Nintendo Announces A Partner Showcase Direct — Here’s How To Watch

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Every year, Nintendo holds some kind of Nintendo Direct presentation, showing off all the new games coming to the company’s consoles – most recently the Nintendo Switch – in the coming year. Sometimes that comes in the form of a full-fat Direct, but this year Nintendo’s doing something a little more low-key.

Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase presentation, which is a kind of Direct it holds that focuses almost entirely on third-party developers and publishers. While some Nintendo-related games have appeared in Partner Showcase presentations in the past, they’re usually quite rare, so probably don’t expect much here.

Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Times

This year’s February Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase will take place at 6am PT, on February 21, 2024. That means it’ll technically take place the next day in some regions, and the time isn’t particularly friendly for those in the eastern time zones.

Nevertheless, here’s when you can watch the Partner Showcase in your time zone:

• PT: 6:00am

• ET: 9:00am

• GMT: 2:00pm

• CET: 3:00pm

• IST: 7:30pm

• JST: 11:00pm

• AEDT: 1:00am (February 22)

• NZDT: 3:00am (February 22)

Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Length

Past presentations have spanned anywhere from eight minutes all the way up to just short of 20 minutes. This time, Nintendo has dropped the "Mini" moniker from this direct, and is offering a big presentation: it'll be 25 minutes long.

Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Links

You’ll be able to watch the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on Nintendo’s official YouTube Channel. It will be available on-demand, rather than streamed like most Directs, which means you won’t be able to watch it on Twitch, but you shouldn’t have any issues with buffering, provided your internet is good enough for the quality level of YouTube you’re watching.