Nintendo has just released a short clip of footage from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet running on Nintendo Switch 2 at 60fps and… okay, sure, that does look a lot better.
The footage was released via the Nintendo Today! app. It's not much, just over 30 seconds of clips of the main character running through the world, but it does show off what seems to be a significant improvement over the Nintendo Switch 1 version of the game.
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At 60fps, many of the issues with characters popping in and out at a short distance seem to be alleviated, and more Pokémon are able to appear on screen, at further distances, at a time. In particular the main city, Mesagoza, looks a lot better in the brief glimpse we get, and being able to see more Pokémon from farther away helps the world look a touch less empty.
Of course, at just half a minute of official, curated footage, it's not really possible to say how this impacts the experience holistically. In our review of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet at launch, we noted that the fps was really just one issue of many. At the time, Scarlet and Violet were riddled with bugs ranging from harmless visual goofiness to game crashing, and features such as raid battles seemed to be broken by design. Multiple DLC releases didn't alleviate most of those issues, either.
It will be interesting to see how much of a difference a Nintendo Switch 2 makes to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet when the upgrade patch releases on June 5 alongside the console. Its improvements will likely be a harbinger of what's to come with the imminent release of Pokemon Legends Z-A this October, too.
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