Nintendo details first dozen games to get free Switch 2 upgrades

While Nintendo will be charging for Switch 2 upgrades for certain titles, like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, some titles will be getting free updates for the Switch 2. This week, Nintendo detailed the first dozen titles to get free Switch 2 upgrades for those that own the original game on Switch 1. 

Every game on the list has been ‘optimised for the Nintendo Switch 2 display and high-resolution TVs' and a few select titles are adding HDR support too. Some games have also received frame rate upgrades.

Here is the full list:

• ARMS – Visual & frame rate upgrade, HDR support
• Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – expanded multiplayer, GameChat functionality
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Visual upgrade & HDR support, GameChat functionality
• Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – GameChat functionality, expanded multiplayer
• Game Builder Garage – Visual update & Joy-Con 2 mouse controls
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – Visual update
• Pokémon Scarlet & Violet – Visual and Frame Rate upgrade
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury – Visual & Frame Rate upgrade, HDR support, GameChat functionality
• Super Mario Odyssey – Visual update, HDR support and expanded multiplayer + GameChat functionality
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Visual update and HDR support
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Visual update and HDR support

All 12 games will receive their Switch 2 updates on the 5th of June, the same day the Switch 2 becomes available to the public.

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