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(Rumor) Fortnite is Coming to Switch with Exclusive Content
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There was no question in my mind it wasn't coming.
I actually expected it for last year. When epic announced how they were shifting gears from their other game to support fortnite I realized how understaffed it was.
This was inevitable.
Overwatch in the palm of my hands? I am already addicted to the ps4 version man. xD
Yes.
How does this person still class as somewhat credible? It's all terrible.
Correction. Good portable Fortnite, cause mobile is there, lol.
Late 2018 release?
Would be the biggest game Switch gets this year.
With Xbox One and Pc crossplay you also have instantly a big player base.
Would be the biggest game Switch gets this year.
With Xbox One and Pc crossplay you also have instantly a big player base.
yah I tried the iPad version and I just can't climb that mountain even though it's the same thing
Nintendo experimented with Free to Play games on the 3DS and WiiU
They call these games "Free to Start" which is definitely a bit more transparent. A FTP game can definitely come to the Switch.
https://www.nintendo.com/games/free-to-start-games
Nintendo's online store does show one free to play game on the Switch available now (Namco museum multiplayer?) and I think Arena of Valor will be f2p when it launches.
Nintendo has made numerous free to play games, not sure what you're getting at
https://www.nintendo.com/games/free-to-start-games
So, I haven't kept up with Fortnite since playing the closed alphas and betas. But are you telling me Save the World is the original Fortnite mode? Except now it's not F2P?
Or does the original Fortnite not even exist anymore?
But Switch already has the best shooter franchise. I continue to believe that if fortnite wasn't free to play nobody would care. It's like a free mobile game. Millions upon millions play it, but that doesn't mean there aren't much better games out there. I guess the big takeaway is that it would be portable.
what? i don't even play the game but i'm not going to act like it's a mediocre game that's only hot because it's free.
Save the World is the original Fortnite mode that has never been free to play. Fortnite Battle Royal is the second mode that has always been free to play.
Even if it is considered mediocre, it's still free and therefore would be just as hot on the Switch. Ps4 and Xbox have other great shooters just like the Switch does
It's actually quite a well supported, extremely compelling multiplayer shooter.
Of the MP shooters I own and play: Overwatch, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, Destiny 2, PUBG and Fortnite, I've been playing Fortnite almost exclusively for the last few months. It's a great game even if you don't take into account that it's F2P.
Save the World is the original and it has never been F2P. It's always been $40 and up depending on which version you buy (more expensive versions include more loot llamas etc.).
It was supposed to go F2P in 2018, but I'm starting to think it never will at this point. They're probably happy with people buying and spending money in that version to get v-bucks that they can use in BR if they want etc.
I don't doubt conversations about a Switch version have happened (whether or not they have been greenlit). But I don't see a reason to trust this source.
As a long time nintendo fan I think I've learned my lesson from hoping too much about future content so if we are lucky one of these will come in 2018 at least.
Well Smash is confirmed for 2018 and Nintendo has not yet delayed a single Switch game, so I think it's a safe bet that we'll be lucky.
Have you not tried Splatoon? just got 3.0 update yesterday and X rank.
This is how I see it. Only issue would be Nintendo IPs/Mario skins on Xbone or PC but Nintendo seems relaxed about cross play these days so I could see it working fine.
I am no industry member by any means and have no evidence, but I can tell you Fortnite for Switch will be announced at E3 with a "sudden" release window. I posted this on r/Nintendo a while ago but it was immediately deleted. I don't know about exclusive content however my friend joked about Link, Mario and Princess skins. I suggested a BotW style glider. That seems like simple logic to me though.
Actually that would be fairly surprising if true, since I assumed they would wait to launch it with the paid online service starting in September. Unless that's what you mean by "sudden".
Sudden isn't my wording, so I can only leave it to interpretation. I honestly don't know, I heard this through a close friend of a close friend to someone in dev. It may be completely boastful BS.. so take what I say with a grain of salt.
I mean, nothing about it is crazy or outlandish to be fair. I 100% expect Fortnite on the Switch at some point this year. Even if I ignored every single one of the rumors about it I would still expect it, it makes way too much sense. And you have devs at Epic essentially teasing that it's coming.
But yeah, timing will be the question. I think September or October makes the most sense but I guess we'll see!
People are actually getting hyped about Diablo 3 and GTA5? Games are like 5 years old now
You are really saying that about GTAV? Isn't it the best selling game ever at this point and in the top 10 every month for npd?
People still ask this? The idea of having games of that scale on a portable Nintendo platform is highly appealing.
Well GTAV still sells amazingly well and D3 on the go sounds fun to people. I don't think there is anything wrong with that?
Unfortunately this wouldn't have nearly as much of impact as it would if it launched prior to the mobile version.
There is a paid version of the game. The Battle Royale mode is free to play though
I think its all linked to an epic account so you might be able keep your progress. I'm pretty sure the mobile version lets you keep your skins and stuff from any other version
Based on Epic's comments about getting the environment to run on 60fps on phones but vsyncing to 30fps because of battery, I can see the game being 60fps on Switch.
I haven't played the mobile version but I imagine the experience is much worse without a controller. Having the mobile experience and the controller experience together is a good selling point
I disagree. It's still having a remarkable effect on PS4 and XB1 hardware according to NPD, why wouldn't it have a similar effect on Switch hardware?
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