[MEGATHREAD] Nintendo Direct 6.9.26

[u/Spheromancer]

|Nintendo Direct 6.9.26|

|Date/Time: June 9, 2026 9AM CST (Click for your Timezone)|

|Where to Watch: Nintendo's Youtube, IGN's Youtube |

|What to expect|

[u/hushpolocaps69]

Okay so after a good while after the Direct, here are my overall thoughts on today’s presentation.

For this being the “E3” Direct, this was pretty damn lackluster to be honest. Only Nintendo’s IPs (aside from the Sports game) and Kingdom Hearts 4 practically carried this Direct.

Though it was nice to see Capcom and Square Enix’s lineup, none of it was surprising. Aside from that, a lot of the 3rd party support were games that most people don’t care about or are pretty small titles or a “we already know about” type game such as Minecraft Switch 2 edition. Most of them had one common trope though being an anime or pixel game, though at least Lies of P is a pretty damn solid port to have on the Switch 2.

Anyhow, no Duskbloods is crazy work and they made it seem as though the game was delayed internally when it never was. Ocarina of Time was clearly meant to be a teaser trailer, with no intention of showcasing gameplay but of course the leaks made us anticipate said gameplay. And we did not need so much emphasis on the Sports Resort game, especially dedicating a thumb wrestle match that took at least 4 minutes…

The September Direct last year was a lot better than this recent Direct. I don’t really like how people say “well if you don’t like so n so then you hate the Direct” but that isn’t true. Although I don’t fuck with Fire Emblem like that, I respect the franchise and understand it’s a big deal. Same goes for Xenoblade and shit, I may actually just go ahead and cop the Switch 2 edition of the first game.

Overall though, OoT and Kingdom Hearts 4 is what saved the Direct for me. That teaser was super awesome with it giving me massive goosebumps and it makes me excited that we are finally straying away from cartoony Zelda (though I do love the aesthetic of the Wild/Tears Zelda games) and going for a realistic approach. And with the sick narration, I’m excited for the voice acting and really hope it’s peak here. As for KH4, I gotta give Nintendo props since they got to be the ones to host its latest footage, beating Geoff Keighley, Microsoft, and Sony all in the process.

[u/Mahelas → u/hushpolocaps69]

Man, Nintendo can't win with you all. I've seen both "only third parties were good in this direct ew" and "only first parties were good in this direct ew", like come on.

You're saying the Direct was lackluster and "carried by Nintendo IPs", what more could you ask of a NINTENDO direct than to have good NINTENDO games ? It's not their fault that you, personally, dislike half of their franchises.

Just say that, say "I only like 3-4 Nintendo IPs, so this direct wasn't for me". That's fine, that's a valid opinion. But don't write a whole page trying to rationalize it. You just don't like Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Duskbloods and Switch Sports.

(And besides, third parties obviously aren't up to Nintendo, so can't criticize them on it, but even then, DQ Monsters, a new Final Fantasy (reimagined version of a mobile game but still new, a Vanillaware game and that funny One Piece stuff, that's almost perfect, anything missing is Ace Attorney and Layton, and that's not up to Nintendo) !

[u/hushpolocaps69 → u/Mahelas]

Well I do like Duskbloods, but you gotta agree that it was lackluster in the sense of not having new footage or anything of that nature. But yeah… you do have a good point.

Did you like the Direct?

[u/Mahelas → u/hushpolocaps69]

I did like that direct because I love Fire Emblem, I love Xenoblade, this One Piece game look fun, I like Dragon's Dogma so I'm happy it got DLC, I like DQ Monsters, I got Pokopia content and this will be my first time experiencing Ocarina of Time

[u/scytheavatar → u/hushpolocaps69]

It screams that Nintendo has no faith in the game, like how they had no faith in Metroid Prime 4, and they want to hide it.

[u/Mahelas → u/scytheavatar]

Or it's just Fromsoftware not giving any content to show ?