


Who originally approached who about bringing this massive game world to Nintendo Switch?Īndrew Scharf: The team here at BGS has been excited about the Switch and Nintendo’s plans since we first saw the demo of the technology. Paul Hunter: Skyrim coming to Nintendo Switch is obviously a huge moment in gaming, and especially for Nintendo fans. You can read the interview in full below. He also spoke about how the Zelda collaboration came to be – did you know that director Todd Howard brought the idea up to Nintendo? Scharf had a number of interesting things to say, including the experience of bringing Skyrim to Switch and the technical challenges involved.

The two sides caught up to chat in-depth about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for Switch. Let’s do this.Best Buy Canada recently posted an interview with Andrew Scharf, a lead producer at Bethesda Game Studios. But yes, I will go back to Skyrim as Link. Now, whether that’s Link in the trailer, or just a created character that looks just like Link isn’t yet confirmed. Let’s look at the reveal again in glorious. Is Hyrule in the Elder Scrolls universe? Is it a hop, skip and a jump through an interdimensional portal away? The role-playing possibilities alone make this worthwhile. This is clearly what they came up with, and this author accepts it with all his heart. They also had to make sure the first Elder Scrolls game on a Nintendo console got a nod to fans. Fantasy worlds are colliding, people.Ĭonsidering this is the third time Skyrim has been released, Nintendo and Bethesda had to do a little something extra. When Skyrim launches on Switch, you’ll be able to use your Link Amiibo to manifest a chest which will contain Link’s Master Sword, and possibly a bunch of gear that looks ripped straight out of Legend of Zelda. The original Nintendo Switch commercials showed off Skyrim on the coveted portable device, but no one saw this coming.
