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Gaming News #34

10 September 2026

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Nintendo's Direct Puts Monster Hunter Wilds on Switch 2 This December

Nintendo's September 9 Direct confirmed Monster Hunter Wilds lands on Switch 2 on December 4, bringing Capcom's co-op monster-hunting game to the console roughly nine months after its launch elsewhere. Its expansion, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, follows on Switch 2 in 2027. The same Direct dated Professor Layton and the New World of Steam for December 10 and locked Final Fantasy VII Revelation to the system for its April 2027 multiplatform release.

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Discussion Topics

  1. Monster Hunter Wilds on a handheld: can Switch 2 hold a stable frame rate, or is this a compromise port?
  2. Nine months late and the expansion waits until 2027. Worth double-dipping for portability?
  3. Is Switch 2 quietly becoming the port machine every big game lands on?
  4. Would you restart a 100-hour hunt just to play it on the couch or the bus?