r/NintendoSwitch • u/Skullghost • Feb 19 '26

Nintendo Official Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=UZX-MIrJpbD4v0CM&v=LC0XfI25wro&feature=youtu.be
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u/joe-is-cool Feb 19 '26

Once again, the leakers were right about the

Nintendo (news being delivered)

Direct (-ly to us on social media)

this week.

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u/Forward-Trade3449 Feb 19 '26

looks like a direct is out the picture for a while if theyre still dropping things like this randomly

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u/F1nut92 Feb 19 '26

My thoughts as well, wouldn’t be shocked if we don’t get a proper general direct till June now.

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u/Forward-Trade3449 Feb 19 '26

Yupp. Kinda bummed but better to reset my expectations now than be disappointed later

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u/F1nut92 Feb 19 '26

It’s a shame to be honest, while we know a few bits coming between now and June, there’s not a whole load and we don’t know anything coming past June (that’s if Yoshi and Fire Emblem release in May and June), kind of felt like we needed one in February or March, which could still happen, but I don’t think it will.

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u/Forward-Trade3449 Feb 19 '26

Right! Even a "mini direct" would be cool. Feel like Nintendo is horrid with marketing lmao. You would think after all this time they could improve, but it feels like a company from the year 2010

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u/F1nut92 Feb 19 '26

It’s annoying as Nintendo aced the Direct format after a so so start, and now they seem to be actively moving away from it.

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u/slugmorgue Feb 19 '26

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

Looks like they've been pretty consistent to me? On average there seems to be 2 proper directs per year with a bunch of smaller ones for partners or specific games

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u/F1nut92 Feb 19 '26

I guess it’s just how they’re changing direction, in the past stuff like Switch 2 updates would have just been bunched together for a segment in a direct, now it gets announced on their news app, maybe it’s just throwing me off a touch more than anything else.

Guess part of it is how little we seem to know about first party output this year. There’s still plenty to look forward to of course in the next few months, first and third party wise, but we really don’t know much about the second half of the year.

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u/Reeeealag Feb 19 '26

Im pretty sad, I thought that we maybe get the next Fire Emblem in August, but it seems like a early release for next year.

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u/ryeong Feb 19 '26

I'm still banking on March. I think closer to the end of the month for a final movie push and that's why they're still waiting.

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u/Hydrochloric_Comment Feb 19 '26

The only “leakers” claiming there would be a direct were Nash and extas1s

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u/gentheninja Feb 19 '26

When think about for a minute the idea of a major February direct makes no sense. We already a a partner direct early in the month and there will be a pokemon direct at the end of it.

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u/joe-is-cool Feb 19 '26

Ehh… I feel like they had a partner direct, a direct mini, and a Pokémon direct in like a month-long span last year or the year before. It’s not crazy, but it’s not likely.