Nintendo Direct mini September showcase: Monster Hunter: Rise, how to watch and more

The show will be focused on Nintendo's third-party publishers
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Jack Webb @JackWebb9217 September 2020

Nintendo is hosting another Direct Mini today, which will give us a look at what some of its third-party publishers are working on for the Switch.

The main game tipped to be announced during this show is Monster Hunter: Rise, which has been rumoured to be dropping anytime now.

Like the other Direct Minis, this will most likely not feature anything huge from Nintendo games like the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 or anything like that. However, Nintendo has always liked to surprise fans.

Nintendo announced the news on Twitter, giving us a start time of 3pm BST.

"Tune in 17/09 at 15:00 (UK time) for a livestreamed #NintendoDirectMini Partner Showcase, featuring information on upcoming Nintendo Switch titles exclusively from our publishing partners", reads the tweet.

How to watch September's Nintendo Direct Mini live

The Direct Mini will be going live on Nintendo's official YouTube channel and Twitter, beginning at 3pm BST.

As we mentioned above, the Direct Mini will be to give us updates on already-announced third party games, but there might be a couple of new announcements during the show.

What we can expect, however, would be an update on games like Bravely Default 2, a sequel in development by Square Enix.

Bravely Default 2 was announced earlier this year for the Switch and it was given a 2020 release date, so far we've not heard anything else so this might be when we find out.

Other third-party titles, like Shin Megami Tensei (SMT), a legendary series which spawned the Persona franchise, might make another appearance.

Perhaps, if we're extremely lucky, we might see Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers getting a western release date.

If you were hoping for a Direct show just like the recent Super Mario one, you might want to curb your expectations a little bit.

Nintendo has said multiple times these Direct Minis are specifically for third-party games, so there's nothing specifically from Nintendo likely to be announced during the show.

Whatever you do, don't go into this expect to see something like Breath of the Wild 2 and come out feeling betrayed.