Bethesda exec says bringing ‘Fallout 76’ to the Nintendo Switch isn’t ‘doable’

Don’t expect Fallout 76 to make its way to the Nintendo Switch. Bethesda executive Pete Hines confirmed during a panel at an Australian convention this weekend that while the studio considered bringing the game to the platform, it just “wasn’t doable.” Hines says the Nintendo platform is “part of every conversation” when they develop new games because it is considered a “viable platform” but it seems it wasn’t going to work out this time around. That said, Bethesda has ported a lot of its games to the Switch, including Skyrim, Doom, and Wolfenstein II. While you won’t be able to play Fallout 76 on the Switch, it’ll be coming to the Xbox One, PS4, and PC on November 14^th.

Source: The Verge

WSJ report claims new Nintendo Switch coming in 2019

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We might be seeing a new version of the Nintendo Switch in the coming year. A report from The Wall Street Journal claims we might see this updated hardware in the second half of 2019. There aren’t any solid details on what we could expect but one possible upgrade could involve a better LCD screen. It won’t come as a surprise if this happens as Nintendo’s other consoles have had several iterations. And the Switch could use some improvement. Plus, Nintendo will want to keep up its sales momentum in the coming financial year. Nintendo expects to sell 20 million units in the year ending March 2019.

Source: The Verge

Some Nintendo Switch games don’t support cloud saves

If you have a Nintendo Switch, we’re pretty sure one of the things you love about it is you can save your game data to the cloud. This means, if for some reason you need to let go of the console or it freezes up on you, you can pick up where you left off with your games. Unfortunately, Game Informer discovered that some Switch games don’t support cloud save. They named Pokemon Let’s Go Eeevee & Pikachu and Splatoon 2. Nintendo reasons that these games don’t support the feature because of things like item trading and “fairness” when it comes to online play.

Nintendo says, “The vast majority of Nintendo Switch games will support Save Data Cloud backup. However, in certain games this feature would make it possible to, for example, regain items that had been traded to other players, or revert to a higher online multiplayer ranking that had been lost. To ensure fair play, Save Data Cloud backup may not be enabled for such games. To ensure that Save Data Cloud backups cannot be used to unfairly affect online multiplayer rankings, the feature will not be enabled in Splatoon 2.” While this seems reasonable, we’re not sure if everyone will be happy with this news. What do you think?

Nintendo Switch will get ‘Diablo 3’

It’s official. Diablo 3: Eternal Collection is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Blizzard Entertainment announced that this game, which comes with the Reaper of Souls and Rise of the Necromancer add-ons, will be available later this year for US$59.99 (almost CA$80). The game will come with a number of Nintendo-exclusive items, which will be unlocked from the start. These items are based on The Legend of Zelda and include a Ganondorf-inspired cosmetic armor, Triforce character portrait frame, Cucco pet (the chickens of The Legend of Zelda franchise), and a pair of Majora’s Mask-inspired wings.

Diablo 3 on the Switch brings the game experience to the console. You can play solo or in groups of up to four players online or via local wireless multiplayer modes. Up to four people can play on a single Switch console. The game will have everything from a full campaign, replayable Adventure mode, themed seasons, and seven character classes.

Source: Polygon