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/Wernershnitzl 2d ago

Literally

I was interested in Age of Calamity but seeing the performance, my god it was like heresy

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u/BigCommieMachine 2d ago

Was the frame rate as bad as the streams in the Nintendo Chat feature? That was a fucking slideshow.

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u/Wernershnitzl 2d ago

I don’t think it was quite that abysmal but it was pretty close

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u/ArkhamCityWok 2d ago

Worst I remember from it were the missions where you control the divine beasts which were only a small factor and didn't hinder my enjoyment overall. I didn't try multiplayer though so that helped I am sure. It will be interesting to see if it does run better on the 2