Nintendo @lemmy.world ninelife @lemmy.ca 4w ago

Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2

gamersplan.com Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2

Nintendo is all set to launch the new Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. And they have exciting news for their fans. Plenty of games from the original Switch

Games @lemmy.world ninelife @lemmy.ca 4w ago

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This is a pathetically short list
- This, with the paid updates list, covers most of the first party games, though there are still some that's left.
  
  covers most of the first party games
  
  Which gets me thinking... have we seen any announcement for third party game upgrade patches? Free or paid?
- Do other games need a major performance patch?
- They'll probably add more later, but they'll still almost entirely not be major games.
ARMS

Big Brain Academy: Brains Vs. Brain

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Game Builder Garage

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

So Pokemon is finally getting the patch it needs just to function properly. It's just tied to a $400 console.

The majority of the Switch 2's marketing has focused on ports and upgrades for old games. Which a Steam Deck still does better. And at least Valve won't brick my system when their profit margin is threatened.
- $450 console, plus tax
I won't buy one, and will likely retire from purchasing consoles.

I want a machine that plays games that belong to me, that have no online requirements whatsoever.

I want to own a machine that cannot be bricked remotely by the seller.

It's a pastime/luxury/extravagance that I can and will abandon and replace with something more reasonable.
- Steam deck, or a variant, is all I am doing for handhelds any more.
  
  I won’t buy Nintendo products anymore.
  
  Isn't Steam even more always online?
Free upgrade is always great. Sadly, Tears of Kingdom is not on this list
- That's a paid update.
  
  But it has an app that you can see the map on 😲 /s
- It's embarrassing, really.
I’m still passing on the switch 2 at this rate.
I'm curious how much valve is gonna charge for the steamdeck 2 game upgrades.

They are so bad at business they will probably forget to charge me, just like they did for my steam online subscription to play online multiplayer steam games...
- Gabe better have the correct successor lined up
  
  This is what scares me the most actually...
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet seem the obvious beneficiaries from that list. Any improvements made to their atrocious performance would feel significant.

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