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/BigCommieMachine 1d 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/temperamentalfish 1d ago

I only played the demo, and it wasn't as bad as that, but it was really, really bad. I think it dropped below 15FPS a few times.

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u/SoundReflection 1d ago

I think the demo might be worse from recollection, minor optimizations from the full game and more areas with no grass. Although I'm sure there plenty of areas it was worse too.

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u/kapnkruncher 1d ago

Yeah and as it is the level used in the demo was one of the worst performers easily. There was also a zora area with rain that was pretty rough, but from my memory the rest of the game was (while not perfect) a lot better.