Following The Game Awards 2025, which was full of Switch 2 announcements, we’ve given this list a big overhaul and combined the Switch1 and Switch 2 games we’re most excited for in one big list. Enjoy!
Juggling two consoles is hard work for some, but not for Nintendo. While the Switch 2 is the primary focus for the Big N, don’t ever count the Switch 1 out.
2025 was a busy one, with the Switch 2’s launch really filling out the roster and finally giving us some long-awaited titlesand big launch-window hitters, but 2026 sees Nintendo branching out a little bit.
Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi Life are both making their return on Switch 1, while Mario Tennis Fever, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave headlining the Switch 2. Capcom is going all-in on the new console with Resident Evil 9 and Pragmata day and date on the console, with Mina the Hollower and The Adventures of Elliot bringing some pixel art goodness to our screens.
There’s plenty we haven’t mentioned, so below, we’ve rounded up 35-ish (you know there’s more) of the best coming to both Nintendo Switch consoles in 2026 and beyond. We’ll be keeping this list refreshed all throughout the year, too, so keep checking back!
Make sure you let us know what you’re most excited for in the comments.
Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Upcoming Games
System Shock (Switch 2)
Launch date
18th Dec 2025
Platform
Switch 1 & Switch 2
Physical?
Maybe down the line
The System Shock remake is, at last, coming to both Switch 1 and Switch 2; Nightdive just have not slowed down in 2025, and the studio has one more in the tank for the year.
This is a ground-up remake of the critically acclaimed first-person RPG, but the bones are still the same as the ’90s original. This is a visual glow-up and a UI-overhaul first and foremost, and the very first Switch 2 port the team is bringing. We can’t wait.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2)
Launch date
15th Jan 2026
Platform
Switch 2
Physical?
Of course
Okay, here’s Switch 2 Edition we weren’t expecting to see. And, admittedly, Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ upgrade isn’t huge — a resolution bump, mouse mode, 12-player multiplayer, etc. — it’s the free stuff that’s landing alongside it that has us very excited.
Another 100 hours in Animal Crossing come 2026, then? Yes?
Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and while RPGs are her first love, Nintendo is a close second. She enjoys nothing more than overthinking battle strategies, characters, and stories. She also wishes she was a Sega air pirate.
