{"id":162488,"date":"2025-06-06T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162488\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:36:17","slug":"video-pokemon-scarlet-violet-side-by-side-gameplay-comparison-switch-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162488\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &#038; Violet Side-By-Side Gameplay Comparison (Switch &#038; Switch 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <a class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube818k<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a> got a Switch 2 upgrade earlier this week bumping the game up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/06\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-version-4-0-0-is-now-live-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Version 4.0.0<\/a> and breathing new life into the latest generation.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, our American-based video producer Zion Grassl has been spending some quality time with this new update \u2013 checking out the improved frame rate and higher-resolution graphics (making everything a lot clearer than it was during the Switch generation).<\/p>\n<p>The above video is the result, and if you haven&#8217;t already tried out this upgrade for yourself, it&#8217;s a huge step up. If you did end up suspending your playthrough or anything like that during the original Switch generation, you should be pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, this is a free upgrade, so as long as you already own one (or both of these games), you can download it right now on the Switch 2 and check it out. Nintendo has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/06\/12-free-switch-2-game-upgrades-are-now-live-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released upgrades for 10 other games this week<\/a>, and along with this, it&#8217;s even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/06\/psa-switch-2-updates-for-multiple-first-party-switch-games-are-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rolled out some additional patches<\/a> for select first-party titles.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about this latest update and the many other first-party game updates for Switch 2 in our existing coverage here on Nintendo Life:<\/p>\n<p>How is your experience with Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet on the Switch 2 so far? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744183269_17_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube818k Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet got a Switch 2 upgrade earlier this week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[123,1421,53,16,15,8642,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-162488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo-switch","9":"tag-switch-2","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-updates","14":"tag-videos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114635511190161413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}