Nintendo held a roughly 45-minute Direct on September 9, 2026, packing in a huge amount of Switch 2 news alongside a handful of announcements for the original Switch. The presentation ranged from major dated releases like Monster Hunter Wilds and Professor Layton and the New World of Steam to brand-new reveals including Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, and confirmation that Persona 4 Revival is heading to Switch 2.

A Sprawling Switch 2 Showcase

The show mixed first-party staples with third-party ports and remasters spanning both 2026 and 2027. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Definitive Edition got a Switch 2 upgrade with 60 FPS battles and more enemies on screen, while Pikmin 4‘s Switch 2 Edition adds voice commands for Oatchi and a new Dandori Academy mode spread across 72 stages.

According to IGN’s live coverage, Metroid Ravenous takes the darker, grimmer tone of Metroid Dread into a new 2.5D adventure, while Kirby and the World Beyond closed out the Direct as an open-world Kirby project many had hoped would instead be a 3D Mario reveal.

Ports, Remasters, and Ongoing Updates

Monster Hunter Wilds arrives on Switch 2 December 4, 2026, with local play support, and its Ascendance expansion follows in 2027. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is already playable now, and Star Fox picked up a free September 29 update adding four-player split-screen, 4v4 online battles, and three new stages.

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam finally got a firm release date of December 10 for both Switch and Switch 2, while Persona 6 also received a brief teaser confirmation without a release window. Pokémon Pokopia’s second Expansion Pass largely centers on cosmetic accessories, though the full scope of that add-on remains a bit fuzzy from what Nintendo showed.

Elsewhere, a rapid-fire sizzle reel covered third-party ports including Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, and The Apothecary Diaries, the latter slotted in for early 2027 without further detail.

Key Dates to Know

Between the headline reveals and the flood of smaller updates, here’s the shortlist worth bookmarking:

That’s the bulk of it, though plenty more got a mention in passing, from ongoing Pokémon news to a stack of third-party ports still finding their way to Nintendo’s hybrid. The full Direct is worth a watch if you want to see how each of these actually looked in motion.

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