Here's how to watch today's Nintendo Direct mini

Nintendo Direct
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Want to know how to watch the Nintendo Direct mini later today? Well, you just so happen to be in the right place. 

Nintendo dropped this one on us at short notice, with the direct only being announced yesterday after a bevy of rumours. It will last around 25 minutes and will focus on upcoming third-party Switch games. You watch the Nintendo Direct mini on Nintendo's YouTube channel by following the link. The showcase starts at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST, so make sure you're there early. 

It's also worth noting that the Nintendo Direct mini is "on-demand", which implies it could be a video that's going live rather than a livestream that's kicking off at the launch time. However, if you want to follow along for our reactions in real time, you can tune into our Nintendo Direct Mini live coverage

Square Enix's Tactics Ogre: Reborn has also seemingly leaked in the previous weeks, so we may see that one, too. It makes sense, as the developer skipped a showcase over non-E3, instead electing to show off Final Fantasy 16 during a State of Play stream and Final Fantasy 7 plans in a dedicated stream. Speaking of Square Enix, a rumour suggests that NieR: Automata could appear during today's Nintendo Direct Mini. 

Here are all the upcoming Switch games to get excited about – maybe we'll be updating the list soon? 

Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.