{"id":377353,"date":"2026-09-09T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377353"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:03:58","slug":"resident-evil-2-3-and-4-remakes-hit-switch-2-this-october-native-ports-not-cloud-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-2-3-and-4-remakes-hit-switch-2-this-october-native-ports-not-cloud-versions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 remakes hit Switch 2 this October: native ports, not cloud versions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capcom has locked in a 16 October release date for three Resident Evil games on Nintendo Switch 2: <strong>16 October<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-2-deluxe-edition.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-3.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 3<\/a>, and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition, all as digital releases. The part Nintendo players will care about most is simple: these are native ports, not cloud versions like Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 were on the original Switch. It also marks the first time the modern Resident Evil 4 remake will be playable on Nintendo hardware.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These aren\u2019t bare-bones releases, either. Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition comes with previously released DLC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/resident-evil-4-remake-will-have-a-gold-edition-this-is-everything-we-know\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition<\/a> <strong>Ada Wong\u2019s Separate Ways<\/strong>. Capcom says physical editions are currently slated for 29 January 2027. If you\u2019ve been holding off in the hope of playing these remakes locally on a Nintendo console, this is the update you\u2019ve been waiting for, especially since Capcom\u2019s remake run keeps delivering: Resident Evil 4 remake has reportedly 16.8 million copies and around $560 million, and the RE Engine looks like a strong fit for Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s push to bring in more third-party games.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three will be available to download from the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop on <strong>16 October<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has locked in a 16 October release date for three Resident Evil games on Nintendo Switch 2: 16 October: Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition, all as digital releases. The part Nintendo players will care about most is simple: these are native ports, not cloud versions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-2-3-and-4-remakes-hit-switch-2-this-october-native-ports-not-cloud-versions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 remakes hit Switch 2 this October: native ports, not cloud versions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":377352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-377353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377354,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377353\/revisions\/377354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377353"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377353"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377353"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}