at great length<\/a><\/strong> about games that need Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. Kirby Star Allies, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity all suffer from poor performance, for instance, and the entire Xenoblade Chronicles series would massively benefit from increased resolution and frame rate. It\u2019s not just that, though \u2013 even games with good performance look blurry on Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s screen. The original Nintendo Switch\u2019s screen renders up to 720p, whereas the Switch 2\u2019s renders at 1080p. That means every unpatched Nintendo Switch title gets stretched to fit the bigger screen, so they almost always wind up looking blurry to some extent.<\/p>\nFor games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that render at 720p, they don\u2019t look that bad on Nintendo Switch 2 \u2013 you can tell it\u2019s a little blurry, but for the most part it\u2019s definitely manageable. Things get rough, however, when you open up a game that does not render at 720p. For example, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 runs at a maximum of 540p in handheld, which is then majorly stretched to fit on Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s 1080p screen. That means it looks much blurrier than it was on an original Nintendo Switch screen, and that was already really blurry! Persona 5 Royal is another example of a Switch game that runs in 540p in handheld mode. And it isn\u2019t just these two titles, either, of course \u2013 plenty of original Nintendo Switch games run at a lower resolution. One way to fix this issue would be to simply release Switch 2 Editions of games, but we have no idea how many of them Nintendo is interested in making,<\/p>\n
At the time of writing, Nintendo hasn\u2019t really announced all that many Switch 2 Editions. When the platform first launched, Nintendo released significant performance patches for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Zelda: Link\u2019s Awakening, and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Super Mario Odyssey, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Splatoon 3 received a patch as well. These increased their resolution to 1080p in handheld mode so that they don\u2019t look blurry on Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s screen. Beyond those, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and Pokemon Legends: Z-A have all received their own Nintendo Switch 2 Editions, and there\u2019ll be ones for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Bros. Wonder next year. That leaves out a lot\u00a0of games, though. Most of the previous console\u2019s library, in fact.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unrealistic, then, to expect that Nintendo will roll out dedicated updates for all of these games. But at the same time, that Nintendo Switch titles mostly look worse on Switch 2 is a major problem for the console \u2013 especially for someone like me, who almost always plays in handheld. Some fans have suggested that Nintendo add an option to run Switch 1 games in \u201cdocked mode\u201d on Switch 2\u2019s screen. That would mean that while playing Nintendo Switch 2 in handheld mode, the console would load up the docked version of the game with higher resolution. Ideally, this would mean that many games will hit the maximum resolution of 1080p. So in theory, running Nintendo Switch 1 games in docked mode could be a potential way to fix the Switch 2\u2019s resolution problem \u2013 albeit not a very realistic one.<\/p>\n
As nice as this would be, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s very likely that Nintendo does this. For one, they tested almost every Nintendo Switch game on Switch 2 before launch. They\u2019ve been rolling out fixes even up until fairly recently, which means they couldn\u2019t get those patches out prior to the console\u2019s launch \u2013 which makes sense, because testing and fixing every release takes a very long time. Nintendo wouldn\u2019t create a \u201cdocked mode\u201d setting for handheld without re-testing all of those games themselves \u2013 a \u201cuse at your own risk\u201d stipulation likely wouldn\u2019t fly \u2013 and that would be a massive time commitment. At that point, they may as well just make more Nintendo Switch 2 Editions, which is where the problem lies.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of questions that Nintendo has left unanswered up until this point. Are we getting any more free Nintendo Switch 2 patches, or just the ones at the console\u2019s launch? Are Nintendo Switch 2 Editions only being given to games that can be expanded with a small add-on (like Kirby and the Forgotten Land or Super Mario Bros. Wonder)? There hasn\u2019t been much communication on that front, and it\u2019s difficult to tell what Nintendo is planning to do with their Switch 2 Editions. It\u2019s very clear that many Nintendo Switch 1 games will be left unpatched, which is definitely a shame given that a lot of them look better there, but run better on Switch 2. It creates this weird gray area where neither console is necessarily the best way to play the game.<\/p>\n
Despite its problems, do you think a \u201cdocked mode\u201d in handheld would be an acceptable solution? Feel free to let us know in the comments down below. It\u2019s certainly an impressive feat that just about every Nintendo Switch 1 game is playable on Switch 2 \u2013 and it\u2019s still very possible to enjoy them on the new system, especially if you\u2019re playing docked. But when you play in handheld mode, it is a little rough to see some of your favorite games looking a bit worse than you remember.<\/p>\n
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