10 Features We Want in the Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch has been a smash hit for Nintendo, and in 2023 has entered its seventh year of existence, sparking hype about a successor. Every Switch fan has a wishlist of features for the “Switch 2”, and these are ours.
The original Switch launched with an adequate but very middle-of-the-road LCD display. The latest OLED Switch update had a transformative effect on handheld gaming with the Switch, and it would be quite jarring to go back to LCD technology for its successor.
Even if Nintendo just used exactly the same OLED panel as the current OLED Switch, we’d be overjoyed to keep those inky blacks and eye-popping colors in a new Nintendo console.
In general, Nintendo has been pretty consistent with backward compatibility for its handhelds, and a little more hit-and-miss for its home consoles. Since the Switch is a hybrid design, there’s no guarantee that the Switch successor will be compatible with current Switch games. We expect that digital games will work, but it would also be just aces if current Switch cartridges worked on the new console.
There are also plenty of current Switch games that are dearly in need of resolution and frame rate boosts, and we’d like to think Nintendo wouldn’t leave us hanging in that regard!
Between the Switch’s initial launch and today, there has been a revolution in AI-based image upscaling. NVIDIA’s DLSS technology has proven to be a massive success, offering higher frame rates while also providing better image quality than native-resolution rendering in many cases.
Assuming that Nintendo will stick with NVIDIA as its GPU provider for the Switch 2, we’d love to see DLSS technology (or comparable AI upscaling) implemented for the new Nintendo console. It’s particularly needed in docked
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