The Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to support NVIDIA DLSS, as it is powered by NVIDIA technology, but the footage shown during yesterday’s Direct does not indicate that it is being used.
In a new video going over some of the new Nintendo system’s specs, the tech expert at Digital Foundry provided an early analysis of the game footage shown during the event, saying that there’s no indication in the footage that NVIDIA DLSS was being used in any of the games, which is definitely surprising, although the footage shown could have been taken from early builds that haven’t yet implemented the NVIDIA’s upscaler. Interestingly enough, none of the Nintendo first-party titles seem to implement any sort of antialiasing, except for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, continuing a trend that’s been going on for a while.
In their early analysis of the Nintendo Switch 2 footage, Digital Foundry also provided pixel counts for several games, including Mario Kart World, which ran at 1440p resolution, 60 FPS, Donkey Kong Bananza, which ran at 1080p resolution, 60 FPS, Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, which both hit 1440p resolution, 60 FPS and The Duskbloods, which ran at 1080p resolution, 30 FPS. The most interesting pixel counts, however, are those of the third-party ports like Cyberpunk 2077, which ran at a resolution ranging from 540p to 1080p at 30 FPS, however, with much better image quality than on previous generation consoles, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, which ran at 1080p resolution, 30 FPS, with much cleaner image quality than base PlayStation 4 but with some framepacing issues. Judging from the above, the Nintendo Switch 2 indeed offers a performance level in the ballpark of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro, as speculated in the past, although there’s no doubt that games launching past the console’s release window will take better advantage of the system and push it further than the launch titles will do.
After the brief January reveal, the Nintendo Switch 2 was finally officially unveiled yesterday in the aforementioned Nintendo Direct. The presentation provided additional information on the system’s screen, which will support 120 FPS gameplay as well as HDR, the new Joy-Con 2 functionality, and more. The console will launch on June 5th worldwide for $449.99 / €469.99.
