
Nintendo’s Switch 2 Upgrade Quietly Made The Original Game Worse
Trone Dowd
created: June 12, 2025, 5:52 p.m. | updated: June 18, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Not only would the newly launched Switch 2 get an exclusive single-player spinoff game, but they also revealed that Splatoon 3 would be getting an update for Nintendo’s new console.
It looks like the excellent multiplayer-focused game getting a Switch 2 upgrade is having some consequences for those playing on the original console it released on.
Splatoon 3’s latest update makes some minor graphical changes to the original Switch version to ensure players on the older hardware aren’t at a disadvantage.
Nintendo“This change is to reduce differences in game operation speed as much as possible when compared with Nintendo Switch 2,” the note explains.
While Switch 2 fans will enjoy better frame rates and resolutions, the game on original Switch consoles is being scaled down from what players had before the update.
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