{"id":1133079,"date":"2026-08-06T03:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1133079\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:29:17","slug":"minecraft-arrives-on-switch-2-this-october-digital-upgrade-path-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1133079\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Arrives On Switch 2 This October, Digital Upgrade Path Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been eager to revisit the blocky world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/minecraft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft<\/a> on Switch 2, Mojang has now confirmed this version will be arriving on <strong>27th October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the Switch 2 release will support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/03\/minecraft-is-getting-a-graphics-upgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vibrant Visuals graphics upgrade<\/a>, which is set as the default visual experience. This means &#8220;enhanced lighting, shadow effects and more&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/super_mario_bros_35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario<\/a> Mash-Up Pack, which is exclusive to Nintendo versions of Minecraft, is also getting an update to get the most out of the Vibrant Visuals upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also be able to carry over your save data from the Switch version of the game. And Mojang has announced there&#8217;ll be a digital upgrade path for Switch players, with &#8220;more details to follow&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n<p>Will you be checking out Minecraft on the Switch 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/article\/minecraft-for-nintendo-switch-2-release-date\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/article\/minecraft-for-nintendo-switch-2-release-date\" target=\"_blank\">minecraft.net<\/a>]<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>About Liam Doolan<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753583769_175_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;ve been eager to revisit the blocky world of Minecraft on Switch 2, Mojang has now confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1133080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1081,123,270,53,16,15,614],"class_list":["post-1133079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-minecraft","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-upcoming-releases"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117046450027081140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}