Summary
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The upcoming Switch 2 Nintendo Hardware will have improved skills for old and new games.
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Switch 2 will allow playing most existing Switch 1 games, with special upgrades for selected titles.
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Nintendo releases free updates for certain switches of 1 game to optimize power on the switch 2.
To support the upcoming edition Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware, Nintendo introduced a list of Switch 1 games that will receive free improvements. Nintendo Switch 2 is set to release worldwide on June 5, 2025 is the next generation of Nintendo's Hardware Hardware hardware with improved abilities that will apply to both older titles and new original games.
The next generation of Nintendo's hardware release is getting closer, and while Nintendo's fans and executives are still thinking about the potential of Switch 2 delivery problems, the company itself ensures that the owners of the current switch hardware find some value in the upgrade. Soon Nintendo confirmed that the Switch 2 will use a combination of hardware and software solutions to solve the backward compatibility problem, allowing it to play most of the existing switches of 1 game. Several of the most popular Nintendo titles on the switch 1, for example The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the kingdomIt will also receive special “Switch 2 Edition” upgrades, allowing them to take full advantage of the Switch 2 hardware.

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Although there are many Switch games that do not receive 2 releases, Nintendo does not leave them all in cold. On the official Nintendo website, the company has recently published a list of SELECT SWITCH 1, which will receive free updates to increase their performance to Switch 2. ARMSand the popular collection of board games Club Games: 51 Worldwide Classics.
List Nintendo 1 Switches with switch 2 Power updates
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ARMS
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Optimized visual effects
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Optimized frame rate
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HDR support
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Great Brain Academy: Brain vs. brain
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Gamehare and GameChat support for up to four players in party mode
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Toad Captain: Treasure Tracker
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Optimized visual effects
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HDR support
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Gamehare and GameChat support for up to two players
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Club Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
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Gamehare and GameChat's support for up to four players in 34 games
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- Garage for game creators
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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Optimized visual effects
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Optimized frame rate
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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
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Optimized visual effects
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Optimized frame rate
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HDR support in Bowser's fury
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Gamehare support (four players in The world super mario 3Dtwo players in Bowser's fury)
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Gamechat support
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Super Mario Odyssey
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Optimized visual effects
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HDR support
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Gamehare and GameChat support for up to two players
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
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Optimized visual effects
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HDR support
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The Legend of Zelda: Awakening Link
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Optimized visual effects
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HDR support
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The published Nintendo list is limited mainly to games published and developed by Nintendo itself and includes updates scheduled for live organization together with the release of Switch 2 5. June 2025. It also includes previously confirmed updates like The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Switch 2 stains. Third -party publishers will determine their own priorities in terms of release of updates for their switching games, or if they are committed to a different switch 2 ports.
The list also does not mention the performance updates for the games that receive their own release of the switch Breath of the Wild or Kirby and the forgotten land. While Nintendo has not bound to release patch for the switch 1 of these games, she said some Switch 1 games will see an increase in performance simply from playing on more powerful Switch 2 hardware. Whether it will solve their performance or satisfy fans who are not sure to upgrade to the new console, there is another matter.