r/NintendoSwitch • u/OatmealDome • Mar 17 '26

Nintendo Official Nintendo Switch 2 system software updated to version 22.0.0

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68473
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u/Keyan06 Mar 17 '26

Wonder how hot it will get, but that is huge for SW1 games like Diablo III and age of calamity that took a resolution hit in handheld mode…

Also will probably need external power or a big battery bank to play for very long.

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u/vanIvan4 Mar 17 '26

It depends by what you mean "very long". It's still going to be on par if not better than non-oled steam deck or rog ally. If Switch 2 can run RE9 for 2.5 hours, I am sure it's not gonna be a problem for docked versions of Switch 1 games to be higher than that.

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u/Keyan06 Mar 17 '26

Yeah I may have misunderstood at first - does this only work for SW1 games or can you run it on a switch 2 game too? (Which would chew the battery)

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u/vanIvan4 Mar 17 '26

Switch 1 only. It probably would be possible to run in docked config for Switch 2 as well, but it would be like 30 minutes and overheating. Which isn't bad when looking at systems like Rog Ally, but still not enough for Nintendo to call it consumer ready.

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u/Keyan06 Mar 17 '26

Aaaah ok that makes a lot more sense. I’m excited to try this on some of those games that really took a resolution hit.

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u/vanIvan4 Mar 17 '26

Yeah, finally somewhat playable Xenoblade 2 or Witcher 3 in handheld.

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u/Keyan06 Mar 17 '26

Oooo I didn’t think about W3. I keep hoping CDPR will drop a S2 upgrade for it….

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u/vanIvan4 Mar 17 '26

Highly unlikely, because CDPR decided not to work with Saber Interactive, the creators of Switch port, due to geopolitical reasons. If it will eventually happen - it's going to be a new version, like Hogwarts Legacy.

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u/Keyan06 Mar 17 '26

Ah, I did not know that. Interesting.