Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games

Lacking that killer app? My brother in Mario, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is MY killer app for this year!

Super Zelda RPG.
Do it, Nintendo (and Square-Enix)

A full 3D Zelda in 2026? Sorry but that's not very probable. 3D Zeldas are usually annnounced long in advance. Also with Mario Tennis Fever and Super Mario Wonder Switch 2 editions we have all the Mario we need for at least the first half of the year.

I do hope we'll see a Zelda remake or rerelease of some sort. And a Q4 Mario game... so.. a Nintendo Direct anyone?

I'm really hoping they have a good Direct soon because the Switch 2 line-up is bare.

i need that fire emblem lol

@Retron At least one first party game releasing every month since release is not bare.

We really need release dates for Fire Emblem, Splatoon Raiders, Yoshi and Rhythm Heaven, but above all, we need to know what other games will be coming by the end of this year (Mario? Zelda?).

Nintendo, give us a Direct already! Lol

I want Fire Emblem sooner than later haha. Cant wait for that one.

I'm mostly looking forward to Fire Emblem, though I have some trepidation about it due to not liking Engage. Yoshi's a firm maybe, Yoshi games vary so wildly in quality that I don't really want to trust one before it's been out for a bit.

Not really interested in the others. Might go for Tomodachi Life, but I never picked up Splatoon 3 and never played the single player modes of 1 and 2 so I don't think Raiders has any appeal to me, and I've tried several times to get into Rhythm Heaven and I'm consistently awful at it.

@Olliemar28 Thanks! I agree that we are still lacking a big hitter from one of the "big three" (Mario, Zelda en Pokémon). But my hopes are that we get at least one announcement during the Pokémon 30 year anniversary and hopefully somewhere around March for a brand new Mario game. A full fat Nintendo Direct would be nice too, sometime soon.

Yoshi and Splatoon definitely for me. Will pick up Tomodachi Life as well, but not sure if I'll do so at launch.

My body is ready for TOMODACHI LIFE LIVING THE DREAM.

I am ready for the Partner Direct this week. Just announce it already Nintendo.

To be fair DQ11S and FF7R are keeping me busy for now, with RE9 dropping this month so I've got enough games to keep me busy until the summer. But hey ho, I'm a gamer who just loves to build a backlog for no reason.

Nintendo, give me Splatoon Raiders news and my life will be 56% happier! (It's been 237 days and counting... ;_;)

The next proper Direct simply has to contain some big announcements. I'm confident though. Nintendo know they can't sit on the next 3D Mario and Zelda forever.

I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem the most. The others are more "if the mood strikes me" or "a sale I can't refuse".

Also, I have no idea why everyone is so gung-ho about Tomodachi Life... I really do not see the appeal, or really understand what it's really about. That being said, good of Nintendo to have a diverse gaming community!

Not a lot coming for my tastes sadly. Fire emblem maybe…

I hope there’s some surprises this year that aren’t switch 2 editions.

Maybe Pokopia. That's it.

@Thrussted I was the same with Tomodachi Life on 3DS. I expected nothing, but I got hooked really fast. If it clicks, it really clicks for this game. It's very weird and quirky, but I loved every bit of it and can't wait for the next instalment.

Wonder S2E, Yoshi, and Splatoon Raiders are solid maybes. Nothing on here that actually feels like a must have. Definitely lacking that killer app, a lot of B and C tier fare that appeal to various niche fanbases but nothing that's a big showstopper. We desperately need a big 3D Mario, a Luigi's Mansion 4, a Smash 6, something of that caliber (and no, Switch 2 Editions of Luigi's Mansion 3 or Smash Ultimate do not count).