Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag on Nintendo Switch – The Complete Guide to NSP, DLC, and Updates (v1.0.1)
By: Switch Homebrew Staff
Updated: October 2024
- Sail the Caribbean in the Jackdaw, your upgradable brig.
- Hunt whales, sharks, and raid Spanish treasure fleets.
- Explore Mayan ruins, jungles, and pirate havens like Nassau.
- Engage in ship boarding, where you can swing onto enemy decks with dual swords.
Extra Content Pack: An optional 1.2 GB download available for free. It includes: Assassin’s Creed: Awakening manga. Blackbeard: The Lost Journal novel sample. CG trailers and concept art.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag on Nintendo Switch
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was initially released in 2013 for various platforms, including PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. It later made its way to the Nintendo Switch in 2017 as part of a bundle with Assassin's Creed: Rogue and Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry, known as Assassin's Creed: The Pirate Collection, or sometimes referred to simply in terms of its individual components.
The Switch version features several "Quality of Life" enhancements not found in original releases:
Note on "Resynced": Recent announcements from Ubisoft have revealed a remake titled Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
3. The DLC (Aveline & Freedom Cry)
The "DLC" part of your keyword is the trickiest component. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag on Switch includes the following additional content: