Nintendo’s Swap and Swap 2 launch calendars are bulking up. Throughout a packed Nintendo Direct livestream on Friday, the corporate introduced on-sale dates for a number of video games in addition to the return of the Digital Boy, the proto VR headset Nintendo initially launched within the mid-Nineties.
One of many greatest of Friday’s bulletins was that of the discharge date for the sequel to Supergiant’s wildly well-liked Hades. Hades II will hit Swap, Swap 2, and PC on September 25. The long-awaited new Metroid sport, Metroid Prime 4: Past, may also lastly launch December 4 for Swap and Swap 2.
The information comes forward of the upcoming vacation season, which would be the Swap 2’s first since its launch this summer season.
Whereas Hades II has been out there on PC as an early entry sport—an unfinished model gamers can check out and provides suggestions on—since final yr, the model coming to Swap on the finish of the month would be the full “1.0” launch sport. Gamers who already personal the sport on Steam will have the ability to replace theirs without spending a dime. The sport stars Melinoë, sister to the unique sport’s hero Zagreus, on her quest to kill the Titan of Time, Chronos.
Metroid Prime 4: Past sees the return of Samus working and gunning towards alien foes. Together with a agency launch date, the trailer proven Friday debuted a brand new software for the heroine: Vi-O-La, a techy bike Samus can use alongside her psychic skills.
Nintendo can also be increasing a few of its video games with downloadable content material. New DLC for Donkey Kong Banaza, which launched July 17, is now out there for $20. The pack, referred to as DK Island & Emerald Rush, provides further missions and ranges to discover (and presumably punch). Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which is launching October 16, will achieve this alongside a Mega Dimension DLC that provides extra Mega Evolutions.
Nintendo additionally teased a number of 2026 releases, together with a shock announcement for a brand new Pokémon sport, Pokémon Pokopia. As a human-shaped Ditto (as horrifying as that sounds), gamers befriend different pokémon, construct properties, and acquire meals to create a tiny paradise. It launches for Swap 2 subsequent yr.
Moreover, a brand new entry within the turn-based tactical sequence Fireplace Emblem, referred to as Fireplace Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, is headed to Swap 2 in 2026. A trailer proven immediately teases its heroes in an arena-style battle; a well-recognized face on the finish of the trailer suggests the sport is ready after 2019’s Fireplace Emblem: Three Homes. A brand new Resident Evil sport, Resident Evil Requiem, may also be launched for Swap 2 on February 27.
