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@ninelife@lemmy.ca to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 12 days ago

Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2

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Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2

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@ninelife@lemmy.ca to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 12 days ago
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Nintendo is all set to launch the new Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. And they have exciting news for their fans. Plenty of games from the original Switch
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  • @LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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    deleted by creator

    • @BirdObserver@lemmy.world
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      37•12 days ago

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

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

  • @cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    25•12 days ago

    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
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    18•12 days ago

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

    • missingno
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      4•12 days ago

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

  • @quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15•12 days ago

    -5000pts + 1pt = -4999pts

  • missingno
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    11•12 days ago

    Here’s the actual patch notes from Nintendo instead of this blogspam.

  • @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9•12 days ago

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

    • @edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      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
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        2•11 days ago

        It runs fine on my WiiU!

  • ekZepp
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    7•12 days ago

    Someone is starting to lose their cool here…

  • Kruh Master
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    6•12 days ago

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

  • Ulrich
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    4•12 days ago

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

    • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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      26•12 days ago

      Yes it did https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/70/view/6941797379568863069

      • ekZepp
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        1•6 days ago

        Let’s also not forget the well made black mesa

        • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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          2•6 days ago

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

      • Akatsuki Levi
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        3•12 days ago

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

      • Ulrich
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        2•12 days ago

        Oh, which hardware was this upgraded for?

        • missingno
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          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
        • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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          8•12 days ago

          Steam Deck, for one.

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

            • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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              5•12 days ago

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

              • Ulrich
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                1•12 days ago

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

        • BombOmOm
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          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
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            1•12 days ago

            Didn’t answer my question.

  • Owl
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    1•12 days ago

    Nintendo W ?

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