Pokémon Violet and Scarlet’s Switch 2 update is as good as it looks

I precocious did thing benignant of unusual: I went to a preview lawsuit for a crippled that's been retired for astir 3 years.

I've played astir 400 hours of Pokémon Scarlet, according to my Nintendo Switch, since it was released successful precocious 2022. It's harmless to accidental I cognize the crippled beauteous well. And yet, erstwhile I was invited to preview Pokémon Scarlet and Violet connected the Nintendo Switch 2 up of the caller console's launch, I gladly took the accidental to spot three-year-old games I already own. I wanted to find retired conscionable however overmuch they'd improved.

I person a precocious jank tolerance with games - it builds quality - but I'm good alert of Scarlet and Violet's shortcomings connected the archetypal Switch. There's lag. The framework complaint is… inconsistent. There are online connectivity issues. For a batch of people, show problems overshadowed what was different a large caller procreation of Pokémon games. With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, and the accompanying escaped show update for Scarlet and Violet, that mightiness yet change.

Starting up the demo of Pokémon Scarlet connected the Switch 2 astatine The Pokémon Company International's bureau successful Bellevue, Washington, I knew instantly wherever I wanted to spell firs …

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