A newly announced maintenance period for the Nintendo eShop is fueling rumors that the July 2025 Direct is right around the corner. Throughout the month, several insiders have hinted that the event was incoming, though no concrete details have popped up so far. Now, it looks like a Direct stream may be coming this Thursday, July 31, finally providing gamers with more information about upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 titles.
There is Now Even More Damning Evidence that a Nintendo Direct is Happening This Week
Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator for over a decade, she has worked largely in the pop culture sphere. In May 2020, she joined the team at OTAQUEST, specializing in lesser-known aspects of Japanese pop culture, rambling about retro games, forgotten anime series, and Tokyo’s indie musicians in her first official paid gig as a staff writer. She has continued to share her love for gaming by contributing hundreds of articles to sites such as Siliconera, PC Gamer, and VGKAMI.
Carley spends her free time gaming with her husband, scoping out breweries and wineries, playing with her cat Momo, and writing self-indulgent fanfiction. She prefers lore-heavy RPGs and walking sims and has only played Dragon Age: Inquisition 14 times. Her favorite Final Fantasy game is all of them.
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