- Capcom was initially “skeptical” about Resident Evil Requiem’s appearance on Nintendo Switch 2
- Director Koshi Nakanishi says Capcom “had to do a triple take” when they discovered how well it was running
- He adds: “It all worked so smoothly that we decided to continue with the game as it is and make it the system”
Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi has revealed that Capcom was initially “skeptical” about the game’s Nintendo Switch 2 performance, but was pleasantly surprised.
The next main line Resident Evil the game finally launches this week, and alongside a traditional PlayStation, Xbox and PC release, Requiem will also be coming to Switch 2.
Requiem is a graphically demanding game, so there have been doubts about how well the game will perform on the handheld at launch. Capcom initially also had the same doubts, according to the game’s director, but were proven wrong by the “ease” with which it ran.
“The Nintendo Switch 2 system has enhanced graphics specs, so we wondered if Requiem could run on it — and it did with ease,” Nakanishi said in a new Creator’s Voice episode on YouTube.
“When we, the development team, first saw it in our hands, we were also skeptical, so we had to do a triple take.”
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He continued: “We thought to ourselves, ‘Oh, is this really running on the Nintendo Switch 2?’ It all worked so smoothly that we decided to continue with the game as is and make it the system. With specs like these in handheld mode, it looks great.”
TechRadar’s Josephine Watson previewed the demo Resident Evil Requiem and was also impressed with the Nintendo Switch 2’s performance, writing how “both first- and third-person perspectives were clear and sharp, cutscenes are smooth and tense, and the controls felt natural and comfortable; a good start.”
Resident Evil Requiem launches on February 27 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC.
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