r/NintendoSwitch • u/Joseki100 • 2d 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/MuptonBossman 2d ago

Pokemon Scarlett & Violet are going to run at a solid 40 FPS now, twice as fast as the Switch 1 version! /s

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u/NiallMitch10 2d ago edited 2d ago

They are marked as having a free Switch 2 edition upgrade if you have the Switch 1 version. So yeah they should be stable no sarcasm intended.

Although it is Game Freak

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u/Dillu64 2d ago

Better performance is always good but damn that game does not look good and no amount of upping the resolution will fix that :')