Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer

If I had to rate this direct, it would be a B+, if not an A(or, a 9/10). Speaking only on the games that were shown rather than wasn’t, there was a huge lineup of games. Moreover, they are all releasing fairly soon: this spring and summer. There were no games that were slated for 2027. The majority of the games were for the first half of the year, and in that we are receiving FF7 Rebirth, Tales of Arise (a game not many is discussing but it’s worth mentioning - it’s great), Indiana Jones, Oblivion Remastered, Fallout 4, Orbitals, and more.

Sure, I was a tad disappointed by the lack of other games rumored to be coming to the console, or factually releasing, such as Elden Ring, Clair Obscur, Metaphor, and Mina The Hollower. I wish there were some news on those games. With that said, it’s almost all but certain those games will be coming, so for what the Partner Showcase presented, it was fantastic.

Of course, we are also getting RE Requiem and Pragmata day one, whilst also having FF7Remake, Dragon Quest 7, Yakuza 3, Caves of Qud, already released, or will be in a week. That goes to show me that developers are starting to see Switch 2’s true potential without compromising. And yes, this showcase was essentially about ports. I understand the dismay against that — I, too, want new games — but it’s a good indication where the mindset of developers are. We are going to start getting more day one releases in the future.

In my opinion, we are eating good.

For a partner showcase, this was pretty average for me. Some neat announcements for sure, but nothing really exciting.

Slept through it, and glad I did. Real talk the hypest thing for me is that Adventures of Elliot is coming to Steam.

Other than Pragmata, nothing I personally want.

All I got out of that was Konami remembering Bomberman's existence, Console Archives existing (and possibly being the only way we get Symphony of the Night on Switch), and Leon Kennedy being one step closer to Smash 6.

Rave Racer, Console Archives, Bomberman, Rebirth, and ESPECIALLY Orbitals were all great to see, but even with those the whole thing just felt so empty. Almost everything here was stuff we’ve been well aware of for ages now, so to make a whole Direct out of it all with only a handful of truly new announcements was kinda weird.

Hi-Fi Rush being absent was also a big surprise. With that getting a Switch rating last month I thought it would’ve been a no-brainer here.

I get thinking it was Average or being disappointed by it but Abysmal? Really?

Rarely do I leave a direct so deflated, even by partner standards this was bad. Where was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Metaphor: ReFantazio? I was hoping to see Baldur's Gate 3 as well but found out last night the Devs couldn't reach an agreement with Hasbro 🙄 it's clear Nintendo fans are still treated like the unloved stepchild by the rest of the gaming world and it's never been more obvious how desperately Nintendo needs it's own heavy hitters to carry a new console. Nothing in this direct will sway me to buying a Switch 2, it's just too expensive and doesn't have the games it needs.

There was not a lot for me in this Direct. The Bethesda announcements were a pleasant kinda-surprise. We all knew FF7 Rebirth was inevitable. I'm definitely in on the Super Bomberman collection.

I really enjoyed it. We had some surprises, we had some release dates on confirmed games, and there was a pretty decent amount too. Only things I wanted that we didn’t get were halo collection, fire pro, conkers bad fur day, and the resident evil 7 & 8 port footage.

Bomberman and Indiana jones were my two fav moments.

My top 5 are Elliot, Rebirth, Requiem, Oblivion, and Pragmata.

I only have more questions

That was packed full of gems from start to finish. An easy 10!
I needed the roundup article for this direct more than most. A lot to be excited about.

The announcements on the retro front were good to see. I hope Hamster’s Console Archive releases will be as regular as the Arcade ones. There’s bound to be some nice surprises there.

Capcom and Square each have the most games I’m looking forward to.

8/10 for me personally. There were quite a lot of games that pleasantly surprised me like digimon and Tokyo xanadu. Personally though the final announcement was kinda underwhelming. Also another Eden begins kinda confused me. Does that mean that another eden won’t be on the switch/switch 2 and we are only getting another Eden begins or what?

Honestly I thought the partner showcase was pretty mid. Tons of games we already knew about and the games that I am interested in I probably won't get on switch anyway 😅

It was okay, Orbitals looks good always happy to see more co-op games, other than that nothing big for me, indy and pragmata both look good but we knew about those already. I'm happy we're getting a pragmata demo though.

I know it's a tired discussion point, but here it goes: It's super cool that Indy is supposedly on cart! I know they don't want to create a negative impression of other games by marketing when a game is actually on the cartridge...but it's a huge selling point for me. There are a few more of the games here that I wouldn't mind playing on Switch 2. Resident Evil 9, FF Rebirth, Pragmata, Fallout 4, and a few others, if they had a physical release. I'd be willing to sacrifice the performance I could gain by playing it on other platforms, or even be willing to double dip on games that I have already purchased, if it came with the novelty of being able to collect a cartridge with the game on it and had the benefit of not needing to install the full game onto the Switch 2. If it's digital or digital with an extra step (GKC) then I'm fine just passing on the SW2 version and playing the game on another platform where I'll get better performance, and at a better price for games that have already been released on those other platforms. I did rate the direct decently, 7/10, because I thought there were good games shown, but the reality is that so far Indy is the only thing I know I'll actually play on Switch 2, and that's entirely down to their choice to put it on cart (along with the game looking fun). Hopefully a few other titles get confirmed as physical releases!

Elliott, Turok and Resident Evil, good stuff. I gave it a 7.Still a LOT of rehashed games here. And most of it available on the Switch 1 nonetheless....

I liked Tales of Arise, Granblue and Kyoto Xanadu. Honestly my hopes were Metaphor or Clair obscura. I think it was an alright direct but nothing made me mega excited.

I'd rate it underwhelming/10

It was aight. 7

Disappointed not to see anything about Elden ring or anything more from Ubisoft.
Would have loved some Division, Ghost recon or and AC Odyssey/Origins collection.

Nice to be getting so many AAA third party games, like Indiana Jones and Elder Scrolls!

I am very curious about several games, specially their performance, since some of them really struggle on the PS5. I guess it will be low res and details, but still, hope they at least get 30fps.

About a 6. Paranormasight sequel is cool and a new Xanadu game. Biggest surprise was a new Culdcept game, I thought that series was dead.

I know I'm like one of like 5 people who care about that series.

The games I was interested in, I already knew about or expected, other than Orbitals. But I probably won't play that since it's co-op only and I don't have any friends that play games.

Original cart on Original NES
Everdrive on NES
Everdrive on Famicom
Everdrive on SNES Trilogy collection
Everdrive on Super Famicom
Emulate on Retroid 4
Raspberry Pi
Emulate on PC

Already 8 ways to play Ninja Gaiden 2.
Who is paying for this?

It was alright I guess, most of the big hits we knew they were coming.
I wonder if we will still see another Direct this month from Nintendo. It's been not so great on first party games.

Basically just leftovers, which I would not even want to play on PlayStation 5. Still not regretting, that I put the NS 2 back in its packaging. Turok convinces me, that the soul is in the old games.

There are some great games coming to Nintendo that haven't been there before. I think it was a great showing.

Indiana Jones in one of my favorite games I played last year. I'm happy Switch 2 owners will be able to play it.

I'm a huge Fallout fan. I thought Fallout 4 was really good. Did I play it as much as 3? Probably not. But it's really good.

Bomberman is worth owning on Nintendo solely for the local multiplayer.

Wow! Orbitals looks incredible. That one is on my radar for sure.

I'll definitely be picking up the Super Bomberman Collection - so much nostalgia playing this growing up.

The rest was fairly meh. We need a full on proper General Direct

Well like any direct, happy for those who enjoyed it. Can't say much since I've only been skimming headlines about what's coming out and what to look out for.

Hopefully we will see a 1st party direct in the next two weeks, eagerly awaiting more Splatoon Raiders news.

From the english Direct, Bomberman is the winner

But overall, the Goemon collection from the japanese Direct is the highlight. I've been asking for this for years.

For my personal tastes, this is the best Direct ever

Lack of Metaphor, Duskbloods & Clair Obscur was a huge disappointment.

I really dislike Bethesda and seeing Fallout 4, which was the beginning of the decline for the Fallout series, get announced like it was a big deal was like a dagger in the heart.

Levelling and perks in Fallout 4 took a nosedive, just like the terrible levelling in other Bethesda games.

I'm a bit fed up of so many different variations of FF VII. It wasn't even that good when it first came out. FF VI was superior in every way. Why don't they remake that instead?

Not bad. I see a lot of whining on other sites about the lack of exclusive titles, but were pretty much past the exclusive third party era(thankfully) so its just a bunch of bitter old people who cant accept change.

I personally love the opportunity to now play a few of these titles on s2.

A lot of ports and release dates are out of the way and we got to see some great new stuff! Not a lot we didn’t know about yet, but it was a nice compact showing of it all. Nintendo playing 3d party Catch-up.

My highlights:

• Orbitals looks and sounds absolutely great! - that soundtrack man…
• Ff Rebirth is closer than I thought
• Monster Hunter Stories 3 demo
• Tales of Arise, never got to play that one - will be perfect on Switch 2

Already played most of them and anything new will be on my Pro, if I want it.

Wonder how many of the big console games like Indy, RE9 are 30fps only.

I think my expectations of the switch 2 need to lower until the big N let us know what big AAA games they are releasing later this year.

As I only play in docked mode, since MKW, DKB and MP4 there has been nothing new for me now and in the future currently.

I'm honestly very excited for Orbitals. Great announcement!

That said, with some of the games we know are coming to Switch 2 that were not shown off in this Direct, this was very lackluster.

Now my assumptions are there is a full-blown Nintendo Direct impending before the end of March.

It's not that Switch 2 can't handle Bethesda games, but Bethesda is definitely not the studio to optimize properly for S2. They couldn't even release a decent version of Skyrim (the latest update to the Skyrim S2 edition was a joke).

There has to have been a Nintendo Direct for me to rate it. This was a Key Card Direct. No vote from me.

That said, there are some titles here I would get, if they would release in a normal format. Resident Evil, Elliot, FFVII, Pragmata, and Tales of Arise are prime examples.

Oh well. This key card trash* is out of the way, now we can hopefully focus on the real meat and potatoes!

*Feel free to ignore my dumb opinions. I know a lot of people are excited, and I'm happy for y'all, at least.

I would give it an 8 out of 10. There were quite a few games I would pick up from the Direct.

Very good, for a partner direct. Feels like they were holding back some things for a full direct maybe? This was great though, lots of 3rd party support.

Nowhere near enough exclusive Switch games.

Just ports of games most people have already moved on from on other systems.

A Steam deck would be a better and cheaper option to purchase and play most of these games.

I think this Direct is somewhere in the 7 range for me. Several games caught my eye, though we already knew about several of them.

• Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse (Need to look into the first game)
• Digimon Story Time Stranger (Yay! More Digimon!)
• The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (No contest; I'm getting this sometime)
• TES IV: Oblivion Remastered (If it runs well)
• Kyoto Xanadu (Never tried this Falcom series and keep meaning to)
• Tales of Arise (Still need to try this franchise)
• Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (Liked the first game, still need to try 2)

AA2 Rave Racer
Digimon Story Switch2
FFVII Rebirth
Fallout 4 Anniversary Ed.
Kyoto Xanadu Switch 2 (review needed)
Pragmata
Resi Evil "Trilogy"
Super Bomberman Collection
Adventures of Elliott
Elder Scrolls IV
Tales of Arise

All very interesting to me.

The amount of actual new reveals was nice, even if they weren't the most earth-shattering. Pacing was good. Final announcement wasn't for me. I'm sure they're saving some stuff for the general Direct that will probably follow soon enough. Still hoping for Kingdom Hearts.

I am most interested in the following:

• Culdcept Begins (I loved Revolt)
• Super Bomberman Collection (not in a hurry to pick it up but will be fun with friends)
• Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse (I somehow missed the first one but it looks like something I'd like)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (all I wanted was a date so I'm glad they didn't spend much time on it)

Super Bomberman! I was hoping we'd get this in some form eventually. All banger games, if you will. Also, this gives me hope for a Goemon Nintendo collection too!

Am I rating this Direct compared to other Partner Showcases, or compared to Directs as a whole?

After the kingdom hearts rumors last week I was hoping it was gonna show up in the direct

Thought it was good. Remember, full fat directs include "partner" games so Im expecting more to come.

@Mana_Knight The Goemon collection was apparently also announced in this Direct, but it's Japan-only.

It was... alright. Happy they have will have Rebirth for those who are playing Remake right noow, but I already played (and loved) it. The only announcement that really interested me a lot was Indiana Jones. Mainly, I'm disappointed because I thought for sure Claire Obscure would be there.

Very strong showing from 3rd party developers. Many of the games shown to be coming out the first half of the year were games I envied PS5/Xbox owners for having (Indiana, Rebirth Elder Scrolls…) and the fact that they’re porting to the SW2 is a great sign. HOWEVER … Gearbox’s debacle with Borderlands 4 on the SW2 is the elephant in the room that makes me nervous.

Nothing to interest me but it was ok 6/10.

7/10.

A few maybes: Digimon (Switch 1, not Switch 2), Adventure of Elliot, and Kyoto Xanadu.

No guaranteed purchases though.

It was a bad Direct; there was no Test Drive or Transport Fever, and since none of the games I was expecting were shown, it deserves a 5, even though there were a few games that caught my attention.

Sincerely, someone who's upset because they didn't get the games they wanted...

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Well, putting aside the parody of those complaining about their disappointment with the Direct; While it's true that I was eagerly anticipating some announcements of the games I mentioned in my post about this Direct's announcement, and that they didn't materialize, leaving me a little disappointed, it doesn't mean it was a bad or mediocre Direct. As I always say, it did its job: it announced upcoming games, delivered some interesting surprises (like the Bomberman Collection, Console Archives, among others), and well, we're just a little over a half year after the Switch 2 came out, so we'll have to wait and see what other games might be announced in future Directs or YouTube videos (Forza Horizon 5 or 6? XD).

Anyway, greetings.

I wasn't impressed by the Adventures of Elliot demo. It just felt kind of soulless.

@Mana_Knight The Goemon collection was announced today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-NpfuGULg

Valheim looks like it was made for the 3DS or PS1, absolutely atrocious soft and pixelated graphics, they should be ashamed to show this off in the year 2026.

The rest of the direct was forgettable at best.

This was a decent Direct. Nothing mindblowing, FF7 Rebirth is to be expected though I guess the early release date was a nice surprise on its own. Orbital definitely caught my attention. I want to give it a try.

I was really hoping for Expedition 33 to show up today. Also, there was a bit of hype (even the last NLife prediction poll) around FF XIV showing up. Was hoping at least for Elden Ring or Mina the Hollower release dates. Got nothing I was hoping for. Super disappointed.

@DjinnFighter I missed that! Wow. Are we getting an English release?

@LastFootnote Oh, foo. Well.....maybe they will do an English one in time!

Not awful but also nothing too crazy aannounced. A lot of the big ones were just telling us release dates

@Mana_Knight It doesn't look like it will release outside Japan, sadly

Todd Howard holding the direct arrow, very good. 😆

@Ganon821 When I first saw the article, I thought "oh maybe its an upscaled, prettier version of Ninja Gaiden 2". Then I saw the vid, and thought - "this was literally released on NSO a few months ago" ).

A “well, not really my cup of tea” lineup for me, but my tastes are pretty limited, to be fair

Indy, Fallout, Rebirth, Monster hunter (maybe), Tales of Arise, Oblivion and Coolboarders for me. Pretty good and some came as a surprise.

@DjinnFighter 😥

I’m being far more pickier with the Switch 2 than I was with the Switch 1. I sort of like the look of The Adventures Of Elliott and I’m sure there are a lot of high quality games on show… they’re just not what I bought a Switch 2 for.

For me nothing WOW that doesn’t have me trepidatious… Oblivion? Oh right it’s Bethesda. RE Req? Yea but we knew about that and there’s no saying how that will run!
Plus I assumed EldenRing was a lock which also has me worried.

@MrGawain saaaame! I bought a lot for switch 1 that I either dnf or would never play again… therefore there’s way less per presentation that actually appeals these days

A disappointing direct, but at least it was better than the last one

It was all about Rebirth for me. I’m glad to see it coming so soon. As for the rest of it, very average. I gave it a 5/10 but the demos of pragmata and monster hunter are appreciated.

Culdcept deserves more attention. The previous games are all time classics. True hidden gems!

Boring. Besides Nintendo exclusives (and even those are lacking), this partner showcase is just typical single players, money grabbers that you waste 60 or more euros to play 1 week and that's it. Nothing really mature enough that will keep someone playing for months let alone weeks 😅

That's one way to save some money

3/10 direct. Most games looked boring and the only games I might buy are Indiana Jones and Goat Sim 3.

"Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok" is a strong contender for dumbest name in a while. Word Salad - The Game.

Other than that... the first half was stronger than the second, for my taste. Panoramanimals looks interesting (or what's it called), hadn't heard of the first one. Tokyo Scramble, Elliot, FF 7.2, Pragmata all possibly of interest. Indiana Jones was already on my "buy" list.

The only minor bummer was Todd's phrasing about "franchises coming to Nintendo for the first time" which inadvertently left me trolled about the still absent Dishonored (both TES and technically Fallout have already been on Switch, and Indy's game isn't exactly a franchise unless you count previous adaptations... which, again, WERE on past Nintendo platforms). Otherwise, a doozy - it's not often you get new Tales, Elder Scrolls and Final Fantasy port announcements in the same Direct! The returns of Captain Tsubasa, Culdcept and Paranormasight (the latter's first entry incidentally just dropped to a fiver on US eShop as well) are great news as well, as are Granblue Fantasy ReLink (here's hoping Versus is somewhere in the pipeline as well), Time Stranger and more Xanadu for the god of Xanadu. And Tokyo Scramble? Close enough - welcome back, Dino Crisis.😄 The reiterated stuff from Resident Evils to Pragmata, Orbitals and MHS3 looks juicy, too, so in the end, the only one unhappy with this Direct here is my wallet.

@NintendoWife "word salad"? This title is shorter than half the anime shows these days. And as far as games go...

@7GOD tell me I didn't just see "more single player games" used derogatorily. Plenty of those can take you anywhere between 30 and 300 hours in their own right, but would people prefer to crutch the same time on the whims amd schedules of complete strangers a hemisphere over alongside the delicious FOMO of events and battle passes? And I'm not even talking from particular personal aversion to the latter, but really now.

@SuperWeird Blasphemy I say! Valheim is one of the most gorgeous games in the past few years, I love how they combine retro pixelated graphics with modern lighting.

Requiem was all I wanted so I am excited for that.

Ending it with Bethesda games is certainly a choice lol

I genuinely thought it was awful. I'm not going to play 3rd parties on switch 2 so I kept my expectations low and thought they'd likely have a new multiplat reveal here and there at least. But it barely had that either. Basically all old ports and stuff already shown off. I'm hoping that 1st party direct isn't far off

I was fine with it until I am reading in the comments that there is a Goemon collection that is NOT releasing outside of Japan! Come on Konami - people over here like Goemon too!

Very whelmed. Not many surprises, really. And while I’m glad Switch 2 is going to get new games like RE, I’ll have to see how the performance is because I’ll be leaning toward getting it on PS5 instead. Certainly happy for those who only have a Switch, but for me personally, a lot of the reveals were underwhelming.

Glad I didn't watch the Direct.
I knew I can trust my instinct.
The Direct just filled with a lot of games I really hate them.
The only one game that caught my interest is Super Bomberman Collection, but that's Retro games collection, not really interesting stuff.
Doraemon NES was also caught my interest but I don't want to buy the Console Archives with other game that I really hate them.
Grandblue Fantasy Relink and Monster Hunter Stories 3 I will get both of them on PS5 version. Enough with BS game key card treatment.
Well, even I didn't watch the DirectI can give the score 1 from 10.
It was Abysmal.

To see Turok - a series close to my heart - finally get some love means I … I … wet myself a little. Not ashamed. I am a grown child.

I voted 10 which is crazy for me b/c I usually hate all of these things and am bored out of my mind. I don’t even watch the games award anymore b/c it’s so boring. So you can only imagine my surprise when I enjoyed most of it. And the most was good enough for me to give it a 10, Isuppose in part b/c I have such low expectations going in.

Orbital was a great opening, always on the lookout for more couch co-op games. Then they lost me for a bit as I thought “Why not just call this an indie Direct all of these look like indie games.” Then they started showing stuff like FF7 Rebirth, Resident Evil, and all of the Bethesda games, and I as thoroughly impressed.
Will I play most of these games? Probably not. And the ones I do will probably be on PS5 b/c why wouldn’t I? But it was an entertaining 30 minutes for a partner direct. I don’t think there was a single farm sim. Can you imagine that, a Direct w/o numerous farm sims? It boggles the ind. Disney Dream Valley is close, but it’s more a Disney thing than a farming thing to me.

Not sure what you were all expecting. Clair Obscur is made by a really small team, give them time, and the console is stil less than a year old. I was expecting Duskblood, so that was a bummer, but I didn’t really miss it during the show.

I'm not going to stop repeating it, this was the worst direct EVER in my opinion. Nintendo failed to give us exciting news today because all these announcements and games were pretty much previously confirmed prior to today's presentation. Only 1 or 2 minor exceptions for new announcements that weren't really memorable. I don't want to knock the games, because there's some good stuff there, but the presentation royally sucked.

From the comments and ratings, you can really tell who has the Switch 2 as their only gaming system and who has multiple systems. I was hoping for some third-person exclusive games like Mario & Rabbids or big reveals like Dragon Quest XII or AA 7, but nada.

Pretty disappointing.