{"id":84190,"date":"2026-06-09T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84190"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:38:11","slug":"minecraft-is-finally-coming-to-switch-2-with-a-huge-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84190","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Is Finally Coming To Switch 2, With A Huge Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Nintendo announced that Minecraft will be coming to Switch 2 in 2026, with improvements over its Switch 1 counterpart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Switch 2 supports backwards compatibility, so Minecraft has been playable on the console since launch. However, the Switch 2 version brings enhanced lighting and shadow effects, meaning owners of the newest console will have an improved experience.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/youtu.be\/pBL7nJLH8ro  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game was rated for Switch 2 on the ESRB classification database in recent weeks, leading many to believe a Switch 2 version was on its way. The motto is: Always trust the ESRB ratings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s good news for Switch 1 owners wanting to play on the Switch 2 too, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/nintendo-direct-june-2026-all-the-biggest-announcements-and-games\/\">Nintendo Direct<\/a> announcement confirmed that your progression can be transferred across consoles and versions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s no firm release date for the Switch 2 version of Minecraft, although it is confirmed to be available before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Nintendo announced that Minecraft will be coming to Switch 2 in 2026, with improvements over its Switch 1 counterpart. The Switch 2 supports backwards compatibility, so Minecraft has been playable on the console since launch. However, the Switch 2 version brings enhanced lighting and shadow effects, meaning owners of the newest console will have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":84192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84190"}],"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\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84193,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84190\/revisions\/84193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}