Nintendo has revealed Xenoblade Genesis, a brand new game in the Xenoblade Chronicles series. Announced during today's Nintendo Direct, Genesis is described as a "new beginning" for the series and will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 sometime in 2027. 

In the trailer, we learned that the elements of Genesis' world give shape to a special power known as Anima, and that when battles were waged, they were decided by Anima and the Vesselai, powerful warriors who can wield it. The trailer also reveals that Anima Crystone not only amplifies Vesselai's powers but also records their lives within it. The Crystone is placed in weapons, such as swords, and is used throughout life in the setting of Leukos – academic and otherwise – indicating that there might be a school system in place in Genesis. 

Check it out in the Xenoblade Genesis reveal trailer below: 

Xenoblade Genesis will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. 

In the meantime, read Game Informer's Xenoblade Chronicles 3 review. After that, read about how Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2, and 3 are coming to Nintendo Switch 2. 

All three Xenoblade Chronicles games are in the process of being ported to Switch 2 with various enhancements. The games will all have increased resolutions and improved framerates and individual enhancements.

Xenoblade Chronicles will be available for Switch 2 later today and will allow players to use high-speed vehicles to navigate the environment.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be available digitally July 30 and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 releases digitally December 4. Physical versions of all the games will be available at later dates.

 

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the next game in Nintendo's tactical RPG series, was revealed last September, but we haven't seen any official updates until today. A brand new trailer during Nintendo's big summer Direct showed off more units, detailed the game's structure, and a release date. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave will launch September 17 on Switch 2.

This new trailer gives us a refresher on the game's world. It follows a series of warriors as they compete in the Heroic Games, a combat tournament held in a Roman-inspired coliseum, though it seems each competitor has unique motivations to win. Cai (who rides an Emu-like bird called an Ornius) is fighting to save his father from imprisonment, while Theodora wants to prove she has the strength to lead her people, performer Leda desperately wants revenge on someone, and Dietrich find a foe worthy of his blade, Answerer. You can pick which of the four is your protagonist, and see how each of them... wait for it... weaves their fortune into reality. Whoever wins the tournament will have a wish granted by the ruler, and given that the titular Fire Emblem is often a wish-granting artifact, it's likely to come into play.

We also saw more of the game's free time structure, a staple in recent Fire Emblem entries. You can recruit units, travel outside the city walls to train against other foes, or level up your skills in the training arena. We also got a glimpse of a woman "rejoicing" about "the advent of the Underworld," which I think is fair to assume is a villain, and the return of Sothis, a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is coming to Switch 2 on September 17, and will have a special collector's edition available that same day. For more on the game, rewatch its reveal trailer or read why it's one of our most anticipated games of the year.

Pokémon Pokopia launched earlier this year on March 5, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2, and now, we know when the game's Expansion Pass content begins. During today's Nintendo Direct, we learned that the new Bubbly Basin town will be added to the game this August, and that same month, all players will get the underwater Dive ability in a free software update. 

Bubbly Basin kickstarts the Expansion Pass content, which will expand with "additional features" in late 2026 and a brand new town in 2027. As the name Bubbly Basin might imply, the new biome is completely underwater – you'll need to use the new Dive ability, which can only be acquired after raising the environmental level in the Bleak Beach town, to build the biome for all manner of underwater pocket monsters. 

Check it out in the Bubbly Basin trailer below: 

Bubbly Basin hits Pokémon Pokopia sometime this August. 

In the meantime, read Game Informer's Pokémon Pokopia review.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is a little different from the typical One Piece game as there is less punching and yelling, but it does fall in line with the larger One Piece Universe.

In the game, you will manage a restaurant, which is character Sanji's whole deal. You will cook food and serve it to 400 characters from the anime and manga.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet is coming to Switch and Switch 2 on October 23.