Atlus Reveals 'RAIDOU Remastered' Switch 2 Performance And Resolution

Dang I’m now going back to wondering why I bought a 4K TV recently when so many Switch 2 games top out at 1080p.

I wish I could have bought a 1080p OLED TV, but apparently almost nobody made those.

@LastFootnote you can always get a ps if you do not have one..

I'm beginning to think Atlus should have just went with a Switch 1 port and not even bother with Switch 2. I mean, they're practically identical minus the fps! A bit of a lazy port if you ask me. And not to mention the Switch 1 version has the full game in the card (I think). Maybe Sega just being cheap as usual, I dunno.

Well if the Switch version is unlocked 60 fps, hopefully Switch 2 BC will push it up to a consistent 60 fps so I can buy that version and just play it on Switch 2 to avoid the stupid key cart.

@Zyph its better in handheld mode lmao. It also probably has better textures and better load times and all that jazz. But yea if you collect physical like me, Switch 1 version will be better to own

@HammerKirby The Switch 2 "improvements" goes without saying but yeah If I'm a physical guy I'm better off going with the Switch 1 version and hope Switch 2 could run it better. But IMO they could have gotten it to at least 1440p on Switch 2.

"Expected"? They need to be clear on this...Come on atlus...

Yeah il be going with the PS5 version for this, don't see why its not 4k on Switch 2.

Hm. So the PS5 version comes with the game actually on the disc?

Sold. One less game key card to clog up my future Switch 2’s onboard storage due to penny pinching publishers!

1080p 60fps in handheld mode is great for Switch 2, and that's the platform I'd prefer to play this on. Unfortunately, since the physical is a game key card version, I'll be picking up a copy for PS5 instead. PS Portal for the win!

@johnedwin Honestly I’m starting to consider it.

Can’t wait! Been dying to play this on modern hardware 🥰

This is just a lazy port.

If they want to cut corners with the Switch 2 release then they get less sales as a result I guess

Every 3rd party is basically a friggin key card. 256 GB will be eaten up fast. Even with a 256 GB expansion (have not seen any express 500 GB options anywhere unless it's a crappy unreliable brand like Lexar) it's gonna be tight. Nintendo really screwed us over by only having 64 GB cards and key cards available. This will absolutely cut down the amount of games I buy for this console.

So annoying there’s no upgrade path. I want the physical version, but there’s no switch 2 physical version, and switch 1 has less performance overall.

Choices, choices…

I managed to get a 1TB ex micro sd thankfully. That's going to get eaten up super quick, aint it?

I'm going to purchase this since it is Atlus. I really like their work. Not sure if it'll be NS no.1 or no.2 .....

@LEGEND_MARIOID 1TB? Really? Where from? Are you sure it’s MicroSD Express?

I’ve only seen 256GB, personally.

@Mushvision Finally amazon uk released the 1TB Lexar microSD express. Amazon US had them from a few weeks ago?

@LEGEND_MARIOID

The Lexar seem to be the only ones ever in stock.

Easy decision to not pick up the Switch 2 version in this one. Full game on the Switch 1 cart and the performance and resolution won't even be noticeably different.

And here I am, still waiting for a port of the Trauma Center games. Maybe even a brand new one, with full-motion video anime cutscenes, animated by the studio that made the Persona 4 anime. Really hoping that Atlus will not drop the ball with the Switch 2 when it comes to Trauma Center, especially since you can use the mouse feature for the Switch 2 Joy-Cons to perform surgeries.

@AstroTheGamosian I never knew I wanted this until reading your comment just now

@AstroTheGamosian : The Wii U would have been so perfect for it.

For now, I'd be content with re-releases/remakes of the existing games, plus Trauma Team, which wasn't released in Australia/Europe.

And how absolutely pathetic that the Switch 1 physical release is more worthwhile than the so-called next generation version. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Anakin Not only that, but if the game focuses on Derek Stiles and Angie Thompson again, have the two of them finally become a romantic couple.

As a side note, if you go on Fanfiction.net, there are a bunch of Trauma Center fanfics written by a person who goes by the name TCGeek, which largely made me want to see a new game where Derek and Angie become a couple. Some of them are very funny, some are also sad or dramatic, but many are wholesome and romantic. She used to be on DeviantArt, but sadly deactivated her account years ago. But her work is still on Fanfiction.net, as well as Archive of Our Own (but not as extensive of a library as Fanfiction.net).

@Friendly imma suggest... The choice is avoid game key. Supporting that crap just makes it more frequent in the future.

Guess it’s the Switch 1 version for my collection and the Switch 2 version digitally in several years time when it’s under £10.

Game Key Cards can go suck a doorknob.

@Mushvision Same. the 1TB is out of stock absolutely everywhere I looked and I just don't trust those AliExpress listings, too tempting but also seems too cheap to be true.

EDIT: I take that back I found them in one place in stock in my own country but... €359.95 is just too expensive for that thing when MSRP elsewhere is supposed to be $199 or £199 (though I guess you have to remember US prices are BEFORE taxes, which is always misleading to the rest of the world).

@SillyG Agreed, at least for Under the Knife and Under the Knife 2, given the Wii U GamePad's touchscreen. But in terms of the Wii games (Second Opinion, New Blood, and Trauma Team), you could just use the feature built into the Wii U where you could play Wii titles and pop the disc into the system, so there would have been no need for ports of those games.

While I would personally not mind ports of the older games for the Switch 2, I would much rather have a brand new entry in the series, especially since it's been 15 years since the last one. In my opinion, Atlus has focused too much on Shin Megami Tensei and Persona in the last decade or so. Not knocking those games, but Trauma Center is overdue for a new entry, especially one that sees the relationship between Derek Stiles and Angie Thompson deepen into something more than just work colleagues and friends.

@RudyC3 I just have a 256GB for launch. I’ll upgrade when the time comes. Give it a couple of years and the larger capacities should go down in price, though everything is a little worrying because of the situation in the US.

@Mushvision I figure I'll just get one when my internal storage starts feeling too cramped. I buy physical anyway unless it's a game I absolutely have to get and which I know I'll have an absolute blast with.

By that time, I hope prices will have gone down a bit.

@Dang_69 Thankfully, SanDisk has just announced a 512gb card, but your point still stands.

Guessing the S1 version will be cheaper too and probably on 50% sale by Christmas.

@LEGEND_MARIOID I guess they sold out early? Not a huge deal, I can wait I guess.

Game key requiring 17gb of space. Nope. Try harder.

@SillyG kind of feeling like we got one last great Nintendo gen w the Switch.

There is no reason this game is 1080p docked on Switch 2. The hardware has WAAAAAAAAY enough power to make it run 4K... but they just need to make some adjustments on it.

Honestly, im gonna get the switch 1 version. And ill do that to every game that has an unjustified game-key card.

@PolitiClank I'm pretty sure there's already 1TB microSD express cards no?

i’m embarrassed to be a fan right now, i mean we’re acting like children, i preordered the game myself, does that make me the bad guy?

and before you accuse me of being a nintendrone or not a true gamer, i’m not defending nintendo or anyone, and i understand your concerns, just i’m not that bothered to the point i’m treating it like a personal attack on me, because it’s just games at the end of the day, if you don’t want to support it, then you don’t have to, but don’t harass other people for getting the game regardless.

it’s not ideal but it’s better than nothing at all, so i suggest we take it as we go, you don’t have to follow my suggestion but it’s your choice

@LikelySatan : That's why I hoarded all these games. I guess part of me suspected how barren the future would be.

@ottoecamn From Lexar, yes, but not from Sandisk.

@PolitiClank hm, I guess as long as it works with the switch 2, thats all that matters.

It is strange that portable and docked mode is the same for Switch2, like they didn't optimized it too much... 1440p should be easily doable for docked.

@SillyG yeah my physical Switch collection is actually pretty great. I'll be mopping up the ones I missed for a while, but I have most of the smaller releases that will be hard to find. It really is a ridiculous library on the Switch.

It’s odd they aren’t using DLSS upscaling to get it up to 4k on switch 2. Maybe they’ll patch it in later once they’ve had longer with the dev kits.

@LastFootnote All modern 4K TV's have built-in upscaling and actually do quite a decent job in making it look better on a large 4K TV.

The problem with the current Switch is that a lot of games have dynamic resolution and drop down to 900p or lower even in docked mode.

So if the Switch 2 version can at least give a consistent 1080p output, then it will still look decent with upscaling on a 4K TV.

Of course it will never look like native 4K. So don't expect miracles.

But like someone else said above, it's strange they don't utilize the DLSS 4K upscaling the Switch 2 is capable of.
Maybe it's still not ready yet on the dev kits and might be patched in later. Fingers crossed.

I'll buy the Switch 1 version since it has bonus for the game and do the upgrade pack. Maybe in the far far future when Switch 2 games of those get cheaper I'll pickup.

@Dang_69
One you don't know that.

Two, what if Nintendo realised the cost of the new media was going to be a problem?
An that many cheap third party publishers wont want to pay? Perhaps they even done a survey (which would never know, but they sure can't say because they want the publishers to back the console).
Thus a want for some form of comprimise was figured out by Ninty as Ninty want a physical presence.

Lets face it, as much as game key cards suck, they are definitely better then a purely digital copy, if the option was only expensive 64gb media or digital only. You can bet your bottom dollar the pubslishers would go for digital only.

Three, I most definitely agree with your last line, it will do exactly the same for me and likely many others. Which in someways is a good thing, but it absolutely isn't something you want really.

@Rosona yes I do know that they are almost entirely keycard games from 3rd party (and it has been widely reported they are only offering 64gb cards and keycards, no in-between). This is not an exaggeration. Once retailers started displaying games it was pretty clear. All Sega stuff are key cards. All Capcom releases (talking about Street Fighter in the USA and other releases in Japan, some aren't listed for US physical yet) are keycards. Marvelous games in the USA are full physical. Bravely Default is a key card. Cyberpunk is full physical. I think Elden Ring is a key card but I'm not sure. Madden and Split Fiction are codes in a box. Full physical is the exception. And ultimately key cards may be worse than digital, because even if the Switch 3 or further revisions are backwards compatible we have no guarantee they'll support physical insertion. Keycards also will lose value as their digital counterparts become cheaper over time meaning that a GameStop trade in will be extremely low and other ppl won't buy them off ya. I'm honestly pretty upset by all of this. Wish I was wrong. Basically we have a situation now where Nintendo has forwarded the death of physical releases as they are more common on the PS5 now

@Dang_69
Way to go to miss my entire post. you should re read rather than believe you are correct in your own fury.

You clearly still haven't considered what I said and why Ninty opted to do what they have done.

You are deciding a widely reported "rumor" is true re cart size, funnily enough disregarding the very same "rumors" that there are two different cart sizes and GCK. The simple fact is, we don't know.

Bringing up Switch 3 here is weird, the same physical insertion point ruins physical media which is a bigger problem then false physical media not being accessible.

You are purely speculating re the value of the GCK, if its the only "physical media" for X game, it will likely keep the value what second hand games keep now. Yes some digital games do actually get permenant price cuts, but they are generally from ones that dont have a physical presence in the first place.

Yes you can be upset, I get it, but it would be worth taking on what other people say that isn't just hate bearing Ninty.

Ninty if anything probably couldn't win, we would be moaning if they still used standard sd cards and had ultimately slower loading times for a much more powerful device due to where its reading the memory. An if not that, it would be something else.

Ninty have given us ultimately what we wanted from the Switch 2 with the caveat of the GCK, which again, in my former post i have suggested thoughts on as to why that may be the case.

Ninty haven't forwarded the death of physical, the cheap publishers have, they are the real people to blame.

Heck if Marvelous of all publishers can offer physicals, the other big ones sure can. Unfortunately EA are a bunch of cheap cretins. An the reputation of other reputable highly regarded publishers has unfortunately been hit and miss for a long while now for varying reasons, which sadly means they are only ever caring about profits.

Going forwards over the next year or so, it will be interesting to see how stuff changes with sales and the like. I do think we will see a difference in purchasing and not due to the price, but time will tell.

That's better than the Starfield Constellation Edition which is $400+ and doesn't include a disc.

@Rosona I did read your whole post. The only thing I didn't respond to was you talking about the surveying the 3rd party devs cuz I didn't really care. But there's nooooo way I'm reading your new post given how long it it is.