Nintendo Direct rumoured for this week as Hollow Knight: Silksong gets update

Multiple sources have suggested a Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this week, just before the Switch 2’s big showcase.

While everyone is anticipating next week’s Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2, new rumours suggest the company has a surprise up its sleeve over the coming days.

Earlier this year, several insiders claimed another Nintendo Direct, dedicated to the original Switch, was planned for February, prior to the Switch 2 blowout on April 2, 2025. This included talk about a Kirby: Planet Robobot remaster and one ‘final big game’ which is yet to be announced, described as a ‘new version of a niche beloved franchise’.

While these rumours were tossed into oblivion after February went by without a peep from Nintendo, multiple sources have now suggested a Switch 1 focused Nintendo Direct could be happening after all.

This latest wave of rumours stems from an insider on Chinese social media site Weibo (via Reddit), who previously leaked details about last year’s Nintendo Direct in June. In a somewhat cryptic post, he appears to suggest a Nintendo Direct dedicated to the Switch will take place on Wednesday, March 26.

While in isolation this could be brushed off as wishful thinking, two other sources have alluded to the same thing. Famiboards user ninspider, who posted accurate drawings of the Switch 2 last year, responded with a wink emoji when asked if a Nintendo Direct is planned for this month.

Similarly, VGC editor Andy Robinson responded with a thinking face to a post on Bluesky which praised Nintendo for ‘not having any more Switch Directs before the big Switch 2 presentation’, implying something might actually be on the cards.

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Nintendo usually announces these presentations at least a day in advance, so if it is true, some form of confirmation will likely arrive on Monday and Tuesday. Although, it’s perhaps best to take all of this with a pinch of salt.

In what may, or may not, be sheer coincidence, these rumours have coincided with new activity around Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Team Cherry’s long-awaited sequel, which was announced six years ago, recently received some minor backend updates on Steam (via SteamDB) related to revised images and a copyright date adjustment from 2019 to 2025.

There were updates to the game’s Steam meta data last year too, which amounted to nothing, but the timing in terms of the alleged Nintendo Direct is interesting.

This also comes after Microsoft mentioned Hollow Knight: Silksong in a blog post earlier this month, alongside games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and FBC: Firebreak, which are both scheduled for this year.

Insider extas1s recently claimed the sequel is planned for June 2025 ‘at the latest’, although he hasn’t been reliable on the subject in the past.

Team Cherry has not announced any release date (or window) for Hollow Knight: Silksong, but the developer did reaffirm the game was ‘real’ and ‘progressing’ in January this year.

Any rumours around the Hollow Knight sequel are hard to take seriously given all the previous ones have come to nothing, but it would certainly be a smart move to launch it around the same time as the Switch 2 – which is also expected to launch in or around June.

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