Most Likely Dates For The June 2024 Nintendo Direct

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The June 2024 Nintendo Direct might be the most exciting showcase of the month for Nintendo fans, but unlike virtually everything else happening in June, it doesn't yet have a date in place. Despite that lack of information, it isn't impossible to get a good idea of when the Direct might be coming. Nintendo often operates with some degree of predictability, and this is one case where drawing on some past examples and trends seems to narrow the window in which a Direct is likely to appear by a good margin.

So far, all that's known about the June 2024 Nintendo Direct is the lack of any news regarding a potential Switch successor, a potentially disappointing caveat that still isn't all that much of a surprise. Although a 2024 release originally looked likely for the Switch 2, more recent reports indicate that it's been delayed to 2025. That leaves plenty of room for interesting Switch releases at the Direct, however, even if the big franchises are more likely to get remakes and remasters than major new entries.

Following official acknowledgment of the Nintendo Switch 2, it seems that Nintendo may be following a proven strategy in preparing for its release.

At the moment, the most likely date ranges for a June 2024 Nintendo Direct seem to be June 18–20 or 25–27, an estimation backed up by looking at how Directs have been staged in recent years. 2022 and 2023 both featured June Nintendo Directs, which were placed on June 28 and June 21 respectively. Although the June 2021 Nintendo Direct came slightly earlier, on June 15, that one was timed with that year's E3, and Nintendo seems to have moved away from this strategy in the wake of E3's permanent cancelation.

As for the specific ranges, Nintendo's been sticking to a pattern of midweek Directs, which generally fall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays. June 18–20 and 25–27 are the only midweek qualifiers in the latter half of the month, making either seem likely. There's not necessarily enough yet to suggest whether one of those periods would be more likely than the other aside from the February Direct this year falling on the later end. At any rate, the Direct happening outside these ranges would come as something of a surprise.

There hasn't been much surrounding the June 2024 Nintendo Direct yet in terms of leaks, but it's similarly possible to make some educated guesses about what games Nintendo might reveal at the Direct.

Although E3 is gone, Summer Game Fest has been serving a less flashy but similar function in recent years, with a good selection of developers choosing to showcase their upcoming games over the same early weekend in June. This year, it's kicking off on June 7, following similar starts of June 10, 9, and 8 in 2021, 2022, and 2023 respectively. Nintendo has been choosing not to participate in these events, and the late June window seems like a deliberate offset from the event and the flurry of announcements surrounding it.

Wholesome Direct is part of the lineup for 2024’s Summer Game Fest, and there are many reasons it is at the top of my priority list this weekend.

For anyone wondering if Nintendo will somehow squeeze itself into a surprise Summer Game Fest appearance this year, it's definitely off the table. As reported by insider Stealth40k on Twitter, Summer Game Fest organizer and host Geoff Keighley recently mentioned his hope for Nintendo to someday participate, which certainly seems like proof that the company still isn't playing ball. It's not the only publisher to take an independent approach, with PlayStation having opted for a late May State of Play showcase ahead of the event.

Regardless, it shouldn't be long now until Nintendo clarifies when the June 2024 Direct will arrive, although the confirmation could come as late as the day before based on Nintendo's past approach. For now, there should be plenty to pay attention to with Summer Game Fest, and some third-party titles coming to Switch should still appear within the scope of those showcases. It's best not to expect the next Nintendo Direct until later in June, but in the overall scheme of things, that won't be too long of a wait.

Source: Stealth40k/Twitter

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