EA Adds FIFA 20 To Its Nintendo Switch 'Best Hits' Line In Japan

Although I don't particularly care about this (already own the 2019 one through second-hand shops), I do wonder when or if we're getting Nintendo Selects on the Switch.

We need a good icehockey game

As obvious as this is, I do really hope that Nintendo will follow suit soon enough. I love Nintendo, but they gotta be better with pricing for older games.

That yellow borderline tho....
Ruining the whole front cover.

@Anti-Matter I completely agree, I hope Nintendo change theirs too from the red border

EA's support is a joke. Plain and simple

The border should have read "Only Hit".

EA's Best Hits

FIFA 19
FIFA 20 Legacy Edition

I just can't decide, both games are so vastly different.

@TheAwesomeBowser Usually the Selects line releases very late into a console's lifespan, like one or two years before Nintendo oficially ceases releasing new titles for it

That should have been the launch price given that it a roster update of the previous year's entry.

That box art really is awful. Who approves anything like that?

That big yellow bar down the left side reminds me a lot of the packaging for US and Japanese 32X games...

Give us dead space and mass effect trilogies already.
I hate the fact that gamers are dumb enough to reward lootbox and microtransaction practices and therefore reducing interest from big companies into making actual efforts to edit good games

EA needs to quit playing and put madden on the switch. Hopefully 2k gets nfl rights and puts a nfl game on the system first.

@PuppyToucher DEFINITELY Madden is a great game to have on the switch they have it on the Ios app store so having it on switch would be a great addition if 2K beats them though i am going to pick up the 2k edition

I wonder how many sold copies were needed for this.
If I remember correctly, Platinum hits needed 1 million copies sold in the Playstation 2 era.

I’m replaying TimeSplitters FuturePerfect in glorious 480p atm and I have to look away when the EA logo comes up. I don’t think I’ll ever support EA unless they put some goddamn effort into making some proper games without MTs on Switch

Is it just me or is "best hits" a clunky as hell title?

Oh yeah, one of EA’s greatest hits is FIFA 20 Legacy Edition for Nintendo Switch: And if you want to know my opinion on such a hit, just glance over at the retina burning design on the packaging.

I still don’t understand why they did this, besides pure laziness. The Switch isn’t a “legacy platform” like Xbox 360 and PS3 were from 2016 onwards, and even then I didn’t agree with their treatment of those still playing on those consoles. Switch is the most successful and beloved platform right now for good reason, and EA should actually place effort into creating a FIFA game that isn’t threadbare with modes and features, one that doesn’t just recycle last-gen assets and an experience that matches the authenticity in the gameplay department of Xbox One and PS4. I know the system isn’t as powerful as those consoles, but look at NBA 2K on the Switch.

Say what you please about scummy business practices, but in terms of pure content and gameplay, the Switch version looks shockingly similar and isn’t missing a single scrap of content; just a halved framerate. EA would receive exceptional returns on their efforts, if there actually was an effort. But it would almost be strange now with two sub-par outings, a legacy edition and then actually creating a quality version on the platform on the fourth attempt. EA should carefully look at the Switch versions and find out that the reason they aren’t financially successful, is because they don’t convey quality when you see them and actually attempt to create a FIFA game which isn’t missing any features (and yes EA, Switch owners have the incredible capacity to handle those modes). They literally have no excuse to logically explain any of said shortcomings: it is unacceptable.

"Same game, cheaper price"... I think this may be the issue here

Say it with me now: the Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line. The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line. The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line. The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line. The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line. The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.
The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.
The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.
The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.
The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.
The Switch needs a Nintendo Selects line.

EA wishes it supported the switch enough to have a best hit

@TheAwesomeBowser 2021 is the earliest we'll see them, considering how it took 4 years for the Wii U to get them, and 5 years for the Wii and 3DS to get them.

I kind of miss the old EA Classic budget range covers.

@AlexSora89 except I own everything that's decent. It would just tempt me to buy 1-2 switch, and Kirby.

@TheLightSpirit yeah absolutely. I love football, but one iteration per console generation is enough for me. I only just got round to getting fifa, so I got 20, that'll do me for 5 years now. It's a shame there isn't more competition in football games, I'd love to have 10 different titles to choose from.

They really need to release hockey and Madden, even if one off and gimped. Probably close to 60MM install base, more by the time they would be released.

Hmmm... I mean, the greatest hits tag is a lie for this game, but the fact that it’s cheaper is good

I’d rather see a meaningful update and continued in-game support from EA for Fifa rather than a price-cut