All the Nintendo Switch Games Getting a Free Switch 2 Upgrade

Nintendo is giving away free Nintendo Switch 2 upgrades for these original Switch games.

[gold_drake]

breath of the wold and tears of the kingdom are .. oddly missing.

i wonder whyyy

[got_dam]

Nooooo. Nintendo wouldn't force it's customers to by a (probably more expensive) new version of their most popular games to get the new gen benefits... never.

[gold_drake]

nintendo?
noooo wuuuuuut, no way haha

[Cacabunga]

What’s the cost of this upgrade?

[Armyofdarkness]

Both Zelda games switch 2 edition is included in Nintendo Online Expansion Pack when Switch 2 launches.

[gold_drake]

ah gotcha, so its not free then.

[Armyofdarkness]

sadly no

[Profchaos]

I'm pretty excited to see what was done to Mario Odyssey

[Kosic]

Probably just a frame rate increase

[Levii_92]

But.. it already ran perfect, it ran at 60fps? We don't need an fps boost for that game we need a resolution and image quality boost.

[DefaultComment]

a framrate and a upscale of resolution and we good.

[MrBaskerville]

If it's free, it's probably just basic stuff like resolution and whatever fps benefits new hardware provides.

When they charge, they probably put slightly more effort in, like more work done to visuals than just upscaling. Atleast I hope that's the case.

[Kosic]

The top down zelda games ran like ass on the switch, stuttering frame rates on links awakening. So the free update will hopefully fix this issue and make it more playable. I doubt it'll be any sort of real improvement.

Where as the tears of the kingdom and botw will probably get an upscale to 1080p and 30/60fps modes, and maybe some additional content for its cost.

[Profchaos]

Yeah echos also struggled in similar scenarios to links awakening

I actually am looking forward to switch 2 to finish my playthrough of echos

[VileBrute]

Been said it will be I believe 4k 60fps hdr upgrades on both. Don't mind ten bucks for the work done on them tbh. On tears and breath I mean of course.

[--Onilink--]

It technically wasn’t really stuttering, but a terrible implementation of vsync (double buffer), so any fps drop would just take it (by design) to 30fps from 60.

Just removing that vsync and letting the game run normally should be more than enough to correct them, especially with VRR in play, though you would also assume that it will likely run at a locked 60 anyway if it can use some of the extra performance of the S2

As for BotW and TotK, pixel counting of the demos had them running at a native 1440p / 60fps, though I guess we still need to wait for the final product to see if it changes or if they had a higher fps mode (like in Prime and Kart)

[OhReginald]

I dont why I was expecting a huge list....lmfao oh boy...

[originaljohn]

I expect over time this list will grow. Games like Xenoblade, fire emblem and luigi's mansion are missing

[DefaultComment]

they will come, just be patient.

[RedDevils]

Yeah make sure to bring your wallet.

[PRIMORDUS]

Doesn't mean I will play them again.

[repsahj]

The only problem with Nintendo Switch 2 is the prices of games. But if you check everyone who tried it at New York's Hands-on preview, they were all so impressed and amazed at how great the system is. So I am very excited to have one at launch my self! Can't wait.

[Profchaos]

That's the big ongoing conversation it's centred around price and only price and it is doing a disservice to what the hardware is capable of

I know I'll be there day 1 this will be my first ever day 1 Nintendo console ever and I've owned most of them since the nes days with only the SNES (I was a Sega kid) and GameCube

[badz149]

What disservice? The issue people have with price is down to what the hardware is capable of. For what on offer, the asking price is too much and the game prices are definitely unjustified.

[originaljohn]

The hardware is capable of a lot. DLSS, VRR, 120FPS, 4K, HDR and all that repeated in handheld mode except the resolution which is 1080p. The unit also now comes with 2 joycons with optical sensors, larger buttons + sticks and enhanced rumble. It comes with much more storage than the original switch and it's much much faster. The system is a huge improvement in terms of processing over the original switch. The price is definitely justified.

[Profchaos]

@oroginaljohn bingo awesome hardware we've barely scratched the surface on its capabilities.

Yet the detractors want you to believe that it's outdated garbage and any other opinions wrong

[Duke19]

It’s wild to me that it’s such a pathetically short list of games, when they then go on to say “free upgrades depend on the game”. They can’t even promise just a simple “it will run at a higher res or framerate” type statement.

Man the entire Switch 2 launch needed more time in the oven. It’s going to sell because it has Nintendo’s name on it, but this honestly seems like a less interesting launch than the Wii U

[Toecutter00]

I'm excited to see if the Batman trilogy gets an upgrade on Switch 2 so that the Arkham Knight game actually functions properly. It'd be hilarious if they charged customers just to make it work.

[AceR1mmer]

Not all PlayStation and xbox upgrades were free either.

[Npugz7]

That’s disgusting how money hungry Nintendo is.

[DefaultComment]

Good, keep doing it. Should've been like that from the very begining.

[Knushwood Butt]

So now backwards compatibility is, 'free upgrades'.
Thanks Nintendo!!