Every New Nintendo Switch 2 Game Releasing in August 2025

Another year, different Madden, but this clip it’s a small different. EA famously skipped the archetypal Switch with its long-running shot franchise, but it isn’t making the aforesaid mistake with Switch 2.

At the Nintendo Partner Showcase we yet saw gameplay, and Madden is looking truly awesome connected Switch 2.

Drag x Drive - August 14

Nintendo’s 3rd first-party exclusive successful arsenic galore months aft Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong: Bananza, Drag x Drive doesn’t person an established franchise oregon mascot to assistance it triumph implicit fans, but it does person a fund terms point.

Could it beryllium Nintendo’s reply to Rocket League? That remains to beryllium seen, but the rodent controls should assistance it consciousness fresh.

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar - August 27

There’s nary caller Animal Crossing for Switch 2 yet, but could Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar capable that void for now?

Marvelous Inc.’s latest colorful, cozy escapade has players increasing crops, raising animals, selling produce, and gathering up the municipality bazaar.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star Crossed World - August 28

Reviewer Tom Marks gave Kirby and the Forgotten Land 8/10 successful the IGN review, but the small pinkish shot is backmost already with a Switch 2 mentation that adds the caller Star Crossed World expansion.

This caller mentation adds a caller run and location, and improves the graphics and framework complaint crossed the board. Expect caller meme-worthy Moutful Modes, too.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance - August 29

Closing retired the month, Shinobi makes its instrumentality with Art of Vengeance, a hand-drawn side-scrolling enactment platformer from the workplace down Streets of Rage 4.

Not lone does the crippled look incredible, but it plays conscionable arsenic well, and should beryllium a 2D dainty for fans of the genre.

What's Next for Switch 2?

September is apt to beryllium different large month, with Star Wars Outlaws making its Switch 2 debut and Daemon x Machina sequel Titanic Scion arriving connected September 4 and 5, respectively.

The Partner Showcase besides confirmed we tin look guardant to Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn connected September 5.

Pokemon Legends: Z-A preorders are open, too, meaning you tin publication your summons to Lumiose City erstwhile the crippled arrives successful October.

We’re inactive waiting for a Metroid Prime 4: Beyond merchandise date, too. It’s inactive slated for 2025, and looks arsenic though it’ll propulsion the caller console to its limits.

Last Month's Biggest Switch 2 Games

As we mentioned earlier, Donkey Kong Bananza was the wide item for Switch 2 owners successful July, with the crippled feeling similar a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey.

While we were a small much lukewarm connected Super Mario Party’s Switch 2 upgrades and the Pac-Man escapade Shadow Labyrinth, Wild Hearts S brings the Monster Hunter benignant of gameplay to Switch 2. Tom Marks gave the archetypal mentation 8/10 backmost successful 2023, and if you’ve ever wanted to conception a comically ample hammer to slap down an approaching monster, past you’re successful luck.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer successful tech, gaming and fittingness seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and galore more. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay.

Originally posted:

Aug 1, 2025 5:30 pm