{"id":74628,"date":"2026-04-03T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=74628"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:40:09","slug":"upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-games-release-dates-for-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=74628","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>We now have our hands on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/nintendo-switch-2-review\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix of Switch 2 exclusives, third-party releases, and the benefit of backward compatibility with any games still launching on the original Switch. Without further ado, here are all of the new Switch 2 games we can look forward to in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>All Upcoming Switch 2 Games With Release Dates<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>* indicates a Switch 2 exclusive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Champions (April 8, 2026) <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"pokemon-champions-game-overview-and-release-date-revealed-will-you-be-playing\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>This next Pok\u00e9mon spin-off game will be entirely free-to-play. Well, unless you&#8217;re interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-champions-launches-next-month-with-paid-upgrade-pack-to-support-early-progression\">an upgrade pack<\/a>. Pok\u00e9mon Champions all about the battling, with a particular focus on Mega Evolutions. You\u2019ll get your own Roster Ranch for taking care of your Pok\u00e9mon while befriending new trainers to support you. <\/p>\n<p>The game is the new standard for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-champions-will-replace-scarlet-and-violet-at-the-pokemon-world-championships-next-year\">official Pok\u00e9mon Video Game Championship events<\/a>, though we already know the game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-champions-wont-let-you-use-pokmon-that-arent-fully-evolved\">won\u2019t feature the full roster<\/a> of Pocket Monsters. <\/p>\n<p>Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (April 16, 2026)&lt;section data-transform=&quot;ignvideo&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now have our hands on the Nintendo Switch 2, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it. Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":74630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74632,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74628\/revisions\/74632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}