Key Takeaways
- Triangle Strategy was temporarily delisted from the eShop.
- Switch users who own it can still download and play it.
- The delisting may signal a publisher change from Nintendo to Square Enix, similar to what happened with Octopath Traveler in the first half of 2024. Such a move could also be an indicator of new Triangle Strategy ports for PlayStation, Xbox, or both.
Square Enix has temporarily delisted Triangle Strategy from the Nintendo Switch eShop in early December 2024. The unexpected move won’t prevent Switch users who already own Triangle Strategy from playing it.
Triangle Strategy is a strategy RPG co-developed by Tokyo-based Artdink Corporation and Square Enix. It originally debuted as a Nintendo Switch exclusive in early March 2022 before launching for PC in mid-October of the same year. The game most recently made its way to VR platforms, debuting for the Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro on October 31, 2024.
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A month later, Square Enix delisted the original Switch version of Triangle Strategy from the Nintendo eShop. The Japanese gaming giant confirmed the move on December 1, describing the delisting as a temporary measure. Anyone who already owns the Switch port of the strategy RPG will still be able to download and play it unimpeded, Square Enix said. The publisher did not reveal when the 2022 title is expected to return to Nintendo’s digital storefront.
Triangle Strategy’s eShop Delisting May Signal a Publisher Change
Another thing that Square Enix didn’t say is what caused the game’s sudden eShop removal in the first place. Although the delisting itself came out of the blue, this is not an unprecedented occurrence, as the Japanese publisher regularly pulls its titles from digital storefronts for a variety of reasons, not all of which are publicly communicated. In this particular instance, the delisting may signal a publisher change, something that’s not possible to do with eShop titles without temporarily removing them from the Switch storefront.
A similar situation occurred in March 2024, when Octopath Traveler was removed from the eShop and reappeared six weeks later, now published by Square Enix instead of Nintendo. Notably, the newly delisted version of Triangle Strategy was also a temporary Switch exclusive published by Nintendo.
New Triangle Strategy Console Ports Might Be on the Horizon
An eShop publisher change could hint at new ports being on the horizon. For instance, Octopath Traveler made its way to PlayStation consoles just six weeks after returning to the eShop in April 2024, now with Square Enix listed as its publisher. Additional Triangle Strategy ports would align with Square Enix’s recently announced pivot toward multi-platform publishing at the expense of exclusivity deals, which haven’t been serving it as well as they used to as of late. If the Triangle Strategy delisting is indeed similar to the Octopath Traveler one, the game will plausibly return to the eShop by early 2025 and potentially make its way to PlayStation, Xbox, or both shortly afterward.
Three mighty powers have long waged war on the great continent of Norzelia.
This land bears a long and scarred history that includes the Saltiron War, a war that erupted over control of salt and iron resources. A balance of power has been achieved between the Holy State of Hyzante, which controls the salt, the Grand Dutchy of Aesfrost, a land of iron clad in frost and snow, and the forested Kingdom of Glenbook, which lies nestled between the other two powers.
However, a certain incident shakes the balance between these three powers, which then begins to crumble away…
- Released
- March 4, 2022
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- ESRB
- t
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong