{"id":1804172,"date":"2026-03-03T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804172"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:44:14","slug":"our-2025-game-of-the-year-blue-prince-shadow-drops-on-nintendo-switch-2-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804172","title":{"rendered":"Our 2025 Game of the Year, Blue Prince, shadow drops on Nintendo Switch 2 today"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-blue-prince\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Blue Prince<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Our 2025 Game of the Year, Blue Prince, shadow drops on Nintendo Switch 2 today<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Floor blimey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bp-s2.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Blue Prince being played on a Nintendo Switch 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"bp-s2.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-03T14:44:14+00:00\">March 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/our-2025-game-of-the-year-blue-prince-shadow-drops-on-nintendo-switch-2-today?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"3f1ffbf3-16ec-4574-836a-e42e2836ff21\" data-name=\"Blue Prince\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Blue Prince\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Blue Prince\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Blue Prince\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Blue Prince\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Blue Prince\" title=\"Follow Blue Prince\"><br \/>\n  Follow Blue Prince<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo fans, this is not a drill &#8211; celebrated indie gem Blue Prince is making its headscatching but oh-so-compelling arrival on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> at some point later today. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, today! It isn&#8217;t on the Nintendo eShop yet (I have just checked), but hopefully it won&#8217;t be too much longer. I will keep an eye out and update when it is there.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blue-prince-our-game-of-the-year-is-so-much-more-than-just-a-brilliant-puzzler\">Blue Prince was actually Eurogamer&#8217;s 2025 Game of the Year<\/a>. Many of us, myself included, were smitten with it. It&#8217;s a game all about trying to find the rumoured Room 46, which is hidden deep within Mt. Holly mansion. This isn&#8217;t as easy as it sounds, though, as every morning mansion&#8217;s layout gets rearranged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chart your own path through chambers harboring secrets and challenges in your quest to find the enigmatic Room 46,&#8221; reads Blue Prince&#8217;s official Switch 2 blurb. &#8220;Every chamber is unique in what it does, and every step brings you closer to unravelling the mystery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can check out a trailer for Blue Prince on Switch 2 below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ali8xUOvZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9Ali8xUOvZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Ali8xUOvZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We awarded Blue Prince five stars on its initial release last year. &#8220;More than anything, Blue Prince seems aware of the time you&#8217;re spending within it, and that&#8217;s pure magic to me,&#8221; reads our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blue-prince-review\">Eurogamer review of Blue Prince<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The richest aspect of the game&#8217;s extremely rich design may be how many secrets it springs once you\u2019ve lived with it for a while. It&#8217;s the pleasure of finding hidden aspects to things you thought you understood in full, the pleasure of coming back to something you thought was simple and finding that it&#8217;s not simple at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, will you be checking it out?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo fans, this is not a drill &#8211; celebrated indie gem Blue Prince is making its headscatching but oh-so-compelling arrival on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> at some point later today. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, today! It isn&#8217;t on the Nintendo eShop yet (I have just checked), but hopefully it won&#8217;t be too much longer. I will keep an eye out and update when it is there.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blue-prince-our-game-of-the-year-is-so-much-more-than-just-a-brilliant-puzzler\">Blue Prince was actually Eurogamer&#8217;s 2025 Game of the Year<\/a>. Many of us, myself included, were smitten with it. It&#8217;s a game all about trying to find the rumoured Room 46, which is hidden deep within Mt. Holly mansion. This isn&#8217;t as easy as it sounds, though, as every morning mansion&#8217;s layout gets rearranged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chart your own path through chambers harboring secrets and challenges in your quest to find the enigmatic Room 46,&#8221; reads Blue Prince&#8217;s official Switch 2 blurb. &#8220;Every chamber is unique in what it does, and every step brings you closer to unravelling the mystery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can check out a trailer for Blue Prince on Switch 2 below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ali8xUOvZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9Ali8xUOvZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Blue Prince \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Ali8xUOvZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We awarded Blue Prince five stars on its initial release last year. &#8220;More than anything, Blue Prince seems aware of the time you&#8217;re spending within it, and that&#8217;s pure magic to me,&#8221; reads our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/blue-prince-review\">Eurogamer review of Blue Prince<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The richest aspect of the game&#8217;s extremely rich design may be how many secrets it springs once you\u2019ve lived with it for a while. It&#8217;s the pleasure of finding hidden aspects to things you thought you understood in full, the pleasure of coming back to something you thought was simple and finding that it&#8217;s not simple at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, will you be checking it out?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Blue Prince Our 2025 Game of the Year, Blue Prince, shadow drops on Nintendo Switch 2 today Floor blimey. 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