Coming to Switch 1 & 2 September. It was only a matter of time until Pac-Man World 2 got the remake treatment, and today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase confirmed the inevitable. Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac is coming to both Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 26th September 2025. Based on the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube…
Squad up, Switch 2 style! EA has just announced that Apex Legends will be receiving a Switch 2 upgrade next month, or rather next week, as it drops on August 5th. Hooray! Yep, as part of today’s very good/middling/awful (delete as appropriate) Partner Direct, we learned that the online squad-based shooter, which first launched all…
Introducing, Elliot. The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase was closed out by a pair of announcements from Square Enix: Octopath Traveler 0, and an all-new action RPG called The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. This is yet another HD-2D joint, which will see you playing as ‘Elliot, the Adventurer’ (badass name, that), who sets out…
Kiwami 1 also getting a Switch 2 release. Kazuma Kiryu’s story will continue on Switch 2 later this year as Yakuza Kiwami 2 releases on 13th November 2025. Continuing the story on from Yakuza Kiwami — a remake of the first Yakuza game that received a Switch port last year — Kiryu will be facing…
Zero the hero. Square Enix closed out the Partner Direct by lifting the lid on Octopath Traveler 0, the third game (confusingly) in the HD-2D RPG series, which will arrive on Switch 1 and 2 on 4th December 2025. Aside from packing in the level of stunning visuals that we would expect from the series,…
Still aiming for Winter. Koei Tecmo and Nintendo’s Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment made a surprise appearance during today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, and while we still don’t have a release date (This Winter is all we have), we did get a new trailer. Largely a story-setting showcase, the trailer gives us a look at…
*Zombie noises*. Yep! Plants vs Zombies, it seems, is a game that it’s impossible to kill, which is quite on brand, let’s face it, and now a new remaster of the original fortress defence-styled fun is headed to Switch and Switch 2. As announced at today’s Partner Direct, the game, which gives the stellar original…
3 for me. Well here’s one that we hoped to see! The Partner Direct just revealed that Persona 3 Reload will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on 23rd October 2025. The beloved 2024 RPG is available to pre-order today, so you can stake your claim to this one early — we only have a…
It could be one for the ages. Bandai Namco has announced a brand new Katamari game for the Switch: Once Upon a Katamari. Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the game is coming to Switch 1 on 24th October 2025. This new Katamari sees the prince rolling around throughout worlds based on different historical…
Coming next year. As part of today’s Nintendo Partners Direct, Capcom has announced Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, for Switch 2. With a release date of TBC 2026, we’re sure Monster Hunter fans are pretty excited right now! Read the full article on nintendolife.com