Your OG Switch Isn’t Quite Dead Yet, Even in the Switch 2 Era

Don’t abandon your OG Switch just yet, even if you’re jonesing to break the seal on your new Nintendo Switch 2 in the coming days. Overnight, Nintendo dropped a heap of updates to its original Switch games in time for its sequel handheld’s Thursday launch. There’s more beyond compatibility patches streaming to your favorite Switch games for the updated hardware. GameShare may help your Switch 2 become a portal for playing with friends on their older hardware with just a single copy of a game. Hell, if you don’t plan on getting a Switch 2 any time soon, this feature may tide you over until the inevitable Switch 2 OLED. We now have a far better idea of how well original Switch games will run on the Switch 2. Some games are getting heftier improvements than others. Most notably, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will now run at an “improved framerate”—likely 60 fps—and it will support higher resolutions. Nintendo revealed its own special trailer for the game running with increased performance, ... Read full article.