One of the defining features of Nintendo’s Switch is that it can be a fully portable handheld gaming console. In fact I personally have only ever played my Switch on a TV? twice" Three times maybe" And I’m sure I’m not alone. When we talk about “mobile" gaming that’s typically referring to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, but given the Switch’s portable nature and its hardware that is more or less just a tablet with controllers attached, it also fits somewhere in the mobile conversation. In fact that’s a big part of how we justify talking about Switch here on TouchArcade, though it’s also because we’re just huge Switch fanboys that do what we want.
Anyway, what I’m driving at is there’s tons of potential for synergy between iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. If you’re going to make a game specifically for the Switch’s hardware there’s not many reasons why you shouldn’t also be thinking about releasing on iOS and Android devices, and vice versa. We’ve certainly seen this before but it doesn’t seem as common as it should be. However, Zynga has just unveiled their new title Star Wars: Hunters during today’s Nintendo Direct showcase, and this is one that will indeed be heading to iOS and Android devices in addition to Switch when it launches later this year. Here’s the teaser.
This is very likely the unnamed Star Wars game that Zynga an...