Nintendo Switch report reveals multiple remasters coming in 2025 (and fans will be excited)

A new Nintendo Switch report may reveal several remasters set to release in 2025 before the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, which will also reportedly release in 2025. With the Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, much of Nintendo’s first-party output has shifted to Nintendo Switch 2 development, leading to a dip in not only the number of first-party Switch releases, but also the significance of these games.

Now that Super Mario Party Jamboree is out, Nintendo fans have Mario & Luigi: Brothership to look forward to, and not much else. To that end, a new report claims that Nintendo plans to compensate for the current lack of releases from its internal teams by striking deals with third-party developers to remaster older games for the Nintendo Switch.

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The largest partner in this is probably Ubisoft, which is preparing the Wii U game Splinter Cell Blacklist from 2013, the GameCube game Rayman 3 from 2003, the Game Boy Color game Driver from 1999, the Game Boy Advance game Driver 2 from 2000 and two other games that have not been revealed. not yet released on Nintendo Switch.

Electronic Arts – EA – has also reportedly been tapped to re-release some of its Wii games, but the rumor doesn’t say exactly which ones. Meanwhile, it is also said to have approached Bandai Namco for ‘multiple projects’. What these projects are, or what platform they are for, is not disclosed. Finally, the report teases two releases from ‘major’ Western publishers.

After 2025, there are no further details on when either of these remasters – the named and the untitled – will be released. However, if they are to release before the Nintendo Switch 2, they will likely release sooner rather than later, unless this is indicative of a mid-2025 release for the Switch 2, which is certainly possible. However, the majority of Nintendo Switch 2 rumors so far have suggested a release in the first half of 2025.

And this is the extent of the report, which comes from PH Brazil, a well-known Nintendo source with quite a track record. Nevertheless, everything here should be taken with a grain of salt.

At the time of publication, Nintendo has not responded to this rumor in any way. If this changes, we’ll be sure to update the story accordingly. That said, Nintendo rarely comments on rumors and speculation, so we don’t suspect the situation will change.

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