Dave The Diver Is Getting A Free Switch 2 Upgrade "Soon", Says Mintrocket

Everything is getting an upgrade, except for Nintendo’s biggest recent release. I really don’t understand.
They could easily make Xenoblade Chronicles X a console seller.

oh hell yeah
I tried playing it on Switch 2 for an hour or so and it ran a bit smoother (on Switch 1 it had drops below 30 in certain areas) and the load times were better but I would love a 60 FPS update with some visual improvements

@PinderSchloss I wouldn't count that game out (and other Xenoblade games) for a Switch 2 patch yet, they can easily announce that on a random day through the Nintendo Today app like they did with Splatoon 3
I imagine the reason it hasn't happened yet is because Monolith was too busy with other stuff

Still have this in my backlog so this is a nice surprise.

Does feel like we are in a bit of a holding pattern until we see the sort of support S2 is going to get.

I'd love to know if Capcom are going to drop S2 editions of the RE games including Requiem.

Silky 60 fps can go smooth themselves, let's wait and see if the upgrade offers something more tangible like Forgotten Land or No Man's Sky. Incidentally, the latter's NS2 version is 25 Gb versus the (hybrid) original's 5-6, and I would certainly hope for a similar blo- er, increase to come with a bit more than extra frixels.😅

This is nice!

I can't wait to companies like Platinum to start releasing Switch 2 upgrades for their games (Nier Automata, Astral Chain, Bayonetta 3...).

This is excellent news. I got it for Switch originally, got tired of the massive loading times and show performance. Ended up snagging for PS as well.

I’ll love playing this game at full performance on Switch, finally!

I really wish more companies would start telling people upgrades were coming in advance, like this. Now I'll grab this on a sale for sure.

Is this the first free Switch 2 upgrade that wasn’t a launch-day update? I know a bunch of games got patches on day one, but this might be the first one rolling out after the fact.

Honestly, Dave the Diver doesn’t even need it. Fantastic game, but it basically has smartphone graphics and barely any loading—so I’m curious what they’ll actually improve.

That is good news, the only issue I had with the game on Switch 1 is the performance dips in some of the larger areas. 60 fps makes this already great game a must buy.

That's great to hear, more of this please

I'm not sure if I've bought this game or not on switch one, but it's definitely going on the "to buy" list with this news

@cedarhyped "Is this the first free Switch 2 upgrade that wasn’t a launch-day update?"
Nope, Splatoon 3 was first
"I’m curious what they’ll actually improve"
Frame rate for one, on Switch 1 it ran at 30 FPS which is fine but 60 would be preferable, plus because it was 720p in handheld on Switch 1 that means it looks blurry on Switch 2's screen so that could use an improvement

@PinderSchloss It's a bit frustrating seeing so many major 1st party releases not getting any support at first, but I am pretty confident that Nintendo is well aware of the opportunity (they updated ARMS, right?) and will want to spread these "releases" out over the coming months to basically bolster their schedule and feed the news cycle.

From their point of view, it does make sense: they can't sell more console for now than they're currently selling. It would just be a goodwill and PR waste for them to update everything right away.

I will say this though: not having played XBCX on Switch yet, it WOULD be nice to at least have confirmation that updates are forthcoming. I have plenty of other stuff to occupy me with, but not knowing for sure if there is any point in having patience seems pointless. Then again, it's Ninty so ... yeah.

@Sylamp Right, that came out about a week after the Switch’s release. Do you think this might be the second one then?

I know the Switch hasn’t even been out for a month yet, but I hope we see a lot more of these updates in the near future.

Kinda stopped playing this game...I need to go back to it, I wonder what the upgrade will do. (besides the obvious, lol)

Actually the biggest improvement would be to run in 1080p in handheld. Most likely they’ll add that.

@Ralek85 Hard agree. So much S1 games deserve an update on S2. The two paper mario games, Luigi's mansion 3, Fire embel Three houses... they all deserve an update. It would be great to know if Nintendo is gonna do it or not...

@the_beaver would immediately replay astral chain with a upgrade! That would be really great. Now probably my most hoped for upgrade.

I feel a bit stupid now because I didn't think to check the transcript of the 2nd anniversary video (I just left a comment and asked as soon as it showed up in my subscription feed), and it turns out that they mention having plans for a Switch 2 upgrade as part of it, and that it will indeed target higher frame rates. My bad! I do appreciate Nintendo Life picking up the news tip, though, since it seems like other sites haven't reported on the story at all.

@PinderSchloss It's probably happening, given that an unfinished 60fps mode was found in the files of Definitive Edition when it came out.

It would be nice if you guys made mini reviews for updates like this.

@IronMan30 Same! I had originally tried the demo but decided not to purchase it in the end. Let's hope Dredge will be given such a S2 performance update as well - if they announce that I'll be grabbing that too, I think.

Awesome. I didn’t play it yet but I’ll definitely check it out when the upgrade is here.

@PikaPhantom you need to give your mom a shout-out now. You're in the news, its tradition.

@PinderSchloss As far as third party games go? No way, there's more first party upgrades.

Dave the Diver and No Man's Sky are the only third party games I can think of with upgrade patches. Hogwarts Legacy also has a paid upgrade.

I would agree that Nintendo needs to do more upgrades but I'm kind of expecting a few to get announced during the next Direct.

Dave the Drivel.
Sorry, I just dislike this game so much. I am disappointed it's one of the first third party upgrades. Way better contenders out there.

@JohnnyMind @sylamp It does run a tiny bit smoother, but i also heard response time is a bit laggy , so great that they will make a new upgrade.. Mintrocket has been great in providing updates and new content for this, it really is one of my favourite switch games, and with the updates it is nice to return at times (even though the dlc's usuaully thake 30 mins to complete)..

@cedarhyped barely anty loading in the beignning, but when you're in the endgame and switching between different areas, loading takes quite a bit... sometimes it spend more time loading an area like the sea people then i spend in that area (just collecting my ingredients)

@JohnnyMind grazie, sei sempre il più positivo del questo sito

I just finished this game on Switch! It was a fantastic game. I highly recommend anyone to buy this game on Switch or Switch 2.

@romanista oh thanks I didn’t know that.

Oh, nice, I've been waiting to pick this up, and seeing that they'll be upgrading it for Switch 2 only encourages me to want to buy it. Hopefully other companies follow suit and provide performance updates for their games on Switch 2 where necessary (like Tunic for example)

We need more Switch 2 upgrades both from third parties and Nintendo. Konami and SEGA opting to have nothing in terms of upgrades is very crude.