EA has confirmed that the "custom built" FIFA game coming to Nintendo Switch will be FIFA 18

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Previously only officially referred to as "EA Sports FIFA on Nintendo Switch" , EA chief competition officer Peter Moore confirmed that the game will be the next full installment in the series during an interview with GameReactor "Well, as we have said," he explained, "we are custom-building a FIFA version for the Nintendo Switch. It will be FIFA 18, and it will obviously be later this year when FIFA 18 comes out."While not a specific confirmation that the Switch version will come out at the same time as other platforms' editions, this does confirm that the game won't be out before September, the series' traditional release window.Of course, FIFA releases usually span multiple console generations, and previous editions of the game for Nintendo consoles have been "last-gen" versions. Moore explained that in this case, there's a more bespoke approach being taken, with the Switch version being built specifically for the new console:"What you have will be a custom built version for the Nintendo Switch from the FIFA development team in Vancouver."Presumably that will refer to the game's visual quality, as well as Switch's more unique features, such as ad-hoc local multiplayer between systems, and simplified single Joy-Con controls (as seen being used with NBA 2k18 ). However, it should presumably include all the features of the main game, such as The Journey Season 2 Speaking to IGN previously , EA's Patrick Soderlund explained that FIFA would come to Switch because "it’s a mass market proposition. It’s a game a lot of people want to play.”“Nintendo forces us to think differently,” he explained regarding the new console's appeal to EA as a developer. He added that the Switch “challenges conventions," and, "as game makers, makes us think about the platform in a different way.”Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3 - here's what we think about the console right now

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he really hopes this means there'll be at least one picture of Harry Kane pretending to understand how to use Joy-Con controllers. Follow him on Twitter