Games releasing this month:
There are multiple games announced for 2026, but nothing special this month.
Switch
No new game. Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ free update coming though.
Switch 2
| Game | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Crossing™: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition (Switch 2 version of 2020 game) | $64.99 | Jan 15 |
Switch 2 Upgrade Packs
| Game | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition Upgrade Pack | $4.99 | Jan 15 |
Upcoming Games, February 2026 on wards (NA):
Switch
| Game | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream | TBA | Spring 2026 |
| Rhythm Heaven: Groove | TBA | 2026 |
| Pokémon Champions | TBA | TBA |
Switch 2
| Game | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Tennis Fever | $69.99 | Feb 12 |
| Pokémon Pokopia | $69.99 | Mar 5 |
| Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park | TBA | Spring 2026 |
| Yoshi and the Mysterious Book | TBA | Spring 2026 |
| Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave | TBA | 2026 |
| The Duskbloods | TBA | 2026 |
| Spaltoon Raiders | TBA | TBA |
Switch 2 Upgrade Packs Nothing here.
Let me know in the comments if there’s anything missing or mistake in the post, or if you would like any change.
There’s nothing on the list that I’m really looking forward to. I might try out the Super Mario Bros. Wonder update, but that’s it for first parties. This is mostly good news, it means I can go through my backlog and catch up!
That said, there’ll probably be a Direct in January/February to announce new games coming out in 2026 and maybe even some shadow drop…
I am looking forward to Pokopia, Wonder, Yoshi, FE and Splatoon Raiders.
I am not 100% sold on Pokopia but going to keep an eye on it. As for FE, I am still playing FE: Three Houses, and have FE: Engage to play after that, so won’t be getting FE: Fortune’s Wave anytime soon. Wonder I missed, as I was playing other games, so now will wait for the Switch 2 version.
Yoshi and Splatoon will probably be day-1 releases though, but you never know, was planning to play Metroid Prime 4 day-1 too.
Pokopia looked interesting, but it’s a game key card, so I’m definitely not going to consider it. Yoshi looks really cool, I might consider it if the reviews are really good. But I haven’t really played/enjoyed much of the Yoshi games since the SNES.
As someone who only buys digital, game key cards doesn’t effect my buying decision, but sad to see Game Freak (it’s Game Freak, right?) opting for GKC.
I (and my family) loved Yoshi’s Crafted World, so we are really hyped for the next Yoshi game. If I am not busy with anything else, that is pretty much a guaranteed day-1 buy for us.
I have been looking forward to checking out Poktopia. And I might give Animal Crossing another whirl on the switch2.
I like the idea of Splatoon, but I never ended up playing them enough to justify buying another.
Splatoon Raiders is a single-player spin-off. So, if you didn’t play the previous games because they were multiplayer games, this can be worth trying.