Which platform received Apex Legends on March 9, 2021?

Nintendo Switch received Apex Legends on March 9, 2021. The port extended Respawn Entertainment’s free-to-play battle royale to Nintendo’s hybrid console after the planned late-2020 launch was delayed.

The Switch edition was developed with Panic Button, a studio known for bringing technically demanding games to Nintendo hardware. It included cross-platform play, allowing Switch players to join matches with players on other supported systems. Because the Switch has different hardware limits from PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, the port used visual and performance compromises to make the large multiplayer game playable on the system.

The date is easy to confuse with other Apex platform launches. The original versions for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One arrived in February 2019. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions followed in March 2022, while the mobile edition for Android and iOS arrived in May 2022. Thus, the March 9 date specifically identifies the Nintendo Switch release.