A listing for Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition has appeared on Nintendo Japan’s release schedule, indicating a potential Nintendo Switch release this February. The news comes shortly after Banjo-Kazooie was accidentally listed in the same place, leading some to wonder if this was also done in error.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance first launched in February 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, receiving critical praise and was the recipient of many game of the year awards. The Royal Edition of the game released in June 2019 and serves as the definitive version, packaging together the base game with all of its additional content. The game also made its debut on PlayStation Now a couple months ago, going for free to PlayStation players who subscribe to the service.
According to a listing on Nintendo Japan’s release index (and reported by riap0526 on Reddit), Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition is set for a Switch launch on February 18. It comes from publisher DMM Games, the same publisher who released the PS4 version of the game in the country. The listing aligns with what was reported in the latest issue of Famitsu, Japan’s largest video game magazine, which also has the game listed for a February 18 launch. This comes despite no news of the release from either the game’s official Japanese website or Twitter account.
Nintendo official website and latest Famitsu issue listed "Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition" coming to Switch in Japan in February 21, 2021 from GamingLeaksAndRumours
If the listing proves to be true though, what immediately comes to mind is how well the game will run on the hardware. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a very technically demanding game, much more so than what the Switch can run. However, it may be possible if the game receives the Witcher 3 treatment. That or it may take the Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version route, which had the game streaming directly to the Switch from Nintendo’s cloud storage, skipping the need for powerful hardware.
Whatever method the publisher may choose, it is nice to see Kingdom Come: Deliverance made available to a wider audience. Its hyper-realistic medieval setting is something we do not see a lot of these days and the mechanics are complex to match, such as the herbalism and alchemy systems. Being able to play it on the go would be a definite plus though, so now it is just a waiting game to see if the listing is true or not. However, seeing as how it was also listed in Famitsu, there is at least a bit more credibility there. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how the game looks on the Switch compared to its other versions.
Source: Nintendo Japan, riap0526