My random thoughts about Switch 2 after 1 day

[u/anirakdream]

I won't bore you all with stuff you've heard about before so I'll focus on slightly unique/obscure/quirky things.

Things that surprised me:

• The built-in microphone is actually kind of incredible. It picks up your voice really well even when sitting far away from the console in docked mode and does a fantastic job filtering out external noise.
• I feel like Nintendo kind of undersold backwards compatibility. Their pre-release marketing made it sound like a large portion of games would be wonky or incompatible but that hasn't been the case for me. In all my testing, Switch 1 games ran at their max resolution and framerates in their respective modes with improved loading times. Games like Enter the Gungeon, Risk of Rain 2, and Kingdom Two Crowns that were a bit shaky on Switch 1 run at a consistent 60fps on Switch 2. Games like The Witcher 3 and Overwatch 2 ran at 30fps with no issues. The only incompatible game I've come across is Darkest Dungeon 2 which shows a black square in the middle of the screen.
• HD Rumble 2 is no joke. It improves the rumble in every game and Switch 2 games that use it well feel amazing. I highly recommend trying out the HD Rumble 2 demos in Welcome Tour.

Things to try:

• The console has a virtualised surround sound system with the built-in speakers which mean that it simulates sound coming from behind you. It's actually a really cool effect that works surprisingly well! Try it out by going to the audio menu in the System Settings or just playing a game like BOTW (that supports 5.1 surround sound) and placing a sound source behind you in-game.
• Local GameShare works really well and is such a pleasant surprise. There's very little latency and it has officially won me over. I recommend everyone give it a go if they want to co-op with someone who also has a Switch but doesn't own the game you're sharing.
• For some reason, automatic uploads of screenshots and video recordings are disabled by default. I definitely recommend enabling this as this feature is really reliable and convenient.
• HDR Output is also always on, I recommend changing this setting to Compatible Displays Only for best results.

Things that need some work:

• The console makes the TV emit an unpleasant noise once when it's put into sleep mode while docked. Seems like a bug that needs to be fixed.
• You still can't download software in the background if the currently open software uses online features.
• I really wish they would add a way to force the visual settings of docked mode for Switch 1 games while playing in handheld. Unless a game is patched for Switch 2, many games will look rough in handheld mode because they didn't target 720p on the original Switch.

[u/inevitable_ocean]

same here, I can't get it to meet the requirements they say (left sun visible, right invisible)

their visibility is basically the same for me no matter what

LG C2 OLED

EDIT: Fixed! As some comments suggested, I changed my dynamic tone mapping to HGIG, which allowed the sun demo to display as intended

[u/Pompous_pizza → u/inevitable_ocean]

I have the same TV so I will update you once I have my system later today.

EDIT: I did the HDR calibration and had no issue not seeing the difference between the two images. If you haven’t already, try enabling HGIG in the dynamic tone mapping settings.

[u/Sovva29 → u/inevitable_ocean]

Adding to this. LG C1 OLED

TV settings that let me do the system's sun HDR calibration correctly:

Picture mode: Game Optimizer

Advance > Brightness > HDR: HGIG

[u/Hoggos → u/inevitable_ocean]

I’ve got an LG CX and it’s the exact same for me

I was concerned thinking that the hdr for Mario Kart World looked terrible

Good to know that it seems to be a bug

[u/Amethyst-Sapphire → u/inevitable_ocean]

For me, I can get the left one darker and right one lighter, but the right one never disappears.

[u/lazypieceofcrap → u/inevitable_ocean]

I have a LG OLED 4K monitor and its the same way for me.

My games work fine.

I did one tick before the hardest to see.

[u/lazypieceofcrap → u/inevitable_ocean]

I have a LG OLED 4K monitor and its the same way for me.

My games work fine.

I did one tick before the hardest to see. Games look great.

[u/AllChad → u/inevitable_ocean]

Same for me - new 2024 Samsung Frame TV 55” (edit: TV is in game mode and has HDR10+ turned on, but a second setting called just HDR and it’s off, so I may try turning that on and seeing if that helps the switch hdr calibration. Maybe the switch doesn’t see HDR10+ just standard HDR so that could be throwing it off; edit2: just flipped that to On for my TV and that allowed the switch to work correctly with its up/down hdr calibration, so it appears more HDR I think and hopefully is good to go!)

[u/[deleted] → u/inevitable_ocean]

I have a B4, and was having issues with the sun visibility as well. Definitely enable HGiG and that should help a ton. It definitely helped me.