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The Switch 2 is late to the party

14.07.2026

Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct closed the book on the Summer Game Fest.

It also closed a door on a fantasy. The company looked divided. On one side, you had the classic Nintendo quirk. Rhythm Heaven Groove, a sports spin-off, and the long-awaited remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Then there was the “new” reality. A console that is now a year old. One finally strong enough to run games that look good.

For the first time since the GameCube, Nintendo can technically keep up with Sony and Microsoft on graphics.

But hardware takes time to build momentum.

Since the Switch 2 dropped just twelve months ago, third-party devs are only now waking up to the porting process. This Direct felt recycled. Stale.

Seeing three-year-old hits like Stellar Blade and Lies of P as headline acts feels like an admission of defeat.

Titles like Dragon’s Dogma 2, Devil May Cry 5, and Stellar Blade have been collecting dust on PS5s and PCs for ages. Frontloading a presentation with these games doesn’t make the console feel modern. It makes the hardware feel dated before it has even truly arrived.

Nintendo should have doubled down on its own strengths. Instead, they offered a highlight reel of back-catalog entries.

There were sparks of joy, sure. Kingdom Hearts 4. Xenoblade Genesis. A pristine Ocarina of Time remake. These matter. They remind players why we buy Nintendo devices in the first place.

But here is the rub.

A global memory shortage is keeping prices high, even for old gear. Selling a premium-priced box alongside slightly downgraded ports of games that came out during the last console generation? It doesn’t sell units. It frustrates consumers.

The narrative is backwards.

Don’t tell me you’ve caught up to Microsoft on third-party support. Tell me you offer something they don’t. A library of first-party titles that exist nowhere else. A treasure trove that happens to play nicely with some AAA imports.

Instead, we got a laundry list of ports. A reminder that Nintendo is following the herd.

Who cares? Maybe. If the lineup were stronger. It isn’t.

Below is the full breakdown of what actually showed up.