US EditionNintendo Says More About How Free Switch 2 Updates Will Improve Switch Games
- Nintendo announced free Switch 2 updates for around a dozen original Switch games launching alongside the Switch 2 on June 5, 2025.
- This initiative follows widespread criticism and a rare apology for frame rate and performance issues in games like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which launched in late 2022.
- The free updates will optimize image quality and frame rates, add support for new features like GameShare and GameChat, and vary by title across major franchises such as Mario and Zelda.
- Nintendo explained that the features included in the free updates will vary by title, highlighting examples such as up to four-player GameShare in Super Mario 3D World and HDR enhancements in the Zelda games.
- These upgrades mark a subtle enhancement compared to paid Switch 2 editions, indicating software patches will partially improve older games while new hardware enables smoother gameplay.
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Nintendo says more about how free Switch 2 updates will improve Switch games - WorldNL Magazine
When Nintendo took the wraps off the Switch 2 in early April, it announced that around a dozen first-party Switch games would be getting free updates that would add some Switch 2-specific benefits to older games running on the new console. We could safely assume that these updates wouldn't be as extensive as the $10 and $20 paid upgrade packs for games like Breath of the Wild or Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but Nintendo's page didn't initially …
Nintendo Switch 2 Game Updates Detailed
One of the things that many people didn’t expect to happen when the Nintendo Switch 2 was announced was the reveal that certain OG Switch titles would get “improvements” on the new console. Some of them got full-on new “editions” with extra content or significant upgrades. Others, though, would get free upgrades to help the [...] The post Nintendo Switch 2 Game Updates Detailed first appeared on The Outerhaven.
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