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We’re nicely into 2026 now, having made it by means of an extended January into the shortest month of the 12 months – quick in days, that’s, however hardly quick on video games.
Nintendo is again on courtroom with a model new Mario Tennis and Dragon Quest 7 is getting ‘Reimagined’, for starters. But the most important RE-release this month sees an outdated evil taking over residence, and it is arriving day and date with different platforms. We’re particularly enthusiastic about that one.
As you may see, there’s hundreds extra to come back apart from. Below, we have highlighted probably the most thrilling Switch 2 (and 1) video games coming within the subsequent two months. You’ll discover extra nice video games beneath our prime picks, in addition to a bunch of Switch (2) equipment.
On this web page: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For February & March 2026
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New Switch 1 & 2 Games for February & March 2026
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined – fifth February (Switch 1 & 2, Game-Key Card)
Another spruced-up traditional coming from Square Enix, we final noticed this huge PlayStation entry in remade type on 3DS and we’re eager to see how this completely rebuilt model stacks up.
Please notice that this one is a Game-Key Card on Switch 2.
Fix the previous, save the current!
Gather your companions and journey past the shores of your kingdom to find why it’s the solely remaining island on this planet in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined.
Mario Tennis Fever – twelfth February (Switch 2)
The newest within the collection following Mario Tennis Aces on Switch, the plumber and co. are again on the courts, mixing in unconventional racquet methods and pyrotechnics with everybody’s favorite net-based sport. No, not that one. Or that one. No, tennis. C’mon, it is within the identify.
Join Mario and associates for over-the-top tennis mayhem! Use topspins, slices, lobs, and different acquainted pictures—together with different fancy footwork and new defensive maneuvers—to outpace your opponents on the courtroom. Keep a rally going, construct up your Fever Gauge, and unleash highly effective Fever Shots that may be augmented with particular results by equipping Fever Rackets!
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties – twelfth February (Switch 2, Game-Key Card)
Nintendo avid gamers have been denied the pleasures of Sega’s Yakuza collection for therefore lengthy, however now not. Following on from Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1, and 2, the subsequent entry within the reworked Kiwami collection is nearly right here and it guarantees “major hints” in the direction of the collection’ future.
And following a well-known sample, this one is a Game-Key Card, too.
Continue the story of Kazuma Kiryu as he fights to guard these he cares about most in an excessive remake of Yakuza 3 that evolves each side of the beloved recreation. The bustling streets of Okinawa and Tokyo come to life in gorgeous element with reimagined fight taking brutal brawling motion to the subsequent stage. Added scenes ship extra depth and emotion to the story with new and enhanced facet experiences that immerse you on this planet like by no means earlier than, and extra.
Additionally, expertise the brand-new story of Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3 in an included separate recreation. Two males will stroll completely different paths that converge to shake the very foundations of destiny.
Resident Evil Requiem – twenty seventh February (Switch 2, Game-Key Card)
The massive one. A model new entry within the survival horror collection getting a day-and-date launch on a Nintendo console alongside all different platforms is a trigger for celebration. Fingers crossed the sport’s good.
It’s value noting that each RE7 and RE8 are launching in Gold Edition type for Switch 2 on the identical day, as nicely. The Generation Pack bundles all three video games, although do not forget that they’re all Game-Key Cards.
A brand new period of survival horror arrives with Resident Evil Requiem, the most recent and most immersive entry but within the iconic Resident Evil collection. Experience terrifying survival horror with FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, and dive into pulse-pounding motion with legendary agent Leon S. Kennedy. Both of their journeys and distinctive gameplay types intertwine right into a heart-stopping, emotional expertise that can chill you to your core.
Pokémon Pokopia – fifth March (Switch 2, Game-Key Card)
Bringing life-sim, Animal Crossing-style parts to the world of Pokémon, you would possibly say that we must always have been taking part in a recreation like this years in the past. Better late than by no means, although.
As famous above, the bodily version of this can be a Game-Key Card – thus far, a lone outlier in Nintendo-published Switch 2 video games.
Play as a Ditto that has remodeled to appear to be a human! Find and befriend your fellow Pokémon, carve out a life for your self, and work along with Professor Tangrowth to construct a city for everybody to dwell in. Learn the strikes of your fellow Pokémon to alter the land, comparable to Bulbasaur’s Leafage to make the wild grass develop. You may use talents to rework and navigate the world round you, comparable to crossing water with Lapras’s Surf.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake – twelfth March (Switch 2, Game-Key Card)
If a triple hit of Resident Evil hasn’t left you sufficiently brown-trousered, how a couple of (second) remake of one of the vital chilling horror video games ever? This one’s a Game-Key Card, too.
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE is a Japanese horror journey recreation and serves as a full remake of the second instalment within the FATAL FRAME (PROJECT ZERO) collection. The story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu as they wander into an deserted village infested with wraiths. The solely solution to defend in opposition to them is with using the Camera Obscura.
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Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection – thirteenth March (Switch 2, Game-Key Card)
Capcom’s again simply a few weeks after Requiem with the third entry on this wonderful Monster Hunter side-series. We’re eager to see the way it compares to the earlier entries on this soon-to-be trilogy.
And sure, one other Game-Key Card (final one).
Azuria and Vermeil: two nations, on a path to destruction.
When all hope appears misplaced, an egg is discovered. Inside is a Rathalos, a species regarded as extinct.
But this quavering mild of hope is rapidly extinguished, giving solution to the darkness of despair.
Born from the egg will not be a single Rathalos, however twins, bearing the Skyscale marking that hearkens again to the disastrous civil battle of 200 years prior.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – NS2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park – twenty sixth March (Switch 2)
And on the finish of March, it is a second spherical of Wonder with added minigames and Rosalina and Luma becoming a member of the crew of playable characters simply in time for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie to drop on 1st April. Fingers crossed this improve has sufficient substance to warrant one other meetup.
• Explore Bellabel Park, an space newly found throughout the Flower Kingdom with your mates and play varied multiplayer sights
• Take on all seven of the Koopalings in newly added boss programs scattered all through the Flower Kingdom
• Choose from an excellent bigger solid of characters on this Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of the sport, which now provides Rosalina and Co-Star Luma to the present solid
• Grab the Super Flower Pot power-up to rework right into a flower type and throw flowers
• Even if your mates don’t have the sport, play with them utilizing GameShare domestically or on-line
More Upcoming Games for February & March 2026
As nicely as these picks above, there are a lot extra Switch 1 & 2 retail video games launching within the subsequent couple of months (and a bit past).
New Switch 2 Accessories & eShop Credit
Finally, this is a collection of Switch 2 equipment coming quickly, and our Switch 2 purchaser’s guides in the event you’re in search of one thing particularly.
Remember, you may as well purchase your Switch eShop credit score and video games from the Nintendo Life retailer. Purchases made on our retailer additionally assist to assist the positioning, so thanks prematurely!
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So that is it for February and March — did we miss something? Let us know with a remark and inform us in the event you’ve pre-ordered any of those goodies!
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