Nintendo has revealed one thing new about Swap 2 video games on a day it wasn’t planning to speak in regards to the new system. After at this time’s Nintendo Direct stream, the corporate revealed the existence of “Swap 2 Version” video games on its webpage in regards to the new Digital Recreation Card lending system, VGC reports.
The Digital Recreation Card system launching subsequent month allows you to share your digital video games between relations, giving the video games related advantages to bodily cartridges that you can already swap between programs. Nevertheless, Nintendo’s wonderful print offers away one thing else (emphasis ours):
Appropriate programs should be linked to a Nintendo Account to make use of digital sport playing cards. Nintendo Swap 2 unique video games and Nintendo Swap 2 Version video games can solely be loaded on a Nintendo Swap 2 system.
It’s no shock that Nintendo Swap 2-specific titles gained’t work on older programs; nevertheless, this point out of “Swap 2 Version” video games offers perception into Nintendo’s plans to distinguish unique Swap and (seemingly graphically enhanced) Swap 2 titles of the identical title
Though Nintendo says Swap 2 can have backward compatibility with older titles, it’s unclear precisely what Nintendo has deliberate right here. Nintendo may comply with PlayStation and Microsoft, the place PS4 video games may get upgraded to “PS5 Enhanced” variations, and the Good Supply system downloads system-specific variations relying on in the event you’re utilizing Xbox One or Collection X / S. Or it may have separate enhanced” variations of video games that work higher on the Swap 2 and are offered individually.
We gained’t have to attend lengthy to learn how “Nintendo Swap 2 Version” video games actually work, as the corporate’s Swap 2 Direct presentation is occurring on April 2nd.