Nier Automata Gets Some Very Positive Switch Previews

The Nintendo Switch family of consoles will finally receive Nier Automata: The End of YoRHa Edition on October 6, and many of you will be interested to see how the port performs.

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Large third-party Switch games frequently have to make a number of adjustments of one kind or another in order to operate well on Nintendo's hybrid device,

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As always, it is wise to hold off before spending any money, but for now, here are some details from some of the fresh previews making the rounds online.

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"I don't understand how Square Enix got a game like Nier Automata looking and running this good on what is indisputably ancient technology — it feels like magic is at work.

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So, I was prepared for the worst when it was revealed that Automata would be coming to the Nintendo Switch in the guise of the End of Yorha Edition.

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"It's likely helped NieR: Automata operate so well on Switch that so many of those last-gen, occasionally pitiably automatons look alike.

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"I was shocked to see that the degree to which the Switch port's graphics adhere to the original work caused my single issue with them.

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