Topic: "Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games"

Quoted from the fine print of the Video Game Card page.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/virtual-game-cards/

Doesn't quite answer the question of if Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are either 1) An automatic upgrade if you bought an OG Switch version of the game. 2) A small fee to upgrade if you bought an OG Switch version of the game (lets say...$10 per game) or... 3) Nintendo asking full price ($70) for a "new" version of the games we already bought.

Can't wait until Wednesday to find out.

That's an interesting find. Seems to confirms upgrades in some capacity at least.

Just saw this myself and came here to make sure people knew, a nice little tidbit

My guess is that they'll be full price releases for those that don't own them, but with an upgrade path for those that own the Switch 1 version and that upgrade will be free for NSO Expansion Pack subscribers

@IceClimbers Honestly I kind of like that expansion pack theory. It would definitely be a very Nintendo way to do it.

@Magician Quite possibly, it could be all three of those, depending on the publisher's choices.

At least that's how it seems to work on Sony and Microsoft consoles.

At least it's very likely we'll be getting some kind of upgrade for OG Switch games.

I know Nintendo can be greedy with their pricing, but I really can't imagine them trying to pull something like entirely separate purchases for games we already have.

I think an upgrade fee is most likely since that's what other companies (at least Sony) are doing.

The fact that they're saying that Switch 2 Edition games "can only be loaded on a Nintendo Switch 2 system" basically confirms that there is a separate licence for them. Which implies some kind of separate transaction for each edition.

In other words, if you buy Metroid Prime 4 on Switch you don't have Metroid Prime 4. You have the Switch Edition of Metroid Prime 4. If you want the Switch 2 enhanced version that's a another licence acquired through another transaction. Now, how they charge for that or if it's part of NSO or something else? Who knows. But it is a separate licence

Now the question is..... if you have a Switch game do you buy the Switch 2 Edition separately? Do you get a discount on buying the Switch 2 Edition for having the Switch game? If you upgrade do you now have two Editions of the game or does upgrading remove your Switch Edition? I guess we'll find out

@skywake I'm wondering how many people will actually pay for this though. How many will be okay with having to pay extra just to get a better looking version of the game they could just play normally through Backwards compatibility. I know Sony charges people to upgrade their games, but I don't really know anyone who has a PS5 that's actually paid the amount for that.

I was sorta hoping Nintendo wouldn't sink to the lows of Sony's predatory practices- but I guess it was inevitable given that they made people have to pay for Online. This was just the next step.

@VoidofLight
I guess it depends on how much they charge, how good backwards compatibility is and how big of an improvement it is. And whether or not you're still interested in playing that game. For example if they offered an upgrade of BotW for maybe even the full price again. Because I'd be interested in revisiting it and it's a game that pushed the Switch fairly hard so it could be pushed further

But if they offered an upgrade for something like Ring Fit Adventure it could be free and I probably wouldn't even bother with the download. Because it doesn't really need it and, lets be honest, I'm probably not booting it up again

Aside from the technical differences, it’s also marketing Switch 2 as a Switch system that plays everything. They can tie further Switch 1 announcements for this year, like Kirby, to the Switch 2 library simultaneously. Nintendo naturally prefers we play our Switch games on new hardware, they are making that clear with every presentation this year

Hoping they either do it as a free update or a small fee.