Bethesda has announced during its E3 conference that its collectible free-to-play card game, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, will be heading to Nintendo Switch amongst other platforms later this year.
The game is a relaunch with a brand new look and features turn-based matches between two opponents (player vs. player, or player vs. a computer opponent). The cards are based on creatures, characters and lore found in The Elder Scrolls series.
Are you excited about this digital card game is coming to the Switch? Let us know in the comments below.
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Cool, I guess.
definitely will play since hearthstone isn't on the switch
Ugh... Hate card games... Especially digital ones... Thought this was going to be a collection of old Elder Scrolls games...
Gwent?
Love card games so this is welcome by me!
Now I’d like to see Pokémon TCGO on Switch.
I would much much much much much rather have Hearthstone, Magic or Pokemon TCGO... but I might give this a chance. Since there are no other card games on Switch at the moment.
@Gold_Ranger Same, until I recalled what title the "Legends"stood for in the franchise >_<
Most likely will have in-app purchases...and for non-existent cards that won't survive once the servers (or cartridge) go down. At least with Magic cards you have them physically. So that's a hard pass from me.
Hell yeah! bring it on, first time playing skyrim, love it to bits, & now i want more skyrim! lol. I dont really mind card battlers either. I was pretty addicted to chocobo tales on ds that was a card battler...
I would have been interested in a proper retail release, but no free to play game has been worth the time of day, and I had already fell into that trap once with Pokémon Shuffle (which I have thankfully given up).
Never again.
Pokémon TCGO on iPad was awful due to how reliant it was on real-world purchases and microtransactions. The whole appeal of the TCG game on GBC was the ability to collect cards easily and without the endless expenses and real-world clutter (plus, the digitised card can't get damaged or lost either). Unless The Pokémon Company commissions a similar game to the ones on GBC, I have no interest in the Pokémon TCG whatsoever, be it physically or otherwise.
This is actually fantastic. I don't like Hearth stone in general, but I love anything Elder Scrolls related.
Lol
I’m screaming!!
Sorry I don't like cards game, should had just give us a Fallout 4 port instead.
Can we also get Buddyfight too?
So a portable card game gets ported to a portable video game system? Count me as ‘unenthused’.
This game looks surprisingly good.
No I don't want this; I want Buddyfight, please, I don't like Elder Scrolls
It's not the same because I like Japanese content, no I will not get this
Just give us the actual game and we will pay for it, Free To Play is a crock of crap.
Free to play mobile garbage.
How about a new Skyrim? Love wandering around and killing monsters and finding gold!
I am actually pretty excited for this, I wanted Hearthstone on the Switch for the longest time but seeing as that isn't going to happen unless it is revealed in the direct this will satisfy, especially since I love Elder Scrolls.
@retro_player_22 Never happening
I am in.
@Heavyarms55 How dare you forget about THE card game...UNO!!!
@Danito O.o Uno is already on the Switch. It's also a different sort of card game. Closer to Poker than Magic the Gathering.
@Heavyarms55 I was joking man
Personally, I love digital collectible card games. I've been hoping that Hearthstone would make the jump...but since it hasn't, I'll give Legends a try. Also, its pretty cool that I can download the PC version and get started now...and then continue my account on Switch when it drops. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
Did anyone else realize they said Blades was coming to all consoles possible, thats way more exciting than a card game!
I just started to play it on PC a couple of weeks ago; it's a good game and not very "pay to win"... I hope we could link accounts
So Konami, can we expect Yugi and friends anytime soon?
I was telling this to my brother. Bethesda new games are not coming to switch...maybe doom but now all we have to look forward to are mobile ports.
Remember, DOOM and Skyrim were announced by Nintendo, not Bethesda. I know there are lot of people saying they wanted this, that, or the other thing but until Nintendo's presentation is finished, anything is possible. Often Nintendo requests that they announce major 3rd party titles, not the actual companies. Bethesda just released two games available right now on Switch. That's a good thing. Let's see what Nintendo reveals on Tuesday.
@retro_player_22
Given how badly Fallout 4 runs on everything else I'd wager it would be a disaster on Switch
Also known as Heartstone!
It's funny to see the reactions on here. Either panic from Nintendo fans, or sneering from those strange children who for some reason seem to take pleasure in games not coming to a system. I guess they think Western AAA Online shooters skipping the Switch will lead to it failing which they could then also take a strange pleasure in. Thankfully for the games industry they're mistaken.
Trying to gauge whether Nintendo (or Sony) have had a good E3 when they haven't had their briefings yet is mind meltingly foolish.
Not really interested in it but I guess it's good for those who are.
I'd rather play a card game on my phone or iPad than on the Switch... but that's just me.
Also, the game is not available in Japan even on the iOS store so I haven't tried it. For card games, I'll keep playing Hearthstone or Magic since those, at least, are available in Japan.
I'll definitely give it a try even if I wasn't motivated on mobile (but frankly, I already have a few games to tend to on mobile, including CCGs - and nowadays, Android's weird relationship with external memory cards forces most of many games' content to sit stuck on the phone itself, discouraging one from installing too many at once). Hopefully there won't be many spoilers, but then again, I may have forfeited the right to fear that after playing the latest chronological chronicle in the series. I think some of the books I found in Skyrim sounded very much like recaps of Arena and Morrowind plots - not to mention multiple references to Oblivion crisis etc. Eh, this fictionverse has such an exciting amount of lore that reading about it only made me more eager to play more of it where possible.
I'm more curious about how the gameplay will tap into the flagships. Leveling up and skills seem typical for virtual CCGs nowadays, but is there any implementation of items and quests and whatnot? I mean, if licensed third party pinball games can do some of that... Colour me intrigued.
I love TES series, so yeah, I'll probably download this one.
Not a huge freemium fan so we'll see how far I get before I'm dissuaded by paywalls or microtransactions.
The Elder Scrolls we wanted
Don't really care about this, but it's fine for those who like card games. I'm more interested about what's going on with Elder Scrolls VI, but I'm sure we won't see it for a very long time.
Why isn’t Pokemon TCG on switch? That game is so addictive.
Either Bethesda is prepping us for a proper Fallout and Elder Scrolls on the Switch with these mobile games , or Skyrim and Doom sold poorly. Hopefully it's not that later.
If Square Enix could give us Triple Triad I would be content with that card game and nothing else.
Nice, gonna play it on the switch instead of PC
@electrolite77 Nah if they can make Doom and Wolfenstein II work on Switch, Fallout 4 should be a piece of pie to them.
@Menchi187 Which is why I would never buying.
@retro_player_22
Fallout 4 is a bigger ask. Even XB1X struggles to hit 30fps with FO4(and even unpatched at 1080p) whereas the original XB1 has a decent stab at 1080p60 playing Doom. The engine behind Doom and Wolf 2 is much more scaleable.
@electrolite77 they could make The Witcher 3 runs on Switch if they want to. F4 is doable. I would gladly have a significantly scaled down graphic game to play on the go.
I’m kind of excited for this. I really like the idea of a card game. Although I WOULD rather Pokémon TCG, this will surely suffice.
I am an on and off MTG fanatic so would love for MTG arena to come to the switch when it releases.
Was waiting for Hearthstone but this will definitely tide me over till either of those options arrive. Or I would happily try gwent too as I had fun with witcher 3.
And maybe this will be the stepping stone I need to finally play Skyrim.
@Heavyarms55 hearthstone is lame compared to legends, coming from a MTG player. They're similar in a lot of ways but legends is way better with elder scrolls lore. I'm excited to have it on the switch, give my tablet a break. Want to see what the revamped look & feel is gonna be like.
@Mac-Man I have nothing against Legends, I just don't know or care about the lore and have played Hearthstone for years and years and quite love the game. I have also wanted to get back into Pokemon for a while, but the lack of ability to buy packs in-game, relying on much more expensive physical packs, and a lack of crafting like in HS, really keeps me from doing so.
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