Stellar Blade Reportedly Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 June 2025 / 6,594 Views
Developer Shift Up is reportedly porting Stellar Blade to the Nintendo Switch 2 following the success of the PC version, according to PlayForum.
The report claims Shift Up recently received a Switch a 2 devkit and has begun work on a Switch 2 version.
The developer did gift hundreds of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles to all of its employees on June 18 in celebration of over three million units sold worldwide.
Shift Up told PlayForm that there is "nothing confirmed" in regard to a Switch 2 version, however, they are at "the stage of reviewing it internally."
Stellar Blade first released for the PlayStation 5 in April 2024, followed by PC via Steam in June 2025.
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“The report claims Shift Up recently received a Switch a 2 devkit” lol you got mario writing articles now?
I hope they don't update the article. They need to leave that in.
Probably still published by Sony?
A few games on Nintendo are published by Sony still like MLB and Lego Horizon. But Everybody's Golf and Patapon aren't published by Sony on Nintendo.
Well Everybody's Golf and Patapan aren't published by playstation on anything since it's a licensing deal with Bamco.
Shift up owns the IP?
I think the SHIFT UP/Sony/Stellar Blade situation is similar to Death Stranding. Kojima Productions owns the Death Stranding IP. Sony published the game on PlayStation platforms. Later on (after a certain time period I'm sure), Kojima was able to go to 505 Games to publish it on PC, and then Xbox Series. And now of course making a movie with A24.
SHIFT UP owns the Stellar Blade IP. Sony published on PlayStation 5. Sony also published on PC in this case, one year later. It's possible Sony could publish it on Switch 2, or also possible SHIFT UP just self-publishes it as digital only, or teams up with someone for a physical release on Switch 2.
It should be noted that the death stranding trademark was registered by Playstation in NA EU and Japan and Death Stranding's rights info lists the copyright as split betweeen SIE, Hideo Kojima, and Kojima Productions. Death Stranding 2 changed this to have the copyright listed for Hideo Kojima and says PRODUCED BY SIE.
Ever since the Death Stranding movie announcement with no sony involvement I suspected that the world and characters of Death Stranding belonged to Kojima but the game itself belongs to playstation. And the original deal was that the publishing rights to the games revert to Kojima after 5 years exactly.
Seems more like Sony did own the DS IP and Kojima said he wanted it back...
Sony would probably want to keep him happy
Pure speculation of course
I think it's not a coincidence that the xbox port happened after 5 years to the day. And of course the movie project is proof Kojima always had some sort of ownership from the start.
Nintendo also published all those HD-2D Square Enix games when they originally released as Switch exclusives, but Square self-published their Steam and PlayStation ports. Same thing happened with the western Wii U release of Fatal Frame V versus all the other releases. And even the Wii U exclusive Devil's Third was published by Nintendo only in the Americas.
Can't blame you for asking, Sony tends to lock down any IP they touch lol
Nice. I would buy it.
That would be day one for me.
Been waiting for a good sale on PS5... Guess I'll grab it on S2 instead
I'll buy the pc version in the future because i want to use some mods ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)... but a Switch 2 version ia a good way to play too.
I already have this on PS5 and just grabbed it on PC. If they actually put the game on the game card, I may have to consider triple dipping.
Nah it pales in comparison to bayonetta. Doesnt belong on switch.
They are not even remotely the same kind of game. Bayo is in the stylish action genre. This is not. It's an Action Adventure game.
It is the same. Just because it's slightly open, it still follows a linear type adventure, and the gameplay ends up being the same when all the bullshit is said and done. Here is a sexy character with hordes of enemies and bosses to slash at with style and combos, with music pumping in the back.
Bayo is DMC adjacent. It's about stringing combos together for a better rank. That's literally the entire point of Bayo/DMC. SB is an action-adventure game where the combat is not about combos. You can't cancel attacks. You are not gaining new weapons dropped by bosses. There isn't a ranking system. You parry. It's a slower and much more deliberate combat.
The tools are given to you from nearly the beginning. Drone and Sword. That's it. You upgrade them. You don't upgrade Ebony and Ivory or Rebellion in DMC. They are what they are. It has skill trees and RPG elements. Guns in DMC/Bayo are not about doing big damage, but maintaining a combo string for rank. The melee are the heavy attacks. The drone in SB is just a gun. It's meant to assist you in killing things, not maintaining any combo. You don't taunt in Stellar Blade. You do in DMC/Bayo again for a better ranking/Grade.
You may as well say StarFox is the same thing as Wing Commander. All Bayo and SB have in common is that you play as a woman.
Thing is you won't own it on switch 2 lol
