We’re just coming away from the two States of Play (which we’ll discuss highlights from soon, I promise), and now it’s time for two Nintendo Directs!

That’s right, Nintendo also announced back-to-back Directs, although these ones are on separate days.

On September 8 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, there will be a 30-minute Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct. Most likely this will contain new information about the Ocarina of Time remake, although with 30 minutes, I’d assume there will be other announcements as well.

(They might also talk about the movie, of course, which doesn’t interest me as much.)

Anyway, exactly one day later on September 9 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, there will be a 45-minute general Nintendo Direct. On top of that, it will be directly followed by a Nintendo Treehouse live stream planned to last 110 minutes.

So… that’s a lot. And with Zelda having its own dedicated Direct one day earlier, I can’t imagine the Ocarina of Time remake having too big of a section in the main Direct.

With that, my hopes are:

• A new Ace Attorney game! This has to be our time, right?
• Another trailer for Xenoblade Genesis.
• A new 3D Mario? Luigi’s Mansion? Paper Mario??
• Some big surprise we’d never have considered (like when they revived the Famicom Detective Club series)

What are you hoping for from next week’s Nintendo Directs?

(And in unrelated exciting news, my hopes for a localization of the new game from the Liar Princess & the Blind Prince team have been answered, as NISA announced it under the title The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster for 2027. I can’t wait!)

Sony has announced not one, but two States of Play for September 3.

The State of Play will be held on September 3 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. Once it ends, it will be followed by a State of Play Japan.

Now, despite that setup, apparently the first State of Play doesn’t necessarily mean no Japanese games, because the blog post says it will conclude with Final Fantasy VII Revelation. And the State of Play Japan will show games from “studios in Japan and Asia,” so that might not be entirely Japanese games, either.

So the way they’ve named these States of Play is a little confusing, but I’m hopeful there will be announcements I enjoy. Then again, States of Play are pretty hit-or-miss for me, even when it’s a State of Play Japan, so we’ll see.

On top of that, I’m still annoyed about Sony’s decision to move away from physical media. If the State of Play included the announcement that they’ve changed their mind, that would be enough to satisfy me on its own, but I really doubt that’s going to happen.

(And no, we’re not talking about the new Ace Attorney 7 rumors, because the “leak” is an anonymous forum post. As optimistic as I am about Ace Attorney, that’s not credible enough for even me to talk about.)

Anyway, are you looking forward to the States of Play?