Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2 (gamersplan.com)
from ninelife@lemmy.ca to games@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 14:49
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[deleted] on 18 May 2025 15:09 next collapse

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BirdObserver@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 15:31 collapse

It would be, if this wasn’t passing off old news from right after the Switch 2’s big reveal trailer as something new: ign.com/…/nintendo-switch-games-free-switch-2-upg…

(The games that weren’t free to upgrade then still aren’t now).

kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works on 18 May 2025 15:12 next collapse

My black laptop is giggling like a little schoolgirl right now.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 18 May 2025 15:14 next collapse

Interesting. My copy of Half Life from 1998 never got an upgrade for new hardware 😞

catloaf@lemm.ee on 18 May 2025 15:57 collapse

Yes it did store.steampowered.com/…/6941797379568863069

AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 16:09 next collapse

And its fucking GLORIOUS I can now annoy the scientists on my computer

Ulrich@feddit.org on 18 May 2025 16:44 next collapse

Oh, which hardware was this upgraded for?

BombOmOm@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 16:57 next collapse

Works perfectly fine on my machine I bought over two decades after the game came out, looks significantly better than when the game came out too. Not sure how much more upgradability you could possibly want.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 18 May 2025 16:59 collapse

Didn’t answer my question.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 18 May 2025 16:58 next collapse

Steam Deck, for one.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 18 May 2025 16:59 collapse

Weird, considering it came out several years after Steam Deck and it works just fine on my desktop PC…

catloaf@lemm.ee on 18 May 2025 17:02 collapse

And the games in the article would have worked just fine on the Switch 2 as well.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 18 May 2025 17:36 collapse

I mean that makes sense, considering they’re Nintendo games and it’s a Nintendo console.

missingno@fedia.io on 18 May 2025 23:33 collapse

If you try reading those patch notes they'll tell you exactly what kinds of modern hardware some of these changes are targeted at:

  • Steam Deck optimizations
  • Improved controller support
  • Default gamma reduced since you're probably not playing on a CRT anymore, and resolution no longer defaults to 640x480
  • Ultrawide FOV support for ultrawide monitors
  • Lowest quality settings removed since no one is running hardware that weak anymore
  • Software renderer fixed on hardware that doesn't support 16-bit color
ekZepp@lemmy.world on 24 May 09:34 collapse

Let’s also not forget the well made black mesa

catloaf@lemm.ee on 24 May 13:30 collapse

I didn’t forget it, but it’s not strictly an update.

ekZepp@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 15:39 next collapse

Someone is starting to lose their cool here…

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 May 2025 15:43 next collapse

Odyssey and Pokemon are the only two big gimmies here, the others are just …who cares… captain toad…? ARMS?

edgemaster72@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 16:11 collapse

Finally the uber-demanding Captain Toad will be unshackled from the pitiful Switch and be on a powerful enough platform that can properly run this epic isometric puzzle game /s

smeg@feddit.uk on 19 May 2025 09:34 collapse

It runs fine on my WiiU!

cybervseas@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 15:50 next collapse

It’s somewhat odd that the two top-down Zelda games on Switch are getting free Switch 2 upgrades, while Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will require you to purchase the respective upgrades.

How is it odd that Nintendo wants every dollar they can reasonably make off of us?

caut_R@lemmy.world on 18 May 2025 17:03 next collapse

That‘s the same list from give or take a month ago, is it not?

missingno@fedia.io on 18 May 2025 23:34 collapse

Most of these games were mentioned previously, but now we have actual patch notes.

quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 May 2025 21:15 next collapse

-5000pts + 1pt = -4999pts

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz on 18 May 2025 21:32 next collapse

Nintendo W ?