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We'll be covering all the games revealed, their release dates, and more!
In the meantime, don't miss our recaps for Summer Games Fest or PlayStation State of Play.
We compiled all the reveals in chronological order, but here are the major highlights:
Rhythm Heaven: Groove hits with the same quirky charm fans love, but now expands the formula with a mix of solo, co‑op, and competitive rhythm challenges that feel fresh without losing the series’ identity.
The new solo lineup leans into wild visual comedy and trickier timing patterns, giving each minigame its own personality while still rewarding clean, confident beats.
Co‑op modes look to introduce split‑role rhythm tasks that turn simple cues into chaotic teamwork, while competitive play adds head‑to‑head timing duels that escalate into full‑blown musical showdowns.
While we covered this in previous articles, the game has now been announced for Switch 2 as well!
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is heading to the Switch, giving players a portable way to dive back into its wild, reactive fantasy world.
The port comes with a handful of new features and tweaks, including extra Pawn behaviors, a couple of fresh side quests, and streamlined systems that smooth out the early game.
Capcom’s also added Switch‑friendly performance options so you can choose between sharper visuals or a steadier framerate depending on how you like to play.
It’s a chill, flexible way to revisit the adventure or jump in for the first time.
Stellar Blade is officially coming to the Switch 2, giving the stylish action game a second life on more powerful portable hardware.
This version brings over the full original experience along with a handful of new features and content, including extra combat challenges, expanded outfit options, and some quality‑of‑life tweaks that smooth out exploration and boss rematches.
Shift Up has also tuned the game to take advantage of the Switch 2’s improved performance profile, offering faster load times and sharper visuals without losing the game’s signature flair.
It’s a clean, accessible way for both returning players and newcomers to jump into Eve’s adventure on the go.
The Orbitals release date trailer has finally arrived, and it’s coming in hot with a clean, stylish reveal that shows off its gravity‑bending action.
Players leap between collapsing planetary rings, chaining movement, combat, and momentum in one smooth flow that looks instantly addictive.
The announcement teases a mix of fast traversal, physics‑driven puzzles, and high‑energy encounters, all wrapped in a sharp, minimalist sci‑fi style.
It’s a bold new IP that already feels like it has its own rhythm.
Ray‑Man: Legends Retold is also headed to Switch, bringing a fresh batch of wild new levels, remixed music stages, and co‑op chaos.
Big Walk, from the creators of Untitled Goose Game, is a cooperative adventure about teamwork, communication, and wandering through a peaceful, puzzle‑filled world.
You and your friends explore at your own pace, using quirky tools to stay connected and inventing new ways to “talk” when words suddenly fail.
It’s all about hanging out, solving odd little challenges, and getting delightfully lost together.
Cooking Mama meets One Piece in this all new One-Piece themed cooking game!
Grand Gourmet puts you in charge of the Straw Hats’ very first restaurant, starting from a humble ship and growing it into a floating culinary hotspot.
You’ll gather ingredients, cook inventive dishes, and design the perfect dining space as familiar One Piece characters drop by with their own tastes and personalities.
Over 400 characters appear in a lively new pixel‑art style, each able to work, dine, and trigger unique events that bring the restaurant to life.
Both a free underwater DLC Update is coming to Pokopia in August this year, with a Paid Expansion Pass, with Part 1 "Bubbly Basin" coming in August as well!
Finally! We got some extended looks at the new Fire Emblem game.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave casts you into the heart of the Dagdan Empire, a land guided by its gods for over 1,500 years and home to the legendary Heroic Games, a brutal competition where the victor earns a single wish.
Fighters from across the realm gather in the capital, Dagsion, each driven by their own hopes, grudges, and destinies.
You’ll choose one of four protagonists, Cai, Dietrich, Theodora, or Leda, and lead them through their personal path to victory.
Between matches, you can train, recruit allies, or venture beyond the city walls to battle in dungeons and open‑field encounters, strengthening your forces before the next round.
Every character weaves a different tale, and every choice pushes their fate forward.
Ninjala 2 has been officially revealed, kicking off a new era of bubble‑gum combat with a sharper look, bigger arenas, and a whole new set of tricked‑out ninja tools.
The sequel seems to lean harder into fast, expressive movement, letting players chain wall‑runs, air‑dashes, and gum‑tech abilities in ways that make the original look tame.
Donkey Kong Bananza is getting a fresh DLC drop featuring limited‑time Mario‑inspired outfits and a new set of challenges exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 via Nintendo Switch Online.
For a short window, you can tackle special trials across Bananza and select classic Donkey Kong titles.
Plus, the DK Island & Emerald Rush paid DLC adds a four‑wave Super Mario Bros. collaboration event, with the first wave kicking off later today.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Rumble Survivathon throws the JJK cast into a chaotic, Vampire Survivors–style arena where curses swarm nonstop, and sorcerers unleash screen‑filling techniques to stay alive.
Each character has their own evolving move set, with cursed energy upgrades that stack into ridiculous late‑run builds.
Lords of the Fallen II is coming to Switch, bringing its brutal, gothic action RPG combat to handheld players for the first time.
A tighter engine, faster encounters, and new nightmare‑realm bosses headline the port, making it a clean but intense addition to the system’s lineup.
Lies of P: Complete Edition is coming to Switch, bundling the full game with all post‑launch content and a few platform‑tuned upgrades.
It’s the whole brutal, clockwork‑twisted adventure in one clean package, now fully portable.
Devil May Cry 5 is slicing its way onto Switch, complete with a few slick new additions tailored for the system.
This version packs in extra combat tweaks, new style‑focused challenges, and some platform‑specific performance options to keep the action fast and clean on the go.
It’s the full, stylishly over‑the‑top DMC5 experience, now fully portable.
Muramasa: Revenant Blades brings Vanillaware’s signature 2D action back with a full 4K overhaul, combining Muramasa Rebirth and the Genroku Legends stories into one refined package.
Six protagonists, each with their own fighting style, cut through spirits, demons, and mythic foes in a slick, side‑scrolling action RPG built on sharp swordplay and stylish animation. I
Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2, and 3 are getting upgraded Switch 2 versions, each rebuilt with sharper visuals, faster loading, and smoother combat performance across the board.
All three titles include quality‑of‑life tweaks and optional visual boosts that take advantage of the new hardware while keeping their original style intact.
In conjunction with that, we also got an announcement for a brand new Xenoblade game!
Xenoblade Genesis is a new standalone entry set in the annular world of Anshar, a ring‑shaped land lit by six suns and powered by a force called Anima.
As conflict grows around the use of Anima in warfare, gifted warriors known as Vesselai rise to prominence.
You play as Eleanor, a new student at Leukos Academy, training to master these abilities while uncovering the deeper mysteries of Anshar.
Developed by Monolith Soft for Nintendo Switch 2, Genesis serves as a fresh starting point for the series, with returning talent like director Tetsuya Takahashi, composers Yasunori Mitsuda, Mariam Abounnasr, and Manami Kiyota, plus character designers from Xenoblade 3’s expansion.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort brings players back to Wuhu Island with a full new lineup of motion‑controlled sports built for Nintendo Switch 2.
Create a Mii or Sportsmate and jump into 12 activities that use the new Joy‑Con 2 controllers as rackets, bows, handlebars, and more.
Classic sports like Boxing, Table Tennis, Archery, Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Basketball, Golf, and Thumb Wrestling return alongside leisure picks like Skateboarding (with Joy‑Con 2 mouse controls), Power Cruising, and Prop Plane, plus a quick warm‑up with Jump Rope.
Sanrio Party Land is a bright, character‑packed theme park where Hello Kitty and friends host a collection of cute, easygoing party‑style attractions.
Set inside a colorful amusement world run by the Sanrio characters, each area offers its own mini‑games, rides, and interactive events, all themed around the personalities of icons like My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Kuromi, Pompompurin, and more.
Players explore the park, join in on activities, collect rewards, and enjoy a cheerful, friendship‑focused atmosphere built for relaxed fun.
Now I can finally play Baseball with Cinnamoroll!
FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE returns to a richly reimagined pixel‑art world where crystals, airships, and fate‑bound heroes drive a classic RPG adventure forward.
You follow Rain and Lasswell, knights of Grandshelt, after a mysterious armored foe shatters the Earth Crystal and plunges the kingdom into chaos.
Joined by Fina, they set out to protect the remaining crystals and uncover the truth behind Veritas of the Dark, a threat powerful enough to unravel their entire world.
Built as the first HD‑2D entry in the series, Resonance blends nostalgic pixel art with dynamic camera work and 3D‑pixelized models for a more dramatic, modern presentation.
Battles revolve around exploiting weaknesses, staggering enemies, and unleashing powerful Resonance attacks, while Visions, echoes of iconic Final Fantasy characters, expand your party‑building options.
With secrets like Gilgamesh, the Colosseum, the Chamber of Arms, and Ultima Weapon hidden throughout the world, it’s a full‑scale RPG built on exploration, strategy, and classic Final Fantasy charm.
Pikuniku 2 sends Piku and friends on another wonderfully absurd adventure, this time across a scattered archipelago after a picnic goes sideways thanks to an escaped sandwich and a wrecked boat.
As Piku searches for his missing pals, you’ll wander through bold, primary‑colored 3D environments, solve playful puzzles, and meet a parade of oddball characters with tall tales about giant fruit, robot frogs, and an all‑powerful potato.
Beneath the cheerful surface sits a tongue‑in‑cheek conspiracy squeezing the world for profit, pushing you to join the resistance and kick your way through increasingly weird encounters.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World follows Psaro and Rose as they journey through a realm slowly collapsing under a mysterious blight.
As Psaro loses his ability to fight, he turns to monster‑taming, scouting creatures across warped landscapes and fusing them into stronger allies to survive the decay.
Classic monsters return with new twists, exploration spans multiple corrupted zones, and your growing roster becomes the key to uncovering the truth behind the world’s withering fate.
FromSoftware resurfaced during the June 2026 Nintendo Direct with a fresh look at The Duskbloods, its upcoming multiplayer project, and confirmed that a closed network test is planned for this summer.
It’s been a long silence since the Bloodborne studio last showed the PvPvE Switch 2 exclusive, which is exactly why the team is preparing to put it in players’ hands soon.
This brief reveal offered the clearest glimpse yet at what the developers have been building, with an even deeper look coming once the network test begins in summer 2026.
Splatoon Raiders marks the first‑ever Splatoon spinoff, sending players to the mysterious Spirhalite Islands on Nintendo Switch 2.
You play as a mechanic teaming up with the Deep Cut trio on a new adventure packed with exploration, oddball tech, and fresh threats lurking across the islands.
Alongside the reveal, Splatoon 3 is receiving a free update on June 12 for both Switch and Switch 2, adding the Splatlands Collection, with 30 new weapon kits from the Barazushi and Emberz brands, plus the return of Urchin Underpass, raised Freshness caps, new badges, and a new Series Weapon Power stat for improved matchmaking.
Visual upgrades on Switch 2 and full cross‑play between both systems were also confirmed.
DELTARUNE Chapter 5 delivers a funny, heartfelt new chapter from the creator of UNDERTALE, inviting you back into its parallel world for another mix of exploration, emotion, and chaotic charm.
Fight or spare your way through fast‑paced encounters while traveling alongside a cast of both new faces and returning favorites.
With fresh mysteries unfolding, new adventures blooming, and the darkness calling once again, this chapter pushes the story forward in surprising ways.
DELTARUNE Chapter 5 launches June 24 as a free update to DELTARUNE on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
Metaphor: ReFantazio is officially coming to Switch, bringing its stylish, dream‑realm RPG combat and surreal world‑hopping adventure to the hybrid system.
This version keeps the game’s bold art direction intact while adding platform‑tuned performance options to keep the action smooth on the go.
Many other ports were announced, with release dates ranging from now to 2027!
Three separate Kingdom Hearts Collections are coming to Switch 2, and can carry over cloud data from Switch 1.
Along with that, you can download and play the demo for Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind later today.
Kingdom Hearts 4 made a surprise return during the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, delivering the first substantial trailer fans have seen in years.
The new footage focused heavily on Quadratum, showing real gameplay at last, from traversal to combat, along with glimpses of both new faces and returning characters, including someone who looks strikingly similar to Luxord.
One standout moment shows Young Xehanort shielding Sora from the rain, confirming long‑running fan theories sparked by earlier anniversary art.
Nintendo closed out the Direct with a long‑awaited confirmation of a full The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake officially in development and set to launch sometime in 2026.
The reveal was brief, with just a quiet shot of Link asleep in his Kokiri Forest home, but enough to signal a true, ground‑up reimagining for Nintendo Switch 2.
Nintendo says more details are coming soon. For now, the official line sums it up: “The Nintendo 64 classic returns for a new generation in 2026, reborn exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2!”
