Upcoming First Party Games by Nintendo - 2025-06

Switch 2 launch month is here! And this is what's coming out! (Note: This is all based on US data.)


Games releasing this month:

Switch

No first party game for Switch this month.

Switch 2

Game Price Date
Mario Kart World $79.99 Jun 05
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour $9.99 Jun 05
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition $69.99 Jun 05
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition $79.99 Jun 05

Switch 2 Upgrade Packs

Game Price Date
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition $9.99 Jun 05
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition $9.99 Jun 05

Upcoming Games, July on wards (NA):

Switch

Game Price Date
Pokémon Z-A $59.99* Oct 16
Metroid Prime 4 TBA 2025
Rhythm Heaven: Groove TBA 2026
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream TBA 2026

Switch 2

Game Price Date
Donkey Kong Bananza $69.99 Jul 17
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV $79.99 Jul 24
Kirby™ and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World $79.99 Aug 28
Pokémon Z-A $69.99* Oct 16
Drag x Drive TBA 2025
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment TBA 2025
Kirby Air Riders TBA 2025
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition TBA 2025
The Duskbloods TBA 2026

Switch 2 Upgrade Packs

Game Price Date
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV $19.99 Jul 24
Kirby™ and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World $19.99 Aug 28

Let me know in the comments if there's anything missing or mistake in the post, or if you would like any change.

*: No official news about US prices for Pokémon (that I could find), this is based on UK prices.

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15 Comments

slimerancher@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Switch line up is looking pretty dry. Only 2 games in 2025 (assuming Metroid Prime 4 releases in 2025). I thought they will support it for at least an year or so, maybe with nothing major, but some more remasters etc. There are two 2026 games announced too, but I was expecting a bit more.

We may get some news in a Direct in June / July. Let's see.

dinckelman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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slimerancher@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I have heard from some people that the open world isn't that great. Looking forward to proper reviews now.

dinckelman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
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Grimm@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Looking forward to the upgrades for BOTW and TOTK. Curious if they'll feel/look much different than the original versions.

garretble@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Tears of the kingdom feels so much better.

No stuttering at all in towns, buttery smooth framerates. Great HDR. It’s so good.

plantmoretrees@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

Played BOTW last night for about 20 mins after the update SO MUCH SMOOTHER AND CRISPER. Feels like a different game almost

makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'm getting my switch tonight and took tomorrow off to play it and I'm realizing I'm basically going to be playing Mario Kart and old gamecube games. I think it's wild they couldn't have also had DK come out a month earlier

Hell I was hoping I'd at least get to play Hades 2 but that also doesn't have a release date

slimerancher@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well, if you don't have any other console / gaming platform, there are quite a few other games coming out, like Cyberpunk, Yakuza, Kunitsu-Gami, Hitman, Street Fighter etc.

If you are just getting it for first party games though, and have already played all the Switch 1 exclusives, then yeah, not much on it right now.

makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I do already have a PC and PS5 so I'm going to probably prefer to play games on those. I guess there's also the switch 2 demo game that isn't even free lol

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Hoping for a new Zelda in the coming year(s), and a new Mario should be quite soon I imagine.

slimerancher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

New Zelda might be a while, as we got both a new 3D one and a 2D one, but its about time for new 3D Mario.

Maybe next year?

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

We got a new 2D Zelda? Which one was that?

A full year with only Mario Kart as the big title (I don't even play that game) feels bad. Hoping for a more timely release of Mario.

slimerancher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

Well, DK Bananza is also a big title, and we should be getting Pokémon and Metroid Prime 4 too. Not to mention Drag x Drive, Hyrule Warriors and Kirby Air Riders. So don't think we would be getting anything big this year. Would glad be to wrong though.

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Echoes of Wisdom

I have that game. Is that considered 2D? Maybe 2.5D? At least. I dunno.

But yeah, to me the "big games" are Mario and Zelda. 😅 They are the only reasons I buy Nintendo hardware. Very subjective. Sure DK Bananza is a big one too that I might consider.

slimerancher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Well, by 2D I meant the top-down kind of Zelda, like A Link to the Past or Link's Awakening.

And yeah, if you want those, you can wait a while to get it.

ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Hyrule Warriors is really the only interest to me, and I can probably wait on that since I still have to get through age of Calamity and then Cadence of Hyrule.