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Huge Nintendo Switch 2 Update Adds Handheld Mode Boost For Switch 1 Titles

The feature, which is buried at the bottom of Nintendo’s patch notes, allows for boosted Switch 1 games when playing in handheld, with performance akin to playing with the console docked.

Huge Nintendo Switch 2 Update Adds Handheld Mode Boost For Switch 1 Titles - IGN

Nintendo has announced a major new Switch 2 feature that improves the performance of most Switch 1 games when played in handheld mode.

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Mar 17 at 12:21pmWeb
Show threadPhelpssanMar 17
That’s a massive improvement in some games for those who play handheld. Probably should’ve been there from the start, but it’s good that Nintendo finally implemented it.
Show threadSamskaraMar 17
It might have taken them a while to figure out issues with power use and suspend.
Show threadslimerancherMar 17
I like the ability to add notes to your friends.
Show threadbrsrklfMar 17

Good thing they made it an option since it disables touch screen and might create weird compatibilty issues.

Not clear in the article but the part about joy-con 2 not being recognized as joy-con is only for attached joy-con (so they can still be used as independent joy-con in tabletop). That doesn’t seem like a huge problem, unless I am missing a very specific use case. Not sure what attached joy-con can do that a classic controller can’t.

Show threadslimerancherMar 17
I think it’s more of a heads up, since you can’t use attached JoyCon in TV mode (for obvious reasons), so they will show up as Pro controller.
Show threadLCPMar 17

Xenoblade Chronicles X looks better in the boosted the Switch 1 Edition than the Switch 2 Edition with the AI filter.

youtu.be/zeWv7Cepg_M?t=125

Switch 2's New Boost Mode is a Game Changer for Switch 1 Games

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Show threadcarrylexMar 17
Emulators (when not DCMAed):