Nintendo has set The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct for Tuesday, September 8, 2026, and the company will follow it with a general Nintendo Direct the next day. For Zelda fans, that puts a fixed date on the calendar for the series’ next big turn and raises one immediate question: will the long-teased Ocarina of Time remake finally be shown in full?
That is the expectation because the game is said to be due in 2026, yet only a few seconds of footage have been shown so far. A full reveal trailer and release date would be the cleanest way to turn a brief tease into a real launch campaign, and the timing of the two Direct presentations gives Nintendo a rare chance to do it without competing with its own wider slate.
The prediction is not built on insider knowledge. It follows release-pattern analysis and the simple fact that Nintendo does not yet have a game dated for November. Fire Emblem arrives this month, Nintendo Switch Sports is slated for October, and that leaves the holiday stretch open. The company is also said to be extremely unlikely to launch anything on Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, in the U.S., and it has no reason to go head-to-head with Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19.
That narrows the field to Thursday, November 5 and Thursday, November 12. Of those two dates, November 12 is the one the piece treats as likeliest for Ocarina of Time, helped by the claim that a Nintendo UK store briefly dated a couple of Kirby Air Riders amiibo for that day before removing the date. Nintendo typically launches amiibo on the same day as a first-party game, even when the franchises are unrelated, and Zelda games usually get tie-in figures. Echoes of Wisdom is described as a rare recent exception.
If that pattern holds, the Zelda side of the release would not stop at the game itself. The expectation is at least Young Link and Adult Link figures, with the possibility of more if Nintendo leans into the anniversary. Leaked designs for a Zelda-themed Nintendo Switch 2 console and Pro Controller also surfaced a few weeks ago, adding another sign that the company may be preparing a larger rollout around the same stretch.
The catch is that all of this is still hanging on a small piece of evidence. A few seconds of footage is not a full reveal, and it does not guarantee that Nintendo will show the game on September 8 or assign it a launch date that lines up with the November theory. But if the company wants the 40th anniversary to feel like more than a ceremonial stream, that is the moment to do it. The next day’s general Nintendo Direct can cover everything else.
