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
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
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.
