There’s a brand new rumor floating round {that a} Nintendo Change port of GTA V could also be on the way in which. At the least, that’s what a consumer on X who covers rumors and leaks associated to the GTA collection is suggesting.
Based on @Budzcario, Rockstar appears to be engaged on a Change model of the fan-favorite GTA V. Info stems from the just lately leaked supply code on GTA VI and different Rockstar recordsdata. One piece of the code references the Nintendo Change alongside its NX64 codename. And a few are taking this to imply that Rockstar is certainly engaged on a Change port for the fifth GTA installment.
In spite of everything, Pink Useless Redemption was ported to Change earlier this 12 months. So why not GTA V? The 2 video games have been launched inside just a few years of one another and on the identical era console. Even when GTA V was launched on the very finish of that life cycle. Certain, something is feasible. Rockstar may very well be engaged on a Nintendo Change port of GTA V. However such an endeavor appears unlikely. What appears extra believable is that these references are doubtlessly from outdated plans to deliver the sport to Change that will have ultimately been scrapped.
GTA V Nintendo Change rumor could also be based mostly on outdated plans
To not rain on anybody’s parade as a result of, fairly truthfully extra video games on the Change are welcomed. However it’s essential to maintain expectations in examine when these kinds of rumors floor. Sure, the leaked GTA V supply code mentions the Nintendo Change a few instances. However that alone ought to make anybody skeptical. As a result of as a substitute of being referenced many extra instances, the Nintendo Change is simply referenced twice. You possibly can see a type of mentions within the supply code identified by @Budzcario.
Rockstar may need had plans to develop GTA V for Change at one level. However one consumer on Reddit who has seen the supply code suggests the sport was by no means in growth for Nintendo’s darling transportable console.
Over on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit, consumer u/RafaelSw lays out a brief reasoning of why they suppose the sport was probably by no means in growth within the first place. One of many principal elements revolves across the simply two Nintendo Change references in comparison with the console’s “NX64” codename. Which seems fairly just a few extra instances. The hypothesis is that Rockstar had deliberate to port the sport to the NX64 however didn’t know on the time what that may imply. Because the Change hadn’t been introduced but.
As soon as the studio found that NX64 could be operating on the ARM structure, plans have been “probably scrapped” says GameRant. It may possibly’t be mentioned for sure that the Change gained’t get a port of GTA V. However given the console’s age, its troubles with operating extra fashionable titles like MK1, and the vastness of GTA V’s panorama, Nintendo’s growing old {hardware} might very nicely wrestle to deal with the sport.