In addition to the date, now we know the exact time the direct will take place. As we settle in for the long, excruciating wait for more tangible news on the Switch 2, Nintendo has thrown us a little extra nugget of information.

Three weeks after revealing the Nintendo Switch successor, Nintendo finally revealed at what time the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will happen.

Alongside finally revealing the Switch 2, Nintendo has given a date for a new Nintendo Direct, due on April 2 this year, which will presumably provide a far more detailed breakdown of the new console,

We now have an official time for the April 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and it perhaps unsurprisingly falls in line with historical Nintendo Direct air times.

Nintendo has provided a smidge more information regarding its upcoming Nintendo Direct in April, focused entirely on the much-anticipated Switch 2 console. Scheduled to commence on 2nd April 2025, we now know that it will be broadcast at the following times:

All eyes are on the Nintendo Switch 2 moving forward, but Nintendo isn’t quite ready to move away from the original Switch even as it starts talking more about

We are aware that inflation is currently rising and that the exchange rate environment has changed significantly since the launch of the Nintendo Switch in 2017. We also need to consider the affordable prices that customers expect from Nintendo products.

Switch 2 pricing has been on the mind a lot lately, particularly after the announcement of the beefy £699/$699 price tag on Sony's PS5 Pro. Hearing that "affordable pricing" is being taken into consideration is, of course, a welcome (if rather predictable) note, but what does that really mean?

At 150 million units sold, the Switch is close to overtaking the DS as Nintendo’s best-selling console.

PT on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. That’s 9am ET and 2pm UK time. Nintendo has said it will use this Nintendo Direct to share a “closer look” at Switch 2, following its drive-by reveal of the console last month.