Yoshi and the Mysterious Book originally started life on the Nintendo Switch before transferring over to the more powerful Nintendo Switch 2 console. The game's senior producer Etsunobu Ebisu, director Masahiro…

Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Yoshi and the Mysterious Book developers talk about enhanced power of Switch 2 By Sickr on August 2, 2026 Yoshi and the Mysterious Book originally started life on the Nintendo Switch before transferring over to the more powerful Nintendo Switch 2 console. The game’s senior producer Etsunobu Ebisu, director Masahiro Yamamoto, and producer Hisashi Nogami, spoke to Nintendo Dream about the benefits of developing the game with all the bells and whistles that the Nintendo Switch 2 brings to the table ensuring their initial vision was fully realised on the more powerful hardware. During development, the game was changed to release on the Nintendo Switch 2. Were there any changes to the way that the creatures were made? Yamamoto: No, I don’t think our way of thinking changed that much. But it was helpful to be able to realize the things we wanted to do due to the increase in performance. Nogami: For creatures that continually increase in numbers like the Scatterpuffs, I wondered if the Switch was going to be okay… but for the Switch 2 they could increase over and over again (laughs). So overall you believe you made it ‘feel good’? Yamamoto: Yeah. We were able to do things such as make graphics that feel more inline with the style of an encyclopedia, and being able to largely remove the limit on the numbers of individual creatures. Therefore more than when we were making it for the Switch it was easier to realize the game in line with our concept. Nogami: We really worked hard on the graphics, and as such I feel the world of the encyclopedia really came across. I think that was one of the blessings of the Switch 2. And then… Good Feel jokingly said that it was a specialty of theirs to make big things appear. Yamamoto: We often have that said to us. We have requests that people want to be surprised more. Ebisu: Yeah, if we’re ever unsure, let’s just create something big. (laughs) That’s what I call impact! (laughs) Yamamoto: Of course, it’s not just as simple as making it look big. Thudd is a big creature and therefore can do things like swallow Yoshi and inhale water, and the Switch 2 made it easier to demonstrate the kind of surprise only possible with sheer size. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. My Nintendo News © 2026. Unsubscribe or manage your email subscriptions. Get the Jetpack app Subscribe, bookmark, and get real-time notifications – all from one app! Automattic, Inc. 60 29th St. #343, San Francisco, CA 94110

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The gaming tech focused team at Digital Foundry have been examining Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and come away relatively impressed by what they have played compared to…

Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Digital Foundry examines Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition By Sickr on August 1, 2026 The gaming tech focused team at Digital Foundry have been examining Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and come away relatively impressed by what they have played compared to the game played on the original Nintendo Switch system. In their closing statement Digital Foundry says that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch 2 offers “a polished, high-quality experience that fixes almost all the original’s technical gripes.” So that’s reason enough to invest in the upgrade. Here’s a few choice cuts from Digital Foundry: “The bulk of the visual improvements here seem to come from temporal upscaling – which is obvious from the Switch 2 Edition’s 720p internal resolution and jittery behaviour on camera cuts. But edges have a subtle sharpness – and in-surface details a certain subtle softness – that makes me wonder if a smart spatial upscaler is being used, as was apparent in the Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch 2 Edition. These two techniques would work in concert then to address the game’s 4K output – though Xenoblade Chronicles 2 still doesn’t deliver true 4K clarity.” “Performance marks another massive upgrade over the original release. Where the Switch 1 version often struggled to maintain 30fps – frequently dipping into the 20s during traversal or cutscenes – the Switch 2 Edition targets 60fps. While not perfect, with minor frame drops occurring during alpha-heavy cutscene moments or traversal, the overall experience is much smoother, creating a more responsive and enjoyable gameplay loop. The game seems to use double buffer v-sync, causing frame-rates to dive to 30fps if a succession of frames go over budget.” “Handheld performance is also pretty good, hitting 60fps with some dips here and there. It’s perceptually a bit smoother than the docked experience, which could speak to VRR use.” Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. My Nintendo News © 2026. Unsubscribe or manage your email subscriptions. Get the Jetpack app Subscribe, bookmark, and get real-time notifications – all from one app! Automattic, Inc. 60 29th St. #343, San Francisco, CA 94110

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