Update 20/03: With the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation now just two weeks away (!!) here’s your reminder to check below for the exact local time in your neck of the outback to tune in and watch the big, full reveal as it happens.
We’ll be right there with you, bringing you coverage as it happens and all throughout the day as we reflect on what’s shown and anticipate the eventual launch of the Switch 2.
When Nintendo first officially revealed its upcoming console sequel, the aptly-named Nintendo Switch 2, it did so with little more than a superficial look at the device’s gorgeous exterior and various fancy widgets, along with a promise. A promise that we would learn much more about the Switch 2 in an upcoming, dedicated Nintendo Direct presentation in April.
And while it was similarly, frustratingly vague about the actual details of said Direct at the time, we’ve finally got official confirmation of the date and time. It’s now penned in for early April (the 2nd or 3rd depending on where you’re looking at it from), which is just two week away!
To help our dear readers with planning out their schedules to catch the event live as it happens, we’ve done the work and put together a look at exactly when the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will be airing in the usual, local ANZ time zones. Check a look:
When Can I Watch The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct In Australia & New Zealand?
The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will air on Wednesday, April 2nd/Thursday, April 3rd in the below time zones:
- AEDT (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart) — 12AM Thursday, April 3rd
- ACDT (Adelaide) — 11.30PM Wednesday, April 2nd
- AEST (Brisbane) — 11PM Wednesday, April 2nd
- ACST (Darwin) — 10.30PM Wednesday, April 2nd
- AWST (Perth) — 9PM Wednesday, April 2nd
- NZDT (Wellington) — 3AM Thursday, April 3rd
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Where Can I Watch The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct?
You’ll be able to watch the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct live on the official Nintendo YouTube Channel as well as the official Nintendo Switch 2 web page.
What Will Be Shown At The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct?
The Nintendo Switch 2, hopefully! Nah, to be honest we really don’t know at this stage. The landing page for the direct so far simply says that it’ll offer “a closer look at Nintendo Switch 2.”
Common sense would suggest though, that this will be a bit of a blowout of information that covers the actual internal hardware of the console, some game reveals for launch and beyond, as well as the most crucial two details—the release date and price.
All we can speak to definitively thus far is what we’ve already seen in the initial reveal tease (which you can watch below if you’re somehow not one of the tens of millions who already have). Even so, based on just the external stuff I’m pretty confident that the Switch 2 is going to be exactly the evolutionary jump that’ll keep Nintendo in the race.
Will you be staying up to watch the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct this April? What are you hoping to see? Let us know in the comments below or on social media!
Kieron's been gaming ever since he could first speak the words "Blast Processing" and hasn't lost his love for platformers and JRPGs since. A connoisseur of avant-garde indie experiences and underground cult classics, Kieron is a devout worshipper at the churches of Double Fine and Annapurna Interactive, to drop just a couple of names.
