Aside from Assassin's Creed III and IV: Black Flag, which came to Wii U in 2012 and 2013 respectively, and a couple of Nintendo DS spin-offs before the turn of the decade, Ubisoft's action-adventure mega-franchise has been entirely absent on Nintendo platforms. The latest entry, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, is due on other platforms this October, and will unsurprisingly be skipping Switch, but that doesn't necessarily mean Ubisoft wouldn't want it on the console.
In an interview with Game Informer, the game's director Scott Phillips sat down for a series of fast-paced questions about the upcoming title. While much of the interview talks about what fans of the series can expect from the new game, and therefore won't be of great use to any Switch-exclusive players, one question asks Phillips directly about the chances of a Switch version. You can check out his response at around the 6:07 mark.
If you're unable to watch the video, or prefer your content in written form, here's how the short but sweet question went down:
Game Informer: "Could this come to Switch?"
Phillips: "I don't know how to program, so, otherwise I would do it myself."
The chances of a game like Assassin's Creed Odyssey appearing on Switch are relatively thin, as any game with such high-end visuals would need some heavy tinkering to arrive on the portable console. Having said that, we would never have expected the likes of DOOM or Wolfenstein II to make their way over, yet Panic Button has made that possible. Maybe, then - just very unlikely.
Would you like to see Assassin's Creed Odyssey come to Switch? Or any other games from the series for that matter? As ever, let us know all of your thoughts on the matter below.
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Well with the 4gb ram system memory you can't achieve that much for latest games.... well too bad for Nintendo
Meh, they all get given away through XBox's Games with Gold anyway. Believe me, its why I have most of them digitally.... XD
They're content to give us the usual shovelware that they also put on mobile phones. Bethesda has properly supported the Switch and I've enjoyed all their games.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey was my star game of E3, I'd love for it to come to Switch.
Next to no chance I know, but I'd love Panic Button to step up to the challenge.
Everyone right now at Panic Button: "Give us a call!"
@MichaelHarvey Right, because Mario + Rabbids, Rayman, the console South Parks, and Child of Light are shovelware that have also originally been mobile releases?
This must be the "exciting news" that they must have been talking about, when they excitedly cancelled steep.
@eightbitman
Did Nintendo leave you at the altar or something?
I'd love a new Assassin's Creed game on a Nintendo platform once again; I liked both ACIII (despite some freezing issues that I've since chalked up to Ubi's servers) and Black Flag on the Wii U. Unfortunately, I know the chances of one of the more modern games coming to Switch are slim to none.
...Maybe not Odyssey, but I would settle for one of the older (decent) entries.
Here you go, Scott:
http://panicbuttongames.com/contact.php
@aznable Man, I'm still hyped about Steep's cancellation! I have to keep reading that post to make sure I'm not dreaming. Wow, Ubisoft knocked it out of the park saying Assassins Creed isn't coming! I honestly don't know how they can top this year.
@RyanSilberman
They're not the AAA releases that I would get excited about and purchase. We're all different though. I would expect them all to be eventually released on mobile (other than Mario).
Panic Button could dominate this port. Although it probably wouldn't release until next March.
@MichaelHarvey Except you specifically said "shovelware" and "mobile", neither of which has applied to anything for Ubisoft's lineup for the Switch. Not even their releases of Monopoly and Uno.
And again, I'm pretty sure if they wanted Rayman Legends on mobile, they would've done it by now instead of make exclusive Rayman games for phones. Same with the other aforementioned games.
I think you have to come to terms with the fact that the Switch is the most powerful handheld ever that also connects to your telly, and that has brought back platformers, 2D JRPGs, Point and Click adventures and Japanese gaming in general, plus has brought indie games to the masses. To be this it can’t have these graphical giants on the console.
We may not have every AAA release, or all the games as service, or Netflix or an internet browser, but that’s the trade off for having a wonderful little bit of mobile kit with indies, mid sized Japanese games, and really great Nintendo content. Would you give up all that for Assassins Creed? If you do then maybe you want a PlayStation or an Xbox instead.
@EightBitMan Are you playing troll bingo with friends right now, trying to get various responses to fill out your board? That's the only explanation I can think of that doesn't involve you waiting for your mom to tell you to come up and have lunch.
@RyanSilberman
Yes. It is the usual shovelware that appears on most platforms and doesn't take long to develop compared to titles like Assassins Creed. Uno and Monopoly have both been on mobile for years. I had them going back to iPhone 3G and Xperia Play. Similar sidescroll Rayman games have been on multiple platforms from mobile to Vita to Xbox 360.
Its fine if you disagree, but I would like to see more triple-A experiences on the Switch. Ubisoft are not fully onboard yet. They even cancelled one yesterday.
@EightBitMan Of you could buy multiple systems to have access to a broader variety of games intended for different types of play in different situations? I love my XBox One X, but it isn't going to get BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Smash Ultimate, Let's Go Pikachu, Daemon X Machina, XC2, XC2: Torna, Octopath, FE:TH, or Dragon Quest XI or a number of other games I'm interested in playing. Similarly my PS4 Pro will only be able to play BB:CTB and VC4, and DQXI out of that list, but none of the others, yet it can play God of War, Detroit, Dissidia NT, Horizon Zero Dawn, Yakuza and a number of other games neither my Switch nor XBox 1 X can play.
Go figure, you need multiple machines to play all the available games you may want to play, including Switch.
If what you want to play is mostly games like AC: Odyssey and RDR2 then buy a machine made to play games like AC: Odyssey and RDR2. Why complain that a machine not built for that can't do it? I don't complain that my Windows 8.1 Atom tablet can't run AutoCAD and Fallout 4. It's not what it's designed for, but it does what it was designed for well and
thus gets more use than my machine that could run AutoCAD and Fallout 4.
Similarly my Switch gets more use than my X1X and PS4Pro. It may not have AC: Odyssey, but I'd rather play those games on the more graphics oriented systems. It's what they were made for.
If you're trolling, you're doing it badly. It's supposed to be sardonic and entertaining. What you're doing is just plain bitterly ranting.
Well we already have an Odyssey game so...
@Medic_alert Yeah I think with a graphical downgrade and a degradation to npc's, maybe less of them with not as much interactivity, would allow the game to run. Maybe partition the game differently so sections load in a different manner. I believe it could be done. Remember DOOM and Wolfenstrein. Also, I think when Warframe releases that will be more of a sign of what can be accomplished on the Switch.
Oh great, so why not get a team to work on the port then?
Ah I know, you did that and we all know what happened with Steep...
Ubisoft has been dropping the ball lately when they are dealing with the Switch and its fans.
@MichaelHarvey Uno and Monopoly on mobile aren't Ubisoft releases, nor made with the same engines and structure.
And yeah. Rayman is a multiplat series. That's.....very, very much a given. Doesn't exclude Rayman Legends being on Switch.
You can feel free to look forward to AAA experiences on Switch, but you keep acting like everything else has no significance; just borrowing the unjustified rhetoric from people dismissing some of the indies as mobile/shovelware.
Friendly reminder that this forum has an "ignore" function.
I don't expect we'll see much in the way of Western AAA third-party releases on the Switch. Which is just fine for me: I already mostly ignore them on PC and PS4, so I don't see why I'd mourn their absence on Switch.
If it's released on the OG Xbox One, it can also come out on Switch. Those two machines are close enough in power that a port to Switch will only take so much downgrading. Odyssey could work on Switch.
@aznable
"Did Nintendo leave you at the altar or something?"
With the sheer amount of hate that he has for Nintendo, it is more like they left him on somebody's doorstep!!!
@RyanSilberman
It still doesn't mean that I am excited for them on Switch. They exist everywhere else so I don't care if Ubisoft makes this one. Try and understand the point, even if you disagree.
Acting this defensive, not respecting other opinions and accusing me of engaging in rhetoric just because you didn't like my opinion won't change my mind. We aren't supporting football teams, we are customers and my customer input will hopefully have a tiny effect on Ubisoft's decision-making. I am not as excited for Ubisoft's current offerings as you are and think they should release more triple-A games that the Switch is capable of.
That's the end of it. Have a nice day!
They should bring Assasins creed Rogue or iv to the sytem cause Odyssey looks so demanding
This would be a difficult game to port.
But I think things will get harder when the next Gen consoles arrive, Ps5 is getting closer and probably Microsoft will release a new console as well.
Nintendo will keep getting a lot of indie titles and good first party games like Metroid 4, Smash, Zelda and the list goes on.
But let's face it, this machine was not meant to play heavy Triple AAA games. ( 3rd Party games)
I'd rather have an AC game built from the ground up for Switch. Not happening, but I'd buy it.
Maybe not this game, but there are definitely some other third party games that could be brought over if the publishers would just give them a chance.
Also, this site has an ignore feature for a reason. Use it.
@GrailUK
Maybe they'll stop making games and begin manufacturing pachinko machines, like Konami?
@ooyah harsh
i love it
@ironman30
if by AC you mean armored core... you're in luck
@EightBitMan
nope. N had competent hardware in the GC era and STILL didn't get full support.
an N console after the snes were always doomed to be 2nd class citizens. the whole CD/cart fiasco and losing square all but sealed their fate. portable is all they have left and the switch is a fine portable gaming device. it could probably do whatever ass.creed games came out last gen.
@Medic_alert
from what i understand nothing but a good PC runs the newer games well anyway. even the xbx has trouble with the egypt one.
I would love to see one of the AC games on Switch.
@EightBitMan don't let this upset you but DOOM Eternal is coming to Nintendo Switch.
@sword_9mm X1X runs Origins beautifully....steady frame rate (most of the time), great visuals. Not sure who said otherwise. I'm sure PC can run it at 60fps instead of 30, but other than that (and it's AC, so that doesn't matter all that much) it's very polished on X1X (which is rare for Ubi.)
@IronMan30 They built one for Vita. It could happen. Switch has ~25% more units sold in 17 months than Vita had lifetime, so the numbers certainly aren't going to be the problem for that. Though a Switch game would cost a whole lot more than a Vita game as it would be expected to be of at least the same quality as III and IV, or better.
Considering the fact that I'm starting to like the spinoffs more than the main games I hope that Ubi will use the switch as their side project platform and port the legacy games that will totally run on the system (AC1-Rogue at the very least) I would love to replay 1 on the go.
Never play any of them so this is just more reason for me to miss out.
@Mii_duck I just want Panic Button to get Warframe out on switch!
No thx
@Medic_alert Breath of the Wild and Skyrim would both beg to differ.
In other news, Doom Eternal is coming to Switch! YES!
I think the Ezio collection would be a good addition on the switch
@Ryu_Niiyama I don't know about the spinoffs. Origins is fantastic, the best one since 1 IMO. Odyssey looks excellent as well. I'm not even a huge fan of II. I liked it a lot at the time, but Origins and 1 best it.
I'm one of those weird people that still thinks 1 is by far the best of the series though.
@Medic_alert I didn't see it happening either but DOOM official Twitter account have confirmed it! Cannot wait, DOOM was the first game I downloaded for my Switch, love it.
I would love to see AC on Switch, but I highly doubt it would be likely until we have a Switch Pro or 2.0.
@NEStalgia I remember the Vita entries, they were supposedly decent but I never had a Vita so I wouldn't know firsthand. I guess it's possible Ubisoft will make a Switch AC game, but I just don't see it happening. I would love to be proven wrong, though.
@Medic_alert Agreed.
It's the one game of this year I felt I'd be missing out on, I'm happy it's been addressed at least.
Maybe the Switch+/pro variant will be luckier with this one.
@aznable Daemon X Machina looks great if that's what you mean by Armored Core. That's a Switch game that's on my radar, among many others.
@NEStalgia 1 is my favorite but I enjoyed the chronicles games (due to Ezio fatigue in part and the different styles) and I like the psp spin off to 1 and liberation (HD not vita version) ...the ds games...not so much, but I may go back and give them another chance.
@EightBitMan see ya! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I would not trade fidelity for portability. I can find tine to play at home like I did with AC:O (great game). Maybe for people who only have a Switch.
I did finish the VITA AC... But it was a bit "meh"
I rather they make Child of light 2 or make a new iP with the Switch in mind.
@Ryu_Niiyama at least someone else loves 1!
I haven't played Chronicles yet. I only got the Russia one free on gwg but something about ac platformer feels wrong. Pretty tough!
I forgot about the psp one. I like anything with altair, but all i remember is my poor thumb and the nub
Liberation was ok. I enjoyed it, Vita version. But it was also kind of bland and shallow. I mean moreso than usual. Though maybe better than 3....
@EightBitMan Nintendo would lose in the power game. Especially when the PS4 Pro and One X came out around it. Nintendo needed to do something new, something different, and something eye catching.
@Medic_alert
oh, the switch would only be useful for the old last gen games.
this new stuff? nah.
and x1x has framerate dips on a 30 fps game. 1st 30fps is dumb. if the 1x is so 'powerful' (lol that cpu) then 60fps should've been the target. and framerate dips from there? nah.
then again it is ubi. i remember the pics of the episode that was in france with like skeleton faces and stuff. AC games have always been messes imo.
@Medic_alert
we're talking past each other. i never stated that any ac games should or would come out on the switch. i was posting at trollio person who is on these threads crapping all over the place.
the 1x is fine for a console but MS did a very dumb thing and kept that awful cpu. it was bad on the 1/ps4 and it's worse now. i know they were drowning after the terrible reveal of the 1 and the ps4 eating their lunch but they should've been more forward thinking.
as for 4k? it's not doable imo even on PCs at an acceptable detail to frame-rate trade off. opinions will vary on that. i keep 1080 at ultra/full 60 (my monitor is 60hz but it ain't broke so i won't replace it).
@NEStalgia
I don’t think @EightBitMan is after such rational replies. He just wants a bit of attention. This is somebody who claims to be a ‘PC only gamer’ but is playing troll and run on a Nintendo site.
Sounds like a job for Panic Button
There is no reason why Ubisoft could not port some of the older games for the Switch.
Id happily pay for the Ezio Collection so I could play it on the move.
... is nobody going to mention that the director of Assassin's Creed Odyssey doesn't know how to program? He's basically saying he doesn't make games. He just tells others and get's top billing in the unskippable credits
How about a separate entry instead? Remember when companies used to make different games for platforms that couldn't run the "main" versions?
@KittenWarrior You don't need programming skills to be a good director.
@BRAINFOX : Call me mad, but I really, really miss those days. Especially if you love a franchise and own multiple platforms, having so many different variations of a franchise, effectively being sold as the same game, when they were only the same in name only, was great.
I remember being absolutely chuffed during the Sims 2 era as the PC, GBA, DS and home console versions were all completely unique games, sharing only the name. I didn't have a home console or a PSP at the time, but if I had been able to afford it, I would have bought those two versions as well.
I also recall grabbing the DS/Wii versions of The Simpsons Game (which shared the same storyline, but were completely different games, gameplay-wise), and Smash on Wii U/3DS was a cool project which achieved relative parity whilst providing content unique to each platform.
The Wii also had a lot of third party exclusives that were based on more demanding games, such as Dead Space: Extraction, the Resident Evil Chronicles games (a port of that would be cool), and I believe there was even a Far Cry game at some point. With the specs being so close nowadays and game budgets spiralling out of control, I understand that this practice will no longer be the norm, but I do miss it.
@KittenWarrior
He’s a Director, not a programmer.
Great interview. Quick fire laughs. Adored Origins, totally awesome. Odyssey just looks like it's way too big for a fit on the Switch. But that's fine. I'll trust Ubi tohave something in the pipeline for us.
@KittenWarrior Last time I checked, Miyamoto has rarely programmed in decades. A director is the head of decision making not programming.
Is Odyssey even an AC game? It doesn’t even have Assassins since it is set before Origins.
@EightBitMan Judging by the name you would assume you could care less about raw power.
If anything, they should port the game just for ripping the name off Nintendo. If they do bring it to Switch, I'll probably buy it for my son since he's a big AC fan, but It will be really exciting news even if they didn't.
Yes, this would be great to have. Day one if they ever put it on the Switch.
@EightBitMan We're sorry about all the deaf eras.
They could do it if they wanted. It's likely that the executives just don't want to spend the time and money it would cost. Because it almost certainly would be a lot of extra work.
In other words, "we're lazy and we don't anyone else to do it".
@EightBitMan Wow! You’ve been blasting your complaints a long time to have fallen deaf eras. If you’re outta here, why do you post in multiple forums on this site?
It could definitely run on the console if Breath of the Wild can.
@EightBitMan "I'm out of here. Won't support this company or it's fanbase until both get their act together."
Thanks. Oh and empty the bins on your way out. We will really miss your edge.
End of an era?
@PanurgeJr We should get t-shirts made up. We Survived The EightBitManchild Era.
@WiltonRoots I'm in. I wear an XL.
Directors really should refrain from making statements on things they don't understand. Even if he could program it wouldn't make it possible for this game to run anywhere.
On point. Its not just graphics that holds the switch back here. Its memory and cpu. Latest version of anvil pushes the base consoles hard. They would have to take things put to make it work. While it is impressive that doom runs on switch, it's a novelty at best and a mess at worst. A playable mess that can be enjoyed, but ac odyssey has tougher constraints it needs to play with. AC origins was a technical marvel surpassing that of doom. I've been saying this since doom on switch was still speculation. Doable with a cost. Ac is not doable even with a cost.
Nintendo fans probably wouldn't buy it anyway, unless they put a Mario costume in somewhere.
@EightBitMan I find it funny to see you continuously complaining about nintendo on a nintendo fan website. Go away and worship your beloved playstation/xbox (titles) if you dislike nintendo like this. What are you trying to achieve? People lime whatever system/titles they want so let us just like nintendo in the way you like other platforms and titles. STOP COMPLAINING
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