After the shareholder report, we learned that the Nintendo Switch 2 has already sold 17 million units, making it the fastest-selling console in history, while the Nintendo Switch surpassed 155 million and became Nintendo’s best-selling console.This success of the NintendoSwitch cycle, in addition to continuing, now faces a new challenge: maintaining it despite the change in stage.
Therefore, beyond third-party games, Nintendo is preparing a long list of releases for 2026. Although there are many video games that have not yet been confirmed (or announced), these are some of the Big N video games that will arrive this year.
One of the first releases of the year from La Gran N is now available for more than a few days, having been released this February 12.Mario Tennis Fever responds to one of the main points that the new console brings: the renewal of franchises that had already reached a limit on Nintendo Switch. Just like Mario Golf or Mario Strikers, sports Marios have a new possibility within the new Nintendo console.
The game has a large story mode component, the largest character roster to date, and a new special ability mechanic for each of the characters.Without a doubt, it is one of those video games that is beginning to demonstrate the leap of the Nintendo Switch 2.
In a year where Yoshi will be one of the main additions to Super MarioGalaxy: The Movie, this character is expected to have a strong push in terms of content.We are already experiencing it with the character game additions that are appearing on Nintendo Switch Online, but you will also have your new main video game.
It is a different aesthetic than Yoshi’s previous game, much more of a “children’s story”, but it continues with the same line of a kind of 2D platform for a smaller audience than the one that enjoys Mario video games.Although it does not have a specific release date, it is known that it will arrive in our fall, so it would not be strange for it to come out close to the date of the film, April 4.
Without a doubt, one of the most striking experiences for Nintendo Switch 2 in this first year of the console.FromSoftware will exclusively develop a new IP, directed by the legendary Hidetaka Miyazaki (Dark Souls, Bloodborne), and will arrive sometime in 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.
With that information in mind, the illusion is total.The only thing that has generated a little doubt in the audience is that it will be a video game with a strong focus on multiplayer, something that is not so common, although not unusual, in the experiences of this studio.Today it is a mystery, but we have to wait and see what is new from FromSoftware and why the Nintendo Switch 2 is the right platform for this experience.
Fire Emblem is one of Nintendo’s most consistent franchises, with Intelligent Systems releasing a new installment approximately every 3 years.The last two were very different;On the one hand, Fire Emblem: Three Houses came very close to the Western narratives at the height of Game Of Thrones, and on the other hand, Fire Emblem: Engage, which is an absolute tribute to the classic franchise.
Both games were very good at what they proposed, and Fire Emblem: Fortune’sWeave would seem to be a bit of a mix of both: a return to the aesthetics of Fire Emblem: Three Houses with mechanics that could be similar to Fire Emblem: Engage.It will be one of the strong titles of 2026 for Nintendo and, although it does not have a confirmed release date, it is expected in the middle of the year.
Splatoon is one of Nintendo’s most used modern franchises.If goods are moderately successful globally, narrowing down to Japan is one of those unprecedented phenomena.Nintendo has a strong portion of its audience in its local market, which answers the question of why we have so many Splatoon video games in a short amount of time, content, and support over the years.
Splatoon Raiders will be the first “different” video game in the franchise, which will focus on a single-player story mode, something very similar to what they did with Star Fox Adventures on the Nintendo Gamecube to turn a niche game into a classic Nintendo franchise.The bet is to continue strengthening Splatoon, and it is already confirmed that it will arrive this year, although still without a specific date.
An open secret.This 2026 represents the 30th anniversary of the most successful franchise in all of history, and there is no doubt that there will be new announcements regarding experiences that will bring fresh air to it.Following leaks, it has been learned that the big Nintendo Switch 2 game for the end of the year will be the tenth generation of Pokémon.
There is no official confirmation yet, but on February 27 we will have a new Pokémon Presents, the same day that the franchise celebrates its anniversary.That day we will find out the plan for this year (and maybe a little more), and we will see what is special about this generation for Pokémon.
