- Bethesda’s Matt Carofano talks about Skyrim’s Switch 2 port
- Speaking to Nintendo Life, he says the porting process was “really easy.”
- Skyrim’s Switch 2 port is now available for $59.99 / £52.99
Yeah, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim It is the gift that keeps on giving. Or rather, the game that keeps being released; this time on Nintendo Switch 2.
Bethesda, which traditionally loves shadows (see The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered since the beginning of this year), Skyrim It is a game with a reputation for inevitably reaching absolutely everything. On the other hand, it doesn’t seem like the Switch 2 version requires as much work.
In an interview with Nintendo Life, Matt Carofano, creative director of the Switch 2 port and lead artist of Skyrim original release – looked at the process of bringing the beloved role-playing game to Nintendo’s handheld platform.
“It’s really easy,” Carofano said of the relaunch process and working 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 thought, ‘Hey, let’s bring one of our most beloved games back to Switch 2 and see how we can improve it and make it the best experience for that console.'”
He continued: “We had previously done the Switch version, so we went back to that and made improvements to it. So it was really an easy development process and pretty quick in terms of our timelines.”
In terms of the port’s qualities, Carofano said: “A lot of this really focused on taking advantage of the new hardware. Now we can use DLSS and get better resolution, better performance, and the game loads faster. The Switch 2 has the Joy-Con 2 controllers that allow you to use mouse controls, so we added that.
“A lot of the questions are simply: ‘How do we take advantage of the Switch 2? What can it do? And [how can we] Give players the best version of Skyrim for that console?'”
Of course, we missed the reissue memes at Carofano; Even he sees the humor in constantly bringing this 13-year-old game back into the modern conversation.
“It’s a bit of a joke at this point how often we release Skyrim,” he said, “but it’s a great game. We want everyone to be able to play it in the best way possible.”
For me personally, $59.99/£52.99 is a bit steep for a modern version of Skyrim. When it’s available on other platforms, with mod support, for much less, it’s hard to justify repurchasing it even with the benefits of portable play. That said, if their future discounts on Switch 2 are as good as they are on other systems, well, let’s just say I’m not entirely immune to the charms of Tamriel’s wintry north.
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