At today’s Nintendo Direct, Capcom confirmed that Resident Evil 7, Village, and Requiem are coming to Nintendo Switch 2. And no, they’re not like the janky cloud version of Resi 7 that launched in Japan back in 2018, but a full-fat, Switch 2-native version. Nice.
A trailer for the title(s), running on Switch 2 hardware, was shown off during today’s presentation. It shows Requiem running on Switch 2, and demonstrates what the experience as Grace Ashcroft will feel like in your hands – when playing in either first- or third-person mode. Nerve-wracking, I’m sure. Though, this isn’t the first time Capcom has tried to get the games working on non-home consoles/PCs: there was a doomed mobile release of Resident Evil 7 that managed less than 2000 sales. Ouch.
Resident Evil 7 launched back in January 2017 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It returned to the series’ horror roots after a number of games in the action genre, and kickstarted the ‘new’ era of Resident Evil games, all made on the RE Engine, that includes Resident Evil 2 Remake 2, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil Village, and the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem.
Per today’s Direct, Resident Evil Biohazard and Residen Evil Village are coming to Switch 2 on February 27, the same day Resident Evil Requiem launches. It’ll hit the Nintendo hardware the same day as it will PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.