{"id":137528,"date":"2026-06-09T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202381"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:15:00","slug":"stellar-blade-brings-style-and-sauciness-to-switch-2-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/09\/stellar-blade-brings-style-and-sauciness-to-switch-2-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stellar Blade&#8217; Brings Style And Sauciness To Switch 2 &#8220;This Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d73acdeeb3863\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d73acdeeb3863\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d73acdeeb3863\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"mksoTJiejl4\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mksoTJiejl4?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Korean dev Shift Up&#8217;s hit action-adventure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/stellar-blade\">Stellar Blade<\/a> is coming to Switch 2 this year.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/06\/watch-nintendo-direct-june-2026-live\">today&#8217;s Nintendo Direct<\/a>, the game came out on PS5 back in 2024 with Sony publishing. Featuring scantily-clad ladies battling an assortment of vile monsters, it caused quite a stir, too, with its pretty ladies and impressive combat, and was generally well received by critics, having landed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/stellar-blade\/\">a Metascore of 81<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some info from the PR blurb, plus some screens from the short Direct segment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Step into the role of EVE, an elite warrior sent to reclaim Earth from mysterious forces. Experience intense combat and a twisting plot as you unravel the mysteries of Earth\u2019s downfall in an immersive sci-fi world. Featuring a blend of cinematic storytelling and gameplay, <em>Stellar Blade<\/em> offers deep character progression with customizable skills, gear, and combat builds \u2013 which you\u2019ll need during epic boss encounters. Further, players can experience support for Joy-Con 2 motion controls for activities, adding in an extra layer of immersion to moments away from combat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Shift Up<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>No word on an exact release date beyond &#8220;2026&#8221; just yet, nor any info on a physical edition. We&#8217;ll keep you posted as we get more details.<\/p>\n<p><em>Played this on PC or PS5? Intrigued to see how this will hold up on Switch 2? Let us know down below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:165020 @ 1781028844 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Korean dev Shift Up&#8217;s hit action-adventure Stellar Blade is coming to Switch 2 this year. As revealed in today&#8217;s Nintendo Direct, the game came out on PS5 back in 2024 with Sony publishing. Featuring scantily-clad ladies battling an assortment of vile monsters, it caused quite a stir, too, with its pretty ladies and [&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-137528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137528","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=137528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}