Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase live: the latest Switch 2 game announcements with the stream underway

The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase has just begun and a deluge of new game announcements are now underway

A Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase is a little different from your standard Nintendo Direct, as it focuses on games that are made by Nintendo's "publishing and development partners" rather than the company itself.

This means that you're unlikely to see a new Super Mario game announced as the stream progresses, for example, though there is still a possibility that some spin-offs by external teams (think the likes of Cadence of Hyrule) could show up.

I'll be here to guide you through the entire live event as it continues, having already delivered a steady stream of predictions, news, and rumors as the show got into gear. Right now I'm working hard on a flurry of updates as the announcements drop.

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