Topic: How well do the Switch 1 versions of BOTW or TOTK run on Nintendo Switch 2 without the upgrade packs?

If I decide to buy the Nintendo Switch 1 version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and/or Tears of the Kingdom and play them on my Nintendo Switch 2 without paying for the upgrade packs (or the NS2 Edition of the games), how well do these games look and run on the Switch 2?

@PR0SP3R Solid frame rates! Which is an improvement. (I didn't have a complaint with their performance, but in the few places they had some frame rate drops, those are stable now.)

If you don't buy the switch 2 upgrade for botw & totk, the games will still need an free update patch to run on switch 2. (most or all switch 1 games need an initial patch to run on switch 2)

In botw, I went straight to master sword/deku tree location where the frame rate famously struggled, and it's stable there now on switch 2. TOTK get's the same stability. Although, I haven't booted up my totk yet, to see for myself, but I've seen performance reviews confirm this.

If you're running the games off the switch 1 cart, expect only slightly improved load times. If you're running Switch 1 botw/totk digitally on switch 2 storage, you'll benefit from faster loads, I think.

(If anyone want's to add to this, or correct me, go ahead. I won't claim to know everything.😉)

@WoomyNNYes your explanation was very clear and was precisely the information that I was looking for!! Thank you!!

@WoomyNNYes but I just realized I had one more question. What about the loading times playing either BOTW or TOTK from the physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cartridge?

@PR0SP3R The switch 2 carts essentially have Express microSD inside. So, they'll load much quicker than switch 1 carts.