Nintendo Switch: Difference between revisions

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===Vendor-specific dock pairing===

The Switch 2 handheld console has been observed to require Nintendo-specific protocol extensions to the USB protocol to connect to the charging dock or a video sink.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Linus Tech Tips |date=2025-08-30 |title=Nintendo's Greed could Change the Tech Industry |url=https://youtu.be/Lh9gnkF-Imo |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=YouTube}}</ref> Non-vendor-approved USB devices --- displays, docks --- might lack the ability to output the video stream from the Switch 2.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=N. |first=Lucas |date=2025-08-30 |title=Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility |url=https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/08/30/nintendo-switch-2-dock |website=LTT Labs}}</ref>

===Can't update to the newest version via online download===

The Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 requires games to be updated in order to be launched, if a new version of the game was played on the system. This prevents users from downgrading to older versions of the game to play if, for example, the newest version is experiencing game breaking glitches that the original version doesn't. To bypass this, it is required to reset the entire system to factory settings, resulting in losing all saved progress on the system. Older consoles did not do this, though games generally blocked saves from being used on older versions via marking the save as being made with the newer version.

This is a more severe problem with some games, as Nintendo does not keep the newest version of all games on their update servers, so some Game Card games may come with newer versions of the game than the online updater can update to. This results in the game being unplayable if switching to a digital version of the game or a Game Card version that doesn't have the newest version. The only way to bypass this without resetting the system is to use the update synchronization feature that requires two or more Nintendo Switch systems with the game installed, and one with the newest Game Card version installed, to transfer the newest version of the game to another system and then back to the system that needs the newest version to run.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NintendoRevised |date=2025-08-30 |title=This issue *could* ruin Nintendo Switch collecting! Be aware!! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2h6hzRN02o |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NintendoRevised |date=2025-08-30 |title=

FOLLOW TO PREVIOUS VIDEO - This issue *could* ruin Nintendo Switch collecting! Be aware!! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ntd5gwklM |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

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 ===Vendor-specific dock pairing===
 The Switch 2 handheld console has been observed to require Nintendo-specific protocol extensions to the USB protocol to connect to the charging dock or a video sink.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Linus Tech Tips |date=2025-08-30 |title=Nintendo's Greed could Change the Tech Industry |url=https://youtu.be/Lh9gnkF-Imo |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=YouTube}}</ref> Non-vendor-approved USB devices --- displays, docks --- might lack the ability to output the video stream from the Switch 2.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=N. |first=Lucas |date=2025-08-30 |title=Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility |url=https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/08/30/nintendo-switch-2-dock |website=LTT Labs}}</ref>
+===Can't update to the newest version via online download===
+The Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 requires games to be updated in order to be launched, if a new version of the game was played on the system. This prevents users from downgrading to older versions of the game to play if, for example, the newest version is experiencing game breaking glitches that the original version doesn't. To bypass this, it is required to reset the entire system to factory settings, resulting in losing all saved progress on the system. Older consoles did not do this, though games generally blocked saves from being used on older versions via marking the save as being made with the newer version.
+This is a more severe problem with some games, as Nintendo does not keep the newest version of all games on their update servers, so some Game Card games may come with newer versions of the game than the online updater can update to. This results in the game being unplayable if switching to a digital version of the game or a Game Card version that doesn't have the newest version. The only way to bypass this without resetting the system is to use the update synchronization feature that requires two or more Nintendo Switch systems with the game installed, and one with the newest Game Card version installed, to transfer the newest version of the game to another system and then back to the system that needs the newest version to run.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NintendoRevised |date=2025-08-30 |title=This issue *could* ruin Nintendo Switch collecting! Be aware!! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2h6hzRN02o |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NintendoRevised |date=2025-08-30 |title=
+FOLLOW TO PREVIOUS VIDEO - This issue *could* ruin Nintendo Switch collecting! Be aware!! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ntd5gwklM |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
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