Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be available on Nintendo Switch 2 on December 2, 2025
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is optimized for the Switch 2, allowing you to play on the go or at home. Ubisoft’s also added touchscreen support, so navigating menus, maps, and the hideout is easier than ever.
The Switch 2 version includes all content updates since the release earlier this year; the only exception is Claws of Awaji, which won’t arrive until early next year.
“We are delighted to bring Assassin’s Creed Shadows to Nintendo players,” said Charles Benoit, Game Director of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. “Whether slipping through the shadows as Naoe or facing foes head-on as Yasuke, players will be able to roam the streets and rooftops of feudal Japan at home or anywhere their journey takes them on Nintendo Switch 2.”
In Canada, Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches for $79.99, and the physical copy includes a Nintendo Switch 2 game key card. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will support cross-progression across all platforms through Ubisoft Connect.
For everyone else, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to receive a bunch of improvements next week, including Advanced Parkour beginning on October 28.
Title Update 10
Parkour Update 2
Following our first Parkour update, we’ve listened to your feedback and are coming back with a second Parkour Update coming October 28. This update will feature a new toggle option named “Advanced Parkour.” It will remove all parkour barriers, allowing you to do side ejects and back ejects from any height. We also bring some tweaks with side eject on parkour down, giving you more freedom of expression.
The vertical ledge grab in regular parkour will now work in more situations, including non-standing objects, whether or not the advanced parkour toggle is on. From those non-standing objects, we are also introducing a new beam manual jump option. Finally, we are reintroducing a much-requested feature: the directional catch ledge mechanic.
Corrupted Castles
October 28 is also when you can expect a new Animus-themed activity called Corrupted Castles. Any previously completed castle may get corrupted and filled with Animus anomalies, including Samurai Daisho and their corresponding reward chests. Up to five Corrupted Castles will appear on the map each season, allowing you plenty of opportunities to reengage those castles and higher levels of play for even greater rewards.
■ Title Update 11 (November 25)
Free Story drops
The 3rd story drop is coming your way on November 25th, and it’s called “A Puzzlement”. This quest has a much more humorous, silly tone, much more akin to something like AC Odyssey, where we are digging up old foes from Naoe’s past who are seeking a bit of redemption. Our two protagonists will learn new skills from each other:
- Naoe will learn how to perform her own spectacular version of Yasuke’s war kick ability.
- Yasuke will learn to dispatch enemies non-lethally, stealthily.
As the name suggests, “A Puzzlement” introduces a brand-new, intricate environmental puzzle that may hold the answers to a bunch of questions you, the community, have been asking for a while.
But there is more! We are doubling down on free story drops because our next special collaboration is also dropping on November 25th.
You can also expect a bunch of freebies around the holiday season.
