Sorry if there's been a thread like this before, but the recent news on the Super Mario Wonder patch got me thinking: which major Switch games have been released in "perfect" state, meaning that they haven't needed any updates after launch? I know Captain Toad is one, and from what I've heard, Kirby and the Forgotten Land might also be like this? Any others?
I'm sure there are also a lot of small indie games with no patches because the developer didn't care or couldn't afford to update them, but I think those cases are less interesting than the ones where a "big" game was released in a complete, flawless state.
Captain Toad received an update alongside the paid DLC back in 2019, which really disappointed me as it was Version 1.0 prior to that.
I think updates are less noteworthy when it comes to digital exclusives as the software cannot be preserved by the end-user without modding the console anyway, but "perfect" releases sadly seem to be in the minority when it comes to physical.
There could also be inconsistencies between regions. For example, Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star has had updates for its Japanese/Asian releases, but it's very likely that the upcoming Western physical release will have all of the updates baked into the cart.
I have a pretty large collection, so I'll just have a look at my icons to point out any physical releases with no updates in no particular order: (correct at time of writing 21/11/2023) [All European/Australian copies unless stated otherwise]
Super Mario RPG
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
WarioWare: Get It Together!
WarioWare: Move It!
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Kuukyomi 1-2-3+ (Japanese physical release with bonus mobile game; digital versions were all updated at some point or another; this release consolidates all four games into a single launcher)
Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salberg (Hong Kong)
Humongous Classic Collection [USA]
Detective Pikachu Returns
Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe
Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle [USA] (the original Asian release was updated prior)
Taito Milestones [USA]
Taito Milestones 2 [USA]
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Japan)
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (DLC is actually on cartridge, but requires eShop purchase to unlock it)
Let's Sing ABBA
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
Super Retro Platformer Collection (Hong Kong)
Metroid Prime Remastered
Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection
Goosebumps: The Game
Senran Kagura Reflexions (USA)
Burnout Paradise Remastered
Mega Man Classic Collection 2 (Japan)
Mega Man X Anniversary Collection (Japan)
Mega Man X Anniversary Collection 2 (Japan)
Project Highrise: Architect's Edition (like 5th Grader, the DLC's actually on the cart, but requires an eShop purchase to unlock)
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (USA)
Space Invaders: Invincible Collection
Space Invaders Forever
Truck and Logistics Simulator (there was a large update announced for this years ago, but it has yet to materialise)
The World Ends With You: Final Remix
Okami HD (Japan)
Metro Redux
Mutant Mudds Collection
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
Namco Museum Arcade Pac
Minecraft Story Mode
Minecraft Story Mode: Season Two
Giga Wrecker Alt. (USA)
Resident Evil Revelations (Japan)
Atelier Dusk Trilogy (Asia)
Resident Evil 0 (USA)
There are others, mostly Super Rare/Limited Run releases, but I'm kind of not bothered to check those right now as it would entail a bit of work, but I'm happy to have a look in if anybody wishes to inquire about specific titles.
And the list would have been longer if I had included digital releases (which I don't have a whole lot of anyway), but I do recall Kirby's Dream Buffet never receiving any updates, to name an example.
Thanks for that list, it's quite comprehensive. I didn't realise Captain Toad's DLC included an update to the base game, so I guess that's not an example after all.
I forgot to mention The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild; that is, the Japanese physical expansion release, which includes absolutely everything on the cart. It's also import friendly, but it's sadly out of print. I believe that there is essentially only one version of the game internationally, so it works without any issues with my existing save data.
Splatoon 2 got a similar release in Japan, but it only supports Japanese (for some reason, there were different versions of Splatoon 2 for each major region, while Splatoon 3 is identical internationally). I decided to hold off on buying Splatoon 3 until a similar release materialises.
"Gee, that's really persuasive. Do you have any actual points to make other than to essentially say 'me Tarzan, physical bad, digital good'?"
If I were to guess, maybe 15% of my collection hasn't been post-patched.
I'll have to check my Switch later and see how many 0.0MB games I have under Manage Software.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,252 games (as of April 30th, 2024)
Favorite Quote: "Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age the child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies." -Edna St. Vincent Millay
The 0.0MB games I have are:
WarioWare: Get It Together
Nintendo Labo VR Kit (I don't have the other kits so don't know if they're the same)
Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
The World Ends With You: Final Remix
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins and Edge of Reality (released together on cartridge some time after the eShop release, so there may have been updates before the physical release)
And also Ring Fit Adventure, but that definitely had a major update - I got it a while after launch so the update had been added to the cartridge by that point. I also got Crash Trilogy a couple of years after launch so it's possible the same thing may have happened there (though I'm not sure Activision would bother reprinting the cartridge with updates so I'm guessing it didn't have any).
@Dogorilla : Crash N Sane Trilogy is complete on cartridge (Version 1.0), which I have too, but it must have escaped my attention when putting that list together (which wasn't exhaustive by any means).
Either way, third parties almost never update their cartridges in reprints (at least I don't know of any that have), but Nintendo almost always does (with the likely exception of Smash as that would require a 32GB cartridge, and likewise of Fire Emblem Engage).
And your copy of Ring Fit Adventure would definitely have been a reprint as it's had a few updates after it launched.
What I meant with my original question are games which really were complete at launch, i.e. when they were first released. So games which were launched, then updated, and then they released a physical version that included those later updates are not good examples, because clearly they did need some patches after launch. The same applies to games which were originally launched on some other platform and got patched there, and then they were released on Switch with the updates included.
Judging by this small selection, it would seem Warioware and Kirby developers are good at finishing and testing their game properly before releasing them, because apparently none of those games on Switch have needed updates?
Not quite. Kirby Star Allies got a bunch of updates post-launch, but Forgotten Land and Return To Dream Land Deluxe remain at Version 1.0.
The developers of WarioWare, Intelligent Systems, are also responsible for the Fire Emblem games, which often come with updates and paid DLC, so, they're no saints in that regard either.
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