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September 9, 2026 was a notable day for Japanese role-playing game re-releases, according to Game Informer's continuously updated 2026 video game release schedule. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion arrived on Switch 2 that day, bringing Square Enix's remaster of the PSP-era Final Fantasy VII prequel to Nintendo's newest hardware. Alongside it, Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon – Classic HD launched the same day across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, Switch and PC. Both titles were listed with reviews already available on Game Informer, indicating standard day-one coverage rather than a surprise shadow drop. The releases sat within an unusually dense September 2026 calendar — one tracking site counted well over 500 games scheduled across platforms for the month — as publishers clustered launches earlier in the autumn to avoid competing with November's major releases. For Nintendo, the arrival of established Square Enix catalogue titles on Switch 2 added to the console's growing library of ports and remasters in its first stretch on the market.