Switch 2 gets Yoshi in May

Nintendo has dated Yoshi and the Mysterious Book for May 21, 2026, giving Switch 2 a new first-party exclusive less than a year after launch. (nintendo.com) Nintendo’s store page lists the game at $59.99 and says players will help a talking book named Mr. E recover the creatures living in its pages. (nintendo.com) A Nintendo news post published last week promoted a new “Creature Discovery!” trailer and repeated the May 21 launch date for the Switch 2 exclusive. (nintendo.com) Square Enix also confirmed Final Fantasy XIV for Switch 2 in a Lodestone post published April 24. The company said the version will begin with a one-month early-access period before official service starts. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) That same announcement said players will not need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription during either early access or official service on Switch 2. (na.finalfantasyxiv.com) Square Enix’s Switch 2 push goes beyond the online game. Nintendo’s store page for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lists a June 3, 2026 release date for the platform. (nintendo.com) Those dates matter because Switch 2 launched on June 5, 2025 at $449.99 in the United States, so Nintendo is now filling the system’s first year with a mix of in-house and major third-party releases. (nintendo.com) Nintendo’s latest investor materials say Switch 2 had sold 17.37 million hardware units and 37.93 million software units worldwide as of December 31, 2025. (nintendo.co.jp) Yoshi is also a notable internal release for Nintendo. The last mainline Yoshi platformer before this one was Yoshi’s Crafted World, which launched for the original Switch in March 2019. (nintendo.com) The near-term calendar now looks clearer: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives June 3, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book follows May 21, and Final Fantasy XIV is next in line with service details still rolling out. (nintendo.com 1) (nintendo.com 2) (na.finalfantasyxiv.com)