A wide variety of games have been confirmed for theNintendo Switch 2, including several of the past few years' biggest home console releases. Duringthe Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo revealed many games for the upcoming console, including itslaunch titles like Mario Kart World, and enhanced editions ofZelda: Breath of the WildandTears of the Kingdom. However, it won’t only be first-party Nintendo games that make up the Switch 2’s library: a series of major releases will be ported to the console in its first year of launch.
Confirmed during the Nintendo Direct on June 06, 2025,games includingElden Ring,Street Fighter 6,Hades 2,Split Fiction,Hitman: World of Assassination,EA Sports FC,Hogwarts Legacy, andYakuza 0will all be playable on the Switch 2sometime this year. Some of these games will alsolaunch alongside the Switch 2 on June 5, giving its launch library some serious heft. Other major upcoming releases, likeBorderlands 4, will be available on the Switch the same day they’re out on PC and other home consoles like PlayStation and Xbox.
The Switch 2 Is Getting Several Major Releases
Already An Incredible Library
It’s looking like the Switch 2 will have a pretty massive library in its first year of launch, thanks mainly to the addition of third-party games. That includes several major releases of this and the previous home console generation - things the original Switch couldn’t handle, but will (hopefully) pose no problem for the upgraded Switch 2. If nothing else, it’s atestament to the Switch 2’s hardwarethat it’ll be able to run PS5 and Xbox Series X/S games likeElden RingandEA Sports FC 24.
Perhaps more exciting, though, isthe possibility of future games launching for the Switch 2, PC, PS5, and Xbox all on the same day. Sure,Yakuza 0may be coming to the console ten years late, but the Switch 2 is gettingBorderlands 4on day one. That’s a major development, and if more big, triple-A games come to the Switch 2 on launch, it’ll certainly be one to watch out for in the home console market.
Nintendo Switch 2 Price Quietly Revealed By Nintendo
A press release has quietly revealed the price of the Nintendo Switch 2, following a Nintendo Direct that showed off the upcoming console’s features.
That’s only helped by the Switch 2’s unique features.With 4K support via the TV dock, combined with the ability to take these games on the go,the Switch 2 has a serious leg up on more stationary home consoles.
It does have two familiar hurdles in front of it, though:the Switch 2 will need to compete in terms of performance, while still maintaining reasonable battery life. Sure, its screen iscapableof displaying frame rates up to 120 FPS, but will it actually be able to runElden Ringat a consistent 60 without burning through a full charge in half an hour? Only time will tell.
Will Yesterday’s Big Releases Really Help The Switch 2?
A Familiar Strategy
The Switch 2 gearing up to announce all these major releases is impressive, sure, but I’m not sure it’ll help the console in the long run. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the Switch is clearly setting itself up here as a legitimate alternative to the PS5, Xbox X/S, and portable PCs like the Steam Deck by saying, “Look, I can run all these big games too!” It’s a bold strategy, and will definitelybuild out the Switch 2’s library.
But I already ownElden Ring,Yakuza 0, andHitman: World of Assassinationon other platforms.Absolutely nothing in this world could convince me to buy these games again on Switch 2, and I suspect I’m not alone in that regard. These games will give early adopters something to play once they get bored withMario Kart World, but what then? They’re not likely to sell as successfully as they did during their original runs.
New FromSoftware Game, The Duskbloods, Announced Exclusively For Nintendo Switch 2
FromSoftware has announced a mysterious new game called The Duskbloods, which will be released exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
This is actually something Nintendo has done before to not-so-great effect:the Wii U also got lots of ports of major console releases of yesteryear in its early days. Again, it made for a flashy game library in the early days, but these ports didn’t sell particularly well. In time, major cross-platform releases began to skip the Wii U, leaving it in the dust. Of course, it’s not the sole reason the Wii U flopped as hard as it did, but it didn’t help.
If nothing else, the possibility of new triple-A releases coming to Switch 2 on day one is definitely the bigger reveal here. As long as it can keep up in terms of performance, that’ll be a huge selling point for the console in due time. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see how the first year of theNintendo Switch 2’s life pans out.
