{"id":137115,"date":"2026-05-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200988"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:00:00","slug":"nintendo-highlights-multiple-major-third-party-releases-for-switch-2-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/09\/nintendo-highlights-multiple-major-third-party-releases-for-switch-2-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Highlights Multiple Major Third-Party Releases For Switch 2 In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbba51e86a081\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbba51e86a081\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"fbba51e86a081\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Final Fantasy\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbba51e86a081\/final-fantasy.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbba51e86a081\/final-fantasy.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Final Fantasy\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Square Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alongside an update on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-reconfirms-release-windows-for-major-upcoming-switch-2-games\">major first-party releases<\/a> for the Switch 2 in 2026 and beyond, Nintendo has also acknowledged the third-party games on the way to the new hybrid platform this year.<\/p>\n<p>With Capcom&#8217;s new IP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pragmata\">Pragmata<\/a> now available, looking ahead, there&#8217;s a lot to be excited about in the coming months. This starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/a> next week, and beyond this, are games from the teams at Level-5, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and more.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you can look forward to on the Switch 2 in the coming months:<\/p>\n<h3>Nintendo Switch 2 &#8211; Third-Party Titles For 2026<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"c8e8ad25afc9f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Third-Party Titles\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c8e8ad25afc9f\/third-party-titles.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c8e8ad25afc9f\/third-party-titles.original.png\" width=\"685\" height=\"388\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Third-Party Titles\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And if this list wasn&#8217;t already enough, some other games not even mentioned here include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered\">The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/elden-ring-tarnished-edition\">Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/duskbloods\">The Duskbloods<\/a>, which are all expected to show up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/02\/yes-elden-ring-and-the-duskbloods-are-definitely-still-coming-to-switch-2-in-2026\">at some point this year<\/a>. And it seems there&#8217;s still a chance we might see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/borderlands-4\">Borderlands 4<\/a> at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this update, Nintendo also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/11\/switch-2-has-the-largest-third-party-software-lineup-ever-for-new-nintendo-hardware\">issued a reminder<\/a> about just how big the current third-party support is for the Switch 2:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nintendo:<\/strong> &#8220;These are some examples of titles for Nintendo Switch 2 from other software publishers that will be released in April 2026 and beyond. With the tremendous support from software publishers, the lineup for Nintendo Switch 2 is the largest ever following a platform launch&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200939,200875,200040,200868,200774 @ 1778339075 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Are you looking forward to any of these upcoming Switch 2 releases? What else is on your radar in 2026? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Square Enix Alongside an update on its major first-party releases for the Switch 2 in 2026 and beyond, Nintendo has also acknowledged the third-party games on the way to the new hybrid platform this year. With Capcom&#8217;s new IP Pragmata now available, looking ahead, there&#8217;s a lot to be excited about in the coming [&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-137115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137115","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=137115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}