Skyrim Nintendo Switch Doesn't Appear to be Remastered

Jason Stettner of Gamerheadquarters writes; "Nintendo has recently put up many store pages for a number of upcoming Nintendo Switch titles and Skyrim is one to take note of."

[FallenAngel1984]

It'd be really pathetic if this were the case

[ARESWARLORD]

I don't know how pathetic it would be you have to remember that you're taking this thing with you as a portable and there's never been a game like Skyrim that you could take with you portable I love my PS Vita but I don't have Skyrim on it

[Nitrowolf2]

It may say something going forward for Bethesda. Their games are only getting a lot more demanding so itll be interesting to see if they support the switch going forward, especially since theyve talked about power when it came to running their games previous gen with the wii u, which it lacked.

If it cant run the remaster version that says a lot, and if that is the case I really dont see bethesda supporting the system much. I know skyrim is huge, but i do wonder why not fallout 4 port.

It is still a great feat. IMO to get this run though on a device thats mostly portable

[yeahokwhatever]

You can play MUCH better looking games on the shield. Witcher 3 comes to mind..

[BVFTW]

Skyrim was already portable, every tablet or laptop capable of running the game makes it portable, heres a $300 one year old tablet running the game at 720p at 40+ fps:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[_-EDMIX-_]

Technically what you're talking about it's a moot point because inevitably there would be a handheld with that would be able to do that.

Did the Gameboy Advance not have The link to the past remake? Did the DS not have Mario 64? Did the PSP not have Metal Gear Solid 1 Resident Evil 2 along with numerous PlayStation 1 games along with a God of War Kingdom Hearts, Persona 3 and even GTA games?

So why is that shocking a handheld has Skyrim?

This is actually not a surprise ,this is not impossible , this is technically an inevitability.

Are you seriously going at look at me with a straight face and tell me if a portable released in 10 years it wouldn't be able to play Playstation 4 games?

What you need to remember is that the 3DS even supported the Resident Evil 5 Engine with Revelations.....

So technically what you're talking about it's simply a technical inevitability.

So yes this could play Skyrim just like the PSP could play all the PlayStation 1 games that are on the PlayStation Network.

So is it not just as shocking that in 2004 a handheld have the capability of playing games that released on another platform in 2000? ie Final Fantasy 9

All you actually have to do is look at your history to realize that most handhelds are more powerful than the consoles that released previously.

I agree but you don't have Skyrim on the PlayStation Vita but who is to say that you wanted have it on the next PlayStation Portable? You're technically arguing based on the timeline of specific technical releases you're not really arguing about the concept of something releasing that otherwise never would.

If the next PSP that releases is near the Strait of the PlayStation 4 you might see something like Fallout 4 or even Elder Scrolls 6 on the portable.

that would be no different than saying you don't see anything like Fallout 4 on the Nintendo switch.

LMFAO well no kidding it's releasing later on a more powerful Hardware or is this news to You? Are you seriously telling me this concept is brand new and you have no clue that this is happened before?

[Yi-Long]

Yeah, it's portable, and that's once again the excuse given to be underpowered compared to the competition, when many gamers actually really just wanted Nintendo to release a powerful home-console this generation, so you wouldn't have the exact same problems with 3rd party support we've been seeing with the Nintendo consoles for many many generations now...

Maybe Bethesda should have done a gorgeous cell-shaded version of Skyrim instead, which would have meant they actually put some effort in, would be less heavy to run, and brought something really special and original to Switch, instead of a straight and underwhelming port of a 5 year old game, which pales in comparison to the remasters that were released last fall for XBO and PS4.

Then again, almost every gamer already has Skyrim, so to put that kind of effort into a Switch-release probably wouldn't have worked, unless they would have gone all the way with it.

[TheOptimist]

The thing is, any laptop from the past 2-3 years can run the game, and much better as well. So what's the point of portability?

[IamTylerDurden1]

AC3 Liberation was an open world AC game in the early days of the Vita. BL2 was ported to Vita. To be completely fair though, Vita is nearly 6 years old and the Switch is BRAND NEW. However, games like Killzone Mercenary and Uncharted GA were extremely demanding and very impressive for a portable. Even Sly Cooper TiT was a full console game on Vita.

[psuedo]

But you dont need to play Skyrim on the go.

[andrewsquall]

@ARESWARLORD I can play Skyrim Special Edition on Remote Play on my Vita ^_^

Funny how people's tunes have changed regarding Switch since its awkward reveal before Xmas, with statements like "of course its the Special Edition of Skyrim shown here, its clearly more powerful than an Xbone, maybe even a PS4".

[mikeslemonade]

Vanilla Skyrim is a last gen game and doesn't look good. You're fairminded if you think otherwise.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Except your Vita is a herdawre from 6 year ago!

[EddieNX]

I'd take a portable version or the PC version.

[BVFTW]

If you have the PC version, you just need something portable capable enough to run the game. there was no need to pay twice just to take the game with you.

[ninsigma]

You'd take anything with the Nintendo brand on it.

[TheDivine]

Just buy a GPD WIN and take all your Steam games with you. Or maybe a laptop. I paid under 600 for my laptop with a 1050 that can run any game I want. I do still prefer the WIN since its a handheld that's 3ds sized but both work. Playing Dark Souls 2 and New Vegas anywhere is flipping amazing. Best handheld ever hands down.

[Vegamyster]

It doesn't come out til the fall, it's probably just place holder information. If it isn't then that's pretty dumb, the remaster is not demanding and should easily be able to 720p 30 fps at the very least.

[BVFTW]

I believe it will be a bespoke version of skyrim, first and foremost is the ram issue, the remastered version had a change in the renderer, it supports volumetric light and god rays, improved textures, lod, depth of field and mod support for consoles, not all of this is going to come intact, Zelda runs at 30 fps with drops at 900p while docked, it cannot pull all the special edition features, most of them, yes, but not all of them.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I agree the reality is this wouldn't even be seen as pathetic if Nintendo wasn't trying to Market and masquerade this as a regular Home console equivalent to the Xbox one and PlayStation 4.

Nintendo is a reason why people are seeing the glass half empty.

Perception.

[Profchaos]

I said this month's ago and got completely blasted for it the keynote never said ultimate edition just skyrim

[Broomfondle]

Won't be buying it if this is the case.

[BVFTW]

That's shame, if you don't have a way to play the PC version on the go but you're planning on having a switch, why give it the cold shoulder because it's not the last console remaster?

[Broomfondle]

I never played the original. If I'm going to play it I would like the most recent version.

[BVFTW]

The remastered version doesn't have aditional content, its only a remaster, not a remake, this means it just have nicer graphics and it isn't a night to day change if you compare it to the PC version, the graphical upgrade was more significant if you came from the console version and the real deal was that the console version was now moddable to some extend. If switch version is vanilla Skyrim it's the same game as the remaster. In reality, it will be an optimized version for the switch so technically it would be "the most recent version", that isn't what you're looking for? If you mean that you want "the best version of Skyrim" then buy the PC version.

[ocelot07]

@BVFTW I think you should check your facts before you type. The special edition that was recently released on PS4/Xbox One and PC not only includes better graphics ect but comes with all the DLC released for it.

[BVFTW]

I already know ocelot07, I thought that was obvious as the legendary edition was released 3 years before the special edition . My point was that it didn't have any "new content" for the special edition, should've been more specific, didn't think that I needed to point that out, I'll keep that in mind for the next time. Maybe I should also point out that the sound was downgraded and that the PS4 version modding feature is gimped, right?

[Majin-vegeta]

*I never played the original. If I'm going to play it I would like the most recent version.

Don't blame Bethesda cuz Ninty wanted to go cheap on the hardware.

[Ninte]

Why should it surprised any one. It's Nintendo.

[ChickeyCantor]

It's Bathesda, actually.

[superchiller]

But it's Nintendo's hardware, which was his point. You can't make cutting edge games on mediocre home console hardware.

[Stevonidas]

@superchiller

*Ahem*

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[ChickeyCantor]

@SuperChiller

It's Bathesda that put it on the console. They could have chosen not to.
Besides what features are missing?

[MRMagoo123]

@steven

what's Zeldas meta critic score have to do with cutting edge ? high score doesn't mean cutting edge.

[shockwave4life]

Would this really come as a surprise?? It's Nintendo when are people gonna learn!!! You guys are sheep that would buy anything Nintendo makes just cause it's Nintendo even though they've proven over and over they're retards

[Summons75]

It's been confirmed to be the Special Edition and the mods will be available too last time I checked.

[Profchaos]

Sources? Can't find anything concrete regarding mods

[Summons75]

Go to google, search, answers. Amazing how the internet works.

[Profchaos]

Yeah but that's effort

[_-EDMIX-_]

Proof? Do you have a source? Technically it's a pond you to link The Source if you're correct.

I'm sorry but it doesn't even make even the slight bit of financial sense for a developer to throw their own game under the bus and leave out all of its features it very likely is not the special edition simply based on the developer not saying so.

Link?

[ocelot07]

"doesn't even make the slight bit of financial sense for a developer to throw their own game under the bus and leave out all of it's features" you didn't have a Wii U did you?

A fair few titles on the Wii U was missing features that the PS4/360 version had. To list a few as an example. FIFA 13 didn't have Ultimate Team or pro clubs, Batman Arkham Origins didn't have online mp. Sniper Elite didn't have co-op mode on the Wii U. How to survive again no online mp on wii u and both COD games on Wii U didn't get any DLC.

Probably not costing Bethesda much to port the game to the switch. They probably know it will sell a few copies to at least make a bit of profit even if it does not include the DLC.

[Vegamyster]

It wasn't confirmed, it was just a short description on the Canadian Best Buy site which was taken down shortly after.

[CrimsonWing69]

It was already confirmed I thought. It's not remastered but it's a version built for the Switch. Not last gen and not the Remaster basically something in between

[ocelot07]

If that's correct then it might just be the original PC version with some graphics settings turned up (if you compare it to the 360/PS3 version.

[Tumaras]

I can understand toning down the Special Edition into a Switch-special version. The super detailed textures are overkill on a 720p Switch. Either way I don't see playing Skyrim in portable form being as compelling as it's been made to be. In the end it's a 6 year-old game on a 6.2 inch screen. And on a monitor or tv Skyrim would look better on pc, xb1, or ps4 than 720p Switch on tv. I just don't get the hype for it on Switch. Zelda and other new exclusives though sure.

With the Switch overall I am curious to see if it ends up feeling more like primarily a portable that just happens to have a dock (making tv play a bit underwhelming), or if the gameplay and graphics feel equally satisfying on both.

[Psytrix]

Well, its weak hardware, not sure what people are expecting? By all means - get upset and neg. But that's the cold hard truth of Nintendo's stupid decisions.

[ChickeyCantor]

Relative to what?

[superchiller]

Relative to its competition, the PS4 and XB1, obviously. Was that so hard to understand?

[ChickeyCantor]

Ah yes I forgot, their intents are the same.

I carry my Ps4 around all the time to play outside.

You are genuinely intellectual dishonest.

[DialgaMarine]

Doesn't bode well for the future of Switch with third party. If the games don't sell well, then developers aren't going to see the point in developing unique versions of their games for the device, just like what happened with Wii U. People think the Switch will be ok no third party support, but history tells us that no console can live off mainly exclusives. Especially with the unique portability factor, it only makes sense that Nintendo would want as much support on their side as possible, since they're not aiming for just casuals and younger audiences this time around.

[Emme]

Really, who needs a 6 years old game with downgraded visuals on the go just for the sake of it ?

[_-EDMIX-_]

Nintendo fans were trying to take anything that they could get I mean this is brand new to them

[Emme]

Well, then maybe they will get Fallout 3, too.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Emme- Fallout New Vegas that would actually be pretty sweet

[BVFTW]

Some people love the game so much that wish to keep playing the game on the go, others never played the game and know they don't hang enough time at home and wish to keep playing whenever they have the chance. Switch is a strong tablet, do you really think that the game would be downgraded? Similar tablets run the game well at the same target resolution without having to downgrade it with a performance mod, and these don't have maxwell cores.

[Emme]

Which tablets would that be ?

[BVFTW]

Cube i7 Stylus for example (270-330$) https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Chuwi Hi12 (230-310$) https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Teclast Tbook 10 (230-260$) https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[_LarZen_]

Regardless it's super awesome to have Skyrim in a portable console.

[wheresmymonkey]

I dont see the problem here... its still portable skyrim. Possibly with some switch only additions. This is no bad thing.

[jholden3249]

I hope it is, but I'm buying it either way. That gameplay looked just as good as the remastered version so...

[Kosic]

If you had been following g the switch at all, you'd see a few threads a couple of weeks ago where they talk about elder scrolls and avoid saying if it's the remaster or standard. It's a mix between the two. Basically standard but on a a higher pc setting.

[TargusX]

This can't be true? :(

[Vkviz]

Breath of the wild doesn't look particularly good, why would you expect Skyrim remastered to be running on the Switch?

[PFFT]

Unfortunately the NSwitch isnt powerful enough to run Skyrim remastered. Just be glad its even coming to the console.

[GuruStarr78]

I'd be satisfied if we at the least got the Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn expansions.

I don't really need the graphical update that the Xbox One and PS4 got on my Switch.

I think they don't want to call it the "remastered" version, because it may be something "in the middle". Just a thought..

[vulsker]

While this may be true, wasn't there prior articles like a month ago that concluded it could be a special version strictly to the Switch. The article disclosed that majority of the lighting and textures appear to be from the SE but it was believed that Nintendo would demand the removal of mods which kills the "SE" branding.

[Tetsujin]

As a (potential) customer, what would the Switch version of Skyrim offer me the other versions can't? A lot of people argue "portability" however there's notebooks/tablets that can play it for a cheaper price. So what can it offer that will have me sold?

[corroios]

Its a good portable but doesnt have the power for this kind of games. Cpu , gpu, bandwitch and so on. The problem is the 300 price for those specs. This portable should have the tegra x2 custom and then the problem would be solved.

[CrystalFantasy]

Add in oblivion and all dlc for skyrim and then I'll buy it.

[bluefox755]

The system is pretty underpowered, this shouldn't surprise anyone.

[InTheZoneAC]

what Bethesda should do is change the art style of Skyrim for the Switch so that they can make it look great while still hiding limitations.

Going back to skyrim ps3 is not what a new console should be getting.