Nintendo will announce part of its 2024 Switch lineup later this week

This year’s first Direct will take place Wednesday morning at 9AM ET, and, according to Nintendo, the 25-minute presentation will feature Switch games “coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and development partners.”

We didn’t need to consult the video game oracles to know a Nintendo Direct was on the way. Not only have Microsoft and PlayStation shared their upcoming release schedules, but taking a look at the dates of the last handful of Directs revealed that Nintendo is fond of the first week of February.

In the “highly unlikely but hope springs eternal” category of possible announcements, we’ll note it’s been five years since Nintendo announced Metroid Prime 4 was being rebooted and shunted over to Retro Studios — the same studio that worked on Primes 1-3.

You can catch Nintendo’s February Direct on January 21st, at 9AM ET.