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
    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      3 days ago

      This, with the paid updates list, covers most of the first party games, though there are still some that’s left.

      • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        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?

        • missingno@fedia.io
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          3 days ago

          Deltarune - Not sure if this is being categorized as a patch, but if you buy it on Switch 1 you can upgrade to the Switch 2 version for free.

          Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - $10 upgrade pack. Interestingly, the Switch 2 physical is a special cart that can boot the Switch 1 version on legacy hardware, or the bundled upgrade pack on Switch 2.

          I believe those are the only two so far, and they’re cross-gen launch titles rather than any older releases. Sega on the other hand is notably not doing this, they’re porting a few of their Switch 1 titles at full price with no upgrade option.

        • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Not yet. It’s quite possible that many third party devs, specially the smaller and indie ones don’t have access to Switch 2 dev kit. I am hoping there would be patches as more and more devs get access to it.

          • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Let’s hope it’s the case, I would be very happy with some upgrade patches for the Trails games.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      They’ll probably add more later, but they’ll still almost entirely not be major games.

  • TaiCrunch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago
    • 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.

  • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • chuymatt@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Steam deck, or a variant, is all I am doing for handhelds any more.

      I won’t buy Nintendo products anymore.

        • chuymatt@startrek.websiteEnglish
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          3 hours ago

          I used it on airplane mode for 6 weeks, not realizing it was still on that. So, not really?

          And all my installers are backed up as well, so the publishers don’t try to screw me. May not help with them all, but oh well.

  • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 days ago

    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…

  • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Pokémon Scarlet & Violet seem the obvious beneficiaries from that list. Any improvements made to their atrocious performance would feel significant.