It’s felt like forever, but there is finally a Nintendo Direct on the way and it will of course focus on the Wii U and 3DS games launching this year before the end of Autumn (May).

The timing for this Nintendo Direct is a little different than before, it’s on Valentine’s Day which is this Friday, February 14th at 9:00 a.m. (AEDT). Least now we won’t have to explain to our partners why we’re watching Mr Iwata and Shibata on the computer like last year.

Will the odd timing of the Direct bring something special? We can only hope. Iwata even felt compelled to apologise to Japanese Nintendo fans on Twitter about the time change. So it should be something good right?

After last month’s disastrous financial results and lack of releases this year things have been down for Nintendo and for Nintendo fans, this week’s eShop update is also looking pretty grim so far – this Direct it’s kind of a big deal. 

No pressure now.

Nintendo Direct February 13th Times

• Western Australia: 6am on Friday, February 14th
• Adelaide: 8:30am on Friday, February 14th
• Darwin: 7:30am on Friday, February 14th
• Sydney/Melbourne: 9:00am on Friday, February 14th
• Brisbane: 8:00am on Friday, February 14th
• New Zealand: 11:00am on Friday, February 14th
• Los Angeles: 2:00pm on Thursday, February 13th
• New York: 5:00pm on Thursday, February 13th
• Tokyo: 2:00pm on Friday, February 14th
• London: 10:00pm on Thursday, February 13th
• Other times

Nintendo Direct – Where to Watch

• European / Australian feed (most relevant to Australians)
• North American Feed
• Japanese Feed 

You can of course follow myself on Twitter if you can’t watch the feed, caution there may be overreactions.