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Ace Combat 7 producer reveals secret: Nintendo Switch version has been optimized for two years

2024-07-15

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"Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition", which includes all DLC and multiple special features, was officially launched on the Switch platform on July 11. Its producer Ryunosuke Hagiwara talked about the story behind this ported work in an interview with foreign media.


In an interview, Ryunosuke Hagiwara mentioned that during user research, the production team found that many players were interested in the Ace Combat series, but could not experience it because they did not have a console or computer. They hope that more players can play this series, so they decided to port the latest game in the series, which is this game, to the Switch platform, even though the Switch is already in the late stage of its life cycle.


In order to restore the visual effects of the game on other host platforms on Switch, the development team optimized it as a whole and retained the weather and light and shadow effects in the original game as much as possible. They also admitted that this project has started since 2022 and encountered many challenges in the porting process, such as how to balance the picture quality and frame rate and port the game to a lower-performance platform.


Finally, Ryunosuke Hagiwara also stated that it is currently impossible to reveal more information about the new "Ace Combat" game announced to be under development in 2021, but they are working hard on it, so players are asked to wait patiently.