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Life & fun · September 22, 2017

DOOM for Nintendo Switch

Doom is now portable! Kill demons on the go.

DOOM for Nintendo Switch launched on September 22, 2017 with 70 votes, #665 of 3,072 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

DOOM for Nintendo Switch is the acclaimed game full of relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid first-person combat now portable.

Amazon.com: DOOM - Nintendo Switch : Nintendo of America: Video Games

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