Nintendo Direct rumors heat up
Two new registrations spotted by users on European Nintendo sites have been picked up by Areajugones and Nintendúo as potential signs of an imminent Nintendo Direct tied to Switch 2 conversation. (areajugones.sport.es) (nintenduo.com)
Nintendo fans are reading two fresh European age ratings as a sign another Direct could be close. The games are Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, both for Switch 2. (eurogamer.net) Eurogamer reported on April 13 that Splatoon Raiders now carries a PEGI 7 rating and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave carries a PEGI 12 rating on European Nintendo listings. Nintendo Life reported the Fire Emblem page appears to have moved from a provisional rating to a final PEGI 12 label. (eurogamer.net) (nintendolife.com) The speculation comes from timing, not a Nintendo announcement. Areajugones and Nintendúo tied the rating changes to the possibility of a near-term showcase, but Nintendo has not announced a new Direct as of April 14. (areajugones.sport.es) (nintendo.com) A Nintendo Direct is the company’s video presentation format for new games, release dates, and hardware updates. Nintendo’s archive shows the most recent one was a Partner Showcase on February 5, 2026, focused on Switch 2 and Switch software from publishing partners. (nintendo.com 1) (nintendo.com 2) That gap matters because Nintendo already launched Switch 2 on June 5, 2025, and its 2026 calendar still has major first-party blanks. Nintendo’s official Switch 2 pages list the system as available now, while Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is still dated only for 2026 and Splatoon Raiders still lacks a specific release date. (nintendo.com) (nintenduo.com 1) (nintenduo.com 2) The two games also fit the kind of update Nintendo often saves for a Direct. Nintendúo’s game pages describe Splatoon Raiders as a Switch 2-exclusive Splatoon spin-off and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave as a new strategy entry from Intelligent Systems, with both slated for 2026. (nintenduo.com 1) (nintenduo.com 2) Nintendo has used several formats for Switch 2 news over the past year, including the April 2, 2025 Switch 2 presentation, the April 17, 2025 Mario Kart World Direct, and the February 5, 2026 Partner Showcase. That history gives fans a reason to watch the company’s Direct archive closely, but it does not confirm another event is imminent. (nintendo.com) For now, the concrete change is narrow: two European store listings now show updated PEGI ratings. Until Nintendo posts a date on its Direct archive or news pages, the “imminent Direct” part remains rumor. (nintendo.com) (eurogamer.net)
