The Nintendo Switch has received a new firmware update ahead of the much-anticipated release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on May 12.
The new firmware update delivers «general system stability improvements,» Nintendo said in the official patch notes. Dataminer OatmealDome on Twitter dug into the patch a little more and found that it fixes some bugs related to save data. Sometimes Switch patches include more than the patch notes say, but OatmealDome said «no other changes» are in this newest update.
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In any event, this update comes just days before Tears of the Kingdom releases on Friday, May 12. It's good news to know that the Switch should perform even better than before for when Nintendo's most highly anticipated game of the year releases.
Tears of the Kingdom launches on May 12 but anyone who bought it digitally can preload beginning right now. You can see the patch notes for the May 8 firmware update below.
In other Switch news, the system has now sold more than 125 million units and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has surpassed 50 million copies sold.
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