Nintendo Switch 2

For emulators, see Nintendo Switch 2 emulators and Emulators on Nintendo Switch 2.

"Now You're Playing Together."

The successor to Nintendo's Switch.

The console was released on June 5, 2025, priced at $450 in the US, with games set to be $70 for digital, and $70 for physical.

Games

Note:	Exclusive or definitive version

Cart-Based

Game-Key Cards are physical carts that come in boxes, but do not contain the actual game files and data, just a license to download the files to your Switch 2 once put in the console. The license is tied to the cart, so you are able to sell, gift, or trade in the game. However the carts will only be usable as long as the servers that host the game files are up, so don't buy them with the expectation of long-term preservation. Games that use game-key cards are distinguished with a white bar at the bottom of the game box featuring this icon:

Cover	Title	Genre	Description	Game-Key Card	Screenshot
	Donkey Kong Bananza	Platform/Adventure	DK's first fully 3D platformer since the N64. An evil CEO wants to reach the planet's core to have his evil wish granted, and Donkey Kong and a young Pauline try to beat him to it by descending deeper under the planet's surface. Features dozens of sandbox-style levels of different biome types where most of the terrain is destructible, allowing DK to smash and bash his way through. The game has (very) light RPG elements where you collect bananas along the way to unlock and upgrade new abilities. Plenty of cool puzzles (mostly solved by smashing) and cool boss fights (mostly solved by smashing). DK can also temporarily transform into forms of other animals like a zebra or ostrich with their own unique abilities that adds an additional layer of exploration and combat to the game. It's a massive game and one of the few gems of the Switch 2 launch window.	No
	Kirby Air Riders	Racing/Adventure/Arcade	Nintendo let Sakurai take his once-per-decade break from Smash Bros. and he elected to make a sequel to his gamecube Kirby racer. Air Riders has all the modes from the previous game (including the beloved City Trial) and comes with a greatly expanded roster, online multiplayer, and a single-player story mode. Fun fast gameplay combined with gorgeous orchestral music make this a welcome return.	No
	Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World	Adventure Platformer	The first fully-3D mainline Kirby game ever, adapts the gameplay of the series to slightly more open (but still linear stages) set in a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by nature. You can absorb and upgrade power-ups at a hub. Fully playable in local co-op. Quite easy as usual, though there's a tough secret boss in there. NS2 Edition comes with upgraded visuals and performance as well as Brand New DLC titled "Star-Crossed World"	No
	Mario Kart World	Racing/Adventure		No
	Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army	Action RPG	A dame shows up at your detective agency and shit goes down. Find and rescue the dame as you uncover the mystery of the Red Cape, fightan demons and unearthing a conspiracy along the way. Skulk around Tokyo finding clues and using demon abilities to manipulate people and the environment. A remake of the PS2 Shin Megami Tensei spinoff. It comes with a laundry list of quality of life improvements to the combat system, such as having two demons out at once and the ability to lock on. Other additions include quick saving, fast travel and bunch of new demons you can summon. A welcome improvement to one of the jankier SMT games of its era.	Yes
	Street Fighter 6	Fighting	Somewhat of a return to form for the series after the rough Street Fighter 5. Features of robust "drive gauge" system that allows for multiple ways to sway any fight in your favor. Also includes a large single-player World Tour mode where you create a custom character who travels the globe, meeting various fighters in the game and learn and incorporate their moves into your character's move set. The version that launched on Switch 2 comes with the first two years of DLC characters.	Yes
	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Action-Adventure	The long-awaited next 3-D entry in the series since Skyward Sword. The game reverts to its more aimless, adventurous Zelda 1 roots, ditching strict linearity for a focus on vague hints and exploration in an enormous open world map that's so varied and well made that it even manages to get Ubisoft towers right. Dotting the vast landcape are various gorgeous towns, a ton of peaceful horse stables, uncountable secrets and easter eggs, and a shitload of sidequests, all surrounding Ganon's gigantic lair in the dead center. You're gonna need to find a lot of those shrines to upgrade your hearts, stamina, and gear, too, because this is one of the hardest Zelda games released since Adventure of Link, with enemies that can and will one-shot you if you're not careful, especially earlier on. Weapons break after a while, but thankfully the game showers you with a wide arsenal so this is never a major problem. This is a game that'll hook you hard, and destroy dozens of hours of your time, hundreds if you want to go 100%.	No
	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Open-World Action-Adventure	A rare direct sequel for the series, Tears of the Kingdom picks up after Breath of the Wild where Link and Zelda witness the reawakening of a long-contained Ganondorf. It uses the same overworld map from the prequel, but with a lot of major differences and the addition of many floating sky-platforms and an underground world as large as the main overworld. It also brings back dungeons in the more traditional Zelda style. An excellent followup and an essential open world game.	No

Digital

Cover	Title	Genre	Description	Screenshot
	Hollow Knight: Silksong	Metroidvania	The long-awaited followup to Hollow Knight. In Silksong you play as the first game's deuteragonist, Hornet, after she breaks free from captivity from a strange religious group in an unknown land. Hornet is quicker and more acrobatic than the knight from the first game, and as a result the game is faster paced and with a higher emphasis on platforming and quicker combat than the original. The game is also generally more difficult as a result, however nothing is at the level of the DLC encounters from Hollow Knight, though the devs have promised more content in future updates. There is a more traditional quest structure with set goals and rewards, that encourages further exploration. There is also a large amount of hidden content, including an entire final chapter that includes considerably more difficult challenges and encounters as well as a true final boss. The gorgeous hand-drawn visual style and sense of dread from a world full of destroyed and corrupted beauty is still present.
	Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess	Action/Strategy	An interesting game from Capcom which mixes action, strategy, and tower defense mechanics. You play as a warrior tasked with protecting a goddess whose goal is to purify villages from evil entities that invade at night. During the day you rescue and recruit villagers, who then can be assigned as units for the nighttime battles against hordes of demons trying to get to the goddess. The combat during these sequences employs a dance-like sword based system.