Warner Bros. Video games and Avalanche Software program have lastly shared a primary official take a look at Hogwarts Legacy operating on Nintendo Swap just some days forward of launch.
The Magic Awaits trailer, which you’ll be able to watch under, exhibits simply over two minutes of the hit Harry Potter recreation operating on Swap forward of its November 14 launch. Considerably bizarrely, neither the writer nor developer had shared a single glimpse of gameplay till this trailer, even with it already being out there on different platforms.
A handful of cutscenes present the participant character starting their journey as a witch or wizard, by getting a wand at Ollivanders, participating of their first magic classes, and so forth. The trailer additionally options a few of Hogwarts Legacy’s baddies and monsters that gamers might want to tackle.
Solely six screenshots of Hogwarts Legacy on Swap had formally been shared beforehand, exhibiting magic classes within the school rooms of Hogwarts, seating by the Black Lake, and among the spooks that includes within the recreation.
Unofficially, nonetheless, a sliver of gameplay might be seen on-line as of November 7 when somebody obtained a boxed copy of Hogwarts Legacy early and leaked it on-line.
Hogwarts Legacy was introduced for Swap method again in March 2022 however, whereas the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S variations of the sport solely suffered a brief delay, the Swap model is nearly a 12 months late. Not launching alongside the extra highly effective consoles’ variations, the Swap model was as an alternative set for July 2023 earlier than being delayed to the present November date.
Hogwarts Legacy simply turned February’s best-selling recreation, and past that the best-selling recreation of 2023 on the time. It had bought 15 million copies as of Might, and amassed Warner Bros. Discovery an eye-watering $1 billion. Its success has been combined with controversy on account of its connection to creator J.Ok. Rowling, although, who has been outspoken in her anti-transgender views.
In our 9/10 overview, IGN stated: “In nearly each method, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG [we’ve] all the time needed to play.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.