In light of this history, it's a fair question what "EA Sports FIFA on the Nintendo Switch" really entails, whether it includes Ultimate Team, a story mode or the Frostbite Engine introduced to the game last year. In 2012, EA Sports repackaged FIFA 12 on Madden Overdrive Coins the Wii as FIFA 13, changing only the rosters and kits. The next year, EA Sports recycled FIFA 13 as "FIFA 14 Legacy Edition" on the 3DS, and it was so blatantly no more than a roster update that Nintendo itself called it out as such in an official news release.
Nintendo gamers are sick to death of the puerile message-board slur that their consoles are boutique products despised by third-party publishers. For a more than a decade, sports video games, or the lack of them, have driven this impression Buy Madden Overdrive Coins more than any other genre. It would be a shame if EA Sports patronized the Nintendo Switch with a port of its best-selling franchise, instead of giving it full partnership.
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