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The Switch 2 guessing game: are these titles planned for it?

Better get this list in the can before an announcement happens, might add to it as I remember titles. (For anything not listed, it can fall squarely in the “I don’t know”, “could go either way” or “I forgot it existed” pile)

Late ports
  • Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
    • PROBABLY NOT - I understand it’s a popular franchise, but I’m sure there’ll be another better DB title on the horizon anyways, and Bandai Namco might not push for it right away
  • Visions of Mana
    • AT LAUNCH - Square Enix is gonna be pretty desperate to recoup its investment and hope for a sales recovery
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
    • AT LAUNCH - Atlus wants this to be the company’s third rail and there is only one path to making that happen
  • Elden Ring
    • YEAR ONE - it’ll get there, but not right away, more at Kadokawa’s behest than Bandai Namco’s
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
    • MAYBE, BUT NOT UNTIL THE TRILOGY IS COMPLETE - if it comes, I expect it to launch as a complete collector edition
  • Assassin's Creed Shadows
    • PROBABLY NOT - it’ll catch the next one, not as though they’re not frequent enough to skip one
  • Baldur's Gate 3
    • 100% YES, NO IDEA WHEN - you don’t have a random Japanese Nintendo employee in the credits for no reason
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
    • DEPENDS WHEN THE NEXT CoD RELEASES - if there’s a CoD in 2025, it’ll get that instead
  • Street Fighter 6
    • AT LAUNCH or WHEN THE NEXT DLC SEASON WRAPS - expect a “Super Street Fighter 6” style release with all DLC to that point and if released at launch, expect free access to the DLC
  • Hi-Fi Rush
    • DEPENDS ON KRAFTON - if they’re willing to sign off on Tango porting it and work something out with MS (read: let MS publish and keep the revenue or work out a royalty payment for Krafton to do it) in order to widen exposure to their newly-acquired IP, it’ll happen

2025 games
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
    • PRETTY LIKELY - I know people are dead-set on “2 MonHuns”, but it’s more economical to just have one game on everything it can feasibly arrive on
  • Grand Theft Auto VI
    • YES BUT NOT DAY ONE - expect it to be delayed from launching with the rest of the platforms at day one
  • Metroid Prime 4
    • NOT AS ITS OWN SKU - expect a “Switch 2 patch”, either on card or downloaded
  • Pokémon Legends Z-A
    • NOT AS ITS OWN SKU - ditto
  • Where Winds Meet
    • WHEN WHATEVER EXCLUSIVITY DEAL EXISTS ENDS - pretty self-explanatory
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    • YES - I have a feeling this will be something the developer wants to do exceptionally well and that’ll involve selling it as widely as is possible, and Nintendo’s audience loves it some turn-based RPGs
  • Silent Hill f
    • PROBABLY - bet you forgot about this one, didn’t you? My guess is it’s been moved to Switch 2
 
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Mirage was a weird one. it was supposed to be a part of Valhalla but was spun off into its own game. I don't think they'd do it again, and they have announced their roadmap quite a while ago. the only other game outside of Shadows and Hexe is Jade, the mobile game, and Infinity, the hub thingie

they could port Jade to consoles. it wouldn't look that out of place

 
Yeah, Sparkling Zero will come to the Switch 2 (and maybe Switch 1 too).

But why are we talking about that?

I am more eager to know how Jusant and Desordre will look and run on the successor.
 
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Lelouch0612 said:
I am surprised so many people think Sparking Zero won't come on Switch 2 when this is a game that will be supported for years and given the history of DBZ on Switch.
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It's more a testament to peoples' lack of faith in Bandai Namco to turn their ship around than the history of DBZ releases on Switch. It very well might come to Switch 2, but if it does, it'd be like 2-3 years out as a super-late port, and no one is really thinking that far ahead, I don't think.
 
Terrell said:
It's more a testament to peoples' lack of faith in Bandai Namco to turn their ship around than the history of DBZ releases on Switch. It very well might come to Switch 2, but if it does, it'd be like 2-3 years out as a super-late port, and no one is really thinking that far ahead, I don't think.
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I'm more inclined to believe that Sparking Zero and Bleach: Rebirth of Souls will both make their way to Switch 2 in 2025.
 
Terrell said:
It's more a testament to peoples' lack of faith in Bandai Namco to turn their ship around than the history of DBZ releases on Switch. It very well might come to Switch 2, but if it does, it'd be like 2-3 years out as a super-late port, and no one is really thinking that far ahead, I don't think.
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That's just not what happened with Xenoverse 2, FighterZ and Kakarot (not counting the projects that launched day and date like Breakers or Heroes) hence my surprise.
 
Terrell said:
It's more a testament to peoples' lack of faith in Bandai Namco to turn their ship around than the history of DBZ releases on Switch. It very well might come to Switch 2, but if it does, it'd be like 2-3 years out as a super-late port, and no one is really thinking that far ahead, I don't think.
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has been released in 2016 and it landed on Switch the year after (2017), that has been the console launch year

Dragon Ball FighterZ has been an almost simultaneous release (2018 on Switch, as for other consoles)

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has been released in 2020, with the Switch version coming in 2021, the year later

Dragon Ball: The Breakers has been a simultaneous release, day1 on Switch too

Super Dragon Ball Missions: World Heroes has been a Switch console exclusive

Dragon Ball Sparkling Zero is announced for October 2024 not on Switch - I can totally see it being even a launch game for Switch2 in 2025
 
Again... you're all citing the history of the franchise, when negative expectations are about Bandai Namco. And yeah, people (myself included) expect Bandai Namco to be worse instead of better on this, because it's not as though they've given any reason not to be expecting worse. You can't fight that perception with statistics and reason. Late Switch ports post-2020 already defy reason to begin with.
 
Terrell said:
Again... you're all citing the history of the franchise, when negative expectations are about Bandai Namco. And yeah, people (myself included) expect Bandai Namco to be worse instead of better on this, because it's not as though they've given any reason not to be expecting worse. You can't fight that perception with statistics and reason. Late Switch ports post-2020 already defy reason to begin with.
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everyone is free to bet its own projections of course
but at least on IB we usually offer also statistics and reason :D

Late Switch ports post 2020 imho cemented BN as a software house pretty keen to toe wonderful strategy of late ports for double dippers for manga-inspired games (One PIece Odissey 2023-to-2024 Switch release for example)

Especially for Dragon Ball, for which they even dare to develop smaller-but-still-there exclusive games, bringing all the others 1-year after or day-1
 
The reason not to expect much from Bandai Namco make a lot of sense. However, I feel like the further decline of PlayStation (that COULD have started last week) might finally push them to change their stance with Nintendo and Switch 1/2. Going from "somewhat selling" to "almost nothing selling" will be another escalation and as I've often said: Denying the majority of Japanese gamers all those anime-games is just absurd. Let people play their Dragonball-, One Piece- and Bleach-games on the market dominating system.
 
I expect everything (not contractually tied down) is coming :)

Nintendo's big reveal event(s) will open the floodgates on what partners have been cooking up.

Ubi, everything.

Capcom, everything.

Square-Enix, everything.

EA, everything.

Microsoft, many things.

Bandai-Namco, everything (new *Ridge Racer* in particular).

Falcom, apparently driving the train.

Grasshopper, something weird.

etc

My main reasoning is the "won't get left out twice in a row" effect where third-parties will overcorrect in their planning after "missing the boat" the prior generation.

All the companies want to make money. At the end of the day, its revenue and growth opportunities. With the console industry somewhat shaky of late, the Switch 2 must succeed, its in everyone's best interest that this happens.
 
Late ports

  • Diablo IV [R] Not only is this coming to Switch, I bet it's part of the reveal of the console.
  • Elden Ring [R] same as Diablo
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake [R] and Elden Ring
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 [R] and FF7R
  • Red Dead Redemption II: this one is gonna take some time because Rockstar probably wants to do this in-house to a degree and they're all hands on deck on GTA6 rn.
  • Vision of Mana: Guaranteed, although the development team shattering is worrysome to a degree, I still expect the Switch 2 version to have some progress behind the scenes because Mana games sold half a crapload on Switch.
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Not an easy port, not a high priority for CD Projekt, it'll come, but maybe in a couple years.
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio: Guaranteed to be ported, but it'll take some time, I think P3R is the one that will come quite soon after launch.
  • Assassin's Creed Shadows: available on day one, Ubi is always a frontrunner for new systems and they eat really well on the Switch.
  • Baldur's Gate 3: also guaranteed, the Divinity games did well on Switch, but might take a year or so due to platform differences.
  • Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: This one I'm iffy on, I think it will come, but it could be a very late port.
2025 games

  • Monster Hunter Wilds: I'm actually guessing against. I don't think it's coming, Switch 2 will get Rise 2 in 2/3 years, but I think Wilds is skipping.
  • Dynasty Warriors: Origins: Sure, Musou sells on Switch, day and date.
  • Grand Theft Auto VI: They'll try. I think they'll make it, but it won't be like the others.
  • Metroid Prime 4: guaranteed. launch day cross-gen title.
  • Pokémon Legends Z-A: guaranteed upgraded version, maybe a summer release?
  • Doom: The Dark Ages: not at launch but it'll be disclosed in a Panic Button Ransomware attack.
  • Double Dragon Revive: sure, I didn't even know it existed until now.
  • Call of Duty 2025: ofc. symultaneus release.
 
Luke88 said:
Late ports

  • Diablo IV [R] Not only is this coming to Switch, I bet it's part of the reveal of the console.
  • Elden Ring [R] same as Diablo
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake [R] and Elden Ring
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 [R] and FF7R
  • Red Dead Redemption II: this one is gonna take some time because Rockstar probably wants to do this in-house to a degree and they're all hands on deck on GTA6 rn.
  • Vision of Mana: Guaranteed, although the development team shattering is worrysome to a degree, I still expect the Switch 2 version to have some progress behind the scenes because Mana games sold half a crapload on Switch.
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Not an easy port, not a high priority for CD Projekt, it'll come, but maybe in a couple years.
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio: Guaranteed to be ported, but it'll take some time, I think P3R is the one that will come quite soon after launch.
  • Assassin's Creed Shadows: available on day one, Ubi is always a frontrunner for new systems and they eat really well on the Switch.
  • Baldur's Gate 3: also guaranteed, the Divinity games did well on Switch, but might take a year or so due to platform differences.
  • Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: This one I'm iffy on, I think it will come, but it could be a very late port.
2025 games

  • Monster Hunter Wilds: I'm actually guessing against. I don't think it's coming, Switch 2 will get Rise 2 in 2/3 years, but I think Wilds is skipping.
  • Dynasty Warriors: Origins: Sure, Musou sells on Switch, day and date.
  • Grand Theft Auto VI: They'll try. I think they'll make it, but it won't be like the others.
  • Metroid Prime 4: guaranteed. launch day cross-gen title.
  • Pokémon Legends Z-A: guaranteed upgraded version, maybe a summer release?
  • Doom: The Dark Ages: not at launch but it'll be disclosed in a Panic Button Ransomware attack.
  • Double Dragon Revive: sure, I didn't even know it existed until now.
  • Call of Duty 2025: ofc. symultaneus release.
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I'm already getting iffy on my MH Wilds guess. I think it's coming now, just a few months later because Switch 2 won't be out yet by launch.
 
fiendcode said:
Just doing the lists...

Late ports
  • Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
Yes. DB games all get ported to Nintendo eventually now and this would make agood launch window release (like Xenoverse 2 did on Switch).

  • Visions of Mana
Yes. Given how Trials sales splits went, this was probably planned from the outset. Only issue might be how early Netease gets kits.

  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
Yes. People love bagging on Atlus but porting this (and P3R) early on seem like too obvious moves. Also supported by that problematic leaker who had verified legit Sega/Atlus info.

  • Elden Ring
Yes. Though like DS1R I expect it may be outsourced (Virtuos possibly again?) and will probably be Nintendo funded with a marketing/distro/amiibo deal. I'm more curious to see how From themselves approach Drake, if they move to internal R&D and more general support this time.

  • Red Dead Redemption II
No. I think it'll be ported in time but maybe not Y1 with GTA6 on the horizon for the same year.

  • Cyberpunk 2077
No. TW3 was a big performer on Switch, probably also the poster child impossible ports, and while I expect CP2077 to come as well I expect it'll take more time, planning and come in year 2-3 instead.

  • Diablo IV
Yes. Blizzard is a big Nintendo supporter and MS is revenue hungry, this one may even wind up launch window. Generally I think a lot of MS games will be fast tracked tbh, both old and new (Sea of Thieves, Starfield, FH5 or 6, FO4/76, ESO, HB2, Indiana, Halo MCC, etc, etc) and also patch updates (Skyrim, Doom/Eternal, OW2, Grounded, Minecraft, etc)

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
Yes. Rumors point to it but also SE's new multiplatform pivot. Will probably hit Xbox the same time, I expect a ton of FF series ports over Drake's first few years similar to the rush Switch 1 got in 2018-2019 (XIV, XV, XVI, VIIRB) and some probably co-promoted with other new platform releases (PC, Xbox, mobile).

  • Assassin's Creed Shadow
Yes. Ubisoft will quickly port everything Drake can run from this and last gen. AssCreed assembly line.

  • Baldur's Gate 3
Yes. I've believed this ever since I found that Nintendo coordinator in the credits, lol. Nintendo backed port just like DOS2 on Switch, in fact Nintendo helped develop Switch/Steam cross-save for that game originally.

  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
Yes. Fast launch window port to begin satisfying their contract. Also MS will want to get in good on the ground floor.


2025 games
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
Yes. Going out on a limb here but I think Wilds is coming next FY (summer or fall) and will include Drake day one. MH basically never follows the same platform strategy gen to gen so don't look at (Sony hatted) World to predict Capcom. I also think Drake will probably get a Rise+SB port for launch to warm up.

  • Dynasty Warriors: Origins
Yes. Koei's one of Nintendo's strongest partners since day one on Switch and I expect that'll continue on Drake. The motto will be if they can, they'll port it.

  • Grand Theft Auto VI
No. It may come eventually but not year one.

  • Metroid Prime 4
No. I know people think this will be the Switch 2 "Zelda" but Nintendo traditionally only does that with comparably specced successors (GC/Wii, WU/NSW). There won't be a TP or BOTW this time.

  • Pokémon Legends Z-A
No. Game Freak doesn't show up until Year 2-3, that won't change.

  • Doom: The Dark Ages
Yes. Again, MS will fast track all viable ports and the Doom franchise did very well on Switch.

  • Double Dragon Revive
Yes. ASW is a deceptively strong Nintendo supporter and they'll bring out any ports asap. May even get a Switch 1 port yet tbh.

  • Call of Duty 2025
Yes. Day one and feature complete per the previous 10 year agreement.


And some additional Year 1 ports I think will materialize (beyond the extras I mentioned):
  • Civilization VI (2K)
  • Crazy Taxi (Sega)
  • Death Stranding: Director's Cut (505 or PSP)
  • Devil May Cry 5 SE (Capcom)
  • Dragon's Dogma II (Capcom)
  • Dragon Quest XII (Square Enix)
  • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK)
  • Guilty Gear StrIVe (ASW)
  • Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink)
  • Hogwarts Legacy (WB)
  • Jet Set Radio (Sega)
  • LEGO Horizon Adventures (PSP)
  • Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (Konami)
  • Nioh: The Collection (Koei Tecmo or PSP
  • Palworld (Pocket Pair)
  • Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (Level 5)
  • Resident Evil 2/3/VII/Village (Capcom)
  • Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) *at launch*
  • Silent Hill 2 (Konami) *window permitting*
  • Street Fighter VI (Capcom) *at launch*
  • Tales of Arise: Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco)
  • The King of Fighters XV (SNK)
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Woof! Doing a little pre-reveal revision I'll change a few things:

  • Visions of Mana
No. The game bombed, the team's gone, I don't see any further investment in this title. If Mana survives it'll be with something else.

  • Cyberpunk 2077
Yes. Honestly I feel like this one gets fast tracked now and CDP will be pretty active on the system in general.


Also take Palworld off my additional coming list, lol. And Civ 6 should be 7. Also also add the Oblivion remake, Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush, Marvel Rivals, Infinity Nikki, Yakuza Kiwami 2-3, Madden/CF, Pro Evo/Baseball Spirits, Hoyoverse and probably a whole mess of Switch 1 updates (Fortnite, MH Rise, Doom/Eternal, Skyrim, TW3, OW2, DBFZ/XV2, Ark, Minecraft RTX, Rocket League, etc, etc).
 
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