Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2 : games

[+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] BirdObserver@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

It would be, if this wasn’t passing off old news from right after the Switch 2’s big reveal trailer as something new: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-games-free-switch-2-upgrade

(The games that weren’t free to upgrade then still aren’t now).

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

It’s somewhat odd that the two top-down Zelda games on Switch are getting free Switch 2 upgrades, while Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will require you to purchase the respective upgrades.

How is it odd that Nintendo wants every dollar they can reasonably make off of us?

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That‘s the same list from give or take a month ago, is it not?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Most of these games were mentioned previously, but now we have actual patch notes.

[–] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

-5000pts + 1pt = -4999pts

[–] missingno@fedia.io 11 points 2 weeks ago

Here's the actual patch notes from Nintendo instead of this blogspam.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Odyssey and Pokemon are the only two big gimmies here, the others are just ....who cares.. captain toad..? ARMS?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Finally the uber-demanding Captain Toad will be unshackled from the pitiful Switch and be on a powerful enough platform that can properly run this epic isometric puzzle game /s

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

It runs fine on my WiiU!

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Someone is starting to lose their cool here...

[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

My black laptop is giggling like a little schoolgirl right now.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -2 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo W ?

[+] Ulrich@feddit.org -12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. My copy of Half Life from 1998 never got an upgrade for new hardware 😞

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yes it did https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/70/view/6941797379568863069

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

And its fucking GLORIOUS I can now annoy the scientists on my computer

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let's also not forget the well made black mesa

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I didn't forget it, but it's not strictly an update.

[+] Ulrich@feddit.org -13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh, which hardware was this upgraded for?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Steam Deck, for one.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago

If you try reading those patch notes they'll tell you exactly what kinds of modern hardware some of these changes are targeted at:

Steam Deck optimizations
Improved controller support
Default gamma reduced since you're probably not playing on a CRT anymore, and resolution no longer defaults to 640x480
Ultrawide FOV support for ultrawide monitors
Lowest quality settings removed since no one is running hardware that weak anymore
Software renderer fixed on hardware that doesn't support 16-bit color

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Works perfectly fine on my machine I bought over two decades after the game came out, looks significantly better than when the game came out too. Not sure how much more upgradability you could possibly want.

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