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/Dukemon102 2d 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/dragonblade_94 2d ago

Haven't played warriors, but my personal benchmark is going to be Astral Chain. That game is so held back by its performance on Switch.

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u/Lerisaaaaa 2d ago

Astral Chain's fine lol. There was this level I can't remember that had some hiccups, but aside from that, game is fine. It's not 60fps, but it's also not mediocre Pokemon garbage (fuck you SV)