The next Nintendo Direct ‘will focus on third-party games’, it’s claimed

The Manual, who told viewers during a Twitch stream on Friday that he’d been told to expect new announcements from major publishers.

“We should have a Nintendo Direct this coming Tuesday,” Requena said during the live stream, translated by VGC. “This will be mainly focused on third-party games – that’s what I’ve been told to expect.

“I’ve also been told that some Persona game will be present, though I don’t know which game,” they added. “I’ve also been told there will be another game that has been available for some time on other platforms… it’s been available for four years now.”

Requena’s ‘four-year-old’ port claim would fit with a previous claim that a Nintendo Direct is set to take place next week, which VGC’s own sources corroborated at the time.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct last week, while holding its own streams for

was held in February 2022 and focused on games due for release in the first half of the year.

During that presentation, Nintendo revealed Mario Strikers: Battle League, Nintendo Switch Sports, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

It also revealed the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which promised that 48 tracks would be released in eight waves over course of the following two years.