'Hades II' Is Coming to Nintendo Switch This Month

Nintendo’s Switch and Switch 2 merchandise calendars are bulking up. During a packed Nintendo Direct livestream connected Friday, nan institution announced on-sale dates for respective games arsenic good arsenic nan return of nan Virtual Boy, nan proto VR headset Nintendo primitively launched successful nan mid-1990s.

One of nan biggest of Friday’s announcements was that of nan merchandise day for nan sequel to Supergiant’s wildly celebrated Hades. Hades II will deed Switch, Switch 2, and PC connected September 25. The long-awaited caller Metroid game, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, will besides yet motorboat December 4 for Switch and Switch 2.

The news comes up of nan upcoming vacation season, which will beryllium nan Switch 2’s first since its motorboat this summer.

While Hades II has been disposable connected PC arsenic an early entree game—an unfinished type players tin trial retired and springiness feedback on—since past year, nan type coming to Switch astatine nan extremity of nan period will beryllium nan afloat “1.0” motorboat game. Players who already ain nan crippled connected Steam will beryllium capable to update theirs for free. The crippled stars Melinoë, sister to nan original game’s leader Zagreus, connected her quest to termination nan Titan of Time, Chronos.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond sees nan return of Samus moving and gunning against alien foes. Along pinch a patient merchandise date, nan trailer shown Friday debuted a caller instrumentality for nan heroine: Vi-O-La, a techy motorbike Samus tin usage alongside her psychic abilities.

Nintendo is besides expanding immoderate of its games pinch downloadable content. New DLC for Donkey Kong Banaza, which launched July 17, is now disposable for $20. The pack, called DK Island & Emerald Rush, adds other missions and levels to research (and presumably punch). Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which is launching October 16, will do truthful alongside a Mega Dimension DLC that adds further Mega Evolutions.

Nintendo besides teased respective 2026 releases, including a astonishment announcement for a caller Pokémon game, Pokémon Pokopia. As a human-shaped Ditto (as horrifying arsenic that sounds), players befriend different pokémon, build homes, and cod nutrient to create a mini paradise. It launches for Switch 2 adjacent year.

Additionally, a caller introduction successful nan turn-based tactical bid Fire Emblem, called Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, is headed to Switch 2 successful 2026. A trailer shown coming teases its heroes successful an arena-style battle; a acquainted look astatine nan extremity of nan trailer suggests nan crippled is group aft 2019’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses. A caller Resident Evil game, Resident Evil Requiem, will besides beryllium released for Switch 2 connected February 27.