If you own a Nintendo Switch 2, today's Direct just made your wallet very nervous. Nintendo packed roughly 50 minutes with new release dates, surprise ports, long-awaited sequels, and one finale that the internet has been asking about for years. Here's everything that landed.
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The closer that broke the internet
Nintendo saved the best for last. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is officially real and coming to Switch 2 in 2026. The teaser was brief, just Link asleep in his hut with familiar music playing, but that was enough. Nintendo promised more details soon. After years of rumors, seeing that logo confirmed is genuinely exciting, and the glimpse at the end suggesting modernized visuals has fans speculating hard about how far the overhaul goes.
Kingdom Hearts finally shows its hand
Square Enix brought two big Kingdom Hearts moments. First, Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] arrives on Switch 2 on October 8, covering HD 1.5+2.5 Remix, HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind. Players who owned the old Switch cloud versions can upgrade at a discounted rate, which is a nice touch. A demo for Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind went live today.
Then came the real surprise: Kingdom Hearts 4 got an actual gameplay reveal. Sora fighting Heartless in what looks like a modern city setting, new Final Fantasy characters joining the cast. No release date, but it's confirmed for Switch 2 at launch alongside PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC. Four years of near silence, and now this.
Kingdom Hearts 4 has no confirmed release date yet, but Nintendo confirmed it launches on Switch 2 day one alongside other platforms.
Square Enix's other big swing: Final Fantasy Resonance
Final Fantasy Resonance was a genuine surprise reveal. It's an HD-2D turn-based RPG featuring characters from across the Final Fantasy series, including Terra, Cloud, and Clive, built around the story arc from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. It hits Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 22. The HD-2D treatment on a mainline Final Fantasy property is something fans have wanted for a long time, and the October date means it lands the same day as Nintendo Switch Sports Resort.
First-party Nintendo games with real dates
Several Nintendo titles got firm release windows:
- Splatoon Raiders (July 23) gets its own dedicated Direct on June 30, where Nintendo will go deeper on the single-player spinoff. New Deep Cut-inspired Joy-Con controllers also drop the same day.
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave finally has a date: September 17, exclusively on Switch 2. Four playable main characters, each with their own story path, taking clear inspiration from Three Houses.
- Nintendo Switch Sports Resort arrives October 22 with 12 sports including boxing, skateboarding with Joy-Con 2 mouse controls, and thumb wrestling. Yes, thumb wrestling. Exclusive to Switch 2.
- Rhythm Heaven Groove opens the show and launches July 2 on Switch, with over 80 rhythm games and 4-player multiplayer across 30 modes.
- Deltarune Chapter 5 drops June 24 as a free update across Switch, Switch 2, PC, Mac, PS4, and PS5. Toby Fox's avatar appeared personally to deliver the news.
- Star Fox (the Switch 2 remake of Star Fox 64) launches June 25, with a free demo available now on the eShop.
12 sports, one console
The third-party avalanche
The ports and multiplatform announcements came fast. Here's what's confirmed:
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen deserves a callout here. It's not just a port, it's an expansion adding a new icy region called Norgan with new monsters and loot, and it comes to all platforms simultaneously. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Switch 2 is another one to watch, given how performance-heavy those Tyranid swarm sequences are on other hardware.
The Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Switch 2 upgrade pack is available today as a digital download, so existing owners can jump in immediately.
New games worth watching
Beyond the ports, several original titles showed up:
- Xenoblade Genesis (2027) was announced right after the three Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 editions, teasing a new story centered on Vesselai and a place called Leukos.
- Big Walk, from the creators of Untitled Goose Game, is a co-op multiplayer adventure about communication and teamwork, launching August 4 on Switch 2, PS5, and PC.
- One Piece: Grand Gourmet (October 23) is a restaurant management sim by Kairosoft featuring over 400 One Piece characters. Kairosoft's track record with this genre makes this one genuinely interesting.
- Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton from the Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is an 8-player online bullet-heaven survival royale, coming to Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, and PC in 2026.
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World (December 3) brings monster scouting and synthesis back with over 500 monsters across Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, and PC.
- Muramasa Revenant Blades (early 2027) is Vanillaware's revamp of the 2009 action-RPG, now with 4K, new combat, over 100 swords, and all Vita DLC content included.
- Pokemon Pokopia gets a free August update adding the Dive move for underwater exploration, plus a paid Expansion Pass with Bubbly Basin as Part 1.
The Duskbloods from FromSoftware still has no release date despite being confirmed for 2026 on Switch 2. A closed network test is coming this summer, which suggests the wait might not be too much longer.
Nintendo Direct June 2026
What this means for Switch 2 owners
The second half of 2026 on Switch 2 is genuinely stacked. Between June and December, owners are looking at Splatoon Raiders, Fire Emblem, Sports Resort, Final Fantasy Resonance, Dragon Quest Monsters, and potentially Stellar Blade and Minecraft, all before the Zelda remake lands at some point this year. That's before counting the wave of third-party ports filling in the gaps.
For anyone still deciding whether to pick up a Switch 2, this Direct made a strong case. Check out our game reviews for coverage of the titles already available, and bookmark our gaming guides as Splatoon Raiders, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and the Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 editions all land in the coming months.
