If you bought a Nintendo Switch 2 hoping for steadier performance with games the original Switch struggled to run, this boost ...

Power up.

Every couple of months, Nintendo updates the system software for the Nintendo Switch, sometimes adding new features but more often just fixing bugs and “improving stability.” Today, Nintendo released ...

[Nintendo Switch 2 System Update] Version 22.0.0 adds "Handheld Mode Boost". This will make Switch 1 games think that they ...

Nintendo just fixed the most annoying thing about playing original Switch games on the Switch 2. The latest Switch 2 system update (version 22.0.0) includes a new “Handheld Mode ...

Nintendo has today released new firmware updates for both the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Despite the Switch 2 now becoming the primary focus for Nintendo, the Japanese gaming giant hasn’t ...

In case you missed it, the latest Switch 2 firmware update has delivered a major surprise, adding "Handheld Mode Boost". As detailed by Nintendo in the patch notes for Version 22.0.0, when enabled, ...

A new software feature, Handheld Mode Boost, is available in version 22.0.0.

Switch on your Switch 2 this morning and it’ll ask you to install the latest upgrade (thank you Eurogamer). A fairly normal experience, even a faintly irritating one, except that today’s is going to ...

We might not have had a proper Nintendo Direct in 2026 yet, but there have been plenty of Switch and Switch 2-related announcements in the last few weeks, including a release date for the Yoshi and ...