Zelda, Layton, Mega Man – 10 Games We Played At TGS 2025 Coming To Switch 1 & 2

Monster Hunter Tales 3: Twisted Reflection (Swap 2)

Capcom didn’t disappoint when it got here to Monster Hunter Tales 3: Twisted Reflection, both. I additionally performed this handheld on a Swap 2. It shortly grew to become my private Sport of the Present, although I’m a bit biased as a result of I completely liked Wings of Break and might’t wait for one more iteration of what I take into account the most effective creature-battling system on the market.

Ditching the customisable protagonist, Twisted Reflection as an alternative stars a person named Leo, the Captain of a gaggle known as the Rangers and in addition royalty of some kind, as his Palico buddy saved calling him Your Highness.

Within the demo, he’s tasked with exhibiting a younger recruit named Thea — and by extension, me — the ins-and-outs of a posh battle system by taking down some Velocipray and later a Paolumu earlier than a frenzied Chatacabra served as a boss combat that nearly wiped my group of a Rathalos, Yian Kut-Ku, and Tobi-Kadachi.

It ran nice on the Swap 2’s small display screen with little pop-in as I climbed towers to get a greater view of the encompassing space. The colorful, sprawling world I noticed from up there dropped at thoughts the primary time I climbed a Sheikah Tower in Zelda: Breath of the Wild; as such, you may in all probability guess that I’m tremendous excited to play extra when it releases in March 2026.

Mega Man Star Power Legacy Assortment (Swap 1)

Let’s get the ultimate Capcom sport out of the best way: Mega Man Star Power: Legacy Assortment brings collectively all three Star Power video games and their respective variations; at TGS, I may solely pattern the primary Mega Man Star Power from the Nintendo DS and never the second or the third, which have been on 3DS.

I performed via the opening moments of the Dragon model the place Geo receives a Vizualizer headset that enables him to see the Wave World and meet Omega-Xis, an alien lifeform that helps him take out different aliens invading the Earth. Whereas a lot of the demo was spent mashing via dialogue — studying about Geo’s lacking father, the BrotherBand system, and arguing with classmates — I performed on a comically massive TV for a port of a DS sport and got here away impressed with how crisp it appeared.

This was very true of the 3D, grid-based battles that have been proper at residence on an even bigger display screen. Nonetheless, I’ll probably play largely handheld when it comes out someday in 2026.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Swap 2)

Sure, publishers apart from Capcom had video games for the Swap 2 at TGS this yr, and considered one of them was Koei Tecmo’s Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, a follow-up to Age of Calamity. I’m not a lot of a musou fan, however I’m an enormous Zelda fan; as such, I put a few dozen hours into Age of Calamity and am pretty excited for this follow-up.

The very first thing I seen sitting down with the docked model is how nicely it ran. Age of Calamity was a stuttery mess on Swap 1 and I half anticipated to see slowdown as I swapped between Zelda, Rauru, and Mineru as they fought via waves of Little Frox and Soldier Constructs earlier than taking up a boss Frox within the Depths beneath Hyrule.

Not solely did I take advantage of Zonai Units like Flame Emitters, I additionally activated team-up assaults between the playable heroes. Zelda and Rauru, for instance, every shot a beam of sunshine from a hand that I aimed individually with the left and proper sticks.

Nonetheless, Mineru’s equipment stole the present. As a substitute of dashing, she summons a Zonai System wheel to experience on, and on the finish of her assaults, she’ll usually spawn automobiles made up of Zonai Units to deal sweeping injury over massive areas. I’ll get the prospect to grasp her moveset when Age of Imprisonment releases on sixth November.

As soon as Upon a Katamari (Swap 1)

I haven’t performed a variety of Katamari Damacy earlier than, however the enjoyable I had with As soon as Upon a Katamari at TGS satisfied me that may’ve been a mistake. With an enormous ball of rolled-up refuse drawing consideration in one of many primary halls, it was a tough sport to overlook and the primary one I performed after I arrived.

I had a grand previous time rolling a large ball round a small Japanese village harking back to Kyoto — full with a few pagodas and a fortress — on my solution to a really unimpressive D Rank. In reality, the employees stepped in and turned on the ‘straightforward’ controls for me moderately than the basic set a few minutes in. I didn’t must admit my failure, however right here we’re.

Regardless, I had enjoyable jiving to an upbeat electrical monitor that repeatedly assured me that I’m a star. Thankfully, I’ll have one other probability to get the next rank when As soon as Upon a Katamari comes out in beneath a month on twenty fourth October.

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (Swap 1 & 2)

Whereas Octopath Traveler 0 wasn’t playable at TGS, I did sit down with the PlayStation 5 model of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. Whereas DQ III HD-2D Remake suffered on the unique Swap, the Swap 2 enhancements introduced it extra on par with beefier {hardware}, so I count on to see this twin prequel follow-up working simply as nicely when it releases on thirtieth October.

I performed Dragon Quest II first, which started within the city of Beran. I instantly seen how rather more concerned the get together members are on this narrative sequel. You see, we travelled south by boat to a shrine the place a mermaid granted us the power to journey underwater — a brand new addition to Dragon Quest II that you might have already seen gameplay of already — and every of the get together members confirmed off a little bit of character right here. The Prince of Cannock, named Cookie for some purpose on this demo, shied away from receiving a kiss from the mermaid, as an illustration.

I spent a little bit of time floating about on my solution to rescue different mermaids from a monster invasion, selecting up gear from sparkly spots underwater a lot the identical method I did in Dragon Quest III and battling basic Dragon Quest monsters by turning the battle pace as much as Very Quick and setting all members to Present No Mercy, as Rubiss meant.

I did soar over to Dragon Quest I after that, a sport I’ve little expertise with, and travelled because the solo hero chasing down good previous Robin ‘Ood after he stole the Thief’s Key from a shady service provider. Common enemies didn’t stand a lot probability towards my hero, geared up as he was with a Thorn Whip and a Zap spell, however dealing with Robin ‘Ood and two of his lackeys alone made for a troublesome combat that I couldn’t overcome.

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (Swap 1 & 2)

You might keep in mind I included Stage-5’s Professor Layton and the New World of Steam in final yr’s roundup alongside a full hands-on, which might usually disqualify it for this one prefer it did Inazuma Eleven: Victory Highway. Nonetheless, this time round I acquired to discover a distinct part of the sport whereas utilizing the Pleasure-Con 2’s Mouse Mode to unravel puzzles within the American metropolis of Steam Bison.

I sadly discovered the mouse management awkward and a bit of painful whereas standing as much as play. Regardless, I managed to unravel three puzzles and speak to fairly a number of denizens of Steam Bison whereas Layton looked for Luke earlier than the demo clock ran down; this seems like a way more ‘alive’ setting than earlier Professor Layton video games.

Fairly actually the primary puzzle within the sport did confound me, although. It required looking for one thing uncommon on a statue in town sq., however it wasn’t a lot of a puzzle because it was a trick. I gained’t spoil it, however it requires you to kind of ignore the directions (click on and submit an uncommon spot on the statue) for one thing a bit extra obscure.

The subsequent puzzle, nevertheless, required me to drag-and-drop cogs onto a barge to ferry them throughout the river within the correct sequence, and that one felt rather more Professor Layton-esque to me. Sadly, we’ll all have to attend to see the power of the puzzles for some time, as it has been delayed to someday in 2026.

Little Nightmares III (Swap 1 & 2)

Stuart Gipp reviewed Little Nightmares II for Nintendo Life fairly nicely again in 2021, and the third entry appears to enhance upon the final in each method. Whereas I performed the PlayStation 5 model, I discovered the 20 minutes I spent with this little horror sport equal elements disturbing and charming.

It does, nevertheless, seem to be a sport primarily designed for co-op. Because the demo started, I had to decide on between two characters: the bow-wielding Loss or the wrench-wielding Alone. I went with Alone, and fortuitously the AI was purposeful sufficient to regulate Loss as we labored collectively to unravel puzzles and keep away from grotesque, brutish enemies in a haunted circus surroundings.

At one level, Loss needed to shoot the top off small zombie males for me to whack with my Wrench. In one other part, Loss routinely went to tug a swap on the exact second I turned a crank to energy it. Nonetheless, it appears very very like a sport you’d must play with a good friend to get the total expertise.

If you happen to do have a good friend in thoughts, you don’t have lengthy to attend to offer Little Nightmares III a shot – it comes out on tenth October.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (Swap 2)

No, actually—I used to be shocked at how a lot SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide channelled that Nintendo 64-era collectathon power after I performed a PC model at TGS. However in case you performed SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Backside – Rehydrated or SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, you in all probability know higher than me that these are some top-tier 3D platformers.

As all the time in Bikini Backside, one thing’s going awry: this time round, the ghastly Flying Dutchmen curses SpongeBob and the townsfolk when his order on the Krusty Krab takes too lengthy. This, after all, turns SpongeBob and different townsfolk into ghosts.

After a brief tutorial, the sport handed me management of Patrick as I made my solution to rescue SpongeBob, leaping, gliding, amassing cash, and bopping evil ghosts throwing buckets of chum at me as I did so.

Whereas this wasn’t the Swap 2 model, you may count on to play SpongeBob’s newest absurd journey for your self pretty quickly: it comes out on 18th November.

D-Topia (Swap 1 & 2)

Annapurna Interactive doesn’t usually miss as a writer. With video games like Sayonara Wild Hearts and Stray beneath their banner, I took notice after I noticed their brightly lit sales space on the TGS showfloor. Whereas considered one of their video games, Demi and the Fractured Dream, channelled Wind Waker power, I got here away most intrigued by D-Topia.

In it, you assume the function of a younger man as he arrives at a spot known as — you guessed it — D-Topia that markets itself as a utopia that maximises human happiness and luxury. Your character is assigned the quantity 046 and units off to work as a Facility Mechanic, which entails fixing issues for native residents.

This often includes some sort of logic puzzle: those I skilled have been math-based, requiring me to maneuver numbered blocks to their correct spot. Nonetheless, sure obstacles like lasers and unmovable blocks make this a bit tougher.

I anticipated issues to get a bit of creepy however solely discovered a speaking mouse that claimed greater intelligence than people; that stated, the conclusion of the demo hinted that somebody — or one thing — is investigating 046. I’m curious to see what that’s all about when it releases someday in 2026.

And there you may have it – 10 video games coming to the Nintendo Swap or Swap 2 that stood out to me at Tokyo Sport Present 2025. It was a lot more durable than final yr to curate this listing into simply 10 video games, and as extra builders come up with scarce dev kits, Possibly we’ll need to make it a listing of 20 video games subsequent yr!

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