Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 Coming to Switch 2 on October 1 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 July 2026 / 3,389 Views
Publisher Square Enix and developer Acquire announced Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the west on October 1. The games are out now in Japan on the Nintendo eShop for 5,478 yen each.
In the west both games will be available individually as a physical and digital release, while a digital bundle that includes both games will also be available. In Japan, a physical bundle will be available on a game key card.
The Switch 2 versions of the two games feature improved resolutions and frame rate, and are not compatible with save data from the Switch versions. There is no way to upgrade from the Switch versions.
View the Switch 2 release date announcement trailer below:
Read details on the games below:
Octopath Traveler
Choose your fate. Eight stories await.
Experience your favorite classics on your Nintendo Switch 2!
The Producers of Bravely Default at Square Enix bring us a new fantasy world brought to life through a mix of CG, pixel art, and visual wizardry that the developers have termed “HD-2D.”
Begin your journey as one of eight protagonists, each with their own origin, talents, and goals. Where will your journey begin? Who will you team up with? And where will you go next? All these decisions and more are completely up to you, the player.
Octopath Traveler II
Experience your favorite classics on your Nintendo Switch 2!
This game is a brand-new entry in the Octopath Traveler series, the first installment of which was initially released in 2018 and sold over three million copies worldwide. It takes the series’ HD-2D graphics, a fusion of retro pixel art and 3DCG, to even greater heights.
In the world of Solistia, eight new travelers venture forth into an exciting new era.
Where will you go? What will you do? Whose tale will you bring to life?
Every path is yours to take.
Embark on an adventure all your own.
- Begin your adventure as one of eight new travelers, each with their own origins, motivations, and unique skills.
- The series’ HD-2D graphics, a fusion of retro pixel art and 3D CG, have reached even greater heights.
- The story takes place in Solistia, where diverse cultures thrive from east to west and the industries of the new era flourish. You can sail the seas and explore every corner of a world that changes from day to night.
- Each traveler has a unique set of Path Actions they can use to battle townspeople, obtain items, take others along in their travels, and more. Where will you go? What will you do? Every path is yours to take.
- Familiar mechanics from the original game have been preserved, like the freedom to develop your travelers’ jobs and skills, as well as the Break and Boost system that made battles so exhilarating. New mechanics have also been added.
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why not just do the full collection and add 0 as well, make all 3 games fully updated on a cart and set the price at $39.99
Square Enix has free upgrades on PS and Xbox, but not Nintendo. I just don't understand what they're doing.
It’s a weird thing with NS2 Editions AFAIA. You can’t offer a free upgrade path for a game unless it is an NS2 Edition, but in order to be an NS2 Edition you need to be fully on cart, digital only, or CiB (i.e. not GKC).
Hogwarts Legacy is an example of a game which did find a work around… though that work around involved literally selling a digital copy of HL on NS2 for free to all owners of the NS1 version. (Meaning you ciuld buy the game, download the digital copy, and then sell it, which isn’t entirely ideal if you’re a dev).
Hogwarts is a $10 upgrade it wasn't free. And that isn't a turnaround because Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption aren't Switch 2 editions yet they offer a free upgrade and if you have a physical copy you still need to insert it in the console to play.
ah so it seems i might be misremembering somethings. Let me look into this and get back to you.
If they are somehow not game key cards. I might pick them up on the switch 2 as I never got them, but knowing square. Key cards over here as well.
