Nintendo Switch 2 has the greatest first year line-up in gaming history!
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You won't find a better first year line-up than this
- Mario Kart World
- DK Bananza
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Street Fighter 6
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Zelda: BOTW + TOTK
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition
- Kirby Air Riders
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
- Professor Layton and New World of Steam
- Fast Fusion
- Hades 2
- Borderlands 4
- The Duskbloods
...and many, many more
Sooner
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- Mario Kart World
- DK Bananza
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
- Kirby Air Riders
- Professor Layton and New World of Steam
- Fast Fusion
You consider that the best year one lineup of all time? Seriously? Those last four are barely worth mentioning.
Switch 1 beats that list with just Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey alone.
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Barakov
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Codes 208
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Lets see, comparatively the ones that have my interest:
S1
-botw
-splatoon 2
-mario kart 8 dx
-mario odyssey
S2
-mkw
-mp4
-dk bananza
-pokemon ZA
And strangely enough: botw again
I mean its solid enough i suppose. More options than what the other two had this gen (granted xbox's launch year was absolutely laughable)
S1
-botw
-splatoon 2
-mario kart 8 dx
-mario odyssey
S2
-mkw
-mp4
-dk bananza
-pokemon ZA
And strangely enough: botw again
I mean its solid enough i suppose. More options than what the other two had this gen (granted xbox's launch year was absolutely laughable)
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Zannegan
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Nah. If he was, he'd at least recognize the greatness of the OG Switch lineup compared to Switch 2's. He'a just stirring the pot.
Radical_3d
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AngelMuffin
Member
Is Duskbloods expected first half of next year?You won't find a better first year line-up than this
- Mario Kart World
- DK Bananza
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Street Fighter 6
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Zelda: BOTW + TOTK
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition
- Kirby Air Riders
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
- Professor Layton and New World of Steam
- Fast Fusion
- Hades 2
- Borderlands 4
- The Duskbloods
...and many, many more
ioo
Neo Member
Bro you can literally play now most of these games, please be acculturateYou won't find a better first year line-up than this
- Mario Kart World
- DK Bananza
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Street Fighter 6
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Zelda: BOTW + TOTK
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition
- Kirby Air Riders
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
- Professor Layton and New World of Steam
- Fast Fusion
- Hades 2
- Borderlands 4
- The Duskbloods
...and many, many more
blacktout
Member
This murdered me.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Ps5 has the best first year lineup in history:
- Demon souls remake
- cyberpunk
- ratchet
- returnal
- it takes two
- Hades
- ghost of tsushima remastered
- death stranding remastered
- Nioh 2 Remastered
- Control Remastered
- Yakuza Remastered
- Marvel Avengers Remastered
- GTA5 Remastered
- Metro Exodus Remastered
- RE8
- RE7 Remastered
- RE2 Remastered
- RE3 Remastered
- Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered
- Final Fantasy 7 Integrade Remastered
- Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Remastered
- A Plague's Tale Innocence Remastered
- Diablo 2 Remastered
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Crysis Remastered Trilogy
- Skyrim Remastered
- Battlefield 2042
- Demon souls remake
- cyberpunk
- ratchet
- returnal
- it takes two
- Hades
- ghost of tsushima remastered
- death stranding remastered
- Nioh 2 Remastered
- Control Remastered
- Yakuza Remastered
- Marvel Avengers Remastered
- GTA5 Remastered
- Metro Exodus Remastered
- RE8
- RE7 Remastered
- RE2 Remastered
- RE3 Remastered
- Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered
- Final Fantasy 7 Integrade Remastered
- Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Remastered
- A Plague's Tale Innocence Remastered
- Diablo 2 Remastered
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Crysis Remastered Trilogy
- Skyrim Remastered
- Battlefield 2042
darrylgorn
Member
Finally, an honest thread.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
Switch 2 Launch Games
Other Switch 2 Games Announced
Nintendo Switch Edition Upgrades
Extra Content Browse this section for more detailed specifics.
Visual and/or Performance Improvements
Mouse controls may be supported
- Mario Kart World
- Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
- Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer
- Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster
- Deltarune Chapters 1-4
- Fast Fusion
- Fortnite
- Hitman: World of Assassination
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Nobubaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition
- OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
- Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
- Sid Meier's Civilization 7
- Street Fighter 6
- Split Fiction
- Survival Kids
- Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
Other Switch 2 Games Announced
- Donkey Kong Bananza (July 17, 2025)
- Drag x Drive (Summer 2025)
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Late 2025)
- Kirby Air Riders (2025)
- 100 Dead Doves (2026)
- Borderlands 4 (2025)
- Daemon X Machina Titanic Scion (Sept 5, 2025)
- The Duskbloods (2026)
- EA Sports FC
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (2025)
- Enter the Gungeon 2
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade
- Goodnight Universe
- Hades 2 (2025)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
- Human Fall Flat 2
- Madden NFL
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Winter 2025)
- NBA 2K
- No Sleep for Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files (July 25, 2025)
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (2025)
- Project 007: James Bond
- Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army (June 19, 2025)
- Reanimal (2025)
- Sonic x Shadow Generations (2025)
- Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (2026)
- Star Wars Outlaws (2025)
- Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (August 27, 2025)
- Tamagotchi Plaza (June 27, 2025)
- The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 (Summer 2025)
- Two Point Museum (2025)
- Wild Hearts S (July 2025)
- Witchbrook (Winter 2025)
- WWE 2K
Nintendo Switch Edition Upgrades
Extra Content Browse this section for more detailed specifics.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World (August 28, 2025)
- Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (July 24, 2025)
Visual and/or Performance Improvements
Mouse controls may be supported
- Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (Launch) (Free with NS Online + Expansion Pack membership)
- Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Launch) (Free with NS Online + Expansion Pack membership)
- Metroid Prime 4 Beyond (2025)
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Late 2025)
Instant_Classic
Member
So many multiplats, we can play right now.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
Mister Wolf
Member
Its beaten by Switch 1. Zelda BOTW, Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbits, and Xenoblade 2.
fallingdove
Member
If you like playing 5 year old games that the world has already played through.
For everybody else, this is a mostly boring line up that moronic Nintendo fanboys will end up spending 2x more than anyone else would for the same experience.
For everybody else, this is a mostly boring line up that moronic Nintendo fanboys will end up spending 2x more than anyone else would for the same experience.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Switch 2 is making Sony army nervous they know switch 3 is gonna have advanced enough tech to have some really beautiful graphics and can't be dismissed as not in the same competition with them or Xbox anymore that's gonna the next real console war since Xbox is currently weak
Instant_Classic
Member
Switch 3 won't be till 2032-2033 at the earliest.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Not great imo but better than the other current consoles for sure.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
I know but that's when the sleeping dragon really wakes up I hope Sonys gonna be ready Nintendo aint gonna be considered a baby anymore
blacktout
Member
Huh? Unless I'm mistaken, every game listed in the OP is coming in 2025 besides The Duskbloods.
tmlDan
Member
sorry, i meant to say a lot of those games are many years old
blacktout
Member
Ohhh. OK, that makes sense.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
I realise literally nobody had an Xbox but Halo changed the entire industry. Doesn't happen often for a frigging launch game!
Kataploom
Gold Member
Look, the only thing I care about is Switch 1 games running better and that's what I got, I'm happy because of that and newer games I will care about later will make me happier. Here's my list of upgraded games:
- BOTW -> Confirmed
- TOTK -> Confirmed
- Xenoblade 3 + Future Connected -> Pending
- Kirby ATFL -> Confirmed (with special chapter and RT reflections, wtf)
- Metroid Prime 4 -> Confirmed
- Bayonetta 3 -> Pending
- Link's Awakening -> Confirmed
- Echoes of Wisdom -> Confirmed
- ARMS -> Confirmed
- Astral Chain -> Pending
I never played some of them waiting for better performance or 60 fps mode so everything is going great so far, I'll get it asap, I'm already sold.
Also, the reason I don't emulate them to play in 4K@60+fps is because I like playing in original hardware, I pirated lots of games ages ago to emulate on PC when I was young and I know how troublesome emulation can get, more than I wish I do.
Also, whatever Monolith Soft gives me in 2026/2027 is gonna look amazing with better IQ, even if they keep same graphic quality.
- BOTW -> Confirmed
- TOTK -> Confirmed
- Xenoblade 3 + Future Connected -> Pending
- Kirby ATFL -> Confirmed (with special chapter and RT reflections, wtf)
- Metroid Prime 4 -> Confirmed
- Bayonetta 3 -> Pending
- Link's Awakening -> Confirmed
- Echoes of Wisdom -> Confirmed
- ARMS -> Confirmed
- Astral Chain -> Pending
I never played some of them waiting for better performance or 60 fps mode so everything is going great so far, I'll get it asap, I'm already sold.
Also, the reason I don't emulate them to play in 4K@60+fps is because I like playing in original hardware, I pirated lots of games ages ago to emulate on PC when I was young and I know how troublesome emulation can get, more than I wish I do.
Also, whatever Monolith Soft gives me in 2026/2027 is gonna look amazing with better IQ, even if they keep same graphic quality.
DeepSpace5D
Member
Where is The Duskbloods confirmed to be released in the first year? Only thing I can find is it's scheduled to release in 2026. It would need to be confirmed to release by June in order to make the first year, wouldn't it?
Donkusei
Member
Really good line up so far. The best for a first year? Well, we'll see, they have still a lot of things to announce, espacially third-party games.
Not really, most third-party games looked nearly identical and are portable, which is the whole point of the system. And you also get sometimes somes exclusives bonuses.
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And Splatoon 2.
sigmaZ
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That's all going to depend if you don't have a Steamdeck or gaming PC and you've got a stiffy for first-party titles or not.
Donkey Kong is the only game that looks remotely interesting to me, but I'm not going to buy a console for that. Had they opened up with a Xenoblade or big RPG like that I would have considered it, but now I'm going to see how things go moving forward.
Donkey Kong is the only game that looks remotely interesting to me, but I'm not going to buy a console for that. Had they opened up with a Xenoblade or big RPG like that I would have considered it, but now I'm going to see how things go moving forward.
Gojiira
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This, literally this. Switch 2 lineup is meh, PS2 had the best first year lineup and best overall library of all time.
All exclusive
Matsuchezz
Member
Children went apeshit With the switch 2 announcement. The list only appeals to nintendo fans. A DK game Where DK looks for bananas shure appeal children and toddlers. And a kiddie kart game are not the best games at all.
Kotaro
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That advertisement is very misleading, most of the big guns actually came out in the 2nd year
Blank Space Invader
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Robb
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
For Japan sure, but the rest of the world the PS2 released in 2000 October & November.
So them games was nearly everyone's people's first year experience with the PS2.
bitbydeath
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Maybe we can only count the 1 or 2 months left in 2000 as the first year.
Perhaps that's the rules
Otherwise we're cheating ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
nordique
Member
We don't know the full first year lineup though
Some Good games for far, and I'm getting a switch 2 at launch,
But ps2 had GTA3, FF10, GT3, THPS3, DMC, Ico, silent hill 2, red faction, street fighter ex3, dark cloud etc
Oh and metal gear solid 2
GameCube had smash bros melee, pikmin, thps3, rogue squadron, Mario sunshine, Luigi's mansion etc
Switch 1 had Zelda botw, Mario odyssey, splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Mario rabbids, ARMS, Mario kart 8 deluxe etc
Context is key…nintendos first party support arguably stronger for switch 1 and GameCube
Ps2 first year was exceptional. Missing a bunch of games that at the time were big too.
Some Good games for far, and I'm getting a switch 2 at launch,
But ps2 had GTA3, FF10, GT3, THPS3, DMC, Ico, silent hill 2, red faction, street fighter ex3, dark cloud etc
Oh and metal gear solid 2
GameCube had smash bros melee, pikmin, thps3, rogue squadron, Mario sunshine, Luigi's mansion etc
Switch 1 had Zelda botw, Mario odyssey, splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Mario rabbids, ARMS, Mario kart 8 deluxe etc
Context is key…nintendos first party support arguably stronger for switch 1 and GameCube
Ps2 first year was exceptional. Missing a bunch of games that at the time were big too.
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Fluffytheterrible
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man im itching for bayo 3 and astral chain @ locked 60fps
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