Third-party buffs applied
Today, Nintendo aired a roughly 30-minute Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, highlighting a wide range of third-party titles coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Here’s everything that was announced.
Games featured in the showcase
- Orbitals – A Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, two-player co-op puzzle adventure launching Summer 2026
- Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse – Launches on Nintendo Switch February 19, 2026
- Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2026
- Tokyo Scramble – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 February 11, 2026
- Valheim – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 2026
- Hollow Knight: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Available later today
- eFootball Kick-Off – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 Summer 2026
- The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 June 18, 2026
- Super Bomberman Collection – Available on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 later today
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Launches June 3, 2026; preorders available today
- Pragmata – Launches April 24, 2026, with a demo available later today on the eShop
- Turok: Origins – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 Fall 2026
- Kyoto Xanadu – Launches on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 Summer 2026
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger – Launches July 10, 2026 on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2
- Includes Quality and Performance modes on Switch 2
- Preorders available later today
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 July 9, 2026
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 March 13, 2026, with a demo available later today
- Arcade Archives 2 – Launches February 26, 2026
- Console Archives – Classic titles including Doraemon and Sonic Wings Special rolling out over time, starting later today
- Scott Pilgrim EX – Launches on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 March 3, 2026
- Another Eden Begins – Launches on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 Summer 2026
- Reanimal – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 February 13, 2026
- WWE 2K26 – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 March 13, 2026; preorders available now
- Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 February 18, 2026
- Disney Dreamlight Valley – Available on Nintendo Switch; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition launches March 25, 2026
- PGA Tour 2K25 – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 February 6, 2026
- Culdcept Begins – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition launches July 16, 2026
- Goat Simulator 3 – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 April 1, 2026; preorders available later today
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 March 18, 2026
- Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 July 22, 2026
- Resident Evil Requiem – Launches February 27, 2026; preorders available now
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Resident Evil Village – Available February 27, 2026
- Resident Evil Pro Controller – Releases February 27, 2026
- Amiibo figures (Grace and Leon) – Launch Summer 2026
- Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition – Includes the base game plus six expansions; launches on Nintendo Switch 2 February 24, 2026
- Preorders available today
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 May 12, 2026
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – Launches with all expansions 2026
What Stood Out
While it was a slight disappointment that today’s presentation was a Partner Showcase rather than a full Nintendo Direct, the showcase itself was packed with standout titles. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, Pragmata, and Orbitals all look like strong additions to the Nintendo Switch 2 lineup, and each will be a meaningful test of how these games perform on Nintendo’s new hardware.
More importantly, this showcase made one thing clear: the increased power of the Nintendo Switch 2 is proving highly attractive to third-party publishers, and Nintendo’s partner support appears stronger than it’s been in years.
Which of these games are you looking forward to the most, if any? Be sure to let us know in the comments!
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Orbitals looks great and probably get it in the future! – I didn’t mind the whole presentation, I just expected to see some older sonic games added to the gamecube emulator app!