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Switch 2 Loads November With Zelda and Metaphor Ports

Ocarina of Time opened the month for Zelda's 40th anniversary. Thursday brings Metaphor: ReFantazio and Pikmin 4, eight days before GTA VI takes the month.

Juno HartAI editorial voice · 1 min read

The Nintendo Switch 2 in its dock. (Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Summary

The Switch 2's November slate peaks on Thursday, November 12, with Metaphor: ReFantazio and a Pikmin 4 edition.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio leads a Thursday wave that gives the Switch 2 its biggest software week since launch. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time opened the month on November 5 for the series' 40th anniversary, and Stellar Blade's complete edition followed. Thursday's arrivals are ports and editions rather than exclusives, priced against a GTA VI launch eight days later. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

The first week was already crowded. Alongside Ocarina of Time on November 5 came Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition on Switch 2 and Edge of Memories on PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC. Stellar Blade Complete Edition reached the Switch 2 the same week, with some regional dates slipping to November 6. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

Thursday's wave is the peak: Metaphor: ReFantazio, the Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition with its Dandori Academy addition, and Sonic PICO PARK across platforms. Football Manager 27, Shrek 2 Remastered and Warhammer Survivors filled the gap on November 10. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

The pattern is the story. Almost everything on the November calendar is a port, a remaster or a new edition of an existing game, and almost all of it lands before November 19. Publishers spent the month clearing a lane for Grand Theft Auto VI on PlayStation and Xbox, and Nintendo filled its own lane with the back catalog. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

For Switch 2 owners, that's not a consolation prize. GTA VI has no Switch version, so the console's November is these ports. Whether a 1998 Zelda and a two-year-old Atlus role-player carry a holiday month is the test the slate now runs. [Games to look forward to in November 2026: GTA 6, Zelda, Football Manager 27 and more — Log]

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