Nintendo followed up its Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Direct with a second showcase focused on Switch 2 titles arriving over the next several months, described as covering the 'winter' period. The presentation ran about 45 minutes and was followed by a Nintendo Treehouse: Live stream showing extended gameplay of select titles. Outlets noted this was an unusual back-to-back pairing of Directs in consecutive days.
The show opened with Monster Hunter Wilds, confirmed for Switch 2 on December 4 with local co-op and all previously released title updates included; its Ascendance expansion will follow separately next year. Final Fantasy VII Revelation got another trailer ahead of its April 8 release, and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion shadow-dropped on Switch 2 the same day. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is getting a Switch 2 'Definitive Edition' on February 25 with improved performance, all expansion pass content, a new Calamity difficulty mode, and a discount for existing owners.
A large portion of the Direct was devoted to ports and remasters: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets a Switch 2 remaster on September 29 with mouse, motion, and touchscreen support, ahead of a 2027 expansion called Songs of the Past; Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 arrives in a 'Royal Edition' sometime in 2027; Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4's remakes launch digitally on Switch 2 October 16 with all DLC (Eurogamer noted a physical release following in January); Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets a Switch 2 edition on December 3 with a new mode and a new hero named Shimmer; Pikmin 4 receives a Switch 2 edition on November 12 adding voice commands for companion Oatchi and a new 'Dandori Academy' mode; and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of the original game, comes to Switch 2 on February 12. Persona 4 Revival is also confirmed for Switch 2, launching May 20 — later than its release on other platforms — with Persona 6 confirmed for the console without a release date.
New or lesser-known titles included Metroid Ravenous, a 2D side-scrolling Metroid game in the style of Metroid Dread, where Samus reportedly gains new powers to absorb enemy abilities; it launches January 28 with an amiibo and special edition. The Direct closed with Kirby and the World Beyond, a more open, 3D Kirby adventure launching spring 2027 in which Kirby wields a sword and discovers his world may be artificial, revealing a larger 'world beyond.' Other new games included Bloober Team's touchscreen-driven horror title Onyx: The Dark Grip (2027), Hello Games' co-op puzzle game Stage Fright (2027), Marvelous's HD-2D RPG Eternal Anima (March 4), and Danganronpa 2x2, a remake of Danganronpa 2 with a new 'Slayhem' route, out January 14.
Free updates and smaller reveals rounded out the show: Star Fox is getting split-screen multiplayer and new battle stages on September 29, alongside a shadow-drop of Star Fox Adventures on Nintendo Switch Online's GameCube app; Mario Kart World received a same-day free update adding 10 classic Super Mario Kart-style courses and two new Knockout Tour routes; and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches October 22 with a new offline mode. Sources differed slightly on details of the Pokémon Pokopia expansion — Kotaku reported new critters Snubbel and Braixen, while Polygon and GamesRadar+ reported Doduo and Skitty — though all agreed the fashion-accessory update is coming later this year. A lengthy sizzle reel also touched on games including Stellar Blade, It Takes Two, Far Cry 3, The Crew Motorfest, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition, among many others.
Notably absent from the Direct, according to Eurogamer and IGN's pre-show previews, was a release date for FromSoftware's The Duskbloods, which had been widely expected given the show's winter focus. There was also no reveal of a new 3D Mario game, something GamesRadar+'s live coverage had floated as a possibility given the long gap since Super Mario Odyssey.