FIFA 18 Confirmed for Nintendo Switch

<p><em>FIFA 18<&sol;em> has been confirmed by EA to be coming later this year to the Nintendo Switch&period; Previously&comma; the game had only been announced as &&num;8220&semi;<em>EA Sports FIFA on Nintendo Switch&comma;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; which led some to wonder whether or not the game would be the new yearly instalment&comma; or perhaps a <em>FIFA<&sol;em> legends-type game and not tied to the yearly instalments of the hit franchise&period; This is great news for fans of the franchise as the game should contain all of the modes and players that they know and love&comma; but now with the portability of the Switch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118021" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118021" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-118021 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;07123923&sol;fifa-nintendo-switch-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"FIFA&comma; EA" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118021" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>FIFA&lpar;<&sol;em>&comma; EA&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamereactor&period;eu&sol;news&sol;503543&sol;FIFA&plus;on&plus;Switch&plus;will&plus;be&plus;FIFA&plus;18&comma;&plus;possible&plus;September&plus;launch&sol;">Game Reactor<&sol;a>&comma; EA chief competition officer Peter Moore confirmed that the game would be the next instalment in the franchise&comma; but most notably that <em>FIFA 18<&sol;em> for the Switch was being built from the ground up&period; The <em>FIFA<&sol;em> team in Vancouver&comma; Canada are the ones responsible for the game and will be doing the custom build for this year&&num;8217&semi;s release&period; Little is known&comma; however&comma; what features will be utilized by the development team&comma; but one can guess that it would be along the same lines as how the <em>NBA 2K<&sol;em> release is being handled&period; Features such as local ad-hoc multiplayer between systems&comma; as well as simplified joy-con controls allowing for multiple players on one Switch&period; A focus on multiplayer action will almost assuredly be key to how the <em>FIFA<&sol;em> team handles the game&comma; but hopefully other popular modes such as The Journey and FUT will be available for players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EA supported the Wii U at the start with some great ports&comma; but due to poor sales scaled back their support of the system and hit franchises like <em>FIFA<&sol;em> not being on the system were noticeable to many&period; With EA announcing that <em>FIFA 18<&sol;em> will be coming to the Nintendo Switch&comma; hopefully the game&comma; and system&comma; sell well enough for EA to continue supporting the Switch&period; Having <em>FIFA<&sol;em> on the go will be great&comma; but also having <em>Madden<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Mass Effect<&sol;em>&comma; even <em>Plants vs Zombies<&sol;em> would be a great boost for Nintendo&comma; so here&&num;8217&semi;s hoping for some FIFA success this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamereactor&period;eu&sol;news&sol;503543&sol;FIFA&plus;on&plus;Switch&plus;will&plus;be&plus;FIFA&plus;18&comma;&plus;possible&plus;September&plus;launch&sol;">Game Reactor<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;