Most Likely Dates For The June 2024 Nintendo Direct

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