Following Nintendo’s announcement that PlatinumGames ’favorite cult action role-playing game Nier: Automata will hit Switch later this year, some gamers are asking Square Enix to also make native ports for Kingdom Hearts games.
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Square Enix announced that Nier: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition will hit the Switch on October 6th. The Switch port includes previously released add-ons such as the “3C3C1D119440927” DLC, as well as new costumes. .
In a follow-up post on the blog, Japanese Nier’s official Twitter account confirmed that the Switch port will run at 30 frames per second with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 when connected and a resolution of 1280 × 720 in portable mode. While fans of Nier: Automata shared memes in response to the malfunctioning of The End of YoRHa Edition with Nintendo’s modest hardware, Kingdom Hearts fans demanded that Square Enix give Kingdom Hearts the same treatment with the release. from a native port on the Switch.
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The KH3 Nintendo Switch Cloud Ver. Experience pic.twitter.com/8sZFiIxA2Q
– HMK (@HMKilla) January 19, 2022
“How could Square get Nier to run at 1080p at 30fps, but he didn’t bother to make a native Kingdom Hearts LMFAO port,” one Twitter user wrote.
“You can’t tell me that a native Kingdom Hearts port isn’t possible when you look at how NieR will work at 1080p on the dock for the Switch,” another replied.
How it feels to be a Kingdom Hearts fan watching Nier Automata get a proper Switch port pic.twitter.com/C9S7DAV6j8
– Curtis Todd (open committees) (@ JudeKnight14) June 28, 2022
Of course, Kingdom Hearts games are now available on the Switch, using streaming cloud technology designed to serve as an alternative to running games that are too demanding for the portable console hardware. While the prospect of having Sora and the crew on the move was a dream come true for fans, these Switch streaming cloud ports turned out to be a nightmare.
Since the release of the cloud versions of Kingdom Hearts Switch in February, gamers have reported serious latency issues and startup crashes. Cloud ports played so terribly for some Kingdom Hearts fans that they directly advised other players not to understand the games on the Switch.
It’s hard to blame Kingdom Hearts fans for bothering Square Enix to give a game predominantly from the PlayStation 2 era the treatment of the low-gloss cloud port, while Nier: Automata, a full PlayStation 4 title , obtains a native Switch port.
“I have to imagine that this is because [Tetsuya] Nomura has always had the KH team manage the ports directly and they are now busier, while PlatinumGames has the bandwidth, “tweeted youtuber Liam Allen-Miller.” But yeah, it’s not a fantastic look, especially for PS2 titles “.
Kotaku contacted Square Enix and Nintendo to comment.
Time will tell if Platinum Games ’award-winning action role-playing game will suffer the same fate as Kingdom Hearts in terms of Switch performance. If it does, I’m sure some players will make a real-world goal game challenge, as they do in existing versions by sabotaging their HUDs. Perhaps this is the dawn of the frame rate challenge.
Nier: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition launches on the Nintendo Switch on October 6 for $ 40 ($ 56) and can now be booked at the eShop.