More Switch Games Get Switch 2 Compatibility Fixes

Wish they'd do Nier Automata, I probably would've bought it the other day when it was on sale if it were Switch 2 compatible.

@Simu001 did you really want to engage on this topic or do you just want to spread hate? All Nintendo games but one are running on switch 2. there is only a low percentage of third part games that don’t run properly.

Nintendo can’t fix their party games. They don’t have the code. And would be too big task with over 10.000 games.

If you had informed yourself you would have known how the backward compatibility works and why some games have issues.

Assassin's Creed Ezio and Rebel Collections still crashing at launch if internet connection is available. Running fine if Airplane mode is enabled.

It seems Switch 2 Backward Compatibility system is way different than previous machines.
It looks like doesn't emulate the previous game perfectly on newer machine.
Wii machine to play GameCube games, Wii U to play Wii games, 3DS to play NDS games, NDS to play GBA games have way much better Backward Compatibility system than Switch 2.

@TKundNobody where do i spread hate? I am disappointed but apparently I'm not allowed to voice said disappointment. Their own list of game sthat have issues is incomplete aswell. Nintendo is behind the times in sever aspects, there's no denying that. Plus if I advertise a co sole with full backwards compatibility and then there are issues with said compatibility then customers will be upset and disappointed.... oh and nintendo still hasn't given out devkits to those that need it. So how gan devs fix their games if they dont have access? In that case its on nintendo to fix their emulation code. But nintendo is so good at emulation, that fan afforts regularly blow them out of the water time and time again.... I criticize nintendo because they can and should do better. If that makes me a "hater" (people seem to have forgtotten what hate means) then sure label me a hater

It also hurts some third party companies are still waiting for development kits for the switch 2 so it makes it very difficult to fix games with patches if they cant work on the switch 2

@FishyS
I will not even bothering Klonoa Switch 1 version being still unplayable on Switch 2.
I just skip the Switch 1 version and choose PS4 / PS5 version instead.

Backwards compatibility seems to be very unimportant for a Nintendo console to succeed, just look at the first Nintendo Switch. You all should be happy with what you get.

@Sambuc
Backward Compatibility is still important for certain gamers.
Me for example, I really need Backward Compatibility from Wii machine to play GameCube games since GameCube games are generally pretty weak for my taste compared with Wii games so having Backward Compatibility is very economic choice since you can play two different games on one machine.
3DS BC on New 3DS, machine boosted the sound of the games from both 3DS and NDS games. NDS games look better played on New 3DS machine than the native NDS machine.

@Anti-Matter because they have the same chips in their system as the previous system. Remember, also not all ps4 games work on ps5, and no ps3 games work on ps4 or ps5. It’s a thing with every company and every new generation.

99+% of all switch games work on switch 2, all of them running similar or better.

@simu001 yes, they care so little such that they’re fixing issues when encountered.

@FishyS Interesting, I've played Klonoa on the switch 2 with zero issues.

@Anti-Matter I've been playing the Switch 1 Klonoa with zero issues on my switch 2? What's the issue that everyone has been having?

I’m still hoping Assault Suit Leynos 2 gets fixed. I waited specifically for the Switch version, which came out a few weeks before the new console, but Switch 2 won’t run it.

Patches for a bunch of games I don’t have. Meh.

@Anti-Matter
Those systems had backwards compatibility by literally having the original hardware running at the same speed. So you got perfect compatibility but you also got all of the same limitations and performance issues. Switch 2 has the Switch games running in a compatibility layer, not emulation, not original hardware. Which does mean that there can be issues with some games but it also means Switch software can take advantage of the improved hardware

If Switch 2 had BC like those previous consoles did we wouldn't have stuff like the Super Mario Galaxy games running at 4K/60 or the addition of stuff like GameShare and mouse mode. You also wouldn't be seeing improved performance and stability in some games in BC

Yes doing it this way means there are differences. And software is complicated so different can mean unexpected behaviours (aka bugs) which requires testing and fixes. Which takes time and effort, which they're clearly putting in. But I would say the benefits outweigh the negatives

It is funny how the Switch 1 looks like fun in the picture and the Switch 2 is all doom and gloom.

@Jhena it's trying to pour some of the color down into the switch 2.

Have to say I'm delighted with the backwards compatibility situation, I was very scared when the switch 2 was coming that I would have to be going back and forth from switch 1 >2 to play certain games but realistically the way such a tiny few games have issues and how amazingly well the switch 1 software runs on the second machine, I've literally never gone back. Playing things like saints row 3 or 4 on switch 2 is just great to see them lock in at 60fps instead of how they ran on the OG unit.

Did see extra notes on a few games now like if you see marvel fighting collection in the eShop it has a notice about playing switch 2vs switch 1 players in multiplayer causing corrupted textures. Strangely enough marvel vs Capcom 2 from the original Xbox running in backwards compatibility on the Xbox360 has the exact same texture issue.

• also just want to add, it's so nice that this site has an ignore feature.

@Stormcloudlive
The Switch 1 gave colours to everyone's life, but sadly it is not strong enough to give the Switch 2 colours.

I never knew Deemo Reborn came out on Switch... I might have to check it out. I had a great time with the original game. This one seems a bit different though.

I guess YouTube still doesn't work? That has been bothering me a bit.

I have to bot up my PS5 to watch Nintendo Directs, wich is kinda amusing in a way.

@Simu001 Hm, bad take. I think people should do their research before spreading hate or misinformation.

Im always amazed at how every forum I belong to for hardware when things are improved people still moan about it… why did you buy the hardware in the first place? It does make me wonder how many of them are AI bots.

Waiting semi-patiently for Nier

This update reminded me of Transistor’s existence though! Might wanna check that game out in the near future; I’ll live with not docking/undocking too frequently hehe.

@Simu001 when did they ever advertise full compatibility? As for 'fan efforts blowing Nintendo out of the water' what fan efforts have had to try and build a fully functioning emulator that emulates over 95% of the currently known 11,000+ Switch titles?

An Anti-Matter special:

Make a bunch of clueless claims, say you will buy everything on Playstation instead and then run away and never respond when proven wrong.

Truly a classic!

Where are the upgrades. That’s what we’re looking for. Upgrades.

@Simu001 That’s a lot of words for “I don’t understand the complexities of getting games to run on completely different hardware.”

None of this affects me as I don't own any of these games, but it's good news all the same. I'm especially glad that Nintendo opted for Switch 1 games to run natively on the Switch 2 hardware, and while that has introduced a few challenges for developers (and compatibility issues), the pros seem to vastly outweigh the cons, as older games are given a new lease on life.

It's disappointing that these backwards compatibility issues are happening in the first place, but at least they're being slowly fixed!

Starting to worry that Nier will never be fixed. A big loss for the Switch 2 if so

@Simu001 you're complaining that nintendo didn't product test third party games before releasing their new console?
lol.
the games all work, these are FIXES.
you guys will find anything to complain about.

@Anti-Matter you're making way too big of an issue out of this.
the games all work fine
these are fixes.
it happens.

@MJF
But the fact Nintendo have to fix those games compatibility rather than being naturally emulated on Switch 2, to me the Switch 2 Backward Compatibility looked worse than previous Nintendo machines which have better Backward compatibility with previous games.

@Anti-Matter "Better"? This is just objectively false, it's not even a matter of opinion. Yes every single game ran but they ran exactly the same as they did on the old hardware meaning a Wii game with performance problems still ran with those exact problems on Wii U.

Meanwhile Switch 2 backwards compatibility automatically improves games without even patching anything because it's bruteforcing to push framerates and resolution to be at their peak.

When Playstation 5 launched with a list of games with problems, as it's using the same way to backcompat as Switch 2, did you throw as much of a stink? I don't think so and I smell some obvious revisionist history/bias here, because you literally keep grandstanding your Church of Playstation under this very article.

Games like Senran Kagura on PS5 literally remain broken even today because Playstation is refusing to let Marvelous fix the game.

@Anti-Matter Do you even have a source for that, because I have tried out the Klonoa collection on Switch 2 and have not even encountered any issues at all, it plays normally and now runs at 60FPS on that system compared to how it was running on Switch 1 with the framerate sometimes being dipped

Sounds like you are trying to say that the the version on PlayStation is better than the Switch version

Ninja Five O, Felix the Cat and Rocket Knight Adventures remain broken IIRC. Limited Run trash, yes, but still not compatible.

@SlackerArtist
It's exactly what it is.
I would rather choose Klonoa PS4 / PS5 version and play on my PS5 machine instead to avoid that backward compatibility issue on Switch 2.
My solution to avoid drama.

@Anti-Matter The Switch 1 games that I own plays normally on Switch 2, one of the games that I have played on it that has been improved on that system is SpongeBob BFBB Rehydrated, it runs awful on Switch 1, but it plays much better on Switch 2 with it running at 60FPS now

@Solid_Python “ When Playstation 5 launched with a list of games with problems, as it's using the same way to backcompat as Switch 2”

That incorrect. Switch 2 backcompact not at all similar to PS5. PS5 uses native hardware+software for backwards compatibility, while Switch 2 relies on a software translation layer. There is no translation layer for PS5 as AMD has legacy functionality built into the SoC of the two AMD twin systems.

@AverageGamer the method is different but the outcome is the same - the solution isn't 100% perfect result, all of the games required testing and fixing if there were problems found which PS5 did encounter and still suffers from in some cases.

@Solid_Python I’m not talking about the fact that the PS5 encountered and suffered from the same issue. My response was purely on the subject how back compat was approached on Switch 2 vs any other console in existence. You saying that they use the same way is incorrect.

@Anti-Matter games have updates now.
that's a fact of life.
it's better to have improvements than to have it just run as it did on the switch.
when you get improvements, you have to iron out the wrinkles.
this is literally a better situation than before.
also, an old switch is really cheap to find if you want one.

@AverageGamer irrelevant to the endpoint and topic at hand, pointless "umm akschually" nitpicking that doesn't change the outcome of what's said in the point I was giving which is "PS5 backcompat solution was just as imperfect as it is on Switch 2"

@Wewewi Weird... I just played the Rebel Collection and beat Black Flag and Rogue over the last few weeks and didn't have a single issue on Switch 2.

@Jhena You're right, the Switch 1's backwards compatibility was really really fun! Having to pay full price for the same games we had on WiiU (or more, like Donkey Kong TF) was simply amazing. So much better than the Switch 2 situation indeed!

What is Nier Automata waiting for to get fixed...?? It's not precisely a game nobody knows and cares about...

@the_beaver
Well, the Switch 1 did not have backwards compatibility, so of course the situation is better now in that regard, and I did not claim otherwise, so I do not understand why you reply to me in such a way.

@Jhena It was irony, man lol. You said that the Switch 1 was fun, and 2 is not, which is funny, as Switch 1 didn't even have backwards compatibility...

@the_beaver
Since the Switch 1 does not even have backwards compatibility it is clearly not the reason why I think it is a fun device.

It is definitely nice to have backwards compatibility.

@Simu001 it took Xbox one years to roll out backwards compatibly for 360 games and they never sorted them all. Switch 2 has only been out 4 months

@Simu001 They have nothing to do with Nintendo but the developers/publishers that made the games.

Nintendo can only be responsible for updating their own games.

im hoping that one of these updates can fix the issues of FMVs not showing in the legend of heroes trails from zero and trails to azure, they are fantastic rpgs and its a shame that some major story moments lose their impact because of the FMVs being skipped, an example ive used is imagine if you got to THAT part in FFVII and the FMVs didnt play.

Trover Saves the World is now officially supported.
However, it's disappointing to see how slowly they are working on fixing incompatibilities, to the point that I wonder if they are even interested in doing so anymore. After all, they should have fixed them all by the time the Switch 2 launched.
The lack of support for youtube is utterly annoying.

Oh nice, Ultra Age has a fix. My brother was trying to play that and it was consistently crashing after playing for around 10 minutes on Switch 2. Hopefully that's what this fix is for.

Though unfortunately, still a pretty small list of fixes considering how many game out there still have issues on Switch 2. Hopefully Nintendo continues to chip away at the issues till everything is fixed...

@TKundNobody "there is only a low percentage of third part games that don’t run properly."

There is a fairly large number of relevant games that have issues on Switch 2. Talking about percentages is misleading cause it's being bloated by all the eShop shovelware. And the games with issues are under-reported, as you can see in this very thread people are pointing out issues in games that Nintendo does not officially acknowledge on their website. Heck, probably a lot of the eShop shovelware has issues too, but we'll probably never know cause no one cares about games like "Hentai Party: Cyber Girls" or "Bodycam Shooter 2025" (just 2 random shovelware games that came out last week).

"Nintendo can’t fix their party games. They don’t have the code. And would be too big task with over 10.000 games.

If you had informed yourself you would have known how the backward compatibility works and why some games have issues."

I think you need to be informed about how backwards compatibility works. The games have bugs when played on Switch 2 due to bugs in Nintendo's Switch 1 to Switch 2 translation layer, not the games' code. These bugs are Nintendo's fault. That's why Nintendo is able to fix these bugs when they release fixes to the translation layer in these system updates. They don't need the source of the 3rd party games to fix the issues. Sure, 3rd party devs could try to work around the bugs in Nintendo's translation layer, but they shouldn't have to.

Yeah, great job, maybe now get some friggin' dev kits to developers, so that they can actually make Switch 2 games/test their Switch 1 games?

@FishyS Why wouldn't upcoming Switch 1 games have problems? Nintendo can't even manage to get enough dev kits to developers, so they can't actually test their games for Switch 2 compatibility.

Man I wish they'd fix Nier.

I’ve NieRly reached my limit

Meanwhile, we're not playing Xenoblade Chronicles X because Nintendo has plans to make us pay full price for a third time.

Anyone had any issues with ori will of the wisps? Worked on switch 1 but not switch 2 but nintendo claims its compatible. Crashes when you log into xbox account on title screen every time. Nintendo say it's a Microsoft issue and Ms won't do anything about it.

@topsekret there are some videos out there explaining why some games don't work. The biggest culprit is a bad programming. if it were programmed correct without any tricks, it would work like all of the other games. if the translation layer would be faulty, a lot more games would not work. and that is not the case. if Nintendo tries to "fix" the translation layer for those few games the risk to cause problems for other games is there.

and btw. the translation layer is only the half truth of how the backwards compatibility works here. I would suggest to watch the video of MVG how it really works. Was a very interesting video.

@FishyS Strange- I just completed Klonoa on Switch 2 and seemingly had no issues with it. I'm curious what's happening when you play it?

@Deege Only reason I can imagine why you would get a different result is you ran those games on Switch 1 before. Has to be something related to Ubisoft online or whatever. You got assigned some kind of token, but that doesnt work on Switch2.

@Simu001 Not only that, but Nintendo is ridiculously slow with approving game updates on the Switch 2.

I can no longer play No Mans Sky on the Switch 2, as cross-saves are no longer working due to the Switch version being several builds behind!
Update 6.0.0 took over 3 weeks to approve and now we are waiting over 3 weeks again for a patch that was submitted!

Nintendo needs to get their fingers out of their behind! As this is completely unacceptable, when all other platforms can approve updates and patches within a few days!

@TKundNobody "there are some videos out there explaining why some games don't work. The biggest culprit is a bad programming. if it were programmed correct without any tricks, it would work like all of the other games."

You are right that some Switch 1 games might be relying on "undefined behavior," as we say in the business, but I doubt that's the reason for all of the issues.

"if the translation layer would be faulty, a lot more games would not work. and that is not the case."

But there are a lot of games with issues on Switch 2, including many that Nintendo doesn't officially acknowledge on their website. Heck, I've also noticed many small graphical issues in various games (ex: upside down textures, which is a classic problem you see with with engines having to handle different graphics APIs: some assume the origin is in the top left, while others assume it is in the bottom left).

It's extremely common for software to have bugs that aren't ever encountered by many users cause they only manifest with a specific combination of conditions that not all users will rely on.

"if Nintendo tries to "fix" the translation layer for those few games the risk to cause problems for other games is there."

But that's exactly what Nintendo just did for the games listed in this article! They fixed issues in the translation layer that were affecting these 5 games and now their issues are (supposedly) fixed! Nintendo has been releasing fixes for Switch 2 BC in each system update ever since the Switch launched!

"and btw. the translation layer is only the half truth of how the backwards compatibility works here. I would suggest to watch the video of MVG how it really works. Was a very interesting video."

I've seen his video.

@TKundNobody Actually, speaking of MVG, you remember how a bunch of LRG's Carbon Engine titles had bugs on Switch 2? MVG is the guy who wrote the Carbon Engine. You can read LRG's statement on X about how they confirmed that the issue with their Carbon Engine titles was due to a bug in Nintendo's translation layer:

"We are aware that a handful of Carbon Engine Switch games currently have issues with the Switch 2's backwards compatibility. Thankfully, in the two weeks we have had development hardware for the Switch 2, we successfully located the culprit in code and have reported our findings to Nintendo.

We are hopeful that this will be addressed in a future backwards compatibility update, as we believe what we discovered may also be impacting games from other publishers.

In the meantime, we are preparing patches for a few titles that will roll out in the coming weeks"

Essentially, they found the issue and reported it to Nintendo, but since they weren't sure how quickly Nintendo would be able to fix the issue, they started working on a patch to work around the bug with Nintendo's translation layer.

However, as you can see from this more recent X post, LRG confirmed that Nintendo ultimately fixed the biggest issue with the translation layer affecting Carbon Engine titles in a system update.

Having stability update detailed so much is so weird coming from Nintendo.

@Jeronan I've stopped engaging in this comment thread since my original comment got deleted for trolling, (which it wasn't). Apparently criticism towards the big N is not allowed. Tbh I'm tired of this fanboy echochamber nonsense thats been picking up steam again. I just want to play my switch 1 games and some simply either dont work or have issues. If you advertise your console as backwards compatible and said feature doesnt work, I am gonna complain. Especially if you're gonna advertise the switch 2 as a replacement.

Nintendo clearly said it wasn't 100% compatible but they have gotten very close and continue to proved fixes for games with issues

Some folkes in this comment thread clearly don't understand what emulation actually is and seem to confuse it with including the previous consoles native hardware in the new system to run games instead.Even when others have pointed out the difference between the two approaches.

@Wewewi i played the entirety of black flag on my switch 2, and whenever the crash happened i just reopened the game with hope

@Mgalens is this a real issue? You should email Nintendo or tweet at Nisa/Falcom about this cuz this is the first time i'm hearing about it and it needs to be reported to not slip thru the cracks.

@Solid_Python
yeah ive seen it come up on a few other sources too, apparently quite a few of the FMV scenes are either skipped (when viewed in-game) or cause it to crash (when viewed through the cutscene gallery)

i did send a support email to NISA and got a reply that its being "forwarded to PR" a while back, could be a good idea to try nintendo too like you mentioned since iirc the game on the eshop displays as having "no issues" so yeah hopefully others also contact in hope that it doesnt get missed.

Still no Star Wars

Still no Batman

Still no Diablo

I'm actually impressed how many games with in this short of a time period have been made compatible. I'm very pleased with the improvement in performance the NSW2 deals out to these older games. Extremely impressive.

Never heard of any of these games. Do I win a prize?

@Wewewi I played the Ezio Collection on Switch 1. Maybe the token works across the series or across Ubisoft products?

Okay but YouTube tho

I am excited for Warframe tho. If you never played that one before, go for it

@Deege Yes, that could make sense. My Spidey sense this is likely.

I bought Strania The Stella Machina EX on my original Switch, and was gonna play it on my Switch 2 once I upgraded... Still doesn't start from what I can see.