Batman Arkham Trilogy Swoops To Switch This Fall

I've never actually played these so this is a good chance. Hope it runs decently

Will this even run on the switch?

So Rocksteady were liars.
They said it couldn't be ported to Wii U, and now they ported it to Switch which have like only 5% more power?

How is Knight gonna run on Switch?

Welp I'll get these to have them on the go. Not a big fan of the series, but I bought it because I did watch TAS as a kid.

Better later than never! Can't wait to get this and Metal Gear!

Looks like I'll be 100% Arkham City again for the fifth platform!
My favourite game of all time ♥️

@Greatluigi Asylum and City can but Knight is different.

Meh, you can pick this up for £10 on pretty much every other system.
Suppose it's good for those who only have a switch but I can't imagine them running that well- especially Knight

@Ventilator you mean Knight?

i will wait for many reviews on performance before i think of buying this game

My hope by not mentioning cloud in the segment means it's not a cloud version. Cause if it isn't, this is an instant buy for me

@Ventilator phone the chief of police!

Yesss finally! Since I got my switch in 2018 there were a handful of ports i dreamed of coming to switch... Batman collection, and Metal Gear Solid collection are the last two... Got Persona, assassin's creed, Tony hawk, kinda got GTA, just need 1000 year door and wind waker and we'll be set!

Where's Arkham Origins? I know that game was handled by a different studio but it's still a part of the storyline.

The Batman Arkham games were some of the biggest third party games still missing on Switch. I'm glad they're on the way.

If you've never played these are a must buy. No other superhero games even come close!

I'd have been all over it 10 month ago, but having played Asylum, City, Origins, Origins Blackgate and Knight for at least 100 hours totally since august on Wii U and Steam Deck, I'm completely burned out on the "concept". Too late I'm afraid.

This is the highlight of the show for me. ESPECIALLY if it gets a physical release with all games on one cart.

I never expected Arkham Knight to look so good on Switch.

This is the best news out of the direct
Hope it go's on cartridge

More Wii U ports...

@John_Koshiro I was asking that too.

Both Batman and Metal Gear collections are coming to Switch, this is fantastic.

These games were definitely on my wishlist of "things I wanted ported to Switch", and they look to be running well! Definitely getting physical if its released.

@nukatha technically its not since Asylum and Knight aren't on Wii U.

City was on Wii U tho along with Origins.

So definitely not a Cloud version right? Might give these a try then.

I love the Batman Arkham trilogy, and if it gets a proper physical release on Switch, it will be a day 1 pick up. But I'm sure it will be digital only or a half cart half download release.

This is where the fun begins!

if it gets a physical version i will buy it.+

if the first 2 run well enough. that is all that matters.

It took so long but it's finally announced. Batman is my favourite character and these games were fantastic so this is a most buy for me.

I hadn't even dreamed these would get ported and I'm beyond ecstatic!

Wait for this to be on a 16gb cart with a 30gb download for Knight.

@Ventilator

Ofc it could have been ported to Wii U...if Wii U had sold 120M units.

I paid $4,50 in Batman Arkham Trilogy, last week Steam Sale.

Hopefully all in 1 collection means all on 1 cart. Heck if necessary I’d settle for 2 carts but if there is a mandatory download I’m really gonna have to think about if I want this in my collection or not.

@Greatluigi yes it would since one was on the wii u.

Hell yea! Glad I didn't buy the trilogy on xbox so I can play this one in handheld.

Batman: Arkham Trilogy is releasing exclusively for Nintendo Switch LMAO. I mean the games are everywhere else for a decade.

Where's Origins? Is it not canon anymore?

Apparently these games can run on switch. :/

I been waiting for this since 2017 and now finally!

To those saying the switch can't run Arkham knight I say "it'll run fine"

Developers have performed much greater feats on the switch than Arkham knight so I got no worries

Also am I the only one worried that this was gonna be Gotham knights at first? Thank goodness it was the Arkham trilogy lol

This trailer looks fake.
There is no way Switch can handle PC version of Arkham Knight.

Finally! Definitely getting this.

If there's a decent physical release, I'll bite. Digital only, or cloud.... I'll just stick with my Wii U copy of Arkham City and maybe cave for Asylum (Watched a playthrough but haven't played it personally). The only one I'm concerned about running on Switch is Arkham Knight. IIRC this had a LOT of issues running when it first released.

The trailer is confirmed fake.
This is how Batman Arkham Knight runs on far more powerful handhelds than Switch. It looks bad and it won't look good on Switch.
Aya Neo 2 is probably 4 times as powerful as Switch.
https://youtu.be/16SGT_fv03k

I played Knight via xbox game pass on my TV app, no doubt switch can handle it

Please don't be Cloud version, please don't be Cloud version.

First two games a ok, but It's really scary how Arkham Knight will run and looks on SWITCH. But I'm interested. Maybe I'll get it.

@JeanPaul I'm thinking the same thing! But hopefully they don't because they usually say say cloud version during the presentation. But still fingers crossed.

@Batfan2425 Fingers crossed dude! After the dissapointment with Kingdom Hearts, I only hope that they don't do the same with these games.

@Greatluigi yes, you didn't watch the trailer?

@Ventilator oh really? How you know that?

What an awesome announcement! I'll replay Arkham Knight first, since when I played it on PC recently, I really didn't like it, but having it portable will make things differently, for sure!

@Ventilator Liars about what? It probably took a lot of effort to get these running on the Switch, I bet this was in development longer than the Wii U was alive, lol.

@JeanPaul just was announced 1 hour ago, that this will be a native port and not a cloud version! I googled it and it was the very first thing that popped up! Praise Jesus!

@Edu23XWiiU They said it when the game were revealed. Wii U were too underpowered.

@Ventilator but maybe 5% more power was really enough?

@AnVold Wii U ran on real PowerPC while Switch uses a video streaming chip designed for NVIDIA Shield TV in 2014.
Switch doesn't have more power.
And besides. If it were only 5%, it would be easy to port it to Wii U.

@Manxman64 have you been living under a rock

@Ventilator well...it's seem that's nobody cared about Wii U version then.

Going to be really interested to see how Arkham Knight runs on Switch. Also even if there is a physical release I doubt that would be on there and be download only.

I dunno, City remastered ran really badly on PS4 (I have the collection), and Knight was one of the better looking PS4 games even now, running at 30fps. I like the games but will want to see performace on the Switch before I buy them again. Also bugs me they skipped Origins again (I realise was a different developer), I really liked that one and it's set at Christmas, so a nice snowy and atmospheric version of Gotham.

@Ventilator
If the X1 was just designed for video streaming it wouldn’t have had the GPU horsepower it had for the time, it took years for mobile phones to match and exceed its GPU performance but they are still held back by thermal throttling due to not having active cooling like the Switch does. The Xbone and PS4 have mediocre CPU’s and focused more on the GPU using it for tasks that were traditionally done on the CPU which helps a lot when it comes to porting to Switch which has a mediocre cpu as well.

I remember when I couldn't get my Not-Bad-PC to run Knight without basically exploding, right at launch, it was miserable xD

@Mirage-5x5 as long as it isn't a cloud version, I'll be happy either way!

And it’s not cloud! Thank you!

@Batfan2425 hell yeah! Day one! Thanks for the info!

@nukatha neither knight or asylum were on wii u and city is not a port, the wii u version is the port from ps3-vbox 360.... but sure buddy go ahead and complain

give me an updated Knight PS5 version and i'll be happy

I'm really excited about this trilogy coming to the switch! Will Arkham Knight be the Cloud version?

@JeanPaul NP! And yep day one for me as well!!

Has anyone seen anywhere what the resolution and frame rates are? I'm assuming 1080p 30fps for the first 2 and 720p 30fps for Arkham Knight....?

Considering how badly Arkham Knight ran on release (PC version in particular, it was a disaster) I'm dreading those ports.
Thankfully I already have all three on Steam.

@canaryfarmer I was in QA for Arkham Knight, although mainly the console versions. But the PC team quickly gained special status in the office. Everyone gathered around them to see what broke that day XD

It was wonderful to hear Kevin Conroy again even if these are ports. Given the final game he voiced is a mess it's just... Nice. Absolutely picking this up if it's stable.

No doubt one of, if not the, best announcement of the Direct. This better run natively and that means, Arkham Knight could be one of the last impossible ports on the console!

Now the only games like this left to release on Switch are the new Tomb Raider trilogy (or at least the first two games), Yakuza and maybe GTA V. I would put MGSV on the list, but something tells me that'll be coming as part of Vol. 2 of MGS collection.

@Ventilator compared to the WiiU, the Switch has nearly double the CPU speed, with more CPU cores, a faster GPU plus twice the RAM.
Yet somehow you equate all that to just a 5% bump in performance????

I pray for a physical. It would make a beautiful one. I love this trilogy

@LordBakemono
Who's complaining?

Not really worried about performance. Asylum and City are PS3 games, so no worry there. Knight will be harder to optimize obviously, but I think it can be done. Wouldn't be the first "impossible port" on Switch.

Looking forward to this. I doubt it will be a cloud version as they’re normally upfront about that. Probably the highlight of the show for me and a good move as PS5 will be releasing the new Superman at about this time

Love these games and they would be perfect for handheld sessions. Just need to fight temptation on release and wait for a sale as its usually around £10 on Xbox.

Knight is going to be scaled back hard.

@SmaggTheSmug Actually Knight ran fine on release providing you were a console gamer, it was just the PC version that had all the issues.

@Ventilator Due to the Switch's success, there are a lot more experienced people at this point who can do these "impossible" ports.

Based on the trailer footage Asylum and City seem to look/run fine, but Knight looks straight-up terrible, which is to be expected if the goal is to hold a solid 30fps.

There better, cheaper options to play Knight if you haven't already.

I've only seen my friend play these back in the day. I think I may actually give this a go when it releases.

@Manxman64 You're going to love them.

@WallyWest Wrong. Only people with potato PC's had issues.
The rest of us with gaming PC's and 16.GB RAM, proper GPU and CPU could complete it on release.
Only people with 8.GB RAM, weak CPU and weak GPU had problems.

Batman Arkham required 12-16.GB RAM, so you can imagine how it looks on Switch when scaled down to 3.GB RAM.

@FlashmanHarry You that's a lie. If Switch had more power, then why does all the games look 1:1 with Wii U games? Unlike Switch, Wii U had even enough power for games on two screens. If you disabled second screen in Wii U games, it would have had more power than Switch.

Remember Switch is running on a video streaming chip designed for NVIDIA Shield TV in year 2014.

Give my regards to Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman. Had the honor of meeting the legend in person at the San Diego Comic-Con. He was the first to sign my Justice League/Power Rangers comic along with Walter Jones and the late Jason David Frank.

I have never played this 3 games. I have nothing to say but I am happy it is coming to Nintendo Switch console.

Great news if it runs well enough. Looking fwd to replaying these.

@Ventilator I don't understand your argument. The specs for both consoles have been well know for quite a while. The Switch is based on old architecture right now but the WiiU is based on even older architecture.

At this point every game ever made will be in Switch!

@FatWormBlowsASparky There is still like 20 Wii U exclusives left. 2 Zelda games among others.
Games requiring dual screen can't be ported.

How did they manage to cram Arkham Knight on the Switch without it blowing up to pieces?!?

@GeneJacket yes. Even the gtx 980 couldn’t run that game well when it came out

@Ventilator “Wrong. Only people with potato PC's had issues.
The rest of us with gaming PC's and 16.GB RAM, proper GPU and CPU could complete it on release.“

DF made a video extensively detailing the many issues the PC version had, even with their best components. Arkham Knight was actually better on consoles when it came out.

@Ventilator oh, that, yeah. They were being ***holes then. The Wii U could have handled Arkham Knight.

so how much of a download will you have to do for this game?

They will make it a cloud version just like Kingdom Hearts.

@dartmonkey - For anyone interested, the physical release only has AA on the cartridge. AC and AK are downloads that require the cartridge to function. https://warnerbrosgames.com/article/batman-arkham-trilogy#

@Ventilator
Sure and like every ZX Spectrum game ever made etc. There’s a lot of games. 😃

Wondering if the games will each have their own tile or all under 1 tile ?

Any indication whether the 3 games will be available individually on eShop ?