Today, I’m adding more games to the list of games that have seen improvements when played on Nintendo Switch 2, and I’m specifically looking at games Patrons have requested over the course of the year that I hadn’t yet gotten around to. Let’s have a look!

1. Broforce
2. The Wonderful 101 Remastered
3. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
4. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
5. Ori: The Collection

Broforce

Genre: Action-Platformer

Players: 1-4 Co-Op (Local, Local Wireless, and Online)

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Review:

(Note: This game is included in Free Lives Collection, along with Cricket Through the Ages and Terra Nil.)

Broforce isn’t a game with resolution or framerate issues on Nintendo Switch, so the one spot where it seems like it could be improved by the Nintendo Switch 2’s performance is its loading times. With this in mind, here’s what I found out.

On the original Nintendo Switch, it took 14 seconds to start up the game until you hit the Devolver Digital logo, and another 8 to load a save file. This is cut down to 9 seconds and 2 on Nintendo Switch 2. However, the real test would be actually starting a level on the map, because this is where you’ll likely see a lot of loading screens over the course of the game. And in this area? Zero improvement – 17 seconds on both platforms.

So, sorry to tell you, but Broforce on Nintendo Switch 2 gets minimal loading time improvements, and that’s about it. Still a fun game that doesn’t really suffer on a Nintendo platform, but not exactly a game that truly benefits on Nintendo Switch 2.

tl;dr – Broforce is an action-platformer that pumps up testosterone-fueled shooting action to parody level, with lots of characters that are amazing parodies of classic action film heroes. It’s just frustrating that you’re never allowed to choose which hero you’re playing as.

Grade: B+

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The Wonderful 101 Remastered

Genre: Spectacle Fighter

Players: 1-5 Co-Op (Local)

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Review:

In my opinion, the problems The Wonderful 101 Remastered had were largely that this was a game made with the Wii U in mind, on a platform that wasn’t the Wii U. However, since no one wants a Wii U in 2025, this is what we’ve got instead. Let’s see if we at least notice an improvement on Nintendo Switch 2, shall we?

Well, the framerates seem fine on both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, no difference I can see there. The resolution, same story, no major difference I can discern. So that just leaves the loading times.

I don’t think the loading times in The Wonderful 101 Remastered are particularly bad – 11 seconds to load up the game on Nintendo Switch, and another 11 seconds to get into a level. But for what it’s worth, those times are nearly halved on Nintendo Switch 2 – 6 seconds and 6 seconds.

Better on Nintendo Switch 2? Sure. But significantly better? Not really, no.

tl;dr – The Wonderful 101: Remastered is a Spectacle Fighter where players command a large group of heroes who can get into different formations to combat enemies. While this port does what it can to make the game work on the Nintendo Switch, it’s clear that this game was designed with the Wii U in mind, and the attempt at bringing those features over to the Switch is clunky and frankly the game itself is nowhere near as wonderful as Platinum’s other games on the Nintendo Switch.

Grade: C

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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Genre: Metroidvania

Players: 1

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Review:

(Note: This game is included in the Ori: The Collection bundle along with Ori and the Will of the Wisps.)

The Nintendo Switch version of Ori and the Blind Forest is one of the games I tend to see as a huge success story for the Nintendo Switch, actually improving on the performance of its Xbox One source material with 60FPS framerates both in handheld and docked modes and a 1080p resolution. As such, it’s hard to imagine how this might be improved on Nintendo Switch 2, but perhaps loading times? Well, we’ll find out…

Long story short… yeah, it’s the loading times. The game looks great on Nintendo Switch and it still looks great on Nintendo Switch 2, but now with much better load times. On Nintendo Switch, it took 55 seconds to start the game, and 17 seconds to load a save file. On Nintendo Switch 2, those times have been cut down to a comparatively tiny 12 seconds and 5 seconds. Given how absolutely gorgeous this game looks, that is no small feat.

So yes, a truly great port of an absolutely incredible game, now with even better loading times on Nintendo Switch 2. There’s not much I can add to that!

tl;dr – Ori and the Blind Forest is, quite simply, one of the best Metroidvania games ever made, and not only is this an amazing port of a previously Xbox One-exclusive title, but it’s actually improved in its Switch release, which now stands tall as the truly definitive version of the game. This is a must-have game on the Switch, and if you missed it on the Xbox and PC, you owe it to yourself to get it now.

Grade: A+

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Genre: Metroidvania

Players: 1, Online Leaderboards

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Review:

(Note: This game is included in the Ori: The Collection bundle along with Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.)

I maintain that the second game in the Ori series is absolutely gorgeous on Nintendo Switch, but I did notice some low-resolution textures in places. That doesn’t seem like the sort of thing the Nintendo Switch 2 will fix, but it’s worth checking out. And after the massive improvement to loading times in the first Ori game, I’m keeping an eye on those here as well.

As it turns out, once again playing the game on both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 seem to result in an identical-looking performance, and yes, those low-resolution assets are still low-resolution on Nintendo Switch 2 (but the game still looks great despite this).

The main difference on Nintendo Switch 2 is once again the loading times, though the difference this time isn’t nearly as stark as it was in the first Ori game. On Nintendo Switch, loading up the game takes one minute two seconds and loading a save takes 13 seconds. On Nintendo Switch 2, those times are cut down to 32 seconds and 8 seconds. Still a massive improvement, even if not quite as impressive.

Despite that there’s not a huge change in performance on Nintendo Switch 2, Ori and the Will of the Wisps is still a superb game, and an absolutely gorgeous one. And I absolutely recommend you to check it out on whichever platform you have available to you.

tl;dr – Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an outstanding sequel that improves on the first game in multiple areas, and changes enough things to make it distinct, although many of its best qualities are carried over from the first game. The Nintendo Switch version has a few technical issues (still present on Nintendo Switch 2), but overall this is still a gorgeous, incredibly fun, must-have Metroidvania.

Grade: A

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Ori: The Collection

Genre: Compilation / Metroidvania

Players: 1

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Review:

I have separately had a look at both individual Ori games on Nintendo Switch 2 and compared their performance to the way the games play on the original Nintendo Switch. The results? For both games, there’s no difference in resolution, framerate, or anything like that. Which is fine, both games already looked great.

However, there was one major difference in both cases: loading times.

Ori and the Blind Forest saw a huge improvement there. On Nintendo Switch, it took 55 seconds to start the game, and 17 seconds to load a save file. On Nintendo Switch 2, those times have been cut down to a comparatively tiny 12 seconds and 5 seconds, a massive improvement.

Ori and the Will of the Wisp benefits significantly in this area as well, albeit not as much as the prior game in the series. On Nintendo Switch, loading up the game takes one minute two seconds and loading a save takes 13 seconds. On Nintendo Switch 2, those times are cut down to 32 seconds and 8 seconds. Still a massive improvement, even if not quite as impressive.

In short, don’t expect these games to look much different on Nintendo Switch 2, but you will spend significantly less time in loading screens while playing them. Given how great both of these games are, if you haven’t already played them, I hope this improvement is what it takes to push you over the edge into giving them a try.

tl;dr – Ori: The Collection on Nintendo Switch is a physical-only Compilation of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. In sum, this is two of the most well-crafted, fun, and stunningly beautiful Metroidvania games ever made. The Compilation is priced about the same as it would cost to get these games separately, but in exchange you get both games on the cartridge, with a few small extras as well. If you have somehow missed out on these games until now, you should definitely remedy that oversight.

Grade: A+

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