If you bought a Nintendo Switch 2 hoping for steadier performance with games the original Switch struggled to run, this boost ...

If you've been playing some of the latest Nintendo Switch 2 games, you might be disappointed when going back to some of the original Switch games that haven't received a free Switch 2 upgrade. The ...

The Nintendo Switch 2’s backward-compatibility with Switch games is generally pretty good, and a few games have gotten patches from their developers to allow them to take advantage of the higher ...

The new feature forces Switch 1 games to play as if the Switch 2 is docked to a TV, offering an upgrade in performance. The new feature forces Switch 1 games to play as if the Switch 2 is docked to a ...

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger, and video game enthusiast with over six years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. A passion for writing ...

We might not have had a proper Nintendo Direct in 2026 yet, but there have been plenty of Switch and Switch 2-related announcements in the last few weeks, including a release date for the Yoshi and ...

Nintendo has announced a major new Switch 2 feature that improves the performance of most Switch 1 games when played in handheld mode. A "Handheld Mode Boost" option has been added in today's chunky ...

Of course Nintendo was always working on it. Nintendo has published what may be the biggest system update for the Switch 2 yet. As explained in the patch notes, it adds Handheld Mode Boost: Handheld ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. A new firmware update hit the Nintendo Switch 2 last week. Among the multitude of ...

Living the Dream skips Switch 2's Handheld Mode Boost, but Nintendo has a good reason for why it's not included.

Switch on your Switch 2 this morning and it’ll ask you to install the latest upgrade (thank you Eurogamer). A fairly normal experience, even a faintly irritating one, except that today’s is going to ...

At any rate, it looks like the folks at Frost Giant Studios, the developers behind Stormgate, may have a hard time turning ...