Update: Woof! That June 2024 Nintendo Direct was certainly something. We've given this guide a big sweep following the showcase, and now the Switch's 2024 looks positively bursting.
Looking for the best new Nintendo Switch games releasing soon? 2023 was a banner year for the ageing hybrid console, and even if it looks like the Switch is winding down as it approaches its eighth year on the market, there are still plenty of beauties to pick up in 2024.
Another Code, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Princess Peach: Showtime, Endless Ocean, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door got the year off to a slow but steady start. But the rest of 2024 is giving us a brand new Zelda game in the form of Echoes of Wisdom — where Zelda is the main character! — a new Mario & Luigi RPG, and a new Mario Party. And even before that, we have Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition plus tons of excellent third-party titles. Maybe 2024 is the year we finally get Silksong?
Which upcoming Switch games have us saving up our Nintendo eShop Gold Points, though? Below we've rounded up 35 (ish... come on, you know we can't just have 35!) of the biggest new Nintendo Switch games coming soon. They run the gamut from AAA first-party offerings to DLC to promising-looking indies. We'll be adding to (and subtracting from) this list as the weeks and months go by.
Let's take a look at our most anticipated Switch games for the months (and years) ahead...
Nintendo Switch Upcoming Games
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition (Switch)
The Switch has been lacking an Ace Combat game, but come 11th July 2024 that oversight will be rectified: Bandai Namco is finally bringing Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown to Switch in a Deluxe Edition.
First released on Xbox One, PS4, and PC back in 2019, the Switch port will come loaded with a bunch of old DLC, plus there are plans for new DLC, too. It's great to see the series return to Nintendo consoles following the GBA and 3DS entries, and in full-fat form, too. We've got fingers crossed for amiibo support to help liven up our craft with a splash of colour, as in the 3DS game.
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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Switch)
Coming to Switch on 18th July 2024, this is an eShop exclusive unless you want the super duper physical Deluxe Edition that we really want but aren't sure we want to pay double the digital's $29.99 price tag for.
What's that? Oh yes, the game. From what we've seen, it looks like an online reworking — a remix, even — of the NES Remix Wii U games with fewer games and some Nintendo World Championships branding thrown in. The NES Remix games were great bite-sized fun, so even though this has the faint whiff of end-gen filler around it, we're excited to see more of this. We were only recently lamenting the absence of the Remix games on Switch: