Resident Evil Village is coming to Nintendo Swap, in cloud kind

Capcom introduced Tuesday throughout a Nintendo Direct that four recent Resident Evil video games are coming to the Nintendo Swap later this 12 months. All 4 video games shall be “cloud variations” — which means they’ll stream to the Swap and require a web-based connection. The complete checklist of video games coming to Swap is: Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake, and the 2020 Resident Evil 3 remake.

The cloud model of Resident Evil Village will launch on Oct. 28 and its accompanying “Winters’ Growth” DLC shall be out there on Dec. 2. The cloud variations for Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3 shall be launched sooner or later “this 12 months.”

As a result of they’re cloud variations you’ll have to be related to the web along with your Swap to play them. Just like this, the beloved Kingdom Hearts series came to the Switch by way of a cloud variations (and it didn’t work out so nicely). For those who’re not so positive a few cloud model, you possibly can attempt a free demo of the sport after the Nintendo Direct on Tuesday.

The video games aren’t the primary set of Resident Evil video games to return to the Nintendo Swap console. Capcom launched three older titles from the sequence on Nintendo Swap as a part of the Resident Evil Triple pack, which included Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil 6. This wasn’t a cloud model, and as a substitute introduced them as absolutely downloadable content material.