Arkham Trilogy on the Switch

During a Nintendo Direct announcement earlier this year, the company announced that the Batman: Arkham Trilogy will be landing on the Switch. This is something that piqued fans’ interests, but there’s some bad news. The Batman: Arkham Trilogy for the Switch was just delayed.

If you’ve been on the gaming scene over the past 14 years, then you’d know about the Batman: Arkham series. It was a popular PS3 exclusive that stood out as one of the best-looking games on the console. Since then, several games have come out under that umbrella, making this series a mainstay in modern gaming culture.

Nintendo Switch owners will be able to experience the story starting from when Batman walked into the asylum back in 2009. The Batman: Arkham Trilogy encompasses three games in the series: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Knight. These games follow a continuing storyline.

The Batman: Arkham Trilogy for Switch has been delayed

This is a pretty big letdown for the players who were excited about this release. The game would have landed in just 10 days. However, according to a tweet from the official Batman: Arkham Twitter account, players will need to wait 59 days instead. The tweet shows a picture with the text “Batman: Arkham Trilogy for Nintendo Switch will now launch on December 1, 2023″.

When giving the reason why, the posts said that “[m]ore time is needed to bring players the best possible experience on Nintendo Switch.” So, it just sounds like the company needs some more time to properly optimize the games to work on the Switch’s hardware.

Optimizing games to work across different systems is hard enough on its own, but the case of the Switch is a bit unique. The first two Batman: Arkham games in the trilogy launched on the PS3, which is more in line with the Switch’s capabilities. However, Arkham Knight originally landed on the PS4 and Xbox One. Those systems are much more powerful than the Switch. The team probably has its hands full optimizing the game to run on the limited hardware of the Switch.

It’s better that the company makes sure that the game can run smoothly on the Switch. If not, then it will be a repeat of Minecraft on the Switch, and that’s a nightmare. In any case, if you’re looking forward to this game, you may just want to hunker down and be patient.