During an hour presentation on Wednesday, Nintendo bombed potential 2 buyers with information about the modern console and its games, including ports of ports from third parties publishers. But when the dust fell, it was effortless to succumb to crawling anxiety. Where were all the premiere of the first page from Nintendo itself? Mario Kart World It looks great, but is it 79.99 USD great?
Yes and no. Depending on how you define the premiere game – and how you define Switch 2 – Switch 2 will be launched anywhere from one to nine Nintendo games. You do not have to expand these definitions to the absolute limit to realize that Switch 2 is launched with the relatively forceful support of the first page compared to previous Nintendo systems. But it is true that Nintendo is approaching this premiere a bit differently.
First of all, a tiny historical perspective: in the last 20 years modern Nintendo consoles have launched only two or three games of the first page. For example, the switch had The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildIN 1-2 padAND SnipperclipsLittle ESHOP game. Next, Wii had a killer Zelda: Twilight Princess AND Sport Wii double header; DS all the more dubious evaporation Super Mario 64 DS AND Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt.
As for the exclusive Nintendo games, Switch 2 has two titles on the first day: Mario Kart World AND Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. But the latter is a virtual guide only to download equipment that most people would not consider the full start title. So yes, compared to previous systems, it looks a bit featherlight.
But consider Donkey Kong Bananawhich will be released on July 17 – only six weeks after starting the console. This is a clearly significant Nintendo platformer, and taking into account what we know about the conservative Nintendo approach to finishing games and determining the release dates, it seems that the game would be ready to hit on the day of the premiere of June 5, if Nintendo wanted it. (It can be finished.)
It is likely that nintendo has changed BananaThe date of launch as a deliberate marketing strategy, perhaps to expand the noise window outside the launch, perhaps to cover the second wave of stocks. Or maybe because of it Mario Kart World AND Donkey Kong Banana It can cannibalize each other if they are launched because both are the main titles. This is a key point. If we consider Banana The title of the premiere and I think this is only true, and then Switch 2 begins with two completely modern, exclusive Nintendo games of the highest order-what is probably the first.
Service of the first party for Switch 2 goes even further if you consider the switch of the 2nd edition of the existing Switch games. The system starts with improved versions The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild AND Tears of the kingdomand then quickly in July Super Mario Party Jamboreewhich received a fairly extensive update adapted to the GameChat function in the console. In August, Nintendo will release an extended version Kirby and the forgotten land with a completely modern story. Some of these improvements, especially the Mario Party and Kirby publishing houses, seem significant enough to be compared with versions of Wii U Deluxe games Mario Map 8 AND New Super Mario Bros. AT.
(You can only get to the nine premiere games of the first page, including three re -release of Gamecube, only to Switch 2, on Nintendo Switch Online: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerIN Soulcalibur 2AND F-ZERO GX. I admit that it pushes, although I bet it will be some of my most -played games in the first weeks with a modern console).
For the rest of 2025 Drag X DriveIN Hyrule Warriors: Age of ImprisonmentIN Kirby Air Ridersand switch 2 editions Metroid Prime 4: Beyond AND Pokémon Legends: For. To sum up, in Exclusives and Switch 2 Editions, Nintendo announced 12 titles in 2025 during Wednesday’s Direct.
These are many games in every respect. (Certainly compared to the support of the first party given on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in the first nine months on the market.) It simply looks different, partly because Nintendo decides to disseminate its dates of release, and partly because Switch 2 editions are a more widespread concept than ports and remasters, which were nintendo actions in previous consoles. Nintendo certainly secures its plants slightly two largest games 2025, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond AND Pokémon Legends: ForAlso coming to the switch. But no matter how you cut it out, the service of the first party of Switch 2 is much stronger than it might seem.
