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Nintendo confirms Switch launch lineup of games

Five games out 3rd March.

Nintendo has confirmed the games coming out for the Switch throughout 2017 in the UK.

The Nintendo UK Twitter account published this image, confirming a number of Switch games coming out in 2017.

The Switch has just five games available when it launches on 3rd March, Nintendo confirmed. These are:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • 1-2 Switch
  • Super Bomberman R
  • Skylanders Imaginators
  • Just Dance 2017

Another three games come out in March:

  • Snipperclips
  • Fast RMX
  • Has-Been Heroes

On 28th April:

  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Pegged for spring 2017 are:

  • Arms
  • Disgaea 5 Complete
  • Puyo Puyo Tetris
  • Rime

Down for summer 2017 is:

  • Splatoon 2

During autumn 2017:

  • The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Holiday 2017 gets:

  • Super Mario Odyssey

And there are 10 games with a vague 2017 release window:

  • Xenoblade Chronicles 2
  • Ultra Street Fighter 2 The Final Challenge
  • Minecraft
  • EA Sports FIFA
  • Sonic Mania
  • I Am Setsuna
  • Steep
  • Syberia 3
  • NBA 2K
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
Cover image for YouTube video

There are a number of games announced for Switch that aren't on this Nintendo-released list, including Redout, Fire Emblem Warriors, a new Square RPG from the Bravely Default team, Dragon Quest 10 and 11, along with Dragon Quest Heroes 1 and 2, the new Shin Megami Tensei, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Rayman Legends Definitive Edition and Farming Simulator. You can read more in our confirmed Nintendo Switch games list, alongside everything we know about the hardware.