‘Devil May Cry 5’ lands on Nintendo Switch 2 on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, marking the first time the stylish demon-slaying series has ever appeared on a portable Nintendo console, courtesy of Capcom.
The release, branded the Devil Hunter Edition, arrives on the eShop today at an early-adopter price of $30, as reported by Digital Trends, with that discount holding until Monday, 7 July 2026 before the price climbs to $40.
A physical edition follows later in the year.
What the ‘Devil May Cry 5’ Switch 2 edition includes
This is a properly loaded port rather than a stripped-back handheld afterthought. All four playable characters are unlocked from the start, so Nero, Dante, V and Vergil are available immediately, sparing newcomers the usual grind to reach the roster’s deeper cuts and giving veterans instant access to their mains.
Capcom has bundled in the EX Color Pack for alternate costumes alongside extra mechanical arms for Nero, including the fan-favourite Mega Buster and the Gerbera GP01 Devil Breakers.
For a series built around expressive, combo-heavy combat, those additions matter, since they change how Nero’s toolkit flows in the middle of a stylish rank chase.
The headline technical detail is performance. The Switch 2 edition runs at 60 frames per second in both docked and handheld modes, which is the number that counts most for a character action game where input timing and on-screen reads decide whether a combo lands or collapses into a sloppy mess.
How the Devil May Cry 5 Switch 2 port performs
File size is a manageable 28GB, a reasonable footprint for a game of this fidelity on Nintendo’s newest hardware.
That keeps it friendly for players juggling a packed eShop library on internal storage, without forcing an immediate microSD Express upgrade just to fit Dante in alongside everything else.
Bringing a full-fat Devil May Cry 5 to a handheld is a genuine technical flex for the Switch 2, a console Nintendo has positioned as capable of running demanding third-party engines that its predecessor could never touch.
A locked 60fps on a portable is exactly the kind of result that validates that pitch to sceptical players.
The early-adopter pricing is the clearest nudge here. Capcom is rewarding players who buy in before Monday, 7 July 2026, a familiar tactic for driving launch-window momentum and seeding the online leaderboards that the Devil May Cry community lives and breathes for.
What happens next is the physical release, scheduled for Friday, 28 August 2026, for players who prefer a cartridge on the shelf to a download.
Until then, the digital Devil Hunter Edition is the only way onto Switch 2, and the discount window gives the curious a reason to jump in now rather than wait.
