When Nintendo lastly formally exposed the Switch 2 in January, among our significant unanswered concerns worried whether video games developed for the initial Switch would see some kind of visual or efficiency improvement when operating on the backward-compatible Switch 2. Now, Nintendo-watchers are indicating a short lived reference of “Switch 2 Edition games” as a significant tip that such improvements remain in the works for a minimum of some initial Switch video games.

The entirely brand-new referral to “Switch 2 Edition games” originates from a Nintendo website talking about the other day’s recently revealed Virtual Game Cards digital loaning function. In the great print at the bottom of that page, Nintendo keeps in mind that “Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games can only be loaded on a Nintendo Switch 2 system [emphasis added].”

The particular phrasing distinguishing these “Switch 2 Edition” video games from “Switch 2 exclusives” recommends a brand-new classification of video game that works with the initial Switch however able to keep up improvements on the Switch 2. It’s presently uncertain what Switch video games will get “Switch 2 Edition” releases or just how much designer work (if any) will be required to produce those brand-new variations.

We’ve seen this before

Nintendo is no complete stranger to the concept of single video game releases that work in a different way throughout various hardware. Back thens of the Game Boy Color, designers might develop unique “Dual Mode” cartridges that ran in complete color on the more recent portable or in routine grayscale on the initial Game Boy. Late-era Game Boy cartridges might likewise be coded with unique improvements that triggered when used a television through the Super Game Boy adapter– Taito even memorably utilized this function to consist of a total SNES edition of Area Invaders on a Game Boy cartridge.