
“The world’s best player has helped fuel the biggest leap forward on the pitch that we’ve ever delivered,” said Aaron McHardy, senior producer on the FIFA series, in a news release from EA. It's 'EA Sports FIFA,' not 'FIFA 18' for Nintendo Switch Ronaldo is also the top player in Portugal’s history, with 138 appearances and 71 goals for the national team since his debut in 2003 - both all-time records. He is the only person to have notched more than 100 goals in European competition. Ronaldo, 32, scored two goals in Saturday’s Champions League Final as Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4-1.
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In other words, sports fans on a Nintendo platform are once again being treated like an afterthought, which makes it essentially meaningless that, as EA says, the game is “ custom built for Nintendo Switch.” We’ve reached out to EA for further details on the Switch version, and we’ll update this article with any information we receive. But it’s galling to hear that something as huge as an entire mode - the story mode, no less - will be missing in action on the Switch.

The in-engine footage from the trailer of Ronaldo preparing to take a free kick, sweat dripping down his face? Well, you already knew that the Switch version of FIFA 18 wasn’t going to look like that. Well, that doesn’t sound promising for Nintendo Switch owners. That confirms that FIFA 18 on the Switch is a separate product that will probably be more in line with the outdated PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.
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However, the fine print also notes that both the Frostbite engine - the technology that has powered the FIFA series on current-generation platforms since last year - and The Journey: Hunter Returns will be available only in the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions of FIFA 18. In the Ronaldo-focused first trailer for FIFA 18, which you can watch above, EA says in some fine print that the mode will be called The Journey: Hunter Returns, indicating that it will once again focus on protagonist Alex Hunter. The company previously announced that the game will include a second season of The Journey, the single-player story mode that debuted last year.

29 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, EA said today.

But in the game’s first trailer, EA also stealthily announced that the Switch version of FIFA 18 is indeed a very different product from what soccer fans expect a current-generation FIFA title to be.įIFA 18 will be released Sept. Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer who just led Real Madrid to its third UEFA Champions League title in four years, is the global cover athlete for FIFA 18, publisher Electronic Arts announced today.
