Nintendo's suddenly made Switch 2 release dates for Metroid Prime 4 and Kirby Air Riders a lot easier to guess as it reveals an August launch for its Rocket League-style wheelchair basketball game

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Drag x Drive has a release date, and the pieces are all falling into place

A player spinning a ball on their finger on the poster for the upcoming Switch 2 game, Drag x Drive.
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One of the lower-key announcements at Nintendo's big Switch 2 reveal was Drag x Drive, a Rocket League-style take on the real-life sport of wheelchair basketball. The publisher has revealed the release date for this 3v3 multiplayer title in yet another low-key Nintendo Today app post, and the August release plan makes the rest of the release dates for the publisher's upcoming Switch 2 games in 2025 a whole lot easier to guess.

Drag x Drive launches on August 14, 2025, and it'll be an eShop exclusive with no physical version. Hopefully, that means this will be a lower-priced title, though we've got no confirmation on pricing just yet. With a muted, but tentatively positive response to Drag x Drive at its reveal, I imagine Nintendo would be keen to keep the barrier to entry quite low.

  • July 17 - Donkey Kong Bananza
  • August 14 - Drag x Drive
  • September - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
  • October 16 - Pokemon Legends: Z-A
  • November - Kirby Air Riders
  • December - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

I'll reiterate that those dates are purely speculative, but I'd just about be willing to stake money on that lineup - with the exception of Hyrule Warriors, which is probably more likely to slip to January than launch in December, a month Nintendo historically avoids launching games in. And hey, early 2026 still counts as "this winter."

Check out the best Switch 2 games to play right now as you await this year's biggest hitters.

Dustin Bailey
Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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