It appears Capcom woke up one morning and chose violence, as Monster Hunter Wilds is confirmed to be in development for Switch 2.

Following the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance at Summer Game Fest earlier today (the equivalent to Sunbreak for Monster Hunter Rise), Capcom posted a discussion video about the expansion and at the end confirmed a Switch 2 version of the 2025 hunter is now in development. The video is below: if the time jump doesn't go to the 9 minute and 30 second mark, that's where the confirmation is.

The original Monster Hunter Wilds, although initially popular when it released for PC and PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series last year, was also criticized for performance issues, especially on PC where a patch was required nearly a year later to fix an issue where the game was constantly checking for the purchase for each of the game's many downloadable content items individually.