{"id":85497,"date":"2026-07-07T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85497"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:36:35","slug":"upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-games-release-dates-for-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85497","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. In the second half of 2026, we&#8217;ll be getting our hands on 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 and beyond. <\/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><strong>Granblue Fantasy: Relink &#8211; Endless Ragnarok (July 9, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"granblue-fantasy-relink-endless-ragnarok-official-reveal-trailer-nintendo-direct-2026\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>Granblue Fantasy: Relink was originally released all the way back in 2024, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/granblue-fantasy-relink-review\">IGN\u2019s own review<\/a> highlighting \u201cfun action combat and an interesting cast of characters.\u201d This summer, the game will be coming to Switch 2 in a special edition that includes all expansions and bonus content. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Digimon Story: Time Stranger (July 10, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"digimon-story-time-stranger-official-nintendo-switch-2-trailer-nintendo-direct-partner-2026\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>The latest Digimon Story game was a highlight for RPG releases in<\/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. In the second half&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":85499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85497","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\/85497"}],"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=85497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85501,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85497\/revisions\/85501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}