There's no doubt that My Hero Academia takes a notably unique approach to the genre, giving extraordinary powers to the vast majority of its world's inhabitants, making many of them not-so-extraordinary in the process. It's a genuinely smart premise, and one that allows those with the truly exceptional powers to stand out in a world of heroes and villains.
In recent times, there have been more and more forays into the world of gaming for the IP, to varying degrees of success, and it has been a breath of fresh air to see it emerge in our favorite medium. Now, the latest of those efforts is about to launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, and that could be the ideal platform to get the most out of the game.
In case you haven't really been keeping up, there had been three major releases tied to the franchise in the run up to this year. Then, February 2026 saw the arrival of My Hero Academia: All's Justice, a 3D arena fighter that did the best job yet of translating the series' major appeal.
After initially launching on PC, Xbox and PlayStation, the game is set to debut on...
