Minecraft is set to hit yet another platform natively soon, as eagle-eyed gamers have uncovered a rating for the title on Nintendo Switch 2. The ESRB recently published a rating for the open-world, block-building epic, suggesting a separate, native edition is destined to land on Switch 2 soon.
Of course, nothing is stopping you from playing Minecraft on Nintendo Switch 2 right now via backwards compatibility, but a year down the line, a native version still doesn’t exist.
Is Minecraft on Switch 2 Any Different?
We can’t say for sure that Minecraft will be too different on Switch 2 compared to the first Switch console, but it should have some benefits for players picking up the native version.
For instance, there will presumably be performance and graphics boosts, and some other stability tweaks, but that’s based on conjecture more than anything else.
It’s not always good news when a game gets a native Nintendo Switch 2 version, of course. Earlier this year, Overwatch dropped on Switch 2, and it came hand-in-hand with performance issues that absolutely plagued the community.
Regardless, the ESRB has just rated Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch 2, granting it a rating of E10+ for Everyone 10+ with the following text:
Minecraft is rated E10+ for Everyone 10+ by the ESRB with Fantasy Violence. Also includes Users Interact and In-Game Purchases. This is a sandbox adventure game in which players explore and mine/harvest cube-shaped materials. From a first-person perspective, players traverse pixilated open-world landscapes, avoid hazards, build structures, and craft potions and weapons (e.g., swords, axes, bows, magic staffs).
Players are occasionally prompted to defend against enemies (e.g., zombies, skeletons, wizards/mages) by striking them repeatedly until they collapse. Players can also use weapons against animals and villagers, though these acts are not encouraged. Fighting is highlighted by short cries/grunts of pain, impact sounds, and occasional explosions.
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