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Update: The Nintendo Direct is now over, and it was packed with news and surprise game announcements. That included GBA games coming to Switch, a version of Metroid Prime releasing today, and more. Hit the links below for all of our coverage, or check out our roundup of the Nintendo Direct's biggest games and announcements:

Original story: The latest Nintendo Direct presentation is today, February 8, and it begins very soon. The show is focused on the first half of 2023, with a number of Switch games getting the spotlight over about 40 minutes. Expectations are high, as it has been about five months since the last Nintendo Direct--and if you want to tune in for the whole thing, we can help you out. Here's the Nintendo Direct start time and how to watch the presentation live.

Nintendo Direct February 2023 start times

The Nintendo Direct will air today, February 8, at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. A list of other timezones is available below.

2 PM PT
5 PM ET
10 PM GMT
9 AM AET (Thursday, February 9)

How to watch the Nintendo Direct presentation

As usual, the Nintendo Direct presentation will stream from several official Nintendo outlets. These include the company's YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as the official Nintendo Direct website. To make things easier for you, however, we also have the stream embedded right here, so you can watch it in its entirety without needing to even leave this page.

The entire presentation will last approximately 40 minutes. Nintendo has not given us specifics on which games to expect aside from titles releasing in the first half of 2023. This could include The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which launches in May, but several other upcoming Switch exclusives don't have release dates--like Metroid Prime 4 and the indefinitely delayed Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp.