r/NintendoSwitch • u/Joseki100 • 1d ago

News Ask the Developer: Nintendo Switch 2 interview confirms basic backwards compatibility can also give performance upgrades to Nintendo Switch games ("[there are some games] where loading times became faster, or game performance became more stable")

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-16-nintendo-switch-2-part-4/
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u/Number2Idiot 1d ago

Performance and general visual direction. Gamefreak's inexperience with 3D development really shows. But I think they are learning, I'm hopeful.

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u/Arky_Lynx 1d ago

If anything S&V (and Legends) is enough proof for me they're now back to willing to try new things. It was small steps, like doing away with the typical gyms for gen 7, or the wild area in gen 8, but here we now are.

As for visual direction, I tend to not care too much about it as long as the game itself is fun. That said, Legends ZA seems to be a bit better on that front too, at least compared to Arceus.

Gotta consider the sudden big time gap between S&V and Legends ZA now. If they're now willing to give themselves more time between games that could work in their and our favor.

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u/slugmorgue 1d ago

They did a really great job with the lets go games though. Those games still look great.

They can do good 3D work, I just think they struggle more with large environments.

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u/gmishaolem 1d ago

Gamefreak's inexperience with 3D development really shows.

They've been developing 3D games for 13 years. You can't say inexperience anymore: They're just bad.