Here’s The Witcher 3 running in handheld mode on Switch

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is going to stink on Nintendo Switch. At least, I think that’s what a lot of people assume. But the evidence is beginning to mount that it may not stink at all. The Switcher 3 (as the kids are calling it) is looking like one of the most impressive ports for Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld console yet. The latest argument to back that up is Nintendo’s presentation of the game live from Gamescom in Germany where the company showed the game running in portable mode.

Developer CD Projekt Red first released The Witcher 3 in 2015, but it’s so demanding that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both struggled with it in several spots. And the Switch is a portable device. It uses a mobile chip that is equivalent to a smartphone or tablet from a couple of years ago. The Witcher 3 should not work on Switch.