Topic: Will MLB The Show 22 release on Switch in April?

A couple years ago Nintendo tweeted their enthusiasm about the MLB The Show series of baseball games no longer being exclusive to the Playstation platform, only to have the series skip releasing on the Switch the following year. Now I consider myself to be a casual fan of sim-baseball. But I have been playing quite a bit of eBaseball Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2021 lately. And although eBaseball might be the best sim-baseball game available on the Switch at the moment, MLB The Show would be a large step above it (assuming the port would be given enough love and respect).
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/sonys_mlb_the_show_...

I just thought about this the other day. Its been a good while since we've heard anything.

I doubt it will come to Switch. It's still done by Sony and we know how much Sony loves Nintendo after the whole Nintendo Play Station debacle.

Looks like the answer is "yes".

The all-time best selling, most well regarded baseball sim will be on Switch this year.

My next question is when can I preorder?

This will all depend on whether it's all on the cart.

Previous installments on rival hardware have had ridiculous file sizes.

@Silly_G thats what I'm afraid of.

@Silly_G @NintendoByNature

The news probably won't be good in regards to everything being on the cartridge. The game's file size is 16.6 GB. I find it highly unlikely MLB will pony up for the use of 32 GB cartridges. No, I think it's fair to assume they'll be using 16 GB cartridges and asking customers to download the rest of the game. I'll be a buyer regardless, I'm interested to see if the game will be playable absent of the download.

The early box art for the game doesn't have a required download notification, which gives me hope.

Edit: Correction, MLB is the publisher, not Sony.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mlb-the-show-22-switch/

@Magician yea for sure. I REALLY want some baseball. So as long as it checks out and is a solid port, I'll more than likely buy.

According to the official game's FAQ page a download will be mandatory for physical copies.
https://theshow.com/faq/

I just picked this up as I finally saw it on sale. I think it works well and looks fine. I'm a lot better at pitching than I am at hitting, though. Mostly I'm wondering, is there any way to just play through a normal season? I know that would take forever, but this March to October or whatever it's called where it skips most of the games and you only play a couple of innings in the games you do play is kind of disappointing. It's fun, but I'd rather not be able to play an entire season in one sitting which you can practically do.