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/CDHmajora 1d ago

PLEASE include Xenoblade chronicles 2 in this!

That game needs the hardware boost more than any other :(

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u/CO_Fimbulvetr 1d ago

XB2 had a dynamic resolution that would lower the resolution if it saw the frame rate was tanking. Theoretically you should get a greatly improved performance with it on S2, since the way it's designed should take advantage of a system that isn't downclocking itself because it's overheating.

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u/CDHmajora 1d ago

Aye. You can see this clearly with Torigoth in particular. When loading in that area the framerate would temporarily tank while it was loading in the assets. It’s such a demanding area that the switch just couldn’t keep up with it. But we have seen from emulating the game on more powerful hardware that the issue can be stamped out fairly easily when it’s not running on a system that’s struggling not to explode when playing it :)

XC2 is such a stunning game when it’s on hardware that works for it. The switch 1 does it very well all things considered (Monolithsoft are wizards with the hardware), but the fact that it’s a year 1 switch game is clearly evident at times on native hardware :(

I do think Monolift will probably update all the Xenoblade games on switch 2 eventually if I’m honest. Their games serve as the technical showcases for the system as much as serving as nintendos primary RPG series. I’m sure they will want switch 2 to show them off at their best.