Nintendo Switch 2: six big May games

Nintendo Switch 2’s May lineup now has six named releases on the calendar, with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book leading a month dominated by third-party games. (gamerant.com) GameRant’s April 25 roundup lists Mixtape for May 7, Call of the Elder Gods for May 12, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle for May 12, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book for May 21, Bubsy 4D for May 22, and Stray for May 28. (gamerant.com) Nintendo’s U.S. store backs up several of those dates, including Mixtape on May 7, Call of the Elder Gods on May 12, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on May 12, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book on May 21, and Bubsy 4D on May 22. (nintendo.com) Nintendo’s store also shows Yoshi and the Mysterious Book priced at $59.99 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle at $69.99, putting Nintendo’s own May exclusive beside a full-price Xbox-published port. (nintendo.com) That mix says more about the system than any single release date. By late May, Switch 2 owners are getting a first-party platformer, a Bethesda-published action game, a narrative indie, a puzzle-adventure sequel, a revived mascot platformer, and Annapurna’s cat-led Stray. (gamerant.com) (nintendo.com) The one first-party anchor in that group is Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. GameRant called it the only Switch 2 exclusive in the May batch, while Nintendo’s store has it set for May 21 after earlier “Spring 2026” scheduling. (gamerant.com) (nintendo.com) For players staying on the original Switch a little longer, a different RPG lands first. Nintendo Everything reported on April 24 that Something Classic’s Quartet will release on Switch on April 30, 2026. (nintendoeverything.com) That date closes a long delay. Nintendo Everything’s original October 24, 2021 post said Quartet had been announced for Switch with a 2022 target after a Kickstarter campaign that raised about $50,000 and hit a Switch stretch goal. (nintendoeverything.com) Nintendo Everything describes Quartet as a 20-to-30-hour turn-based role-playing game with four opening storylines, eight playable characters, and a combat system built around swapping reserve party members into battle for immediate turns. (nintendoeverything.com) So the immediate choice is dated, not abstract: Quartet on April 30 for Switch, then six higher-profile Switch 2 releases spread from May 7 through May 28. (nintendoeverything.com) (gamerant.com)