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The feature, which is buried at the bottom of Nintendo’s patch notes, allows for boosted Switch 1 games when playing in handheld, with performance akin to playing with the console docked.
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That’s a massive improvement in some games for those who play handheld. Probably should’ve been there from the start, but it’s good that Nintendo finally implemented it.
Not sure why it wasn’t there from the start. It’s something that emulators have been able to get down pat from day 1.
They probably wanted to see how much money they could feasibly make with switch 2 editions of switch 1 games before pulling the trigger on this.
It might have taken them a while to figure out issues with power use and suspend.
They’ve attached some big disclaimers that not all games will play nice with this, which is why it’s a setting that has to be toggled on.
Emulators (when not DMCAed):
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I like the ability to add notes to your friends.
Nintendo is always late to the game. They didn’t even update the software on the OG switch so you could use Bluetooth till like 6 years after it was released.
Such a terrible company now.
Finally adding the ability to an add people to an existing GameChat is much needed and appreciated. It was such a pain to have to restart a new GameChat session just because someone else wanted in when you’d already created it.
Curious if this gives games with a Switch 2 upgrade the same benefit. I mostly want higher fps in games like Tears of the Kingdom, so if this patch gives it to me, I won’t need to purchase those upgrades.
I think this is more like allowing for Switch 1 Docked mode experience in Handheld mode as opposed to applying the native upgrades from the Switch 2.
As far as I know Tears of the Kingdom is capped at 30 fps and 900p on Switch 1 in docked mode. This update gets you this Switch 1 docked mode experience on handheld, so it should not get you 60 fps or any of the other improvements of the switch 2 upgrade pack.
So just higher res, that’s kind of a lame trade off for less battery life. I’ve had no issue with lower res S1 titles looking weird on the S2. I guess my pc brain equated bumping cpu speed (which is what the dock does) with increase in fps.
Got to try this later today. See how Xenoblade Chronicles 2 looks on it
I just tried Torna and it looks great. Even just the removal (o reduction) of the sharpness filter makes the image so much better.
Such an amazing update
Xenoblade Chronicles X looks better in the boosted the Switch 1 Edition than the Switch 2 Edition with the AI filter.
