When Nintendo took the covers off the Switch 2 in early April, it revealed that around a lots first-party Switch video games would be securing free updates that would include some Switch 2-specific advantages to older video games operating on the brand-new console. We might securely presume that these updates would not be as comprehensive as the $10 and $20 paid upgrade packs for video games likeBreath of the Wild orKirby and the Forgotten Landhowever Nintendo’s page didn’t at first supply any game-specific information.

Previously today, Nintendo upgraded its assistance page with more game-by-game information about what gamers of these older video games can anticipate on the brand-new hardware. The standard enhancement for the majority of video games is “improved image quality” and optimizations for the Switch 2’s integrated screen, however others consist of assistance for GameShare multiplayer, assistance for the brand-new Joy-Cons’ mouse controls, assistance for HDR TVs, and other tweaks.

The most substantial of the revealed updates are frame rate enhancements forPokémon Scarlet and Violetthe main-series Pokémon video games launched in late 2022. The majority of latter-day Switch video games struggled with frame rate dips occasionally, as more recent video games overtook the abilities of a low-power tablet processor that had actually currently been a number of years of ages when the Switch released in 2017. ThePokémon efficiency issues were so prevalent and commonly commented-upon that Nintendo launched an unusual apology assuring to enhance the video game post-release. Subsequent spots assisted rather however might never ever provide a regularly smooth frame rate; maybe brand-new hardware will lastly provide what software application spots could not.