{"id":879888,"date":"2026-09-04T16:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879888\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:16:09","slug":"the-legend-of-zelda-40th-anniversary-direct-and-nintendo-direct-announced-for-september-8th-and-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879888\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct and Nintendo Direct Announced for September 8th and 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Legend-of-Zelda-40th-Anniversary-Direct_Nintendo-Direct.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Legend-of-Zelda-40th-Anniversary-Direct_Nintendo-Direct-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct_Nintendo Direct\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you thought PlayStation was the only publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/state-of-play-and-state-of-play-japan-announced-for-september-3rd\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"651823\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">running two shows in the same week<\/a>, think again, as Nintendo has announced not one but two Directs. The first is The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on September 8th at 7 AM PT, which runs for approximately 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is followed by a 45-minute general Direct on September 9th at 7 AM PT. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-announced-coming-to-switch-2-in-2026\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"645993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time\u2019s remake<\/a> launches this year for Nintendo Switch 2, it seems all but guaranteed that the company will announce a release date, if not showcase the first gameplay. That in itself is worth looking forward to, especially given how beloved the original is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nintendo Direct is more challenging to predict. The rumored <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/metroid-ravenous-might-be-a-new-side-scrolling-entry-in-the-franchise-rumor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metroid Ravenous<\/a>, a side-scrolling entry akin to Metroid Dread, could be showcased. Nintendo may also finally reveal the next 3D Mario, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/new-3d-mario-title-launching-in-2027-classic-style-star-fox-game-this-summer-rumor\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"640203\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to launch sometime in 2027<\/a>. Pok\u00e9mon Winds and Waves and Xenoblade Genesis may receive new gameplay trailers, and perhaps release dates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, some third-party surprises may also be in order, though it\u2019s doubtful they\u2019ll match the shock level of Kingdom Hearts 4 at the last Direct. As always, stay tuned for more details and live coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you thought PlayStation was the only publisher running two shows in the same week, think again, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-879888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}