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title: "Network Maintenance Scheduled January 7th"
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description: "Nintendo announced the first network maintenance for Nintendo Switch in 2020. The network maintenance will take place on January 7, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm JST."
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Network Maintenance Scheduled January 7th | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Network Maintenance Scheduled January 7th](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/network-maintenance-scheduled-january-7th.jpg "Network Maintenance Scheduled January 7th")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/network-maintenance-scheduled-january-7th.jpg)Nintendo announced the first network maintenance for Nintendo Switch in 2020. The network maintenance will take place on January 7, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm JST.

That’s January 6, 2020 8:30pm to 9:30pm Pacific Time. During the network maintenance, all online services such as the Nintendo eShop and online play will be down.

## [](#nintendo-direct-speculation)Nintendo Direct Speculation

Some Japanese users have speculated that the network maintenance is in preparation for a new firmware update., maybe even 10.0.

But even more people are speculating about Nintendo Direct. And while we often have had Nintendo Directs in January; who really know…

### [](#list-of-nintendo-direct-presentations-in-january-last-decade)List of Nintendo Direct presentations in January last decade

Broadcast type;Coverage;Date;RegionsRef.

- Pokémon Direct;Pokémon X and YJanuary 8, 2013;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia
- Wii U Direct;Wii U games, Miiverse and Virtual Console;January 23, 2013;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia
- Nintendo Direct;Animal Crossing: New LeafJanuary 24, 2013;South Korea
- Nintendo Direct;Nintendo 3DS games;January 17, 2014;South Korea
- Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games;January 14, 2015;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia
- Nintendo Switch Presentation;Nintendo Switch hardware and software;January 12, 2017;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong
- Fire Emblem Direct;Fire Emblem games;January 18, 2017;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia
- Nintendo Direct Mini;Spring-Summer 2018 Nintendo Switch games;January 11, 2018;Japan, North America, Europe, Australia
- Feh Channel;Fire Emblem Heroes;January 30, 2018;Japan, North America, Europe
- Indie Highlights;January 23, 2019;Europe

So not all have been normal Nintendo Directs, we might even just get an Animal Crossing Direct with it releasing in March and Nintendo having to hype it.

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