It's our fate as Switch owners to endure a 'mixed' time with third-party games. It's not all bad though, and if you're a Star Wars fan we have LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Star Wars: Hunters on the way, on top of all the retro re-releases we've had in recent years.
Are there more on the horizon? Maybe. It's been confirmed today that Respawn Entertainment is producing three Star Wars titles to be published by EA. It developed the excellent (albeit slightly rushed and buggy) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and that has a sequel on the way - rumours have abounded that it'll be revealed in a showcase in the coming months. In addition, though, the studio is also working on a first-person shooter in the IP.
Finally there'll be a Star Wars strategy game with development led by new studio Bit Reactor, with oversight from Respawn. This is an interesting one as Bit Reactor was formed by Firaxis veterans, including senior staff with a track record in earlier Civilisation and XCOM titles.
So, can we hope for any of these on Switch? The Jedi Fallen Order sequel is likely a big no, as we never even had a hint at the original coming to Switch. Its use of Unreal Engine and its issues running on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One also help to rule it out. In terms of the first-person shooter there may be some chance; we've had an albeit disappointing port of Apex Legends on Switch, for example.
The best chance we may have could be the strategy game, a genre that lends itself relatively well to scaling down to various systems. We've had some major strategy games ported to Nintendo's system, and we also have the upcoming Marvel's Midnight Suns on the way.
We'll keep our eyes peeled for further details; no doubt there'll be reveals and more details later this year.
Which of these Star Wars projects are you most excited about?
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The only way Switch will see these is as a cloud version.
I'm not excited about anything from EA. Playing the Steam versions of the original Battlefronts is preferable, but I'm on board with the LEGO title
@Woodyshoe EA don't even know what a Switch is, let alone cloud versions.
Didn't like Fallen Order and haven't liked any Star Wars EA touched since Pandemics Battlefront 2, so nothing of value lost for this switch owner. Glad they don't monopolise the IP anymore.
Rather optimistic to cover it on this site. The Switch at this point is less powerful than last-gen hardware.
I would be okay with just a port of the Super Star Wars Trilogy from the Super NES, a Rogue Squadron remastered, and maybe a Star Wars Arcade remastered. That is all.
Does this concern us, NintendoLife?EA doesn’t give a crap about the Switch.
Jedi Fallen Order isn’t even on Switch and I don’t think it can even run on Switch.
Pointless article imo.
Don’t hold your breath for any of these games on Switch. If they were gonna be on Switch, it will be a cloud version
I'd rather we get more remasters of classic Star Wars games. Bring us the Rogue Squadron trilogy, bring us the rest of the Dark Forces games, and bring us the classic Battlefront games. The new games have potential, but if we're at that point where EA is already having issues with current or last-gen hardware, then I have no reason to be optimistic. Apex Legends barely counts.
EA won’t bring anything much to Switch other than the yearly non updates of FIFA to pretend they do care.
Even when, sorry IF, we ever see a more powerful Switch, I still doubt EA will do anything for it. They hate Nintendo. It’s as simple as that.
That aside, the Switch is just not powerful enough anymore for ports or at least 3rd parties will not entertain them as they it want to put the work in. When the gap felt smaller I guess they didn’t mind but now the lack of power is starting to tell - unsurprisingly of course.
@Specter_of-the_OLED rogue squadron from the GameCube is all I want.
I really hope we see Switch 2 by 2023. I can't see Nintendo being ok with either being left out or...ugh...Cloud versions of most major 3rd party games for 2 more years
Star Wars Shadows Of The Empire Remaster
@anoyonmus Apex Legends (also from Respawn) is on Switch. While I agree that EA hasn't been as supportive of Switch as it could have been, it's fair to speculate that, as the market's leading console at present, Switch could get at least one of these 3 games.
I was so hyped by Squadrons (as hyped as I get, so more looking forward to it than what others define as hyped), but that game isn't worth paying for.. wishy washy controls was what ended up being the thing I just couldn't live with..
Rogue Squadron was and is much better games, how can they fail so bad that a N64 and a GameCube game are leagues better than a modern game with a budget many times bigger than both those games combined.. man I miss Factor 5, the closest current game that scratches that itch is Project Wingman (and that game is more Ace Combat (but better IMO) than Rogue Squadron)
I WANT A NEW X-WING vs TIE-FIGHTER OR ROGUE SQUADRON!! please?
@Damo well it’s EA. They make the decision. Don’t hold your breath for these games on Switch.
Also apex legends ran crap on a switch but I would rather play that over a cloud version of a Star Wars game
Why bother with EA news on a Nintendo site, unless something gets announced. Serious question.
If we can’t get the new ones, how about the N64 and GameCube games?
Yes, because since the Star Wars exclusivity deal, EA have brought so many new Star Wars games to the Switch, oh wait…
So how about making an article if and when a game is actually announced for the Switch first?
Having EA as the first word in the headline saves me the trouble of having to read the article. Thanks, Nintendolife!
@nessisonett if you're referring to the Xbox One and Ps4 then yeah that's been known for a while.
But the Switch is objectively more powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360.
@iLikeUrAttitude Last gen is PS4. We’re a couple years into this gen now.
Switch doesn't need EA nearly 5 years in.
Like how Madden doesn't need Antonio Brown, well at least now.
EA hates Nintendo's 💰 💰 💰
I think so.
@sleepinglion than you didn't play Jedi Fallen Order, you would say different.
And i guess you never played Mirrors Edge or Dead Space.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is looking like one of the best Star Wars games ever. I really hope it runs well on Switch.
@sleepinglion If you haven’t played Jedi: Fallen Order yet I highly recommend it. It’s basically Metroid Prime 3, Star Wars, Uncharted and Dark Souls chucked in a blender. Not perfect but it’s my favourite Star Wars game for sure and avoids all the typical EA crap like micro transactions.
@CaptainCluck
TT games said it runs like a dream on switch. Take that as you will. Honestly I am waiting until reviews come out to decide if I get it on switch or ps4.
We need a mandalorian open world game. Maybe if we got a game like that in 2024 maybe the switch succesor could run it.
Another cool port would be the force unleashed games.
Noice, cant wait for the fallen order sequel... Yes it was a buggy mess, i had to reboot the game atleast 3 times playing it on ps4 pro but it was a lot of fun... biggest complaint from besides the bugs...no actual star wars music from any of the movies..but just a similar sounding score
@blindsquarel so we can play on tattooine again?
More star wars..... yay... well at least I get to save some money. Star wars game are so bad
@larryisaman the platforming in it made me realize how perfect it actually is in uncharted...i found some of it to be a pain .. invisible walls...him missing ledges or just plain clunkiness
@KnightsTemplar
Jedi fallen order is amazing
It over anakin I’ve got the high ground.
It doesn't worry me, I've got a PS5 so I'll just buy either the PS4 or PS5 versions.
It's rather pointless for them to bother with future information, of these games since they will never come to switch.
Here is different take. I think it is crap of Lucasfilm to make this arrangement with EA unless they agree to support all the major consoles. EA locks Nintendo out of all the good Star Wars games.
And, yes every damn one of these games could be ported. Might not look as good, but we are living in an age where the gameplay can be the same. They would just have to take another approach with the visuals.
@Nintendo4Sonic I have Fallen Order. I got bored
@larryisaman I have that one, and it's not bad, but I didn't have enough fun with it to finish the game
@blindsquarel maybe for a die hard star wars nut... I got the game because of the attention it got .... and traded it first day
@SwitchForce so I have seen your recent video. And yeah EA doesn't give a crap about Switch. I believe they are the only 3rd party developer that doesn't care about Switch.
Switch being underpowered isn't the only issue with getting EA games on Switch (some like Mass Effect, like the game can run on Switch but EA chose not to). EA unfortunately has the mindset that Switch players don't want to play 3rd party games. Clearly they have the mindset because they haven't ported any of their good games (NFS HP, Burnout Paradise Remastered are actually not bad on Switch) and insisted on porting the crap versions of games (Apex Legends runs crap on Switch but hey its better than FIFA Legacy Editions imo).
I am sure EA will continue this despite Switch outselling the Playstation 1 iirc (and will march ahead to PS4 sales). It was today Switch beat PS1.
I however have a feeling (a very SMALL feeling) that EA will show something at Nintendo's direct in Feburary (if the rumors are true if Nintendo is having a Feburary Direct) but I also feel some cloud versions of games will be there as well (didn't say they will be from EA but there will be some cloud versions of games)
Don't most PS owners still consider PS4 "current get" anyway?
Anyway, we shall see if these turn up eh.
@Woodyshoe I am quite surprised that EA hasn't even put a single cloud game on Switch. Putting cloud versions sound like what EA would do on Switch but so far they haven't put any on Switch
@Damo "Switch could get at least one of these 3 games"
yeah, as a cloud version
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