Update: And just like that, the retail listings have been taken down. You can still see the pages thanks to our screenshots below.
A strange mistake? Or did someone press the 'go live' button a little too early? Hmm.
Original Article: A retail listing for a supposed Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered release on Nintendo Switch and other platforms has appeared online, sparking excitement among fans that an official announcement may be around the corner.
The listing can be viewed at reputable Portuguese store, GamingReplay, with Switch, PS4 and Xbox One Versions all appearing. The retailer suggests that the title will launch in October 2020.
We've taken a screenshot of the page, just in case it gets taken down.
Of course, tomorrow sees a brand new Nintendo Direct Mini with a focus on third-party announcements. While retail listings alone can never be confirmation of a game's release, it's possible that – if this turns out to be real – we might hear about it in an official capacity during the show. A Mass Effect Trilogy remaster has been rumoured for some time now, after all.
The listing was shared to social media by Twitter user @Nibellion, who explains that the logo seen on the box's front cover is based on the Mass Effect Trilogy that launched for Xbox 360. Despite this, the listings themselves appear to be new, suggesting the artwork may simply be a placeholder.
Do you think a Mass Effect Trilogy release could be announced tomorrow? Do you think this listing is nothing more than a mistake? Share your thoughts below.
[source gamingreplay.com, via twitter.com]
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That'd be cool, but honestly if there isn't some sort of PC version I'd probably pass on it. Bioware is still best played on PC for me.
I hope it´s true! This is I think the only thing I´d want form EA Play XD
Wow that's Mass(Effect)ive!
Please, please, please.
Partner showcase spoiler alert!
As long as the wait using the lift in ME1 has been fixed then I'll get this.
Yep, this would go on the want list. Another game on the Wii U backlog coming over to Switch.
Count me in if this is real! Loved these games back on the 360
If it's all on the cart I'm in. Too many cases of "part 3 requires a download" though and it's EA so generosity is not expected...
If this is correct, it's interesting that the Switch version is cheaper. Probably because the PS4/Xbox will be upgraded for "free" to the PS5/Series X.
Don't you dare play with my feelings like this...
...well, i'll take any excuse to post Shout Out Out Out Out anyway.
@nessisonett Wow that's creepy
Yes please. I'm one of the few who wasn't terribly outraged by ME3's ending (for me, "four minutes of tepid disappointment" didn't outweight the 40 hours I had an absolute blast with the game), so I'd love to play them on the go.
Sad that I am concerned why the Switch version is 10 euro cheaper.
Makes me think EA is gonna use 1GB carts and ask us to download the rest... and it wont even be remastered.
Wonder if we'll also get some insert ads of "The Boys" in there
@Shiryu that's my brother xD
Mass effect 2 is one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played and one of the best. I’m in xxx
If this contained a remastered version of Mass Effect 1, and all of the DLC for the 2 and 3, I'll go absolutely mental.
Please please please please please be true!!!! This has been my #1 wish for a switch port since I got the system.
Hm this could run on switch? Never played hear they are intensive though... then again they might be like xbox 360 games which the switch could run... I don't know but I've wanted to try these out star wars is my jam so this seems up my alley
This would be a day one buy for me
The idea of playing this series in bed with headphones on is very tantalizing, but with EA's track record I am waiting for official confirmation from them or Nintedo themselves, EA has a habit of disappointing Nintendo fans.
OMG yesss, I knew EA was reading my comments here! xD
"Out first on PS4 and Xbone followed by a Switch port later."
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/05/that_rumoured_hd_remaster_of_the_mass_effect_trilogy_might_be_coming_to_switch
I want these for Switch so bad, but I refuse to get my hopes up. Day one must buy for sure if it's true.
@Ghostchip I see no reason why these games couldn't run on Switch. They are old, the original came out in 2007 and ME3 was on WiiU.
I hope it's a remaster like we would expect from modern bioware, with an option to activate all those meme worthy glitches and bugs that will push your Switch or PS4 to take its own life
@Allspice lol thanks I had no idea whether these were like new or not all I know is they are space games on xboxs! After all I'm a nintendo man myself
Played me3 on wiiu and loved it, so getting to play the first two would be awesome on switch.
I really can't handle all these rumors. Just logging in and seeing that image sent me on an emotional roller coaster. Mass Effect, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Perfect Dark, etc. Every day a new rumor.
This is an announcement that, if true, would make me scream and cry like those kids in the E3/Direct reveals at Nintendo NY
It's not launching on Switch day 1.
Where’s my Metal Gear compilation already...?
Yes, please, here is my money!
Oh please don't be a mistake!!!
With the third party Nintendo Direct Mini happening tomorrow, there's a good chance this is true.
Yet I have expect EA to put Mass Effect 3: Special Edition on Switch and the Trilogy on everything else. Just seems more on brand.
@Ghostchip the wii u ran the third one really well but most of us still feel burned by ea for not releasing the trilogy on there.
I'd definitely be interested in Mass Effect Trilogy though I'd get it on PS4 as the Switch version is very likely to require a sizeable download. It's an exciting rumor, let's hope it's true.
Oh...like Prince of Persia did...
@RiasGremory hey I understand the pain but this is ea we are talking about: your lucky you didn't have to spend a ton of money on a game you already bought lol. By the way is it weird when I see these games I think if kotor a lot? It's an xbox game too yes but they just seem similar in.a few ways based on screenshots. Never played these so I probably sound dumb. If it's like kotor I am buying it immediately but pretty sure it's like a shoot shoot game. By the way anyone else think most shooters are overrated? I feel like the only one. Sure halo is great and splatoon is one of my favorite games but fortnite and call of duty? These games have always felt cheap and boring to me. Destiny is fun but I don't play anymore for one reason same reason most rpgs are boring to me: grinding. I always thought pubg was eh. Rainbow six seigel looks like fun to me but other than that most games that are shooters just bore me to tears.
Just one answer possible here:
Y E S...P L E A S E ! ! ! ! ! After Skyrim and Witcher 3, this would be another dream come true to play the Mass Effect trilogy on the go!
You'll forgive me if I have absolutely no faith in this coming to Switch. Remember when they released 3, at full price on the Wii U, the same day they released the trilogy for the other systems? That was rad.
As happy as I would be over this, it's not the first time a listing has resulted in nothing. Then there's GrubbHubb saying 'It's coming' since Feb2019. But who knows; EA likes money just as much as Nintendo.
That being said to suppress my hope, I'd love to throw down with the boyz in some co-op multiplayer again. Vanguard class, onward!
We had Mass Effect 3 on Wii U.
Dark Souls Remastered for Switch was basically Dark Souls PS3 for Switch.
Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered for Switch was actually AC3 Wii U Port.
Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered for Switch will be exactly the same trilogy that was released for PS3/X360. But it will be good anyway.
@Kreko Shut up! Right now! Stop it!
My heart can’t take it... Mass Effect and Ninja Gaiden in one Driect mini! God no! How can I be expected to survive!
Hate the way Switch is becoming a port console.
This "by mistake thing" happens an awful lot doesn't it
@jimtendog Me too, and it's not just the ending, the entirety of ME3 fell well short of the first two.
If they'd re-made part 3 to be less of a straight shooter and created a new story that concluded what the first two started I'd be all over this collection. Without that, I just don't think I can bring myself to play it again.
@jimtendog Me too. ME2 is great, but I don't know if I'll want to play it again.
@BulkSlash ME3 felt like they had great segments mixed with a bunch of average content, bad decisions and a bad ending.
@Madder128 I love the way Switch is becoming a port console.
Balance restored.
First Mass Effect game I played was Mass Effect 3 on WiiU (there wasn't much else to get) and I loved it so much, I went and purchased all three of them for my PS3. I love these 3 games so much. Enough time has passed I'd love to play them again on the Switch. Hope this gets announced tomorrow.
@ballistic90 Yeah that pretty much sums it up, great in places, terrible in others.
Sadly I started to get a sinking feeling early on when they suddenly announced that plans for an anti-Reaper super weapon had been conveniently found on Mars.
Given how the June PS5 event started with GTAV, I'd guess Mass Effect Tilogy gets announced for PS4 in today's PS5 event (perhaps as part of a "backwards compatibility" segment) and XB1 gets it same date but the Switch version is an error or releases a year later.
@Madder128 I love it. There’s a lot of games I missed from 360 and ps3, so I’ll gladly buy them for switch.
@LUIGITORNADO PC version in this case = online only
cant get enough of NIFTU CAL
@LUIGITORNADO
Mass Effect is different from most of their stuff. It works equally well on console.
Take all my money!
Do we get the full multiplayer component?!?! That’s the question...
@Apportal Huh???
probably a fake as the logo on the box is exactly the same like the logo on the PC box called Mass Effect Trilogy which has been sellling since ME3
OMG!!!! This is what the partners direct is about, has to be!
id love this on the switch
Ninja gaiden & now this omg
OMG YES!
Been waiting for this since Switch was released.
You know it’s wrong when the switch version is the cheapest?
"A strange mistake? Or did someone press the 'go live' button a little too early? Hmm."
(I think it's real, and the store accidentally revealed it.)
[I'm not sure it's possible this would really be on Switch.]
(I want you.)
"WTF are you on about you moron, GTFO with your rumor BS!"
"...Shepard."
@jsw-8 I'd say, if this is true, and it'd better be, Switch version is a simple port, the other ones are remastered.
@NEStalgia ...I should go
Played through 1 and 2 twice already (3 once) don’t think I could go through them again. Fantastic games though, especially 2.
Have them all on Origin.
The way "remasters" are on Switch... my old PC versions will probably look/run better anyway.
How about "Also" release SW: Squadrons. Give cross play and cross save with PC. Now that would be news.
It would be amazing.
Mass Effect is THE greatest trilogy in gaming history.
It was as close to perfection games has ever come.
Sure games grow prettier year by year and new things gets technological possible. But writing a great story in video games is a lost art. The only other franchise I can think of was Legacy of Kain. It's a shame the story is not the most important focus point in games now a days.
I don't think I want to grind through that ME1 slop again just to get to the sweet, sweet sequels.
My face is tired with all the emotions I’m feeling right now.
Fake purely based on there's no way the switch version would be cheaper haha. Surely they'd bump that up an extra tenner cause on switch!? I may be wrong but, but, but!?
This’ll be my 4th time buying ME1 if true. 😅
I am interested, not sure I will buy it full price though.
I have a need for these now.
I really despise EA, but Mass Effect is still a great series. I've been on a boycott against buying new EA games since the Wii, but I'm willing to make an exception for this gem.
I'd probably get the physical of this if it is true. I could actually see this happening tbf.
THIS is what i've been waiting for, 100% day one for me.
@dewokkel oh yeah it's great If you haven't experienced those games.
If you did though, it's mildy frustrating.
A minor problem though.
@Ajent touché.
MAss Effect was one of the reasons I still have a (pair of) 360s. The only reason I haven't played them is because I have to sit down in front of a TV for long stretches of time. If this happens, I'll but a physical copy easy!
Definitely want this
49.99? That’s too cheap. Haven’t they learned anything from Nintendo?
I wonder what it would be like to experience the trilogy for the first time now, with the knowledge that the third act is disappointing to so many people.
@Shiryu
The best song in the Citadel DLC!
Never in a million years would a game be cheaper on nintendo than PS or Xbox at launch...... Not happening clearly a mistake!!
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