Ubisoft CEO discusses Switch success, working with Nintendo, and figuring out what Ubisoft franchises are right for the system

Ubisoft has had quite the partnerships with Nintendo in recent years. We saw the release of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, the Donkey Kong Adventure DLC for that game is just around the corner, and now we know Team StarFox is going to appear in Starlink: Battle for Atlas. Just how did these collabs come to be? Geoff Keighley talked with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot to get the scoop.

...the fact that Nintendo came with mobility with the Switch...it’s giving all the publishers in our capital cities the abilities, finances actually, to create better games...it’s a booming industry today. Some of those games will use those roots, but the goal is to actually have a bit diversity in the portfolio, we can use the best approach for the experience.

Yes, we are big fans of Mr Miyamoto, in the last 30 years we’ve been looking at what he was doing and learned a lot from him. Being able to approach him and his team, is really something that is a wonderful experience for all the teams at Ubisoft, they love to collaborate and learn from him.

Guillemot was also asked about what other Ubisoft properties could make their way to Switch.

We need to make sure the brands are well adapted to the machine, and that they will fit with the public as well, when we decide to go on the machine we take into consideration those elements and also the capacity of the machine.