Assassin’s Creed Shadows is on Nintendo Switch 2. Ubisoft dated the port December 2, 2025, and priced it at $59.99 USD. I checked Ubisoft’s own Switch 2 launch post and the official US Nintendo store. Both say $59.99. The store listing matches that number. This is a Game-Key Card. Ubisoft is explicit: the physical card is a digital key, you download the full game over the internet, then you can play offline in docked or handheld once it is installed. I am not calling it a full cartridge. They did not.
The original game shipped March 20, 2025, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac. That March date is on Ubisoft’s own store. The Switch 2 SKU is the handheld follow-up, not a new story. Naoe is still the shinobi from Iga. Yasuke is still the samurai. Feudal Japan is still the map. If you already finished it on a bigger box, the new sentence is cross-progression.
Cross-Progression Is the Actual Feature
Ubisoft Connect carries the save. Official language: your adventure is not tied to one device. Pull the file on console, PC, or Switch 2 and keep walking. Store offers bought with Helix Credits on Switch 2 follow the same Ubisoft Connect account onto the other platforms, and the other way around. Helix Credits themselves do not move. That distinction is Ubisoft’s, and it is the one that will matter the first time someone buys currency on the wrong box.
The Switch 2 build is supposed to launch current. Ubisoft says every title update released to that point is in, including an enhanced parkour system with catch ledge and vertical jump, New Game Plus, and a Nightmare difficulty that wants cleaner parries and quieter feet. The limited-time Attack on Titan collaboration is in the same list, available until December 22. The exception is Claws of Awaji. That expansion is not in the Switch 2 package at launch. Ubisoft parks it for later in 2026. I do not have an official US day or dollar figure for that DLC on this SKU, so I am not writing one.
30 Frames, Touch Screens, and a Download First
Ubisoft’s feature list for this port is short on purpose. Touchscreen controls cover menus, the map, the store, and the hideout. The build targets 30 frames per second in docked and handheld. Upcoming work they will only promise in writing: more optimization patches, and keyboard-and-mouse support when the system is docked. I am not turning a target into a locked benchmark. 30 fps is what they said they are aiming at.
Because it is a Game-Key Card, day one still needs a network connection to pull the install. After that, Ubisoft says offline play is fine in both modes. If you wanted a cart that boots in a cabin with no signal, this is not that cart. $59.99 is the price they put on the key.
December 2 Is the Handheld Date
The official Switch 2 launch trailer is on the Assassin’s Creed YouTube channel, which is the cut I am embedding. Watch @assassinscreed and @NintendoAmerica for the North American accounts. The primary pages are Ubisoft’s December Switch 2 post, the port deep dive, and Nintendo’s US store listing. $59.99, Game-Key Card, cross-progression, Claws of Awaji later. Naoe and Yasuke fit in a backpack now. The download is the price of that sentence.