Crunchyroll Exits Nintendo Switch This October

Crunchyroll is pulling its app from the Nintendo Switch. The streaming service will remove the application from the Nintendo eShop on October 30, 2026, ending a years-long presence on Nintendo's handheld console.

Users can continue streaming anime on their Switch until that date. After the cutoff, the app simply won't be available for new downloads or reinstalls—though existing installations may persist depending on Nintendo's backend policies.

What happens next is unclear. Crunchyroll has made no announcement about whether the app will launch on the Nintendo Switch 2, the successor console widely expected in the coming years. That silence leaves a gap: will the streaming giant return when the new hardware arrives, or has it decided the handheld market isn't worth the development effort?

The removal marks a quiet end to anime streaming on Switch, a platform that once seemed like a natural fit for on-the-go viewing. The timing—nearly two years out—suggests this is a planned sunsetting rather than a sudden pivot, though Crunchyroll hasn't stated its reasoning publicly.

For now, Switch owners have until late October 2026 to finish whatever they're watching.

Source: AniNews