New Entry in Long-Running PlayStation Series Coming to Switch

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots has been announced and confirmed for several platforms, including the Switch. This will be the first entry in the long-running PlayStation series to make its way to a Nintendo console.

The first Hot Shots Golf game debuted on the PlayStation 1 in 1997. The series has spawned nearly a dozen more entries since then, a few of which are widely regarded as some of the best golf games ever made.

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Another franchise entry has now been announced in the form of Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, with its reveal trailer premiering during the March 27 Nintendo Direct. The game revives the Hot Shots Golf branding, which was previously exclusively used in North America until 2011, whereas the rest of the world knew the series as Everybody’s Golf. This will be the first-ever installment in the franchise to be available on a Nintendo console, as well as the first Hot Shots Golf game from Japanese studio Hyde, the developer of Digimon Survive.

An Increasing Number of PlayStation Franchises Are Coming to the Switch

Another series first concerns the game’s distribution, as its predecessors have been exclusively published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. In contrast, Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots will be published by Bandai Namco, who licensed the IP from Sony. Bandai Namco has already brought one PlayStation franchise to the Switch in January 2025, when it released Freedom Wars Remastered. This wasn’t the first PlayStation IP to debut on Nintendo’s hybrid console, as it arrived two months following LEGO Horizon Adventures.

PlayStation Games Available on or Coming to the Nintendo Switch

Even more PlayStation games are coming to the Switch, also courtesy of Bandai Namco. The March 27 Nintendo Direct saw the publisher announce Patapon 1+2 Replay, a remastered collection of the first two entries in Sony’s PSP rhythm game series. Like Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, Patapon 1+2 Replay is planned to simultaneously release on the PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC. However, it already has a release date, whereas Hyde’s golf game is still waiting for one.

Although the upcoming PlayStation franchises that are making the jump to the Switch won’t do so under Sony’s publishing umbrella, it seems that the company is still becoming more open to the idea of bringing games to Nintendo’s console. Sony still isn’t going so far as to release any of its titles on Xbox—presumably because it continues to see Microsoft—despite poor Xbox hardware sales—as a direct rival. No pricing details have yet been given for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, though it’s plausible that the upcoming title will be a full-priced game. The upcoming title can already be wishlisted on Steam and the PlayStation Store, while its eShop page has yet to go live as of late March 2025.

Nintendo Switch

Brand

Nintendo

Weight

.88 lbs

Storage

32 GB

Display

6.2-inch LCD Screen / 1280 x 720

Battery

Approximately 4.5 – 9 hours