- Bethesda’s Matt Carofano talks about porting Skyrim to Switch 2
- Speaking to Nintendo Life, he said the porting process was “really easy.”
- Skyrim’s Switch 2 port is available now for $59.99 / £52.99
YES, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Or better said: the game that keeps coming out; this time on Nintendo Switch 2.
A shadow cast on the system by Bethesda, who traditionally love shadows (see The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered since the beginning of this year) Skyrim It’s a game that has a reputation for inevitably getting everything right. On the other hand, it seems like the Switch 2 version didn’t require too much work.
In an interview with Nintendo’s lifeMatt Carofano – Creative Director of the Switch 2 port and lead artist for Skyrim Original Version: Discusses the process of bringing the popular RPG to Nintendo’s portable platform.
“It’s very simple,” Carofano said of the re-release process and the partnership with Nintendo. “We’re big Nintendo fans, we love working with them and bringing our games to their consoles. And since there’s a new console, we say, ‘Hey, let’s bring one of our most popular games to Switch 2 and see how we can improve it and create the best experience for that console.’
He continued: “We had already done the Switch version, so we went back and made improvements. So it was a very easy development process and actually quite fast in terms of turnaround time.”
Speaking about the port’s qualities, Carofano said: “A lot of it was just taking advantage of the new hardware. Now we can use DLSS and get better resolution and better performance, and the game loads faster. The Switch 2 has Joy-Con 2 controllers that let you use mouse controllers, so we added that.
“A lot of these questions are simply about, ‘How can we take advantage of Switch 2?’ What can you do? And (how can we) give players the best version of Skyrim for this console?”
Apparently we’ve lost the meme reposted on Carofano; He also sees the humor in constantly introducing this 13-year-old game into the modern debate.
“It’s a bit of a joke now how often we release Skyrim,” he said, “but it’s a great game. We want everyone to be able to play it as well as possible.”
For me personally, $59.99 / £52.99 is a bit high for a modern version. Skyrim. When it’s available for much less money on other platforms (with mod support), it’s hard to justify buying it, even with the benefits of portable gaming. That said, if future discounts on the Switch 2 are as good as on other systems, let’s just say I’m not entirely immune to the charms of Tamriel’s wintry north.