We’re properly into 2026 now, having made it by means of a protracted January into the shortest month of the yr – quick in days, that’s, however hardly quick on video games.
Nintendo is again on court docket with a model new Mario Tennis and Dragon Quest 7 is getting ‘Reimagined’, for starters. However the largest RE-release this month sees an outdated evil taking over residence, and it is arriving day and date with different platforms. We’re particularly enthusiastic about that one.
As you may see, there’s hundreds extra to come back apart from. Beneath, we have highlighted essentially the most thrilling Change 2 (and 1) video games coming within the subsequent two months. You may discover extra nice video games beneath our high picks, in addition to a bunch of Change (2) equipment.
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New Change 1 & 2 Video games for February & March 2026
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined – fifth February (Change 1 & 2, Sport-Key Card)
One other spruced-up basic coming from Sq. Enix, we final noticed this huge PlayStation entry in remade kind on 3DS and we’re eager to see how this completely rebuilt model stacks up.
Please notice that this one is a Sport-Key Card on Change 2.
Repair the previous, save the current!
Collect your companions and journey past the shores of your kingdom to find why it’s the solely remaining island on the earth in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined.
Mario Tennis Fever – twelfth February (Change 2)
The most recent within the collection following Mario Tennis Aces on Change, the plumber and co. are again on the courts, mixing in unconventional racquet strategies and pyrotechnics with everybody’s favorite net-based sport. No, not that one. Or that one. No, tennis. C’mon, it is within the identify.
Be part of Mario and buddies for over-the-top tennis mayhem! Use topspins, slices, lobs, and different acquainted pictures—together with different fancy footwork and new defensive maneuvers—to outpace your opponents on the court docket. Preserve a rally going, construct up your Fever Gauge, and unleash highly effective Fever Photographs that may be augmented with particular results by equipping Fever Rackets!
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Darkish Ties – twelfth February (Change 2, Sport-Key Card)
Nintendo players had been denied the pleasures of Sega’s Yakuza collection for thus lengthy, however not. Following on from Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1, and 2, the subsequent entry within the reworked Kiwami collection is nearly right here and it guarantees “main hints” in the direction of the collection’ future.
And following a well-recognized sample, this one is a Sport-Key Card, too.
Proceed the story of Kazuma Kiryu as he fights to guard these he cares about most in an excessive remake of Yakuza 3 that evolves each side of the beloved sport. The bustling streets of Okinawa and Tokyo come to life in gorgeous element with reimagined fight taking brutal brawling motion to the subsequent degree. Added scenes ship extra depth and emotion to the story with new and enhanced aspect experiences that immerse you on the earth like by no means earlier than, and extra.
Moreover, expertise the brand-new story of Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3 in an included separate sport. Two males will stroll completely different paths that converge to shake the very foundations of destiny.
Resident Evil Requiem – twenty seventh February (Change 2, Sport-Key Card)
The large one. A model new entry within the survival horror collection getting a day-and-date launch on a Nintendo console alongside all different platforms is a trigger for celebration. Fingers crossed the sport’s good.
It is value noting that each RE7 and RE8 are launching in Gold Version kind for Change 2 on the identical day, as properly. The Era Pack bundles all three video games, although do not forget that they’re all Sport-Key Playing cards.
A brand new period of survival horror arrives with Resident Evil Requiem, the most recent and most immersive entry but within the iconic Resident Evil collection. Expertise terrifying survival horror with FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, and dive into pulse-pounding motion with legendary agent Leon S. Kennedy. Each of their journeys and distinctive gameplay kinds intertwine right into a heart-stopping, emotional expertise that may chill you to your core.
Pokémon Pokopia – fifth March (Change 2, Sport-Key Card)
Bringing life-sim, Animal Crossing-style parts to the world of Pokémon, you may say that we must always have been enjoying a sport like this years in the past. Higher late than by no means, although.
As famous above, the bodily version of this can be a Sport-Key Card – to this point, a lone outlier in Nintendo-published Change 2 video games.
Play as a Ditto that has remodeled to appear to be a human! Discover and befriend your fellow Pokémon, carve out a life for your self, and work along with Professor Tangrowth to construct a city for everybody to reside in. Be taught the strikes of your fellow Pokémon to alter the land, reminiscent of Bulbasaur’s Leafage to make the wild grass develop. You may also use talents to remodel and navigate the world round you, reminiscent of crossing water with Lapras’s Surf.
Deadly Body II: Crimson Butterfly Remake – twelfth March (Change 2, Sport-Key Card)
If a triple hit of Resident Evil hasn’t left you sufficiently brown-trousered, how a couple of (second) remake of one of the chilling horror video games ever? This one’s a Sport-Key Card, too.
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE is a Japanese horror journey sport and serves as a full remake of the second instalment within the FATAL FRAME (PROJECT ZERO) collection. The story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu as they wander into an deserted village infested with wraiths. The one technique to defend towards them is with using the Digicam Obscura.
Monster Hunter Tales 3: Twisted Reflection – thirteenth March (Change 2, Sport-Key Card)
Capcom’s again simply a few weeks after Requiem with the third entry on this wonderful Monster Hunter side-series. We’re eager to see the way it compares to the earlier entries on this soon-to-be trilogy.
And sure, one other Sport-Key Card (final one).
Azuria and Vermeil: two international locations, on a path to destruction.
When all hope appears misplaced, an egg is discovered. Inside is a Rathalos, a species regarded as extinct.
However this quavering mild of hope is shortly extinguished, giving technique to the darkness of despair.
Born from the egg shouldn’t be a single Rathalos, however twins, bearing the Skyscale marking that hearkens again to the disastrous civil conflict of 200 years prior.
Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel – NS2 Version + Meetup In Bellabel Park – twenty sixth March (Change 2)
And on the finish of March, it is a second spherical of Marvel with added minigames and Rosalina and Luma becoming a member of the crew of playable characters simply in time for The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film to drop on 1st April. Fingers crossed this improve has sufficient substance to warrant one other meetup.
• Discover Bellabel Park, an space newly found inside the Flower Kingdom with your mates and play numerous multiplayer sights
• Tackle all seven of the Koopalings in newly added boss programs scattered all through the Flower Kingdom
• Select from an excellent bigger solid of characters on this Nintendo Change 2 Version of the sport, which now provides Rosalina and Co-Star Luma to the present solid
• Seize the Tremendous Flower Pot power-up to remodel right into a flower kind and throw flowers
• Even when your mates don’t have the sport, play with them utilizing GameShare domestically or on-line
Extra Upcoming Video games for February & March 2026
In addition to these picks above, there are a lot extra Change 1 & 2 retail video games launching within the subsequent couple of months (and a bit past).
New Change 2 Equipment & eShop Credit score
Lastly, here is a number of Change 2 equipment coming quickly, and our Change 2 purchaser’s guides for those who’re searching for one thing particularly.
Keep in mind, you can even purchase your Change eShop credit score and video games from the Nintendo Life retailer. Purchases made on our retailer additionally assist to assist the location, so thanks upfront!
