{"id":136243,"date":"2026-02-26T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198003"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:30:00","slug":"yes-ecco-the-dolphins-remaster-will-probably-make-a-splash-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/yes-ecco-the-dolphins-remaster-will-probably-make-a-splash-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Ecco The Dolphin&#8217;s Remaster Will Probably Make A Splash On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3102e568dc60c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3102e568dc60c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"3102e568dc60c\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Ecco the Dolphin\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3102e568dc60c\/ecco-the-dolphin.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3102e568dc60c\/ecco-the-dolphin.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ecco the Dolphin\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last May, an Xbox Wire post announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/ecco_the_dolphin\">Ecco The Dolphin<\/a> would be making a comeback with a remaster of not only the first game, but also the sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/ecco_the_tides_of_time\">Tides of Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Platforms weren&#8217;t mentioned at the time, but a new two-page spread for the remaster in Famitsu this week lists the Switch &#8211; seemingly confirming the remaster is on its way to Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid platform.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details have also been shared by the series creator Ed Annunziata in this feature. As highlighted by Nintendo Everything, the plan is to include 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit versions in a single package, and allow players to swap between visual styles in &#8220;real-time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The final name of this project is still being decided, but the favourite at the moment appears to be &#8220;Ecco Complete&#8221;. Of course, this is all subject to localisation changes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/eccothedolphin\/comments\/1renc6y\/ecco_the_dolphin_remaster_new_screenshots\/ @ 2026-02-26T04:35:04+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EccoTheDolphin\/comments\/1renc6y\/ecco_the_dolphin_remaster_new_screenshots\/\">Ecco The Dolphin remaster new screenshots, confirmed for Nintendo Switch<\/a><br \/>by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/X_Fakel\/\">u\/X_Fakel<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EccoTheDolphin\/\">EccoTheDolphin<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In case you missed it, these remasters will also be joined by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/05\/ecco-the-dolphin-is-making-a-comeback-with-remasters-and-new-game\">&#8220;new, third game&#8221;<\/a> at some stage. More updates related to Ecco are expected to take place this April, according to an <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eccothedolphin.com\/\">official Ecco the Dolphin countdown website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve previously mentioned, the original Ecco the Dolphin game, which launched in 1992 on the Sega Mega Drive \/ Genesis, is playable via the Switch Online + Expansion Pack.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:181947 @ 1772153151 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Are you looking forward to Ecco&#8217;s return? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA Last May, an Xbox Wire post announced Ecco The Dolphin would be making a comeback with a remaster of not only the first game, but also the sequel Tides of Time. Platforms weren&#8217;t mentioned at the time, but a new two-page spread for the remaster in Famitsu this week lists the Switch &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}