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Nintendo has announced that a 50 minute Nintendo Direct will take place on Wednesday, February 17 at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT and will feature "roughly 50 minutes of information focused on available games like Super #SmashBrosUltimate and games coming to #NintendoSwitch in the first half of 2021."
As usual, Nintendo shared the news on Twitter with no further details, but this will be the first proper Nintendo Direct since September 4, 2019.
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The timing of this Nintendo Direct is also important to note as it arrives a few days before The Legend of Zelda's 35th anniversary on Sunday, February 21.
Many are hoping for a similar celebration of Zelda as Nintendo did for Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary in 2020. While there are still The Legend of Zelda games that have yet to be ported to Switch, including Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time, many will undoubtedly be hoping for any more news for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The last time we heard any substantial update about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 was in September of 2020, when Eiji Aonuma, the producer of the Legend of Zelda series, told fans that they'd have to "wait a bit longer" for news on the sequel to IGN's game of the year in 2017.
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Nintendo did specifically mention that we'd be getting news about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which will have many assuming it will be about the next fighter arriving in the game following Final Fantasy 7's Sephiroth.
What are you hoping to see in this Nintendo Direct? Let us know below!
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.