Nintendo’s long-awaited Switch 2 console has officially arrived—and with it, a wave of new and returning games that signal the next era of handheld-console hybrid gaming. As players line up and retailers scramble to restock,

UPDATE 28/05/25: Nintendo has updated its list of backwards compatible games for the Nintendo Switch 2 and it has removed some of the games that were previously marked as incompatible. There’s now 118 games that have start-up issues, 50 games that have some in-game compatibility issues and 54 games that will be resolved by launch or shortly after.