Live updates from Nintendo Direct February 2023 including new Zelda trailer

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Image: Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Image: Nintendo)

The highly-anticipated Nintendo Direct 2023 event has been and gone, and players finally got to see a bit more of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Nintendo had confirmed that the Nintendo Direct 2023 event will focus on “games launching in the first half of 2023”, so we expected to see games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot camp, Pikmin 4 some third-party titles and potentially, a few surprises too. The Nintendo Direct for February 2023 aired this evening at 10pm GMT / 5pm ET / 2pm PST.

We were treated to a brand new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay trailer, which featured some new ways of interacting with environments, new vehicles and more, but in a very familiar setting!

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Wait for it... we have some The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay!

We saw grinding on rails, riding a hot air balloon, diving from high in the air and a bit more, but the environment looked very similar to The Breath of the Wild!

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The May 12, 2023 release date has been re-confirmed too. Check out the brand-new gameplay trailer below!

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – How to Watch

The Nintendo Direct can be viewed on Nintendo’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Nintendo tends to start streaming the direct logo around 30 minutes before a presentation is set to start, so if the feed isn't live, it might be worth a refresh. We'll embed the YouTube live stream below so that you can hit play and get watching straight away.

Nintendo Direct February 2023

And that's that!

Thanks for sticking with Mirror Gaming for coverage of the February 2023 Nintendo Direct event, it's been a pleasure!

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – NO ZELDA?

We're 40 minutes in and there's been NOTHING on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom so far, not even a passing mention!

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Nintendo Direct February 2023 – here we go!

The February 2023 Nintendo Direct event has officially started, and we're starting with some Pikmin 4 gameplay!

Live updates from Nintendo Direct February 2023 including new Zelda trailerThe February 2023 Nintendo Direct event has officially started, and we're starting with some Pikmin 4 gameplay! (Nintendo)

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – five-minute warning!

T-minus five minutes people!

I can almost smell Hyrule...

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – ten-minute warning!

Ok, don't panic, but we now have a ten-minute timer showing on the YouTube stream!

It'll be kicking off very shortly...

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of a Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is set to be released on May 12, 2023, so there's a pretty strong chance that it will have some presence in tonight's Nintendo Direct presentation.

According to rumours, Tears of the Kingdom is rumoured to be the last major release for the current iteration of the Nintendo Switch console. So big things are expected. We're excited to see how it plans to differentiate itself from the incredible The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the previous Zelda release.

Live updates from Nintendo Direct February 2023 including new Zelda trailerNintendo Switch production is increasing ahead of the release of Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

The first trailer for Tears of the Kingdom was released during Nintendo’s E3 2019 presentation; since then we've seen a grand total of four minutes and 42 seconds of the game in the four years since the game’s reveal, so it's about time we get something substantial!

Nintendo Direct February 2023 – what to expect

Nintendo has said that tonight's Nintendo Direct event will consist of games that will be released in the first half of this year. Here are some of the games we're expecting to hear more about this evening:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

  • Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe

  • Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

  • Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot camp

  • Pikmin 4

  • Third-Party titles

And potentially, a few surprises too!

Nintendo Direct February 2023

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Nintendo Direct February 2023 event!

We'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest news, gameplay reveals and release dates from tonight's event.

Nintendo has confirmed that their live event will kick off at 10pm GMT / 5pm ET / 2pm PST.

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