This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

Ori and the Blind Forest launches on Switch today, and developer Moon Studios has revealed that the Switch version of the game has had some impressive optimisations that mean it runs even smoother on Nintendo’s system than it did on Xbox and PC.

Replying to a thread over on ResetEra, Game Director Thomas Mahler pointed out that the team have been working on the engine for a decade - both on the original game and the upcoming sequel - so they’ve been able to really fine tune it.

Keep in mind that we've been working with our engine for a good 10 years now and went through multiple releases and a sequel now. A lot of the optimizations we did for Will of the Wisps ended up in the Blind Forest version for Switch, so that was a nice side-effect.

Another thing people maybe don't notice immediately is that Ori's sprites were animated at 30fps on Xbox/PC, but for Switch we were actually able to update the animations to 60fps due to all the optimizations, so technically Ori actually even animates a bit smoother on Switch than on the other platforms :)

It might not be the most technically demanding game on Switch, but it’s nevertheless great to see that Moon studios have endeavored to give Switch players the best experience possible.

There’s a free demo available on the eShop now, and your progress will carry over to the main game if you finish it. There’s no excuse not to check it out!

Have you guys picked up the game today? Let us know what you think down in the comments.

Source: ResetEra