Nintendo Details Free Resolution, Framerate, And HDR Updates For Select Switch Games On Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch 2 launches in less than three weeks, and while we know some Switch 1 games are getting free updates, we didn’t know what that entailed. Now, Nintendo has detailed the extent of these updates for existing Switch 1 games, which are free in contrast to the more substantial Nintendo Switch 2 edition upgrades of Switch 1 games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which will cost $9.99.

What to expect in the free Switch 2 updates for the listed Switch 1 games:

Arms

• Increased resolution, framerate, and HDR support

Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain

• GameShare support: Up to four people can play in Party Mode, and players can share the game locally or online via GameChat

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

• Increased resolution and HDR support
• GameShare support: Two people can play all of the courses, and players can share the game locally or online via GameChat

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

• GameShare support: Up to four people can play 34 games featured in Clubhouse Games, and players can share the game locally or online via GameChat

Game Builder Garage

• Increased resolution and supports Joy-Con 2 for mouse controls

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

• Increased resolution

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

• Increased resolution and frame rate

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

• Increased resolution and framerate, and HDR support (for Bowser’s Fury only)
• GameShare support: up to four people can play Super Mario 3D World, and in Bowser’s Fury, two people can play together (with one player controlling Mario and the other Bowser Jr.). Plus, players can share the game locally or online via GameChat

Super Mario Odyssey

• Increased resolution and HDR support
• GameShare support: Two people can play together (with one player controlling Mario and the other Cappy), and players can share the game locally or online via GameChat

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

• Increased resolution and HDR support

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

• Increased resolution and HDR support

As many have pointed out online, a handful of these games aren’t getting increased framerates in their updates, despite games like Link’s Awakening struggling to maintain a steady framerate on Switch. That’s because Link’s Awakening is already targeting 60 FPS on Switch 1 – it just struggles to hit and maintain that. Presumably, by accessing the extra power of the Switch 2, the game will be able to run at its already-in-place 60 FPS. Only time will tell, but fortunately, we don’t have to wait long because the Switch 2 launches June 5.

For more about the console, read about how Nintendo has plans for a “continuous flow” of Switch 2 through the holidays, and then check out the 2025 Switch 2 game release schedule. After that, read Game Informer’s Switch 2 hands-on preview.

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