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  • The console is backward compatible. It will run all Switch 1 games without buying any upgrade packs.

    Will the game run on 1080p with crapy fps on Switch 2

    Very likely, yes. The system basically emulates a Switch 1, and emulators must add limits to virtual chips because otherwise there would be bugs.

    For instance, when I first started emulating BotW, there was a 60 FPS patch. It made the game unplayable for me. The menu selections moved too fast. If I pressed Up or Down a little too long, it would jump the selection to the top or bottom. I ended up choosing the wrong thing in so many conversations that I got frustrated and turned it off. Eventually the devs released another patch that makes menus work better at 60fps.

    Stuff like that is exactly what this upgrade patch will do. It fixes the game to run as if it were a native Switch 2 game, because it’s not!

    There are no new textures. Only better resolution with upgrade pack. So you gonna play 4k TOTK with the same textures.

    OK, I guess I misunderstood. I still think it’ll look fine. The textures are cartoony anyways, and in 4k, the objects will be so sharp. Text will probably be updated if it doesn’t already use a vector font, but I’m just guessing on that.


  • The upgrade pack will act like DLC that modifies the game to load off of internal storage on the console. That’ll be faster than loading it off of a switch cartridge. The textures will be enhanced as well, and downloaded from Nintendo servers onto your console.

    So how you are suppose to play it in Switch 2 without an upgrade pack?

    You just put it in and it runs. Exactly like putting a Game Cube game in a Wii. Or a PS1 game in a PS2. How is this not obvious?

    What you gain?

    Nothing, except now you can sell your Switch 1 and still play your original Switch games, and not have to have two consoles.












  • It also helps to have the fan blowing out be a few feet from the window. The Bernoulli Effect will cause more air to be blown out the window than having the fan right in the window. This isn’t always convenient, though.

    My personal favorite fan for this is a Vortex DC fan. It comes in a few sizes, and I have a couple of the 533DC models. They move a ton of air for less power than an AC fan. Plus it has seemingly infinite speed settings. They’re great on a desk on a low setting blowing right in your face when it’s hot. When you aim one out a window a few feet away, you can stand in front of an open window on the opposite side of the room and feel a breeze of fresh air flowing in!

    In my experience it’s better than one of those twin-blade window fans by a mile, and better than a big box fan, too. But in a stairwell, it might not work because where are you going to put it? It’ll be in the way.

    Of course nothing beats taking an old HVAC centrifugal fan, covering the sides with a grill, and sticking it in the window, blowing out. That’ll make a breeze in your whole apartment! I did that once when I lived on the third floor of a house. In my bedroom on the opposite side of the apt, I had my bed right next to a window. That breeze that blew in on warm summer night was wonderful!

    I went to an HVAC shop and asked them take a fan and motor combo out of any old furnace they had replaced. I only paid $35 for it about a week later. Then I covered the sides with hardware cloth, using sheet metal screws, wired it to always be on high, and threw a switch on it. I used metal angle brackets to allow the window to shut down onto it. Best thing ever! I greatly prefer fresh air over AC unless it’s peak summer.