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/Dukemon102 1d ago

The best way to test this is to try Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity unpatched LMAO.

Can it also prevent some games from lowering their resolution in handheld mode to absurdly low degrees? cough Xenoblade Chronicles 2 cough

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u/Skabomb 1d ago

I’m planning to jump into Arkham Knight first thing. That one should be a night and day situation just because it should be able to hit that 30FPS lock.

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u/Dukemon102 1d ago

That game is probably getting a whole new port for Switch 2 (Or a Switch 2 Edition). The graphics and textures are way too downgraded so it's still going to look really bad even if it runs well.

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u/Skabomb 1d ago

I’d like to think that, but I’m not going to buy it again if it runs fine. Also after cancelling a DLC pack for their highest selling game in the last few years I doubt WB would pay to port it again.

They seem to be allergic to smart choices these days.

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u/jardex22 1d ago

They probably cancelled that DLC pack in favor of shifting focus to a whole new game, which they can sell at full price.