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Engadget
5 days ago
- Business
- Engadget
Nintendo rolls out Switch 2 updates for Super Mario Odyssey and other Switch games
As promised, Nintendo has updated a bunch of Switch games to support the Switch 2. Unlike Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom , these don't cost a dime. Just install them on your new console when it arrives, and enjoy next-gen enhancements. The list includes Mario's greatest hits from the Switch era. Super Mario Odyssey , Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe are all there. Ditto for the top-down Zelda titles: Echoes of Wisdom and Link's Awakening . The Switch 2 versions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom may require a purchase. They'll set you back $70 or $80 new, but if you already own the games, it's only $10 each. (And Switch Online Expansion Pack members get the enhanced updates for free.) Regardless, at least you have a sharper-looking open world to explore for paying a second time. Here's the complete list of (free) updated games, which also includes Pokémon and Captain Toad. ARMS – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates and HDR) Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – GameShare (up to four players, local / online GameChat sharing) Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – visual upgrades (resolution and HDR) and GameShare (two players in all courses, local / online GameChat sharing) Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – GameShare (up to four players can play 34 games, local / online GameChat sharing) Game Builder Garage – visual upgrades (resolution), Joy-Con 2 mouse control New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – visual upgrades (resolution) Pokémon Scarlet – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates) Pokémon Violet – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates and HDR), GameShare (up to four players in Super Mario 3D World, two players in Bowser's Fury and local / online GameChat sharing) Super Mario Odyssey – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates), GameShare (two players, local / online GameChat sharing) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – visual upgrades (resolution, HDR) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – visual upgrades (resolution, HDR) The Switch 2 launches on Thursday. Here's how to (maybe) still get one in time.
Engadget
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
More Switch games are getting Switch 2 upgrades
More original Switch games are getting the Switch 2 treatment. Although their enhancements are subtler than the Switch 2 editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom , at least these will be free updates. On Friday, Nintendo detailed the legacy Switch titles that will receive upgrades for the Switch 2. They include some of the console's best games from the company's biggest franchises. Most of the platform's big Mario games are included: Super Mario Odyssey , Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe . You'll also find the platform's top-down Zelda titles: Echoes of Wisdom and Link's Awakening . A pair of Pokémon games makes the cut: Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet . Even Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker gets in on the action. The enhancements vary by title. They range from various visual upgrades to multiplayer GameShare functionality. Here's the complete list: ARMS – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates and HDR) Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – GameShare (up to four players, local / online GameChat sharing) Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – visual upgrades (resolution and HDR) and GameShare (two players in all courses, local / online GameChat sharing) Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classic s – GameShare (up to four players can play 34 games, local / online GameChat sharing) Game Builder Garage – visual upgrades (resolution), Joy-Con 2 mouse control New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – visual upgrades (resolution) Pokémon Scarlet – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates) Pokémon Violet – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates and HDR), GameShare (up to four players in Super Mario 3D World, two players in Bowser's Fury and local / online GameChat sharing) Super Mario Odyssey – visual upgrades (resolution, frame rates), GameShare (two players, local / online GameChat sharing) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – visual upgrades (resolution, HDR) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – visual upgrades (resolution, HDR) All of the free updates will be available on the Switch 2's June 5 launch date. You'll first need to install a system update for the new console.
Forbes
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Road To Nintendo Switch 2: ‘Super Mario Odyssey'
Super Mario Odyssey Credit: Nintendo Yesterday, in my new Road to Nintendo Switch 2 series, we took a look at Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Today, in the second entry, we're tackling 2017's excellent Super Mario Odyssey, the last mainline 3D Mario game to have been released. Unless you count Bowser's Fury, that is, even though it's more of a half-game than a full Mario experience. A Mario sampling, if you will. A dash of Mario. No cap. (Please refer to the joke I made in the last article, for the love of God, before you judge me on the internet). Let's get this out of the way: Super Mario Odyssey might be the best platformer I've ever played. It's so incredibly fun to control and experience that it could possibly be illegal in some states and countries, so please check with your local government and law enforcement before partaking. It's honestly one of those games wherein proper progression seems superfluous; you can simply run around as Mario and feel utter joy without the need to collect anything or beat a level or, let's face it, rescue the princess. All this time later, the visuals are still stunning and make great use of the Switch's aging hardware. Super Mario Odyssey Credit: Nintendo I guess what I'm trying to say is Super Mario Odyssey is proof of Nintendo's enduring reputation, at least in my mind, as the video game industry's Disney. This is a game that's impossible not to play. The mechanics and colorful world are enticing in a way that simply isn't present in most games, and I do wonder what creates such a gravitational pull. I guess it has something to do with the way Nintendo approaches game design, how they zero in on what makes a video game fun. Fun comes first, and then they build experiences around this feeling, and the resulting quality is undeniable. I guess this is why they can charge $450 for what is basically an upgraded Switch. People will pay for that Nintendo seal of quality, as it were. In Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser kidnaps Peach to… marry her? I think that's the story. There's various mentions of wedding dresses and weddings and general sacred promises. Just a dinosaur trying to recite his heartfelt vows to a helpless princess. A tale as old as time, really. So you follow Bowser and his bunny henchmen (I'm not joking) around the world in Mario's trusty spaceship, the Odyssey, in an effort to save the day. Grabbing a design page from Pikmin, you help Mario gather moons in different environments to power said spaceship so you can globetrot and save Peach from her dreaded wedded bliss. Super Mario Odyssey Credit: Nintendo Mario's hat Cappy is the star of the show here, and you can throw it at an assortment of enemies and objects to transform our heroic plumber into myriad forms. This includes everything from a literal t-rex, to a manhole cover, to a giant slab of sirloin, a caterpillar, and even everyone's old green pal, Yoshi. The transformations play a huge role in the game, and it feels damn good to use the hat, almost as if it's always been part of the gameplay. In this sense, Mario has a permanent weapon to use, rather than needing to seek out power-ups for projectile offense. There aren't any power-ups in Super Mario Odyssey, by the way, not in the transitional sense. No fire flowers or mushrooms to grow, basically. So yes, you're globetrotting and using your hat to transform into all manner of in-game things, and collecting ubiquitous Power Moons, and it's a total blast. Like Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Super Mario Odyssey feels completely handcrafted. The attention to detail oozes out of every pixel, and there's a real sense of discovery and adventure permeating every lush location. Within each level, you can collect coins to upgrade Mario with different outfits, and this gives the game a welcome RPG-lite flavor. One of the later outfits is a Super Mario 64 polygonal getup and it's glorious. Plus, it foreshadows a visit to the classic Nintendo 64 Mushroom Kingdom hub later on in the game, and that's just downright rad. The nostalgia, it burns. Super Mario Odyssey Credit: Nintendo By the way, this game is another showcase for the Pro controller. Man, it drives like an absolute dream, minus any of the finicky motion controls. It's weird that Nintendo was still forcing waggle inputs into a game back in 2017, and playing Odyssey now, it's very apparent how annoying they still are. I can only hope that they're less keen on implementing motion stuff with the Switch 2. This said, it took me around 15 hours to complete my initial playthrough of Super Mario Odyssey, though I'm already going back in to grab more coins and Power Moons. I really want to buy the elusive Skeleton Suit, as well as more stickers for my Odyssey. I do wish you could further customize the spaceship, but at least you can decorate the sitting room with statues and trinkets. I also wish there were some gameplay segments that let you directly control the Odyssey, maybe in the vein of Star Fox, but it's a nitpick. The bottom line is, Super Mario Odyssey could be the best platforming game ever made, at least until Mario officially hits the Switch 2 in the coming years. There isn't a better controlling, better looking (even at 1080p!), better designed platformer around, in my humble opinion. I just wish Nintendo had released some DLC for the game, as it's ripe for expansion. I'll have to content myself with Bowser's Fury for the time being, though it couldn't be more different than Odyssey. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Super Mario Odyssey Credit: Nintendo Maybe we'll get a remaster for Switch 2, because playing this title in 4K would be marvelous. Or maybe Nintendo will issue one of those controversial upgrade packs for the game, allowing owners to bring Super Mario Odyssey over to the Switch 2 with new bells and whistles. Only time—terrible, horrific time—will tell. Well, that about wraps up this edition of Road to Nintendo Switch 2. Stay tuned for the next installment, which should slash expectations, if you know what I mean. (How could you know? It's a surprise!)
Forbes
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Road To Nintendo Switch 2: ‘Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 is due for release on June 5 of this year (disastrous US pre-orders went live today), and with the launch date rapidly approaching, I thought it might be fun to tackle my sizeable legacy Switch backlog and document my ongoing impressions. These games aren't going to play themselves, man. Plus, I need to mentally prepare myself for those $90 Switch 2 software prices. Yikes. PlayStation, Xbox and PC have admittedly dominated my gaming attention this entire generation (and the last), so I've only occasionally turned on either of my Switch consoles. When I do, it's mostly to see which retro titles have been added to Nintendo Switch Online. I'm old. I like N64. Come to think of it, I was actually rather late to the Switch party in general, starting with a yellow Switch Lite back in 2019 and then a docked OLED model sometime later, probably in 2023. The Switch initially released back in 2017, which according to my writer math, now makes the hardware over eight years old. The passage of time is a terrifying thing. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury To kick things off right, I thought I'd revisit and finally finish Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, which isn't a proper Switch game at all, if you think about it, but rather a remastered port of a 2013 Wii U title. Which, in turn, was a console sequel to a 2011 3DS game. The Switch port is divided into two pieces of software: The re-polished Super Mario 3D World and the brand new quasi-open world Bowser's Fury. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder If you didn't play it on the Wii U—and who could blame you, honestly—Super Mario 3D World is essentially a 3D old-school Mario game. There's a world map clustered with individual stages, wherein you choose between Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad, then make your way through retro-inspired obstacle courses to find green stars and collectible stamps. The visuals are immediately striking in their brightness; they look like they're coated in delicious candy. In fact, the whole game simply welcomes you in with that classic Nintendo aesthetic, excitedly inviting you to come play and explore. It sort of feels like the kid next door waving you down to the street so you can all ride bikes together. Each stage is full of puzzles and surprises and secrets. The levels feel completely handmade, challenging yet encouraging. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury The game presents itself in an isometric fashion, and this is my main gripe, actually. The viewpoint makes calculating jumps rather difficult. I think this perspective is a holdover from the 3DS title and it just doesn't work very well, resulting in lots of cheap deaths, especially when combined with the game's annoyingly restricted camera movement. The characters' slippery momentum doesn't help matters much, either. Despite the nagging camera and control issues, Super Mario 3D World is still a blast to play, and that's a real testament to Nintendo's impeccable design. The good news is that these input problems are mostly resolved in Bowser's Fury, which I guess shows how far the industry has come since 2013. The initial boot-up load time is strangely long, though. Load times on a cartridge? Insanity. Gone are the restricted camera and odd perspectives of Super Mario 3D World; now we have a more refined, modern sense of control and a beautifully clear view that collectively feel fantastic. You're sort of cleaning up a sprawling map in Bowser's Fury, not unlike Super Mario Sunshine, and also fighting a hulking, raging Bowser while collecting trinkets called Cat Shines. There are some motion controls here that are a little annoying, but overall, it's an utter joy to play. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury In all its colorful exploration and buttery controls, Bowser's Fury makes me yearn for the next proper Mario game, and I hope we'll see one on the Switch 2. It took me around 15 hours to complete both experiences in this Switch bundle, but of course, I'll be going back in and trying to gather the rest of the collectibles, which could take me a while. Both games are just so fun to play, I think I'll attempt 100% runs for each. This has renewed my love for the Pro controller, too. What a hardware masterpiece! While the remaster portion of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury can be a bit frustrating due to some outdated controls and camera jank, I think its relentless charm ultimately outweighs these problems. Plus, the add-on Bowser game, while short, injects some serious value, all while correcting a lot of the base software's frustrating issues. There you have it, the first entry in my Road to Nintendo Switch 2 series. Stay tuned for the next article, which will be a really good one, no cap. ('No cap' is a clue, by the way, not a 'how do you do, fellow kids?' moment, I swear).
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrate MAR10 Day With Some Super Savings!
MAR10 Day is finally here, and Nintendo is revealing plenty of opportunities to help prepare for the big day. What better way to celebrate the beloved mustachioed hero than with a plethora of discounts on physical and digital games in the Super Mario universe, as well as a whole host of Nintendo products featuring Super Mario and his friends? A whole host of games featuring Mario and his friends will be discounted between 30 and 33 percent, running the gamut from platforming adventures like Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury to grand RPGs like Paper Mario: The Origami King and Super Mario RPG. On top of that, the puzzle platformer Mario vs. Donkey Kong will be available at a 30 percent discount, and both Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope will be discounted by 75 percent. Super Mario Bros. Wonder — Available for $41.99 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury — Available for $54.99 Super Mario Maker 2 — Available for $39.99 Super Mario RPG — Available for $41.99 Paper Mario: The Origami King — Available for $39.99 Luigi's Mansion 3 — Available for $39.99 Mario vs. Donkey Kong — Available for $34.99 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle — Available for $14.99 Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope — Available for $14.99 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker — Available for $27.99 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — Available for $23.99 *Participating retailers include Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Walmart, London Drugs, and more. Digital discounts end on Mar 16th, 2025. What better time than MAR10 Day than to sit down and experience the wild and wonderful adventure of Super Mario Bros. Wonder? There's no better way to do this than with the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model + Super Mario Bros. Wonder Bundle, which not only includes the system and game but a three-month subscription to Nintendo Switch Online. And a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online would be useful for Super Mario Bros. Wonder as it features a unique online-adjacent multiplayer where players can help each other without playing directly with them! Nintendo Switch – OLED Model + Super Mario Bros. Wonder Bundle — Available for $449.99 There are even more ways that Mario fans can level up their MAR10 Day experience this year, such as redeeming their Platinum Points for My Nintendo rewards and attending events at select GameStop and Walmart locations. For a full list of activities, visit
