It's May 4th, Star Wars Day. Or, as we refer to it at Nintendo Life Towers, Oh-god-Jim's-going-to-bang-on-about-Star-Wars-again Day.

Heh, it's true, I am a fiend for all things from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, and, if I'm being honest, that has sometimes meant that I'm a little more keen to see the Light Side than embrace the more realistic Darkness. But my rambling this year isn't an 'Attack of the Clones is Good, Actually' hot take, my dear Younglings. Instead, I'm about to hit you with some cold, hard facts. The kind of facts that are based mostly on my own point of view, of course.

So, here it is: Star Wars Outlaws is one of the Switch 2's best launch-year signings, and a 2025 release will give the Ubisoft open-world adventure the second chance it so rightfully deserves.

Okay, okay, put your blasters away for just a second and let's do some clarifying. Switch 2 is going to be home to some belters in its first year. Putting the first-party line-up aside for a moment, behemoth ports like Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Street Fighter 6 are going to give huge waves of people the chance to experience (or re-experience) console classics from the last five years, and that's wonderful!

But it was Outlaws' brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in one of the Switch 2 Direct's sizzle reels that elicited the biggest cheer from me. Why? Because, as great as it is to see all of the aforementioned titles make the jump to a new audience, few deserve a second shot as much as Outlaws.