Super Mario Odyssey | Switch VS Switch 2 | Final Graphics Comparison
RetroGamingUK
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The ONLY upgrade I'll be paying for.
bender
What time is it?
No you will not.
Danjin44
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Liopleurodon
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Definitely gonna buy Switch 2, after I emulate everything pre Switch that interests me.
Evil Calvin
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Should be a free upgrade
It's a free upgrade.
Codes 208
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Same.I think this free upgrade.
For me the only upgrade im paying for is this....
(Mainly because I get the zelda upgrades for free.)
Shaki12345
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Because now we have the Zelda Notes "app". Please pay up.
Zelda does have increased draw distance, which lots of people haven't noticed.
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Danjin44
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I dont have Nintendo online and I REALLY liked Kirby The Forgotten Land when i played on my original Switch.
With upgrade not only improves frame rate and resolution but also giving brand new content.
Codes 208
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and double the framerate, going from 30 to 60.
But arguably its more about popularity since zelda sold over 30m copies.
Frankly I'm surprised they arent charging for the pokemon upgrades, shit went from 640p/12fps to 4k/60fps
Shaki12345
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I'm sorry, but Nintendo charging one game for a res and fps update and the other not is not really consumer friendly imo.
Codes 208
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Any upgrades that are just visuals only/gameshare are free. Any upgrades that have extras, such as the ($10) Zelda BotW/TotK notes app/item sharing or bigger like ($20) DLC in Kirby/Mario Party are paid.
That I agree with that it requires those upgrades in order to get the res/fps upgrade? Not really, but honestly I'm favorable to this than everything being paid like it could be.
JusticeForAll
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I don't remember the original being so blurry at all. Good upgrade then.
Hudo
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Well, that's at least something.
Baemono
Member
Same thought
Baemono
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I don't recall Odyssey having frame drops
Codes 208
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900p wasnt a bad resolution for the time, especially since it looked really fluid in movement since it was already running at 60fps
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Kataploom
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Because Zelda have additional content, that app many of us can't give an F about
Pop
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WOW they figured out sharpening
Thebonehead
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Nintendo really are the good guys.
Might have to revisit this. Only Mario game I fell off with after a couple of hours.
Might have to revisit this. Only Mario game I fell off with after a couple of hours.
cinnamonandgravy
Member
nice upgrade
daughter started playing it recently and my first thought was "this looks terrible".
Recently booted it up for a bit on a 4k TV and yeah, it's pretty iffy on it. I originally played it on a 1080p TV which looked fine. This will be an awesome upgrade. I'm going to restart the game for sure.
kevboard
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NICE bro, I did not realize we were getting 4k60fps Odyssey.
well, you don't... it's 1440p
1440p upscaled to 4K. Which will look better than 1440p native.
kevboard
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every game you play on a 4K screen gets upscaled to 4k, unless you play it in a small window with a black border around it... there's no word on any reconstruction happening (which isn't the same as upscaling) so this is just 1440p it seems
amigastar
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Damn, i love this game, my favorite Kirby game for sure. Anyone remember the Kirby Pinball on Game Boy? A remake would be awesome.I think this free upgrade.
For me the only upgrade im paying for is this....
Doctor Hades
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This is the game I am most excited about playing on my Switch 2 tomorrow. 
I'll likely load this up, install the update and play it before Mario Kart World. Looks so good now. I think this game is incredible and one of Nintendo finest game to date and always wanted an excuse to revisit the game with better image quality. The original game looks fine on the handheld but it doesn't look great on my 55" LG OLED TV, mostly because of the low resolution and complete lack of any anti-aliasing.
As someone who prefers to play games on a TV rather than a handheld, all I really want from Switch 2 is for the games to look decent on a 4K display.
I'll likely load this up, install the update and play it before Mario Kart World. Looks so good now. I think this game is incredible and one of Nintendo finest game to date and always wanted an excuse to revisit the game with better image quality. The original game looks fine on the handheld but it doesn't look great on my 55" LG OLED TV, mostly because of the low resolution and complete lack of any anti-aliasing.
As someone who prefers to play games on a TV rather than a handheld, all I really want from Switch 2 is for the games to look decent on a 4K display.
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Kataploom
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I think there's no DLSS on any Switch 1 enhanced game, unless they already implemented some sort of TAA which I don't think most Nintendo games did at all, not any of the enhanced ones at least, because they'd have to implement motion vectors just for that, so my assumption has always been that they are just running them natively as a quick job and calling it a day. Also, I'm pretty sure they can run at 4K just right but they preferred to keep a locked 60 fps experience rather than trying to optimize for the hiccups.
kevboard
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bait used to be believable
SRTtoZ
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I mean it looks way better but I'm also glad this wasn't a paid upgrade and I think we can see why. It was a quick and dirty upgrade which I'm perfectly okay with, especially when it's free. I already beat the game and got about 80% of the moons so I'm good. Now if Nintendo had achievements, I might be more interesting in spending my time getting everything but as it stands? Na I'm good lol. I would rather play 3D World + Bowsers Fury since I skipped it on Switch 1.
Guardian Monkey
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Hmm. It looks good but I don't see that. I've run Odyssey at true 4K/60. I would still have to give it to Astro bot. But Odyssey, doesn't look bad for a game going on what almost 8 years with a higher render rate. I think for what it's worth and a free upgrade people should be pleased.
kevboard
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SOOOOO... I tried pixel counting (youtube video quality is not great for that, so it's not easy), and at one spot at 8:46 I found an easy to count edge...
and, uhm. maybe I am miscounting, but I am getting 1800p here
ruler of 30, 25 steps: 30/25 = 0.8333333333333333 * 2160 = 1800
could this be a dynamic resolution up to maybe 1800p?
that edge I counted seems to be pretty clean and the staristepping seems very obvious. so either I completely forgot how to do this or this is way higher than 1440p
EDIT: same 1800p results when looking at the New Donk City shot at 2:46. again 25 steps on a 30 pixel ruler.
there was another scene inside new donk city, where I only found an edge that was big enough to do a quick 15 ruler wide test, where I got 12 of 15, which would come out at 1728p, but a 15 pixel ruler on a 2160p image isn't really all that accurate. so that scene could also have been 1800p as 1728p is close enogh to estimate that given the other 2 results.
and generally speaking, some parts of this look like FSR1 is in use, as some edges seem "drawn over" so to speak. but that could also just be youtube compression doing whakey stuff.
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yeah, I won't spam more images, but every single time I try counting a somewhat countable edge in the video, I get 1800p. it's always 25 steps on a 30 ruler, or 12 steps on a 15 ruler.
but now I wonder how ElAnalistaDeBits got 1440p here. I miss VG Tech, because VG Tech always also had links to lossless uploads of the exact screenshots they used to count
and, uhm. maybe I am miscounting, but I am getting 1800p here
ruler of 30, 25 steps: 30/25 = 0.8333333333333333 * 2160 = 1800
could this be a dynamic resolution up to maybe 1800p?
that edge I counted seems to be pretty clean and the staristepping seems very obvious. so either I completely forgot how to do this or this is way higher than 1440p
EDIT: same 1800p results when looking at the New Donk City shot at 2:46. again 25 steps on a 30 pixel ruler.
there was another scene inside new donk city, where I only found an edge that was big enough to do a quick 15 ruler wide test, where I got 12 of 15, which would come out at 1728p, but a 15 pixel ruler on a 2160p image isn't really all that accurate. so that scene could also have been 1800p as 1728p is close enogh to estimate that given the other 2 results.
and generally speaking, some parts of this look like FSR1 is in use, as some edges seem "drawn over" so to speak. but that could also just be youtube compression doing whakey stuff.
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yeah, I won't spam more images, but every single time I try counting a somewhat countable edge in the video, I get 1800p. it's always 25 steps on a 30 ruler, or 12 steps on a 15 ruler.
but now I wonder how ElAnalistaDeBits got 1440p here. I miss VG Tech, because VG Tech always also had links to lossless uploads of the exact screenshots they used to count
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Pop
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kevboard
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this isn't using DLSS. it's just running basically raw pixels (possibly with FSR1, but FSR1 is in essence a sharpening filter with some mild antialiasing)
Jinzo Prime
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Night and day. I mean, you can get better results with emulation, but this is very, very nice for an official upgrade.
