And the next thing is in development.

It turns out Japan was a harbinger for Sea of Stars's Switch 2 version.

Sabotage Studios have brought the game natively to Switch 2 today, alongside GameShare support for the co-op turn based RPG from 2023. The base edition will also get a "Sunset" update with a new cinematic today which will be part of the Switch 2 version from day 1.

...please hold off on queuing for the Happening Bunker, it's still a mess after the past weekend.

Nintendo is wasting almost no time in following up the weekend's presentation-palooza with a Direct.

The first no-qualifiers-Direct since September 2025 will air tomnorrow at 10:00 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1500 CET / 11:30 in Newfoundland. No length qualifier was provided in the Nintendo Today post, but the YouTube video indicates "roughly 50 minutes".

Featuring some odd ways to assert dominance this week.

After the seemingly endless list of requests for me to wishlist and play demos on Steam that was the Summer Game Mess weekend, I just want to play something now. Unfortunately, the quality options this week seem too low. There's the multiplatform Indie World game Unrailed 2: Back on Track, hopefully not Keita Takahashi's swan song as a developer in to a T on Switch 2, and maybe the Monday-dropping shooter Solarpunk.

And they didn't use the full two hours this time, blessedly.

The PC Gaming Show is traditionally the dropper of the checkered flag for Summer Game Fest weekend, and as usual it brought some new details for the Switch family.

A rumor for now because of a certain platform being missing from the trailer...

The 40th anniversary of Castlevania is not going unwhipped.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse received a release date trailer in today's Xbox showcase, confirming an October 15 launch. Classic gameplay was shown in the trailer (below), including the beloved "whip a wall for health restoring meat" technique.

You don't need to bring any plastic figures.

After years of rumors Spyro the Dragon is finally making a return in a brand-new game. Spyro: A Realm Beyond takes flight on Switch 2 in spring of 2027. The game is being developed by Toys for Bob, the studio behind the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. The studio famously split from Activision becoming independent from Microsoft shortly after Microsoft reached a deal to acquire Activision.

With a release date and everything.

The follow up to Minecraft Dungeons is coming to both Switch and Switch 2. Minecraft Dungeons 2 will release on both platforms on September 29, 2026.

Complete with Offspring soundtrack.

After being previously teased by Sega, the new Crazy Taxi got a subtitle and official platform announcement at today's Xbox Showcase. Crazy Taxi World Tour will be coming to Switch 2 sometime in 2027.

The game's Steam page contains a required disclosure for the use of generative AI, which reads as follows:

Straight from your local Xbox Nintendo Direct

Announced during today's Xbox Showcase. Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember was announced for Switch 2 alongside other platforms. No firm release date has been announced at this point beyond a general 2027. The Wo Long series comes from Koei Tecmo and blends souls-like progression with gameplay more in line... Read more...

It's the future's future's future's... wait, we didn't get a Devolver show this year did we?

The last long show of Saturday's parade of presentations, the Future Games Show had much more Switch 2 content than last year's and even some Switch announcements as well.

Somehow, it seems unlikely that either one of those were on anyone's radar this week.

The new Atari is going to two extremes with a remaster and a new game collection announced today.

After retail leaks earlier today, Atari officially confirmed a remastered edition of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee would be available for Switch 2 and Switch on November 3. The remaster will run the game under Unreal Engine 5, and the Switch 2 version will have a physical release.

Come for the free upgrades, stay for a pretty good pun actually.

Fellow Traveler (publishers of 1000xResist and the Citizen Sleeper games among others) held their first showcase focused on story-laden games this year. The new Switch 2 and Switch items from the show:

And a surprising number of them are cross-platform for Switch owners.

The annual Wholesome Games showcase did slow down slightly this year compared to previous years but there was still plenty of things for Switch 2 and Switch.

The Southeast Asian Games showcase saved the best bits for the end.

One of the more popular indie games on Switch has a sequel that's headed to Nintendo's sequel.

The last announcement of the Summer Game Fest-aligned Southeast Asian Games Showcase revealed a new trailer for HOA 2, a sequel to the overhead adventure that launched on the original Switch in 2021. The sequel will come out on Switch 2 this fall.

Guess we're not getting a Rise followup anytime soon.

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... Read more...

Shout out to the first demo at the last E3 (at least for the news desk).

The palate cleanser to Summer Game Fest every year is the Day of the Devs, and the Switch / Switch 2 got some love there as well.

No Bubsy this year, thankfully.

The annual Summer Game Fest presentation started and ended with major games coming to Switch 2 among other platforms.

The troubled road to Bloodborne Kart continues.

We finally have a date for the Nintendo debut of the game that killed more websites than SQL injection.

Publisher Bandai Namco have locked in an August 28 release for the From Software developed Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition. Originally released in 2022 for PC and Sony / Microsoft consoles, "Tarnished Edition" also includes the 2024 expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.

"No Rest for the Wicked" implies that its own devs are wicked, which ia just wrong.

Sony's second State of Play was one of the first centerpiece presentations on this week's schedule of reveal shows, and it did bring things beyond Rayman Legends: Retold:

To infinity and beyond!

Atari has announced that Digital Eclipse will be releasing a collection of classic Toy Story video games alongside a remaster of the Toy Story 3 video game. They are scheduled for release on October 15, and will release in physical and digital forms on both Switch and Switch 2.

Toy Story: Retro Roundup! includes: