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How to develop Nintendo Switch games with Unity
Here’s how you can bring your game to Nintendo Switch:
- Make your game
- Apply for the closed console platform
- Get the platform support add-on
- Test on platform hardware and optimize
- Implement platform-specific features
- Build to the platform’s package format
- Go through the platform’s testing process
- Create art assets for the platform’s store
- Release
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