Free Switch 2 Update Finally Makes OG Switch Completely Irrelevant

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Nintendo just fixed the most annoying thing about playing original Switch games on the Switch 2. The latest Switch 2 system update (version 22.0.0) includes a new “Handheld Mode Boost” that forces older games without a “Switch 2 Edition” to run in higher 1080p resolution, as if they were in docked mode. With the mode enabled, many original Switch games that previously looked soft and distorted because they ran at 720p resolution should look much better on the Switch 2’s screen. To activate this mode, just dig into System Settings, scroll down to System, then thumb down to near the middle of the page, where you’ll see the option for Nintendo Switch Software Handling. Toggling the “Handheld Mode Boost” option forces all OG Switch titles to run at the full 1080p. Left, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (left) running on Switch 2 with the Software Handling setting off; right, the game running with the setting turned on. © Nintendo; screenshots by Gizmodo Handheld Mode Boost causes a host of other side effects. Since games a