The Sims 4
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Earlier before, fans of the long-running life simulation series The Sims got excited when a Nintendo Switch version of the fourth entry was seemingly discovered alongside other platforms in a Google search description.

Unfortunately, there are "no plans" to release this title on the Switch. The official communications account has responded to this discovery, clarifying The Sims 4 is not available on the Nintendo Switch and it's apparently "an error in the search data". Here's what it had to say:

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"Oop! We've updated this information as this seems to be an error in the search data. The Sims 4 is not available with no plans for release on the Nintendo Switch."

Although The Sims 3 eventually made its way across to Nintendo platforms, there's never really been any conversation about bringing the fourth entry to a Nintendo system. EA is also now focused on its next entry, codenamed 'Project Rene', which has apparently used Animal Crossing: New Horizons' multiplayer as a source of inspiration:

Would you like to see The Sims one day return to Nintendo platforms? Have you played this series before? Comment below.

[source twitter.com, via comicbook.com]