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Except for the day 1 patches and dlc…
Enhanced editions shouldn't need those, but yes, if they are any they won't be on the cartridge. That's how physical copy on release works.
Right. What I mean to say is that most large scale games these days have day 1 patches.
Yeah. It seems we are talking about different things. 😀
Just some background, Nintendo is releasing "Switch 2 enhanced edition" of some Switch games, and there was confusion whether these games will have all data on the cartridge or will only have Switch 1 version, with Switch 2 update as download. So, this clarifies that this is not the case, and the physical versions will have full games available on cartridge.
Gotcha! Yeah my bad! I’m reading the article but there is so much nonsense drama re nintendo these days I don’t trust it lol.
No worries. There is so much nonsense drama with so many things these days, it takes real effort to understand what's happening with most stuff. Most of the times it isn't even worth it 😀
These are for already finished switch games, they probably aren’t getting day 1 patches or any more DLC dude.
They shouldn't, but since the game has been enhanced, there's a good chance that something will go a little wrong and need a patch. I would actually guess that most of them end up with a patch, but only a few end up with game-breaking bugs and need a patch.
Nintendo is pretty good with releasing polished games, but who knows, let's wait and see.
PR speak
The actual message from the statement: "(...) some publishers may release Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games as download codes in physical packaging, with no game card"
In my eyes they try to damage control here and cherry picking one or two (old) games, while the path of all the other games is clearly heading into opposite direction - suits wearing suits
First paragraph:
Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2 editions of original first-party Switch games will have the full game on the card rather than requiring a download - though that may not be the case for third-party titles.
one or two (old) games
Those are titles that already exist on the switch one, it doesnt even say that further remaster editions will do that. Not even mentioning future first party titles like bananza, metroid, mk world and then: all the unanounced titles
Nintendo is pretty good at keeping their game sizes low historically so I wouldn’t worry about them specifically. I expect some AAA game ports from modern systems to require additional downloads however, mostly because those game carts have very high read speeds and will get prohibitively expensive fast for very large games like Cyberpunk.
You know that Cyberpunk is being released complete on the game card, right?
I was using Cyberpunk as an example of the scale of ports that can be expected. Some publishers will try to cut costs for sure.
Curious if these carts remain compatible with Switch 1, booting back into the base game.
That would be really interesting, because it would mean they either emulate the game on switch 2 even though it is a special cartridge for the switch 2 edition, or they have some kind of universal binary that works on both (which I don't think is possible without duplicating a lot).
Kinda crazy that Nintendo is still supporting cartridges in a brand new console in 2025...
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