diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/nintendo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/nintendo.py
index ed839af25d..853a169bb0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/nintendo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/nintendo.py
@@ -1,57 +1,131 @@
-import re
+import json
+import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .ooyala import OoyalaIE
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    make_archive_id,
+    unified_timestamp,
+    urljoin,
+)
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 
 
 class NintendoIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nintendo\.com/(?:games/detail|nintendo-direct)/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nintendo\.com/(?:(?P<locale>\w{2}(?:-\w{2})?)/)?nintendo-direct/(?P<slug>[^/?#]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/duck-hunt-wii-u/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'MzMmticjp0VPzO3CCj4rmFOuohEuEWoW',
-            'ext': 'flv',
-            'title': 'Duck Hunt Wii U VC NES - Trailer',
-            'duration': 60.326,
-        },
-        'params': {
-            'skip_download': True,
-        },
-        'add_ie': ['Ooyala'],
-    }, {
-        'url': 'http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-wii-u',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe-wii-u',
-            'title': 'Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE',
-        },
-        'playlist_count': 4,
-    }, {
         'url': 'https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/09-04-2019/',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': 'J2bXdmaTE6fe3dWJTPcc7m23FNbc_A1V',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Switch_ROS_ND0904-H264.mov',
-            'duration': 2324.758,
+            'id': '2oPmiviVePUA1IqAZzjuVh',
+            'display_id': '09-04-2019',
+            'title': 'Nintendo Direct 9.4.2019',
+            'timestamp': 1567580400,
+            'description': 'md5:8aac2780361d8cb772b6d1de66d7d6f4',
+            'upload_date': '20190904',
+            'age_limit': 17,
+            '_old_archive_ids': ['nintendo J2bXdmaTE6fe3dWJTPcc7m23FNbc_A1V'],
         },
-        'params': {
-            'skip_download': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/nintendo-direct/08-31-2023/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'id': '2TB2w2rJhNYF84qQ9E57hU',
+            'display_id': '08-31-2023',
+            'title': 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023',
+            'timestamp': 1693465200,
+            'description': 'md5:3067c5b824bcfdae9090a7f38ab2d200',
+            'tags': ['Mild Fantasy Violence', 'In-Game Purchases'],
+            'upload_date': '20230831',
+            'age_limit': 6,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-direct/50-fact-extravaganza/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'id': 'j0BBGzfw0pQ',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'view_count': int,
+            'description': 'Learn new details about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, which launches on November 21.',
+            'duration': 2123,
+            'availability': 'public',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/j0BBGzfw0pQ/maxresdefault.webp',
+            'timestamp': 1414047600,
+            'channel_id': 'UCGIY_O-8vW4rfX98KlMkvRg',
+            'chapters': 'count:53',
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
+            'upload_date': '20141023',
+            'uploader_id': '@NintendoAmerica',
+            'playable_in_embed': True,
+            'categories': ['Gaming'],
+            'display_id': '50-fact-extravaganza',
+            'channel': 'Nintendo of America',
+            'tags': ['Comic Mischief', 'Cartoon Violence', 'Mild Suggestive Themes'],
+            'like_count': int,
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGIY_O-8vW4rfX98KlMkvRg',
+            'age_limit': 10,
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@NintendoAmerica',
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'live_status': 'not_live',
+            'uploader': 'Nintendo of America',
+            'title': '50-FACT Extravaganza',
         },
-        'add_ie': ['Ooyala'],
     }]
 
+    def _create_asset_url(self, path):
+        return urljoin('https://assets.nintendo.com/', urllib.parse.quote(path))
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        page_id = self._match_id(url)
+        locale, slug = self._match_valid_url(url).group('locale', 'slug')
 
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, page_id)
+        language, _, country = (locale or 'US').rpartition('-')
+        parsed_locale = f'{language.lower() or "en"}_{country.upper()}'
+        self.write_debug(f'Using locale {parsed_locale} (from {locale})', only_once=True)
 
-        entries = [
-            OoyalaIE._build_url_result(m.group('code'))
-            for m in re.finditer(
-                r'data-(?:video-id|directVideoId)=(["\'])(?P<code>(?:(?!\1).)+)\1', webpage)]
+        response = self._download_json('https://graph.nintendo.com/', slug, query={
+            'operationName': 'NintendoDirect',
+            'variables': json.dumps({
+                'locale': parsed_locale,
+                'slug': slug,
+            }, separators=(',', ':')),
+            'extensions': json.dumps({
+                'persistedQuery': {
+                    'version': 1,
+                    'sha256Hash': '969b16fe9f08b686fa37bc44d1fd913b6188e65794bb5e341c54fa683a8004cb'
+                },
+            }, separators=(',', ':')),
+        })
+        # API returns `{"data": {"direct": null}}` if no matching id
+        direct_info = traverse_obj(response, ('data', 'direct', {dict}))
+        if not direct_info:
+            raise ExtractorError(f'No Nintendo Direct with id {slug} exists', expected=True)
 
-        title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<(?:span|div)[^>]+class="(?:title|wrapper)"[^>]*>.*?<h1>(.+?)</h1>',
-            webpage, 'title', fatal=False)
+        errors = ', '.join(traverse_obj(response, ('errors', ..., 'message')))
+        if errors:
+            raise ExtractorError(f'GraphQL API error: {errors or "Unknown error"}')
 
-        return self.playlist_result(
-            entries, page_id, title)
+        result = traverse_obj(direct_info, {
+            'id': ('id', {str}),
+            'title': ('name', {str}),
+            'timestamp': ('startDate', {unified_timestamp}),
+            'description': ('description', 'text', {str}),
+            'age_limit': ('contentRating', 'order', {int}),
+            'tags': ('contentDescriptors', ..., 'label', {str}),
+            'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', {self._create_asset_url}),
+        })
+        result['display_id'] = slug
+
+        asset_id = traverse_obj(direct_info, ('video', 'publicId', {str}))
+        if not asset_id:
+            youtube_id = traverse_obj(direct_info, ('liveStream', {str}))
+            if not youtube_id:
+                self.raise_no_formats('Could not find any video formats', video_id=slug)
+
+            return self.url_result(youtube_id, **result, url_transparent=True)
+
+        if asset_id.startswith('Legacy Videos/'):
+            result['_old_archive_ids'] = [make_archive_id(self, asset_id[14:])]
+        result['formats'] = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+            self._create_asset_url(f'/video/upload/sp_full_hd/v1/{asset_id}.m3u8'), slug)
+
+        return result