Throughout the six years of the Nintendo Change’s life, we’ve received so many video games which have by no means come to Nintendo platforms. By Nintendo utilizing off-the-shelf parts and being open and supportive of what involves the system, we’ve seen issues on the Change we by no means thought potential.
It may be commonplace now, however for years it was simply enterprise as traditional for some franchises to skip Nintendo programs. Whether or not that was due to Nintendo’s family-friendly picture, technical or efficiency causes, the Change’s success has modified a number of minds.
Darkish Souls
The crushing issue of Darkish Souls and the truth that FromSoftware had made exactly two video games for Nintendo residence consoles (Misplaced Kingdoms and Misplaced Kingdoms II on the GameCube), nobody was anticipating to see this franchise on a Nintendo platform anytime quickly.
However one fateful Nintendo Direct later we received it, and there was even an amiibo to go together with it. FromSoftware’s output since has been golden with Elden Ring and Seriko – perhaps we’ll see them remastered someday on a Nintendo system sooner or later.
Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls has been round for a while, and rightfully so by no means got here to a Nintendo console earlier than Skyrim dropped on the system in its opening 12 months. Morrowind on a GameCube would by no means occur, and Skyrim was launched when the Wii was scorching. Since then, we’ve even received one other sport, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, launched in 2020.
With The Elder Scrolls VI now deep in growth and Bethesda owned by Microsoft, there’s 0 likelihood of that sport coming to even the Change’s successor.
However perhaps we’ll see one other franchise from Bethesda break onto the Change for the primary time – Fallout.
The Witcher
Quite a bit like Elder Scrolls, by the point The Witcher was making the leap to consoles Nintendo was busy with the Wii and planning the Wii U. You’re not getting one thing like The Witcher on the Wii and everyone knows in regards to the Wii U.
Now The Witcher III on Change isn’t the prettiest factor, but it surely’s been up to date and supported for years just lately including a patch to permit cross saves to be simply transported to and from it.
Honourable point out: Grand Theft Auto (mainline)
Yeah, we all know there’s been Grand Theft Auto video games on Nintendo platforms earlier than, even way back to the Recreation Boy. There even was Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS, an unique Grand Theft Auto made only for the system.
Grand Theft Auto took off when GTA3 was launched on the PlayStation 2, and it wasn’t till 2021 that we, as Nintendo console homeowners, might get pleasure from any of GTA video games that made Rockstar into the rockstars they’re immediately. The ports weren’t nice on launch; in our evaluation, we lamented that we lastly received GTA on a Nintendo residence console and received one thing so clunky and buggy. Fortunately they’ve mounted it up since then.
Overwatch
Blizzard’s latest IP, Overwatch launched at exactly the proper time for the Change actually, however a aggressive on-line shooter on a Nintendo platform – nobody thought it might occur. Then someday, it was there, and it’s been consistently up to date, together with the newest Overwatch 2 launch. It’s a type of video games we hope will hold coming to Nintendo platforms sooner or later too.
Portal
That is one other one which made good sense to come back to Nintendo platforms, positive it was on the Nvidia Protect which runs on the identical chip as Change. Certainly that had nothing to do with it.
At this level we’re simply right here to port beg for Half-Life 2 on Change.
Borderlands
When developing with this checklist, many video games simply occurred to be new IP launched in the course of the mid-2000s when a sure purple Nintendo console was not promoting, after which a non-HD one targeted on movement controls was changing into widespread. Sadly, Borderlands is just not a type of as the primary sport launched, probably proper on the peak of Wii mania.
Whereas we’re speaking bout 2K Video games, add X-Com to this checklist.
So how about one thing totally different..
Bioshock
One other franchise born of the Wii period after which misplaced any likelihood of occurring due to the Wii U. Not solely did we get all three BioShock video games on the Change they’re all extremely competent ports which is nice as a result of in any other case, typically that doesn’t occur.
Like…
Honourable Point out: Kingdom Hearts (numbered)
Quite a bit like Grand Theft Auto there was Kingdom Coronary heart video games on Nintendo platforms earlier than, however they’ve all been handheld, and spin-offs. The mainline video games for no matter causes by no means made it to Nintendo residence consoles till the Change.
But in addition like Grand Theft Auto it was somewhat bit cursed, we received them solely as cloud releases which suggests right here in Australia we didn’t even get them in any respect actually.
No less than we have now Sora in Tremendous Smash Bros. Final.
Crysis
To be truthful, if anybody anticipated Crysis on the Nintendo Change ever – you’d have your self dedicated. What appeared like an inconceivable feat, all of the video games at the moment are on the Change and whereas not good ports they work fairly properly and have enhancements over different console variations.
The “Can it run Crysis?” meme died once we received it on the Change.
Nier
A sport developed by PlatinumGames and printed by Sq. Enix and never on a Nintendo platform? Not in 2015 no less than, however then seven years later with the Change being the console it’s – positive that works now.
It wasn’t the unique Nier sport we received, however as an alternative the a lot better Nier Automata
Diablo
Once I consider Diablo, I consider my previous PC with a my big CRT monitor – not a tiny little gaming pill with a Nintendo emblem on it. Getting Diablo II on the Change was an awesome begin, after which we even received Diablo III as properly. Possibly now that having Diablo on a Nintendo system isn’t so odd, perhaps someday we’ll get one other.
We’re forgetting some, and might’t point out all of them like Katamari Damacy, Saints Row, Useless by Daylight, Valkyria Chronicles and the Metro video games.
There’s nonetheless a lot life left within the Change, so a lot extra time for IPs to come back to a Nintendo console for the primary time? What’s subsequent?
