Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Reveals a Diverse Lineup for Switch and Switch 2

| Updated on August 5, 2025
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The most recent Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase highlighted the exhilaration of game day, exciting action, and captivating role-playing adventures. Set to appear on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch throughout 2025 and later, this mix of new titles and well-known classics from various global publishing and development partners of Nintendo is sure to delight.

Key disclosures include the revelation of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, the next chapter in the Monster Hunter Stories series. Nintendo Direct also has well-known sports series EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 and EA SPORTS FC 26, therefore letting gamers get ready for Nintendo Switch 2. Furthermore, players can experience the pleasant Chillin’ by the Fire campfire simulator and reenter Japan’s criminal underworld with the release of Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Yakuza Kiwami on Nintendo Switch 2

With the Nintendo Direct’s Nintendo Switch edition releasing simultaneously, immerse yourself once more in the grand RPG adventure FINAL FANTASY TACTICS- The Ivalice Chronicles Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for Nintendo Switch 2. Furthermore, players can collaborate for a new season in Apex Legends or check out the survival horror experience Cronos: The New Dawn when both titles are on Nintendo Switch 2. 

Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted introduces botanical chaos, and Octopath Traveler 0 reveals a fresh role-playing tale of vengeance and redemption as both games make their way to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. Plus, get ready to dance in Just Dance 2026 Edition when it launches on October 14 and don’t miss the debut demo available later today for the newly-announced The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, the first-ever HD-2D action-adventure RPG from Square Enix set to arrive on Nintendo Direct next year.

Nintendo Direct also includes the exciting fighting game Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the heartwarming RPG Persona 3 Reload and the reworked classic Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.

Aimee Pearcy

Tech Journalist


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