cireza
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Sharing some feedback as I got the Switch 2 day one. Lately I have been using it exclusively as a handheld console (tabletop) and frankly, the experience as been a disappointment.
I play a lot of old games and retro looking games, and there are issues that really bother me.
First of all, the upscale from 720 to 1080. This ruins pixel art games. All Switch 1 games still render at 720 and then Switch 2 upscale at 1080. Integer scaling basically dies because of this. NSO apps, both Curse of the Moon games, Sonic Mania, Monster World Collection : everything has a blurry effect applied to it.
Second : with that shitty upscale comes the second issue : shimmering. All these games get an awful shimmering when scrolling. This is bad, looks bad, and should not exist.
Third : the screen is awful for these games. Side scrollers are awfully blurry. Sonic Mania is basically unplayable as far as I am concerned. Slow scrolling shimmers. Fast scrolling is so blurry you can't see anything in the background. Very bad experience.
Fourth : I discovered that the autonomy is very bad. 3 hours of Switch 1 game and you have to charge the battery again. Playing Curse of the Moon, an 8 bits looking game lol.
Annoying but anecdotical : you can't wake up the console with the NSO controllers. The NSO is a largely inferior experience on Switch 2, which sucks because we pay for it. They need to patch all apps to output 1080p ASAP.
However, older third party Switch 1 games will never be patched, you can be sure of it. We are screwed with Curse of the Moon, Sonic Mania or Monster World Collection. And probably a ton of other retro collections.
Very dissatisfied with the console as a handheld gaming device for my summer vacations. Give me my OLED back Nintendo !
I play a lot of old games and retro looking games, and there are issues that really bother me.
First of all, the upscale from 720 to 1080. This ruins pixel art games. All Switch 1 games still render at 720 and then Switch 2 upscale at 1080. Integer scaling basically dies because of this. NSO apps, both Curse of the Moon games, Sonic Mania, Monster World Collection : everything has a blurry effect applied to it.
Second : with that shitty upscale comes the second issue : shimmering. All these games get an awful shimmering when scrolling. This is bad, looks bad, and should not exist.
Third : the screen is awful for these games. Side scrollers are awfully blurry. Sonic Mania is basically unplayable as far as I am concerned. Slow scrolling shimmers. Fast scrolling is so blurry you can't see anything in the background. Very bad experience.
Fourth : I discovered that the autonomy is very bad. 3 hours of Switch 1 game and you have to charge the battery again. Playing Curse of the Moon, an 8 bits looking game lol.
Annoying but anecdotical : you can't wake up the console with the NSO controllers. The NSO is a largely inferior experience on Switch 2, which sucks because we pay for it. They need to patch all apps to output 1080p ASAP.
However, older third party Switch 1 games will never be patched, you can be sure of it. We are screwed with Curse of the Moon, Sonic Mania or Monster World Collection. And probably a ton of other retro collections.
Very dissatisfied with the console as a handheld gaming device for my summer vacations. Give me my OLED back Nintendo !
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