I don't think GameStop has made a good decision since 2012.

Will the Atarian ruin Ninja-endo's Switch 2 launch?? Stay tuned to find out!

I don't know why, but he popped into my head earlier today. I will say, the comic was actually far worse than I remembered it. But yeah, bring it back. Why the hell not.

So good and bad news from my switch 2 testing.

Great news, patched Switch games look better than I imagined. Both on the tv and portable.

More great news, unpatched Switch 1 games also run better on switch 2.

Arkham Knight even when driving is a rock solid 30fps. Same for Witcher 3.

Bayonetta 2 and 3 are locked 60fps and other games have better frame rates.

I'm interested to see how DRS works and if the resolution will drop far less, particularly in Snowrunner.

Streetfighter 6 demo is up and it honestly looks far better than expected played offscreen.

There's also comparison footage going around for both SF6 and Cyberpunk switch 2 compared to ps5 and its so close, it doesn't bother me or any normal person.

Played Mario kart world for 10 mins, looks great but it just did two 100cc tracks.

Free roaming seems directionless at the moment to the point where it feels like, why am I doing this? Also because the world is so big I can't consume it without a huge time sink. But I only picked around for 5 mins.

Battery life is notably worse than the OLED, to be expected.

Game cards work worse vs Switch 1? On Switch 1 it tells you if a game is currently installed to your system or not.

Switch 2 has icons to show the game is loaded onto your console, not installed. Loaded means it's authorised to play it on the console.

To see if its installed you have to hover your icon over it on the menu.

Now here's the really bad thing, I updated Luigis Mansion 3 and tried it. It doesn't have an official patch BTW.

So in handheld, it displays at handheld switch 1 resolution, 720p.

And as you can imagine, 720p on a larger, 1080p screen doesn't look good due to upscaling, the normal kind not DLSS.

So unless these games are all patched they are going to look blurrier in handheld compared to switch 1.

One suggestion is to allow switch 2 to display switch 1 games handheld in their docked configuration.

Most of my physical games are either 2D or Nintendo games so I imagine most will look okay or get patched at some point.

Cyberpunk is coming in the next 3 hours

SupremeAC said:

Hey now, who gave you the authority to speak in name of all us normal persons?  

Have you tried any of the Xenoblade games yet?  I was in half a mind to restart XB2 on the Switch2.  I don't think I got half way through it when I first played it, and the resolution didn't bother me, but it'd be nice knowing I'm playing it in the most optimal setting.

I haven't. Xenoblade 3 has a new patch but it doesn't say its a switch 2 patch.

You should give 2 a second chance. I gave up like everyone else, but if you play it regularly instead of bouncing from game to game it becomes really enjoyable. It's my favourite in the series.

I'll try 2 and 3 later. I ran X3 through Mclassic at 1440p and it looked awesome.

travo said:

Good impressions, GG.

Free roam feels like a combination of MK and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You are just trying out new tricks and challenges. I do like how you csn earn new vehicles and costumes.

I wish you could just jump, rather than prime your jump first.

SupremeAC said:

Hey now, who gave you the authority to speak in name of all us normal persons?  

Have you tried any of the Xenoblade games yet?  I was in half a mind to restart XB2 on the Switch2.  I don't think I got half way through it when I first played it, and the resolution didn't bother me, but it'd be nice knowing I'm playing it in the most optimal setting.

Blunty on YouTube did a ps5 performance mode vs Switch 2.

He didn't say what mode he was using on switch 2. But he didn't label which side was which. They looked so similar I lost track of which version was which and which one I thought looked better.

The margin was so slim I reached the point where the perceptible difference was so small, it wasn't even worth thinking about.

Amazing how games scale these days.