{"id":1929,"date":"2017-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/uncategorized\/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comes-nintendo-switch\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T09:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:35:07","slug":"elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comes-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-comes-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Comes to Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming to Nintendo Switch.<\/strong> Nintendo has made the game available to play during the Comic-Con event, and everyone can stop by the San Diego Convention Center and try Skyrim, as well as other popular titles, on Switch until July 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A YouTuber, known as Filip, published a video that provides the Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim fans with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eu1lZzzVHW0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">a glimpse at the game, played on Nintendo Switch<\/a>. As seen from the video, the <strong>Skyrim runs quite smoothly<\/strong> on the console. The YouTube user comments that the frame rate drops were not frequent and overall, the controls for the game translated <strong>well over the Joy-Con controllers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video confirms that <strong>Skyrim will be a great addition to the Switch library.<\/strong>Players will be able to take advantage of optional motion controls, Zelda costumes, a lockpicking mechanic, as well as Amiibo compatibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the E3 event, held earlier this year, Bethesda presented a Skyrim Switch trailer where a player used the motion controls of the joycons to block with a shield, attack with a sword, and fire off arrows toward a dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the Amiibo functionality, it enables players to unlock new items. &nbsp;When the Amiibo is scanned into the console, a chest will appear and <strong>players will be able to unlock the Master Sword, a Hylian Shield<\/strong> as well as an outfit that allows the in-game character to cosplay as Link. It remains uncertain whether Bethesda will provide any other method of unlocking these items aside from Amiibo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the time being, there is no release date for Skyrim Switch, but people familiar with the matter suggest that it will be launched during the 2017 holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RealGear team remains committed to informing you promptly when Bethesda reveals more information about Skyrim Switch arrival and specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo has made the game available to play during the Comic-Con event, and everyone can stop by the San Diego Convention Center and try Skyrim, as well as other popular titles, on Switch until July 23rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8853,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929\/revisions\/8853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realgear.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}