switch is now officially the company’s best-selling home console of all-time.

In its latest financial results published last week, the company confirmed that Switch has sold 103.54 million units as of December 31, 2021 – up over 10 million since September – meaning that the console has now eclipsed Wii’s 101.63 million.