To celebrate the series' eighth anniversary, Square Enix announced that both Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are getting Nintendo Switch 2 versions on Oct 1. Before you get too excited, however, know that these celebratory upgrades come with a major catch. The trailer's fine print reveals that there are no plans to make a free or paid upgrade available to those who own the games on the original Switch. To make matters worse, save files from the Switch will be incompatible with the Switch 2. So what exactly is the selling point for these new versions?

Square Enix's decision feels bone-headed, to say the least. The Switch 2 editions will cost $59.99 individually or $74.99 in a bundle. On paper, the bundle might be considered a good deal — but only for newcomers to the series. Yet one of the biggest markets for these upgraded versions is the dedicated fanbase that has already played and fallen in love with the Octopath Traveler games. With more than 7 million copies of the series sold, that is a lot of fans who now have almost no reason to invest in the costly Switch 2 releases.

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