{"id":120372,"date":"2020-11-07T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/mass_effect_legendary_edition_isnt_coming_to_switch_after_all"},"modified":"2020-11-07T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T17:00:00","slug":"mass-effect-legendary-edition-isnt-coming-to-switch-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/07\/mass-effect-legendary-edition-isnt-coming-to-switch-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect Legendary Edition Isn&#8217;t Coming To Switch After All"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/095e552162e14\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/095e552162e14\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/095e552162e14\/mass-effect-trilogy-remaster.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/095e552162e14\/mass-effect-trilogy-remaster.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Well, that&#8217;s official, then \u2013 the Switch is missing out. <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/mass_effect_legendary_edition\"><strong>Mass Effect Legendary Edition<\/strong><\/a> has been <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bioware.com\/2020\/11\/07\/happy-n7-day-4\/\">confirmed<\/a> for current-gen Sony and Microsoft consoles (and PC) with next-gen enhancements on the way, but there&#8217;s no love for Nintendo&#8217;s console in this instance.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Story [Tue 22nd Sep, 2020 10:45 BST]:<\/strong> The heavily rumoured <strong>Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster<\/strong> release won&#8217;t be coming to Nintendo Switch as previously expected, according to VentureBeat&#8217;s Jeff Grubb.<\/p>\n<p>In a newly posted <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9tHFQ3j5PLI\">YouTube video<\/a>, Grubb \u2013 known for his insider knowledge of the industry \u2013 briefly discusses the rumoured title, noting that Mass Effect is &#8220;definitely not&#8221; one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/here_are_the_seven_ea_games_reportedly_coming_to_switch_in_the_next_year1\">the seven games EA is planning to bring to Switch<\/a> over the next year (thanks, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/mass-effects-remaster-is-reportedly-called-legendary-edition-and-wont-release-for-switch\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>He explains that he&#8217;ll be able to share more details on the new release next week, and speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3uaBPlLw8E3ODHFpWOWP6P\">Xbox Expansion Pass podcast<\/a>, has also suggested that the remaster compilation will actually be titled &#8216;Legendary Edition&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/mass_effect_trilogy_remastered_retail_listing_appears_gets_taken_down_immediately\">a retail listing for the Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster was spotted for Switch<\/a> before it was immediately taken down. This caused some to believe that it might appear in Nintendo&#8217;s Partner Showcase the following day, but that never materialised. It then <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2020\/09\/mass_effect_trilogy_remastered_listed_again_for_mid-october_release\">reappeared at a second retailer<\/a>, before getting taken down yet again. Both times, the game was listed as launching in October.<\/p>\n<p>So is the game coming to Switch or not? Will it simply launch on Switch a year-or-so after it does on other platforms, explaining both the retail listings and Grubb&#8217;s comments? We&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Well, that&#8217;s official, then \u2013 the Switch is missing out. Mass Effect Legendary Edition has been confirmed for current-gen Sony and Microsoft consoles (and PC) with next-gen enhancements on the way, but there&#8217;s no love for Nintendo&#8217;s console in this instance. Original Story [Tue 22nd Sep, 2020 10:45 BST]: The heavily rumoured Mass Effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}