Nintendo Switch 2’s Next Major Release Could End Decade Long Wait

Nintendo Switch 2 could be set to get a major release this year, and it could be the end of a decade-long wait.

Although the series is more synonymous with Xbox or PlayStation consoles, believe it or not, but Call of Duty was once on Nintendo consoles.

Beginning with Call of Duty 3 on the Wii, nearly every Call of Duty would come to Nintendo platforms for the next seven years, (although skipping Modern Warfare 2 for hardware and server related issues).

The last Call of Duty game to appear on a Nintendo platform was Ghosts in 2013.

This could be all set to change, as Activision may finally be about to bring the series back to Nintendo later this year, if new rumours are to be believed.

As shared by MyNintendoNews, dataminers that have examined the code in the latest updater to the Call of Duty launcher have now found mention of Nintendo alongside other platforms like Steam, Sony, and Microsoft.

It appears that this code may be related to shared ownership of digital items, such as how microtransactions and digital currency owned on platform are shared across other platforms if you were to download the game elsewhere.

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Call Of Duty On Nintendo Switch Has Been A Long Time Coming

This leak follows earlier reports by Windows Central’s Jez Corden claiming that Call of Duty will be launching on Nintendo Switch sometime in 2026.

“The first CoD Switch version is nearly done and launching in a few months,” Corden wrote on X (formerly Twitter) back in December.

This follows a deal that Microsoft made with other platform holders back in 2022, which saw the company reach an agreement with Nintendo to release new Call of Duty games on its platforms for the next ten years.

Despite the deal being finalised in 2023, no new Call of Duty games have come to Nintendo platforms since then.

It was assumed this was because of the weaker hardware in the Nintendo Switch, which was much weaker than its counterparts at the time, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

However, with the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 last year, which offers a significant upgrade in power, it may allow Activision to release Call of Duty games on the platform without any performance issues or graphical setbacks.

I'm not sure how I feel about the first Call of Duty game to appear on Nintendo platforms in over a decade being Black Ops 7, but you do you, Activision.