The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch 2 Edition upgrades are free to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members buff.ly/uBxHKgC - ThreadSky

wario64.bsky.social • 6 days ago

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch 2 Edition upgrades are free to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members https://buff.ly/uBxHKgC

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mattymzo.bsky.social•6 days ago

But what ARE the upgrades?

jmature.bsky.social•6 days ago

Better graphics, framerate, updated controls and new features. Like Metroid Prime 4 Switch 2 Edition has mouse controls

jmature.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kirby and the Forgotten Land will get a new story on Switch 2

pixelpositive.bsky.social•6 days ago

So some really good deals honestly. Just Mario kart that is too expensive

gameraheisei.bsky.social•6 days ago

sweet

handle.invalid•6 days ago

This makes sense since there is no new actual content. I was hoping for dlc!!

jmature.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kirby will get a new story on the Switch 2 version

billconiglio.bsky.social•6 days ago

We'd need more footage but it seemed the only technical updates were framerate and resolution. Assets and environmental detail seemed the same so this seems appropriate.

lackinggravitas.bsky.social•6 days ago

They should be free period.

wombatpandaa.bsky.social•6 days ago

That seems like a reasonable compromise to me - pay a bit for an upgrade if you want, but lost people will just get it for free anyway.

lozicle.bsky.social•6 days ago

So what happens if you stop paying for the expansion?

eliotballade.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’d still get the physical versions

maddminotaur.bsky.social•6 days ago

If the upgrade packs HAVE to be paid, I would have rather it been 2 games of your choosing.

velocity.bsky.social•6 days ago

Really should of had Scarlet and Violet on this list, honestly

danrexious.bsky.social•5 days ago

Those are free upgrades without NSO. 👍

velocity.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah saw they announced that after the stream, I wonder if it wasn't confirmed when the stream was made?

joshuadolsak.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank goodness. But Nintendo will definitely get a bunch of money from me with physical re releases of Zelda

rayreborne.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ok this is smart, cuz I was already about to get the Expansion pass for the GC library anyway lol

burndive.bsky.social•3 days ago

When I first saw this, with the subheading over the pictures, I assumed that this also applies to the upgrades for Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Metroid Prime Beyond.

But it's only for Zelda BOTW and TOTK?

mistamist.bsky.social•6 days ago

Shouldve been free for everyone but ok

cornballer1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Dude what

mistamist.bsky.social•6 days ago

The mario party upgrade at least has new content, the Zelda ones are just res and perfomance bumps, and HDR, Sony gave their PS4 flagship titles a free update to make the games run at 60 on ps5.

cornballer1.bsky.social•6 days ago

They cost 10 bucks to do that on PS5

sinjonc.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ten bucks for the PS5 versions of the games, but a lot of PS4 titles that were already PS4 Pro Enhanced had a resolution and FPS bump when playing them on PS5

Ghost of Tsushima and TLoU II both had a 1440p @ 60fps when playing their last gen versions on the new system iirc, before their rereleases

mistamist.bsky.social•6 days ago

Days Gone, Horizon, GoW 2017 and The Last of us 2 got a free 60FPS patch, the "remastered" versions are another story

cornballer1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well I don't know where you see that it was free, but this is a fair deal for NSO plus members

ntrdls.bsky.social•6 days ago

At least for the graphical enhancements, I kinda agree.

paraps.bsky.social•6 days ago

I mean it shouldnt cost money for botw to run at a better frame rate

therealnickmurphy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do you think the act of just playing a Switch developed game on a Switch 2 automatically makes the game harness the power of the new console? There is programming involved, which costs money.

It's not free.

emeraldhypo.bsky.social•6 days ago

And yet Xbox did it for free.

hatok.bsky.social•6 days ago

you can literally just run breath of the wild on an emulator and it will run better

ultimalocked.bsky.social•6 days ago

Uh oh you said the E word to a Nintendo fan…

guilleg27.bsky.social•6 days ago

Every single other company, even the greediest of them all, offers you next gen upgrades just by launching the game in a new console.
Get the shoe out of your mouth next time, bootlicker

shadownextgen.bsky.social•5 days ago

This isn't true. Charging for an upgrade is fairly standard practice. I don't know why people are trying to say it is a Nintendo thing.

cornballer1.bsky.social•6 days ago

OK, keep fighting the power maaaaaaaan

phoenixkd2006.bsky.social•5 days ago

Even Scarlet and Violet will be receiving free upgrades on the Switch 2 and will be available for all users. If those games can get upgrades available for everyone, so can BOTW.

smashpro1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sony charges $10.

giantrobo.bsky.social•6 days ago

There are several games with PS4 to PS5 game upgrades that are not free.

There are a lot that are free but not all of them.

paraps.bsky.social•6 days ago

I mean, thats how computer works. Like I was just expecting botw to run at 60fps on switch 2, and was shocked that it runs at 120fps. I just dont like paying for that upgrade

cornballer1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do you have NSO expansion pack?

kyh9.bsky.social•6 days ago

It doesn't cost a lot to do that though. unlocking the framerate cap + upping the resolution and re-compiling the game with the new NVN2 API shouldn't be a huge cost.