{"id":85807,"date":"2026-07-13T11:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85807"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:39:51","slug":"square-enix-once-again-skips-switch-2-upgrade-path-for-octopath-traveler-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85807","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Once Again Skips Switch 2 Upgrade Path For Octopath Traveler Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/octopath-traveler\/\" id=\"322810\">Octopath Traveler<\/a> games established a new line of &#8220;HD-2D&#8221; games at Square Enix, and fans of the series can look forward to a new Switch 2 release of the first two entries in the series&#8211;with a catch. While Octopath Traveler and its sequel have been available on the original Switch for years now, there&#8217;ll be no upgrade option for players to continue their journey on Switch 2, meaning no discount or transfer their saves across.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both games are lengthy experiences, full of optional detours and challenging quests, so starting from scratch isn&#8217;t a tempting proposition. Throw in the fact that they still look pretty great for their age thanks to the timeless HD-2D design, making it likely that current players could skip the Switch 2 editions.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/youtu.be\/CbWT5KUr3FU  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While numerous Switch games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/every-game-getting-switch-2-edition-enhanced-versions\/2900-6398\/\">offer upgrade packs<\/a> for their Switch 2 editions&#8211;some free, others costing a few bucks&#8211;the lack of one for Octopath Traveler could make it a very hard sell for fans of the RPG series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some people online have labeled this as an anti-consumer move on Square Enix&#8217;s part, as\u00a0this move rules out the idea of purchasing a cheap secondhand copy of Octopath Traveler and grabbing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Octopath Traveler games established a new line of &#8220;HD-2D&#8221; games at Square Enix, and fans of the series can look forward to a new Switch 2 release of the first two entries in the series&#8211;with a catch. While Octopath Traveler and its sequel have been available on the original Switch for years now, there&#8217;ll&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":85809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85807","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\/85807"}],"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\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85810,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85807\/revisions\/85810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}