We tried switch games on Nintendo Switch 2. The surprise is capitalized in games that were crawled before

Nintendo Switch 2 It arrives with a bestial launch catalog. It is true that, perhaps, The games that come from start They are not very numerous or really new. Beyond ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Nintendo Switch Welcyome Tour‘, games like the surprising’Cyberpunk 2077‘,’Hogwarts Legacy‘ either ‘Street Fighter 6‘They were already available for other consoles.

However, the key to this console is that it is backward with most physical and digital games of Nintendo Switch. Simply insert the switch game cartridge you would not have played so far … enjoy. I’m already testing switch 2 In the face of the analysis and one of the first surprises that I have found is that there are Nintendo Switch games that They improve a lot in Nintendo Switch 2 without the need for a patch Payment.

And another thing that has caught me by surprise is that Nintendo has launched some totally free improvement patches. But let’s see what it is, since there is crumb.

Quality of life vs. Visual quality: The key of the retrocompatibles of switch 2

As I say, Switch 2 retrocompatibility It is as simple as introducing or downloading the game of the previous console and starting to enjoy. There is an obvious improvement as soon as we start with the game thanks to the screen. Have improvements or not, simply by the greatest contrast and saturation of the new panel -despite being LCD -, the games look “better.

But here you have to talk about improvements that the new Nvidia chip can offer. That extra power is already noticeable in exclusive titles of the new switch, as a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ that is halfway between the versions of PS4 and Xbox Series Sor the new ‘Mario Kart’ which is a visual delight.

In games that have improvement patch, such as ”The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild‘ either ‘Tears of the Kingdom‘, there is also a higher image resolution and textures, better shadows and, above all, a yield at 60 fps when the original fought in some moments with the 30 fps. Ok, we talk about games that have been ‘spoiled’ for the new console, but … what about a ‘Bayonetta 3‘, a ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘or a’Super Mario Odyssey‘?

This is where the thing gets interesting and each of them allows me to comment on the sensations with the focus of this retrocompatibility of Switch 2.

‘Bayonetta 3’

This game is a visual wonder in Nintendo’s hybrid. It has a section very similar to that seen in previous deliveries, but also the goal of moving to 60 frames per second. The problem is that this figure does not always achieve And, although the character’s response and the feeling to the controls is good, nailing the frame rate per second in 60 is something very interesting for these action games.

Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements 4
Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements 4

In fact, in this game, video scenes are blocked at 30 frames per second, as confirmed by the Foundry digital mediumand they feel softer than the scenes in which we take the controls, which range between those 60 and 30 frames per second, with jumps that transmit greater roughness in the controls. I have tried to explain it in a simple way, but the summary is that it is a situation that was not ideal.

With Nintendo Switch 2, the situation changes. The game has a fragment rate unlocked with 60 as a limit and the new Nintendo console, thanks to that greatest gross power, PErythe you carry the game scenes to very constant 60 frames per second. Now, playing ‘Bayonetta 3’ is a delight, also because the response time between our button and the character’s movement is lower, and everything feels softer.

It is something that also happens in other titles such as a ‘Deadly Premonition‘I had a subochorous performance on switch or’Batman Arkham Knight‘, that Nor was I left over of fluidity in the nintendo hybrid. As I say, there are several games in which the performance was unlocked and the youtuber Modern Vintage Gamer It allows us to see the before and after.

  • Summary: The games with frame-unlocked or that had problems in Nintendo Switch, even if they do not have improvement patch, they feel better to the controls, much softer.

‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’

This game is one of the largest in the previous console and that implied, especially in portable mode, that developers introduced a dynamic resolution system for prioritize at all times to reach acceptable performance to 30 frames per second. It resulted in a game that was at an extremely low resolution, keeping a long time in 360p when the 1st 720p switch screen.

Other games that prioritized performance against sharpness were ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein: The New Colossus‘, among others. What happens when we introduce them in Nintendo Switch 2? Well … there are good and bad news.

The good news is that the performance, when there were some downturn, is better, as is the case in ‘Bayonetta 3’. The bad news is that the resolution was dynamic, but there were limits that could not happen and if on a 720p screen they already looked blurred, in a larger and with more resolution such as Nintendo Switch 2, the problem is accentuated.

‘Doom’ looks somewhat more clear in the portable mode of Switch 2, just like ‘Wolfenstein’, but the textures have the same definition as those they had on Switch and the result is a somewhat washed general image. With vaseline effect, as they say. In ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’, now I don’t notice so many dowersbut the resolution is still very low and the ‘jaggies’, or saw teeth, are more accentuated in Nintendo Switch 2. It is a game that would come from pearls a patch.

Summary: The games that were already blurred on the Nintendo Switch screen, will continue to see blurred on Switch 2, despite the highest general quality of the new panel.

Free patches

Apart, there are games that do not have any type of patch and that, despite being somewhat more pixelated on Switch 2, as at the time they already had a resolution according to the panel of the previous generation, they remain well in the new console. ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe‘ either ‘Kirby and forgotten Earth‘Without the patch are two examples. That they are also so colorful house with the new panel.

Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements 1
Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements 1

Now Nintendo has released a series of Free patches for some of your games. It is a curious movement by the company, but ‘The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom‘,’New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe‘ either ‘Super Mario Odyssey‘, among a few other titles, they are updated when they are executed in a switch 2 With resolution improvements, performance In some cases and compatibility, also in certain cases, with new characteristics of the console, such as sharing game cards.

‘Super Mario Odyssey’, for example, experiences a remarkable increase in resolution in the new console and, although there are elements that continue to have visual problems (such as some shadows), the general quality of the image is fantastic both in portable and desktop mode. ‘Pokémon Scarlet’ and ‘Purple’, which were games that sometimes crawl, also have one of these patches, with an improvement of performance and a higher resolution.

I think they are free, and not paying such as ‘Breath of the Wild’ and ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ because It is a simple increase in resolution and performance that does not carry much development work. In fact, that there are no games on the list that are not Nintendo makes me incline to think that, they have simply put in this list that, by dynamic resolution and unlocked FPS, take advantage of that extra power. As ‘Bayonetta 3’, go.

This is pure conjecture, but it is evident that something have touched because several of them are also compatible with HDR and Gameshare, so some work, there are. And it is appreciated.

Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements
Nintendo Switch 2 Improvements

In the end, these free patches are a good point for Nintendo and developers that include something similar. For example, Hello Games, the developers of ‘No Man’s Sky‘, have also developed an improvement package for their game, and instead of selling it to 9.99 euros like other editors, they distribute it for free.

Buy or not one of these patches, for my experience with switch 2 this week I can say that You will play the Nintendo Switch titles better that had performance problems. Visual quality … is something else, since many who looked blurred in the previous console, if they do not touch resolution parameters, they will look even more blurred.

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