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The Essential Switch Ports: The Witcher 3

The most thoughtful Switch conversion has only one weird design choice

Alex Rowe
4 min readMar 20, 2020
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No one thought it could be done, but then it was done. The Witcher 3: Complete Edition launched late last year on the Nintendo Switch, and it brought the entirety of CD Projekt Red’s massive action RPG over fully intact. Thanks to the original team, and the coding wizards at Saber Interactive, you can experience one of the generation’s most-lauded RPG’s on a tiny low-powered machine. And just a few weeks ago, it got even better, adding several new graphics options and a cloud save system that’s cross-compatible with PC.

Just like the excellent Switch conversion of Warframe, the main focus here was bringing over every single piece of content. The entire main quest line and all of the expanded DLC content are included in the Switch release, whether you go for the digital download or the physical version. Nothing was cut from the other versions, as far as raw game content goes.

The water is nearly as reflective and dynamic as it is in the other versions. Screenshot captured by Alex Rowe.

The Witcher 3 tells the story of Geralt of Rivia, a monster-hunter-for-hire in a dark fantasy land who finds himself locked in a battle with mythical forces to help his…

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Alex Rowe
Alex Rowe

Written by Alex Rowe

I post commentary about gaming, tech, and sometimes music. I’ve written professionally about games since 2005. Look mom, I’m using my English degree!

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