Rumour: Is Blizzard Teasing A Nintendo Switch Port Of Diablo 3?

As much as I'd buy it a 3rd time, this might be a bit of a reach?

I can see this. Not sure if I will buy for a 3rd time but knowing me I probably will.

I'd rather have Diablo 2 HD Remaster, please.

I'd have to hold me back from buying this one on Switch in the case. I played all Diablo(s) right from the first installment on PC back in '96, literally pouring several thousands of hours in it... I must refrain from doing the same again on my Switch

If it's not a tease, it's quite cruel!

I would love a portable version of this. The switch is so well suited to diablo 3. The 2 hour morning commute with that would be awesome!!

This is the kind of game that I have not played before due to a lack of spare time. Being portable and playable on my commute would make me very interested.

I think that believing this tweet to be a cryptic clue that Diablo III is coming to Switch is more wishful thinking than anything else, BUT.. if a Switch port should come to pass, I wouldn’t hesitate in buying it for a third time!

Day one purchase if it's true

The plug socket on the left looks really scared!

I can see this happening. It's a game Blizzard has that is both already available in a console format and is still playable offline. Also, with the aforementioned console formats including the PS3/360 this is a game that should be an easier port to make than a newer title like Overwatch. This seems like a great way for Blizzard to get a taste for developing on the Switch and if Diablo III can make the jump without too much trouble maybe we'll see some other Blizzard games ported over too.

I can see this happening, it makes sense. And I only bought it once, played only one character and I would definitely buy a portable Diablo!

Confirmed: Dom was listening to this at the time of writing.

Anyway, I'd buy it. While Blizzard's at it, they can port over Overwatch, too.

Not just Switch, it's confirming a crossover with a beloved Nintendo franchise, like Mario + Rabbids!
Stay tuned for Kirby: Diablo in Dreamland!

Blizzard is pretty well known for their teases, aren't they?
I feel they do it with Overwatch all the time.

What the hell else would it be about?

There are a lot of Blizzard games that would be perfect for Switch. I'd take any of the Diablo, Starcraft, or Warcraft games. Also, Lost Vikings.

Never played a Diablo game but only if the game had no always online (did they remove that requirement from the PC version? Did the console versions need to be always online?)

@TheBraveFencer well maybe Warcraft 3 would be playable with touch controls. RTS not best match for joypads

OMG I want this so much!

I can see the connection, even if a Blizzard tweet already sent the Switch rumour mill on a wild goose chase once. XD I've yet to beat the first game (especially since it seems like I've hit quite a beef gate and will have to restart the game so my character grinds and loots up a bit), but III would go straight to my wishlist. Too bad the second game is stuck on PC.

hoping there wait for the rumored x pac first though.

@SetupDisk Nightlights.

Instant buy for me! Who wouldn't want to play Diablo 3 on the go on the Switch! I would!

The port shouldn't be too much work (and thus not too costly, making financially sense) for Blizzard, since the Switch uses the NVidia SoC.

Illuminating Diablo Amiibo coming soon.

I just want a proper Lost Vikings 3!

I wish D3`s online was more like D2. I miss looking for games and actually playing with random people.

@RogerFederer Probably because they bought it on PC, then again on console.

There's been a lot of rumbles of this the past few months especially. Really hoping it's true. Titan Quest, and Victor Vran are great, but I'd love to have a portable D3.

It's a port, so they probably are.

We already have Wasteland 2,Titans Quest and Pillars of Eternity II coming to Switch and now possibly Diablo 3 as well. I've never played any of these games but you can bet I'll buy and sink many hours into every single one of them.

Just give me Hearthstone

@FX102A The PC version is always online, but the console versions work offline, so I assume if there was a Switch port it would also work offline.

I have it on Xbox 360, and would definitely get it again on Switch. However I agree with others in thinking that it's quite a reach to interpret this tweet as having anything to do with a Switch port.

If Diablo comes out on Switch I'm in trouble 😲

I'd rather prefer a new game but whatever. Day one purchase either way...

For me it's clearly a tease. Otherwise would appear that the community manager is taking the piss of Nintendo players or maybe he is just incompetent but that wouldn't be the case right, Blizzard?

That said I'm up for some portable Diablo!

If this really is a tease for a D3 port on Switch, my brain will explode and everything that's left of my miserable social life will be killed for good.

Gosh, I love Diablo 3

I'd buy it again.

I have abandoned Diablo 3 for 3 years now. Since it's coming to Switch, I'll surely be getting it again!
It may come sometime Q3 or Q4 and I hope they would DLC a Druid next!

It would be cool but after playing Diablo III for almost six years I’m not sure I’d buy it... unless it comes with the Necromancer already included, because I haven’t bought that yet...

@VotesForCows
A motorbike in winter is a killer (though i plan on buying one in the summer) . I normally drive but I get the trains during the cold months as I'm driving from the south coast to London. Always an excuse to play that way

I'd have to buy another switch for my wife if this game came out because I'd lose possession of the current one

yes, ez money for blizzard for sure. they would be dumb not to do it.

I'll buy it in a second . Original Diablo was one of my favorite games. Could be amazing . And Diablo amiibo ... 👺👺👺👺

@KingdomHeartsFan they can do both but even if they just did the old games you add that to the Nintendo games , you add 3rd party exclusives that surely must arrive if the console keeps selling, and all indies , and it's an impressive catalogue.

Biggest question, which I didn't see anyone mention, is would it be the PS3/360 version or PS4/X1 version?

For those not in the know the last Gen consoles stopped getting updated years back, they got a collection and that was pretty much the end. Rise of the Necromancer never came to last Gen consoles. Last I checked old versions were 2.06, new versions 2.6. Something to look at if Switch gets a port.

@KingdomHeartsFan To be fair, porting high-end current gen games is no small feat - possible, but neither cheap nor easy - though obviously, porting older titles is an enticing proposition for publishers, esp. if those titles might be entirely new experiences for most Nintendo-centric gamers. We are still going to see plenty of new games as well, though obviously, not the likes of MH World and so on and so forth.

Also keep in mind that the PS4(P) and X1(X) won't be around forever. No one can expect PS5 and X601(^^) ports in 2020 to hit then ancient Tegra chip.

Honestly if anything from Blizzard, I would rather have Hearthstone. lol

But hey, I'd probably pick this up.

I'd rather they didn't. 3 is extrenely boring and easy, almost pointless. It's really bad.

Diablo 2 would be incredible, one of my favorites.

I think this is a stretch at best.

Honestly some brand new games, new ips and Nintendo exclusives would be music to my ears right about now.
I’m loving that great games are being ported but for a while now it doesn’t feel like anything new is being announced?

Why else would they be playing with a Switch on Diablo? Or they put Diablo on a Switch because the light comes on by itself??? This is also showing up shortly after the other rumor went out. Anyone else noticing the Diablo Facebook page seems to be broken? I can’t see post history from Feb 14 on. It’s like they don’t want Nintendo gamers flooding their site or something. So I make my comments right on the Blizzard page!

i see what they did there

pretty clever and very funny

I never played any Diablo or ever wanted to...

If it comes to Switch, I'll DEFINITELY play!

@TheBraveFencer Lost Vikings, of course. Diablo? Maybe, they ported 3 to consoles after all. But WarCraft and StarCraft? Now that's reaching
I know of StarCraft 64; it made Blizzard shun consoles until Diablo 3, which should tell one everything about mapping an RTS to a controller.

As far as the tweet goes, a bit of a reach if you ask me, however, I'm sure they could get it running on Switch so it's not that crazy.

@KoopaTheGamer That'd be a bit a weird since that night light was released around 5.5 years ago. Well then again perhaps they're teasing a new line of night lights.

I'm not saying that it's definitely a Switch tease but it'd be a bit odd otherwise since Blizzard generally announces their merchandise outright.

Personally I would love to see Blizzard come back to Nintendo consoles...D3 should work fine and there's no excuse for Hearthstone. I would love to see Overwatch...seems like if Rocket League works on Switch a lot of other games can, too.

Though Blizzard is known to tease like this before, I would wager too much for a Switch release.

But as a Diablo fan (I do enjoy 3 for what it is), this tease is cruel on many levels.

I appreciate the attention on Switch, but im also beginning to feel a bit disappointed. It's clear the Switch is primarily becoming a porting machine.

Of course there's also a lot of original games as well, but this console has seen the biggest amount of ports any console has ever seen by a large margin.

I would buy it if that means having Blizzard support on the platform, just hope that they don't just make a lazy port. I did enjoy their StarCraft game for the N64 back in the day which is faithful to its PC counterpart so a port of Diablo III with most of its expansion contents included would be awesome. Now a World of WarCraft HD on the go especially when the Switch online network coming would be spectacular if that happens. Maybe make a WarCraft IV for the Switch too.

Never did play Diablo 3, would definitely be interested, for solo campaign purposes.

Hell of an overreach but I won't lie, if they did decide to do it, the hardware could definitely do the game solid justice and being truly mobile I would buy it in a heartbeat.

I've enjoyed the original Diablo for years off and on on PS1 and prefer the controller over the mouse for taking care of business and I feel the third would carry over well too since it has that pedigree on PS3/PS4 as it is.

@Bliquid "so i don’t see why they wouldn’t port a downgraded version of the current gen versions."

Well I've never understood why they would release a game on PS3, release 1 or 2 expansions for it on PS3, and then all of a sudden only release the next expansion on PS4. If it was Diablo 4, ok, I get that, I'm not an idiot, but it seemed weird to me. Seemed weird when the same thing happened with Destiny's expansion on PS3 as well. I don't get selling games to people then saying "Screw you, you can't have the rest of it". All or nothing I say.

So if PS3/360 couldn't handle the Necromancer expansion after handling the rest of the game, I wonder if Switch can handle it? Would seem silly to be to port it now w/o the Necromancer expansion, what would be the point in that? But it will be the first thing I check for if this rumour turns out to be true. Not price or date or graphics, Rise of the Necromancer, included or not?

I've read Blizzard's response. It's not a flat-out denial. They said they've nothing to "announce".

"We can assure you we’re not that clever."
Yes, I remember them "teasing" Sombra.

Those straws you guys keep grasping must be crushed to smithereens by now.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE sounds promising .They would have lol'ed if it wasn't a legit tease.

@JTMnM the ironic part about Overwatch is that it is the most 'Nintendo' FPS there could ever be, if Nintendo made FPSs.

@retro_player_22 what do you mean HD WoW? I can play WoW on my PC at 3840 x 2160 resolution

@dimi You missed the "on the go" part cause that's the only part I care about.

The lack of a flat-out denial is strange.

Rumors of Diablo 3 coming to Switch have been swirling around for a while, though no credible outlet has confirmed said rumors.

Like with most games, local multiplayer with each player having their own screens would make the Switch the best platform for me.

I'd settle for Diablo 2...

MAKE IT HAPPEN, BLIZZARD!

It wouldn't be the weirdest thing I'd heard.

They’re playing with a Switch on that Diablo light! Either misleading OR they’re just being weird...

Them gauging the reaction with out saying they are going to gauge the reaction.

@SmaggTheSmug This got a genuine chuckle out of me.