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Nintendo details Switch 2 updates for Switch games

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  • 2025-05-17 02:53 event
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Nintendo announced last month that it would be updating a handful of Switch games to run better on the Switch 2, and now some details about the planned improvements are available on its website. The improvements vary per game, but they include things like optimizing visuals for the Switch 2’s larger screen, better frame rates, […]

Nintendo announced last month that it would be updating a handful of Switch games to run better on the Switch 2, and now some details about the planned improvements are available on its website. The improvements vary per game, but they include things like optimizing visuals for the Switch 2’s larger screen, better frame rates, HDR support, and GameShare support.

The full list of games getting free updates is below, and you can see the specific updates on Nintendo’s website. The updates will all be available on June 5th, the same day the Switch 2 launches:

  • ARMS
  • Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
  • Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
  • Game Builder Garage
  • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
  • Pokémon Scarlet
  • Pokémon Violet
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

These updates aren’t quite as big as the paid Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrades for games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Party Jamboree. But if you’re looking to revisit some older Switch games on the Switch 2, even the smaller improvements could feel welcome — especially for games like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and the Link’s Awakening remake that sometimes struggled on the original Switch hardware.

27. Huawei’s first trifold is a great phone that you shouldn’t buy

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Let's get one thing out of the way immediately: you shouldn't buy Huawei's trifold phone, the Mate XT. And that's alright, because you probably couldn't if you wanted to - while it's no longer exclusive to China, it's only on sale in a handful of countries, and not in the US or Europe. Besides, I […]

28. It’s parry season

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If you like games with parrying, there are two great new ways to get your fix: Doom: The Dark Ages and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. These very different games - one is a fast-paced first-person shooter, the other a turn-based fantasy RPG - approach the mechanic in very different ways. Let's start with Doom. One […]

29. Sierra made the games of my childhood. Are they still fun to play?

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Get ready for some nostalgia.

30. Google I/O will be an AI show

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Android is getting its biggest visual update in years, and rather than unveiling it for the first time at its big annual developer conference, Google announced Material Three Expressive at a pre-show event broadcast on YouTube the week before. If a major design language shift for the world's most popular mobile OS doesn't qualify as […]

31. Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas

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Meta’s building a new AI data center so massive in Louisiana that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough electricity. Now, advocates and lawmakers are pressing Meta for answers about how it’ll clean up pollution stemming from the data center’s energy consumption. Sen. Sheldon […]

32. GameStop will have more Switch 2 stock at launch

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GameStop will have additional Switch 2 stock available in-store and online when the console launches next month, according to a post on X. In-store launch events will begin at 3PM local time on June 4th, according to the company. Pickups start on June 5th at 12AM EST / June 4th at 9PM PST. Online orders […]

33. RFK Jr’s plan to ban fluoride supplements will “hurt rural America,” dentists say

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In areas without fluoridated water, supplements are the only way to get adequate doses.

34. Call of Duty: Warzone is winding down on mobile

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Activision is starting to wind down Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile just over a year after its global launch. The game “has not met our expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences,” according to a post on X. The company will be pulling the game from the App Store and […]

35. Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs

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Fake 10-second podcasts are easily found fronts for black markets, reports say.

36. Nintendo details Switch 2 updates for Switch games

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  • theverge.com language

Nintendo announced last month that it would be updating a handful of Switch games to run better on the Switch 2, and now some details about the planned improvements are available on its website. The improvements vary per game, but they include things like optimizing visuals for the Switch 2’s larger screen, better frame rates, […]

37. The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs

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Fortnite AI voice trained on James Earl Jones spoke curse words and insults before patch.

38. Google to give app devs access to Gemini Nano for on-device AI

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New APIs for Google's ML Kit will let developers plug into the on-device AI model.

39. From birth to gene-edited in 6 months: Custom therapy breaks speed limits

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The N-of-1 accomplishment provides a template for swift, personalized genetic therapies.

40. OpenAI introduces Codex, its first full-fledged AI agent for coding

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It replicates your development environment and takes up to 30 minutes per task.

41. Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast

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Spotify announced earlier this month that podcast creators and listeners would get a new data point: how many plays an episode has gotten. The idea, according to Spotify, was that listeners could discover new shows they hadn’t heard of, enticed by this new public measure of fandom. Podcasters did not see it that way. Since […]

42. The 2025 VW Tiguan caters to US tastes at an affordable price

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Starting at $29,495, its bigger but lighter and more efficient than the 2024 model.

43. Nintendo says more about how free Switch 2 updates will improve Switch games

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"Improved image quality" and GameShare multiplayer for Mario, Zelda, and more.

44. Bungie caught stealing artwork again

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Bungie has issued a statement on social media saying it is investigating how unauthorized artwork appeared in the closed alpha test of its PvPvE shooter Marathon.  Earlier this week, Scottish artist Fern Hook posted on social media that her work had appeared in the Marathon alpha without her knowledge or permission. “Its environments are covered […]

45. xAI says an “unauthorized” prompt change caused Grok to focus on “white genocide”

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Meanwhile, Grok's authorized prompt asks it to "provide truthful and based insights."

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