{"id":2090,"date":"2025-03-20T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:20:05","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-may-run-switch-1-games-at-60fps-hints-xenoblade-chronicles-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/nintendo-switch-2-may-run-switch-1-games-at-60fps-hints-xenoblade-chronicles-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 may run Switch 1 games at 60fps hints Xenoblade Chronicles X"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition may run better on Switch 2 (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> may be able to run the new Xenoblade Chronicles X at 60fps, but will that be true for all Switch 1<\/a> games?<\/p>\n

Now that Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition<\/a> is out the Nintendo Switch has hardly any first party exclusives left on its schedule, as the release of its successor, the Switch 2, looms.<\/p>\n

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pok\u00e9mon Legends Z-A are still on the docket for 2025, but attention will squarely be on the Switch 2\u2019s line-up once the planned April Nintendo Direct<\/a> airs in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n

The Switch 2\u2019s backwards compatibility<\/a> means most current and future Switch games will work on the new console but a secret discovery in the code for Xenoblade Chronicles X suggests that at least some games will run better on the new hardware.<\/p>\n

Switch modder MasaGratoR<\/a> has found evidence of a mode in Xenoblade Chronicles X’s executable file that allows the game to run at 60 frames per second instead of the usual 30. Except the Switch 1 isn’t powerful enough to run the game like that.<\/p>\n

MasaGratoR theorises that the mode has only been partially implemented, since enabling it causes issues with the game. So, even if you could find a way to activate it there’d be performance issues.<\/p>\n

But why would Nintendo and developer Monolith Soft include a 60fps mode if they didn\u2019t intend to use it? The natural assumption is that this is in preparation for when the game runs on Switch 2.<\/p>\n

Nintendo may not have shared any specs for the Switch 2, but it\u2019s widely believed to be more powerful than the current Switch<\/a> and implement upscaling tech that would allow for improved visuals and frame rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As such, much like what the PS5 Pro does<\/a> for PlayStation 5 games, we could see Switch games receive performance boosts on Switch 2, something that was claimed to be the case over a year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although it’s unclear whether all games could be made to run at 60fps, via a patch or some automatic process, or if the game would have had to have been designed with the feature in mind – which might make Xenoblade Chronciles X one of the few titles to take advantage of the feature.<\/p>\n

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