Nintendo Just Dropped Info on a Bunch of Switch 1 Games That Are Getting Free Performance Upgrades on Switch 2

Nintendo has published a database of Switch 1 games that volition get a escaped show upgrade connected Switch 2, and revealed what fans tin expect successful presumption of improvements.

Games specified arsenic Arms, Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet, Super Mario Odyssey, and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are each acceptable for show improvements connected Switch 2.

Here's Nintendo's authoritative blurb, from the authoritative Nintendo website:

By connecting your Nintendo Switch 2 to the net and performing a strategy update, you tin download escaped updates for selected games that whitethorn amended graphics oregon adhd enactment for features specified arsenic GameShare. The contents of these escaped updates volition disagree depending connected the game.

To beryllium clear, these upgrades are free, and are not the aforesaid arsenic the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games, which are premium upgrades (or, successful the lawsuit of The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, escaped upgrades to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers).

So, what tin Switch 2 owners expect? Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, for example, get an “improved representation quality” for high-resolution TVs and an “improved” framerate for “smoother movement.”

Super Mario Odyssey, connected the different hand, gets HDR enactment and GameShare support, truthful 2 radical tin play unneurotic online, with 1 subordinate controlling Mario and the different controlling Cappy. All the details are below.

Interestingly, Nintendo's database does not notation framerate fixes for the 2 top-down Zelda games, which is simply a unusual and disappointing omission fixed their show problems.

Be definite to cheque retired our interrogation with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser to find retired much astir the just-opened Nintendo San Francisco store, and each things Nintendo Switch.

Here’s the database of escaped updates for selected Nintendo Switch games:

51 Worldwide Games

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• GameShare support: up to 4 radical tin play 34 games. Share locally oregon stock online via GameChat.

ARMS

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• Framerate: optimised for Nintendo Switch 2 for smoother question (even erstwhile playing with 3 oregon much players).
• HDR support

Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• GameShare support: up to 4 radical tin play successful Party Mode. Share locally oregon stock online via GameChat.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: Ooptimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• HDR support
• GameShare support: 2 radical tin play each of the courses. Share locally oregon stock online via GameChat.

Game Builder Garage

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• Supports Joy-Con 2 rodent controls.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.

Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• Framerate: improved for smoother question connected Nintendo Switch 2.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• Framerate: improved for smoother question connected Nintendo Switch 2 (including Bowser's Fury).
• HDR support
• GameShare compatibility: up to 4 radical tin play Super Mario 3D World. In Bowser's Fury, 2 radical tin play together, with 1 subordinate controlling Mario and the different controlling Bowser Jr. Share locally oregon stock online via GameChat.

Super Mario Odyssey

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• HDR support
• GameShare support: 2 radical tin play together, with 1 subordinate controlling Mario and the different controlling Cappy. Share locally oregon stock online via GameChat.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• HDR support

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Software update merchandise date: 05/06/2025

• Visuals: optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 show and high-resolution TVs for improved representation quality.
• HDR support

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