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Six Switch games still waiting for a Switch 2 upgrade — and one has stopped working

Six Switch games still waiting for a Switch 2 upgrade — and one has stopped working

Six original Switch titles, including Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Super Mario Maker 2, have yet to receive Switch 2 Editions.

Nintendo's Switch 2 has delivered a strong first year and a half, but a group of well-regarded games from the original console remain unupgraded, leaving players who already paid for those titles without a clear path forward. One of those games does not just lack an upgrade — it no longer works on the new hardware at all. --- THE CONTEXT --- Nintendo has built a growing library of Switch 2 Editions, improved versions of original Switch titles that include Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The next confirmed release in that line is Pikmin 4 — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy. --- THE FACTS --- The source identifies six titles as candidates for the Switch 2 Edition treatment: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Maker 2, Luigi's Mansion 3, Game Builder Garage, and a potential creative bundle with a Mario Paint component. Three Houses launched in 2019 and brought the Fire Emblem series to new heights of popularity on Switch; its Expansion Pass, including the Cindered Shadows DLC, has not been bundled into any re-release. Game Builder Garage, published in 2021, is described by the source as outright incompatible with Switch 2 due to its reliance on the original Joy-Cons — the only game on the list with a confirmed technical barrier. Luigi's Mansion 3 currently runs below 60 frames per second, limiting the visual impact of Next Level Games' animation work. The source argues that Switch 2's mouse controls would be a particular match for both Super Mario Maker 2 and Game Builder Garage. --- THE POSITIONS --- Nintendo has not announced any of these six titles as upcoming Switch 2 Editions and has not publicly addressed the incompatibility of Game Builder Garage. The source does not record any company statement on selection criteria or backward compatibility plans. --- WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN --- This report does not establish whether Nintendo has an internal timeline to resolve Game Builder Garage's incompatibility, nor whether any consumer protection obligation or platform policy requires a fix. --- UNANSWERED QUESTIONS --- • What recourse, if any, do players who purchased Game Builder Garage have if Nintendo does not restore compatibility with Switch 2? • Does Nintendo apply a consistent standard for deciding which games receive the Switch 2 Edition treatment, and has that standard been communicated publicly? • Would a potential Switch 2 Edition of Three Houses include the Expansion Pass content at no additional cost, or would players pay again? • Is the absence of a Super Mario Maker 2 upgrade a signal that Nintendo is stepping back from user-generated-content tools on Switch 2? --- EPM ANALYSIS --- Game Builder Garage is the outlier that makes this story more than a wish list. Every other title on the source's list is absent for commercial or creative reasons that Nintendo can revisit at any time. Game Builder Garage is absent because it simply does not run on the new console. For players who bought it as a creative or educational tool in 2021, that is a concrete loss, not a delay. The source frames this as a preservation concern, which is accurate and worth taking seriously. 📌 📌 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Nintendo's Edition strategy rewards patience in most cases, but Game Builder Garage is the exception that tests the company's credibility. Choosing not to improve a game is a legitimate business decision. Allowing a purchased title to become non-functional on new hardware without any announced remedy is a different matter entirely. The educational audience the source credits to that 2021 release deserves at minimum a public explanation, not silence. Nintendo's omission here is the most consequential gap in an otherwise manageable catalogue backlog.
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