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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknownis coming to theNintendo Switchin the summer of 2024, Bandai Namco has revealed. This upcoming release is thus poised to add to the selection ofcompelling simulation games for the Switch.
The seventh numbered entry in the long-running combat flight sim franchise debuted on the PS4 and Xbox One in January 2019 before making its way to PC a month later. The game was met with fairly widespread critical acclaim and ended up winning the 2019 CEDEC Award for outstanding sound. With nearly 2 million launch year sales,Ace Combat 7helped cement Bandai Namco as one of themost successful video game publishers of the past decade. The combat flight sim surpassed 5 million lifetime sales in November 2023.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknownis now on its way to the Switch, where it is set to land on July 11. The Switch port of one of themost cinematic war games evermade was announced just a day shy of its five-year release anniversary. Bandai Namco producer Kazutoki Kono said that the Switch version of the combat flight sim is being made externally under the company’s supervision, albeit without revealing which studio was tasked with leading the porting process.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Nintendo Switch Release Date
The upcoming Switch port is being advertised as a Deluxe Edition of the game packing a wide variety ofAce Combat 7DLC that Bandai Namco released over the years. Specifically, the publisher is planning to bundle the vanilla experience with three extra aircraft sets, as well as a trio of SP missions. Eight emblems paying homage to past series entries will also be part of the package, as will some bonus aircraft skins and Music Player Mode, among other things.
As things stand right now, the free two-yearanniversary DLC thatAce Combat 7receivedin 2021 won’t be included in the Deluxe Edition of the game. But four other downloadable content packs are in the pipeline, including theTop Gun: Maverickaircraft set that first debuted in May 2022, coinciding with the release of the Tom Cruise blockbuster. That said, the DLC quartet won’t be available at launch, with Bandai Namco merely stating that the four expansions will roll out at a later date.
TheSwitchport ofAce Combat 7will unsurprisingly receive some graphical downgrades compared to the original game, as Nintendo’s handheld is significantly less powerful than Sony and Microsoft’s eighth-generation consoles. Be that as it may, Bandai Namco vowed to deliver a smooth gameplay experience with a “comfortable frame rate.”
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Nintendo’s newest system features a vibrant 7-inch OLED screen, a wide adjustable stand, a dock with a wired LAN port, 64 GB of internal storage, and enhanced audio. Improvements to visuals, audio, and connectivity make a strong impact on highly detailed gameplay and setup is extremely easy.
