There’ll be no new game announcements this Mario Day

It doesn’t look like Nintendo will be announcing any new games this Mario day, with no Direct mentioned as part of the celebrations.

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Mario day is March 10 (AKA Mar10) with Nintendo always celebrating this annual event. However despite the Switch 2 coming out later this year, no new games are set to be revealed next week.

Announcing their plans for Mario Day, Nintendo confirmed discounts on a number of existing titles as well as a competition to visit Super Nintendo World in Florida. The Alarmo is being released on March 9 so you can wake up with Mario on his special day while gamers are invited to participate in a special Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 8 tournament.

Nintendo has also teamed up with Jetblue to give an Airbus A320 a Mushroom Kingdom-themed makeover. All the planned activities for Mario Day can be found here.

The @JetBlue x Nintendo Cloudtop Cruiser is ready for takeoff! Keep your eyes on the sky, because this Mario & Friends-themed plane might be landing on a runway near you. pic.twitter.com/bsysNjqTpD

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 4, 2025

However no Mario Day Direct has been mentioned as part of the celebrations. Instead, Nintendo is keeping all the big announcements for its planned Switch 2 Direct which takes place next month.

The Switch 2 was officially unveiled earlier this year with a hardware-focused trailer. Another Direct is planned for April 2 at 2pm GMT where fans are hoping they’ll get information on launch dates, pre-orders and what new games are set to come alongside the bigger, more powerful console.  

As it stands, no Nintendo Switch 2 titles have been confirmed yet though the announcement trailer did tease a new Mario Kart game while Pokemon Legends Z-A has been confirmed to launch on “Switch systems” rather than just the Switch. 

The most recent Mario title was last year’s turn-based role-playing game Mario & Luigi: Brothership while Princess Peach also got her own game with Showtime!. 

In other news, The Last Of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann has given a disappointing update on the chances of a third game in the series.

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