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A Nintendo Direct is here, in the form of a Partner Showcase. Third party developers will be showcasing their upcoming releases for the Nintendo Switch 2 in this 25-minute broadcast. We've covered all the announcements made in the Direct.

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection announced. It'll be out next year.

Once Upon A KATAMARI heads to the Switch. It has online multiplayer. October 24.

Just Dance 2026 will be on the Switch. October 14.

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will be on the Switch and Switch 2. There are JoyCon controls. November 14.

Plants vs Zombies is getting a remaster on October 23. Will have local coop.

EA Sports FC 26, September 26.

PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC is a remake of the original game. Has local coop. September 26. Switch and Switch 2.

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles gets new details. It has full voiced dialogue. New difficulties. September 30.

Persona 3 Reload Switch 2 release. October 23.

Next is more on the upcoming Hyrule Warriors sequel. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Releases this winter.

Madden NFL 26 heads to Switch 2. Releases August 14.

This game is a camping simulator. You can build campfires and roast marshmallows. Chillin by the Fire launches today.

Apex Legends comes to Switch 2. August 5.

Play as a mouse that has a magic backpack in this one. Hela. Out next year.

Star Wars Outlaws is ported to Switch 2. Sept 4.

Chronos: The New Dawn is about exploring a destroyed civilization. Enemies can take other defeated enemies and eat them to grow stronger. You can time travel. But the more you time travel, the more you lose your character goes crazy, Launch date September 5.

Yakuza Kiwami 2 comes to Switch 2. November 13. Kiwami 1 will also be available then as well.

Goodnight Universe, NBA Bounce, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is getting DLC, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, Shinobi Art of Vengeance, Borderlands 4, all part of a rapid fire sequence.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a new action-RPG in the HD 2D style. It's a Square Enix game. 2026. There's a demo out now.

Octopath Traveler 0 is the final game of the Direct. December 4.

 

[LightyKD]

Unless it runs like crap like it was with JUMP FORCE. I hope not.

I still need to try my copy of Jump Force. It sits on the shelf looking pretty

 

[KingVamp]

There might be more reveals later on, but I wasn't expecting them to do every ip in one year, especially Smash. Smash get new things to add, with every new game. Now there's a chance that they still wouldn't do it, but now DK and Samus has a potentially new moveset, for example.

persona 3 reload game key card without the dlc and you thought atlus couldn't go anywhere lower..

anyways im excited for katamari and pacman. so happy that the original composers are coming back. i know i sound negative but im kinda burnt out with the square enix style hd2d games. i think dragon quest hd might be my last one for now

They already went lower, by still not doing the FeMC route. So funny that they dlc spam, but won't do that for FeMC. Just leaving money on the table. At least the PC has the mod for it.

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

KATAMARI

 

[Lazyt]

Cool shovelware direct

 

[cearp]

I don't have the opportunity to watch these Directs/Showcases

Like me, do you also browse the site from a federal prison?

 

[Marc_LFD]

I still need to try my copy of Jump Force. It sits on the shelf looking pretty

I installed the game on my hacked PS4 Pro, the DLC, and then unlocked all characters... It's kinda fun, but feels very incomplete, rushed, and as if it's a demo.

You can play as DBZ characters so in a way that's one way to play a SPARKING-esque (Tenkaichi) on PS4.

 

[Vixi]

Still waiting for a Xenoverse 2 Switch 2 update...

 

[Robert Newbie]

Like me, do you also browse the site from a federal prison?

I meant in terms of time management, but sure, it's more interesting if we add a prison storyline.

I tattooed the layout of the prison onto my body, and I have to get my brother out while trying to keep the other inmates, including @AncientBoi and @x65943, from discovering our plan.

Also, my limericks about the GBATemp Hotel and Croc: Legends of the Gobbos are banned in several states.


TL;DR: Prison Break season one was great 2000's prime time television.

 

[AmandaRose]

You could tell most publishers don't have dev kits by the fact half the Direct was Square Enix

And I'm happy with that about 90% of games I play are by Square Enix so the more the better.

Especially as we are getting a new Octopath Traveler

 

[AlexMCS]

New Octopath and a new action HD2D = Best direct in the year so far.
Keep hating on, haters.

As for Squeenix, get ready to receive my money.

 

[Ettino]

Do not sleep on Hela. It's from the same folks that did Unravel 1&2. Super underrated games.


Star Wars looks like ass though.

 

[doorbell8423]

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[aoimatsuri]

Considering how many games are still headed for Switch 1...

Also oh yes, we needed Switch2's raw ProcessingPowa for those 2D-HD remakes.
Sigh
Wat

 

[Nincompoopdo]

3rd party support for Switch 2 is looking really bad. Reports of 3rd party games not selling on Switch 2 is keeping them away - especially exclusive games.

 

[Marc_LFD]

3rd party support for Switch 2 is looking really bad. Reports of 3rd party games not selling on Switch 2 is keeping them away - especially exclusive games.

3rd party for me on NS2 is practically dead as most use GKCs. If Bandai is wise they won't make that mistake with DB SPARKING! ZERO.

Still, I'm more interested on the NS1 version.

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Nope, not getting NS2's version.

 

[KingVamp]

I hope later on that all of these key cards get re-releases for true physical releases.

 

[hybori]

Cool game key cards direct that I'll never spend a dime on the SW2 except exclusivity. Star Wars Outlaws looks like crap. Hela looks like it has potential to be fun. Surprised Capcom didn't mention any remaster to Megaman Legends or StarForce yet. Not interested in MH Stories.

 

[nmagod]

did they really think Backpack Hero was an impressive announcement to have? hell, I already sent the devs a video going over exactly how to softlock the game on one of the unlockable character fights, and I'm waiting on that to get fixed on ps4.

Still waiting for a Xenoverse 2 Switch 2 update...

they really did our man dirty by changing his name

 

[scoobydude51]

Confirmed that all the major announcements’ physical releases are all key cards!

Figured! lol

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3rd party support for Switch 2 is looking really bad. Reports of 3rd party games not selling on Switch 2 is keeping them away - especially exclusive games.

I remember the terrible first year of the Wii U due to the lack of third party support. It hurt the system’s momentum.

 

[NeoGranzon]

Final Fantasy Tactics It looks like the Sony PSP version,but it was completed in 1997 when it came out for PlayStation and then on Adrenaline(PSP/PS emulator PS Vita).