In 2017, Yoshiaki Koizumi from Nintendo EPD took over the role of worldwide host for Nintendo Directs, following Satoru Iwata's death.
In 2017, Yoshiaki Koizumi started serving as a host for Nintendo Directs.
Since 2017, Japan has hosted region-specific "Indie World" presentations, focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch.
Since 2017, Nintendo of America has aired presentations focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch, initially branded as "Nindies Showcase" hosted by Bill Trinen.
Since 2017, Nintendo of Europe has broadcast presentations focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch.
Since 2017, the Japanese presenters and narrators' roles in Nintendo Directs are dubbed or subtitled for international releases, including in English.
From March 2018, Yoshiaki Koizumi hosted the Nintendo Directs in the first half of the year.
From 2017 to 2018, Nintendo of Europe broadcast the American "Nindies Showcase" presentations.
In 2018, Yoshiaki Koizumi began sharing the hosting responsibilities for Nintendo Directs with Shinya Takahashi.
Until September 2019, Shinya Takahashi hosted the Nintendo Directs in the second half of the year.
After E3 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting the video game industry.
In 2019, Nintendo of America aligned the branding of its indie game presentations to the Japanese "Indie World" banner.
In 2019, Reggie Fils-Aime departed, ending his occasional appearances as a host for E3 Directs.
Since 2019, the "Pokémon Direct"/"Pokémon Presents" are the only Directs that are dubbed for Europe and Australia in English, but they are also subtitled in different languages with the English dub.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mr. Sakurai Presents presentations started to be subtitled instead of dubbed, with the "Min Min" presentation for Arms being the first instance.
From February 2021, Shinya Takahashi switched to hosting Nintendo Directs in the first half of the year.
In 2021, the Mr. Sakurai Presents presentation with "Sora" from Kingdom Hearts was the final presentation to be subtitled instead of dubbed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, following Kazuya's reveal.
Until September 2022, Yoshiaki Koizumi hosted the Nintendo Directs in the second half of the year.
In June 2023, Yoshiaki Koizumi and Shinya Takahashi both appeared as hosts at the same time for the Nintendo Direct, which was the latest Direct hosted by Koizumi.
As of 2024, Summer Game Fest has taken over as the most popular summer video game showcase since E3's discontinuation. While a Nintendo Direct is often still shown in June around the time of the event, Nintendo is not an official partner and has mostly avoided the show.
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