Today, I’m adding more games to the list of games that have seen improvements when played on Nintendo Switch 2. Let’s have a look!

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Cities: Skylines – Nintendo Switch Edition

Genre: Management Sim

Players: 1

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Review:

The Nintendo Switch port of Cities: Skylines is a game that was hit particularly hard by the Nintendo Switch’s hardware imitations. I detailed these issues in my original review, but in short, the resolution is pretty bad with tons of aliasing, there’s plenty of noticeable pop-in and texture pop-in, and most of all the framerates were absolutely atrocious at times, in busier sections becoming a slide show. Can the Nintendo Switch 2 help redeem this port at all?

Well, I’ll start by saying that many of these issues haven’t improved. The low resolution, the aliasing, and the pop-in are all still present when playing the game on Nintendo Switch 2. So even on more powerful hardware, this port remains the worst version of this game.

Having said that, the moment you start up the game, the framerates are noticeably improved. They’re still not fantastic, and the game still operates at a relatively low framerate. But now there’s none of the extreme slowdown the game suffered in busier areas on Nintendo Switch.

Also improved here are the loading times. On Nintendo Switch, it took 21 seconds to load to the main menu and another 31 seconds to load into a game save. On Nintendo Switch 2, those times are reduced to 13 seconds and 11 seconds.

Let me be absolutely clear – this game still desperately needs a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, or perhaps a Nintendo Switch 2 port of its sequel, Cities: Skylines II. In absence of either of those, Cities: Skylines is still noticeably improved on Nintendo Switch 2, but even with that improvement it’s still a far cry from playing the game on other platforms.

tl;dr – Cities: Skylines is the “Sim City killer” Management Sim that took the PC by storm in 2015, and it is every bit as fun and compelling on the Nintendo Switch. However, here that fun is heavily weighed down by a slew of technical flaws including relatively low framerates and resolution, and make the interface a temperamental pain to deal with. The Nintendo Switch 2 does make the experience noticeably better here, but it’s still inferior to playing the game on other non-Nintendo platforms. Nevertheless, it’s still loads of fun, but if you can play the PC version, that is clearly the better way to go.

Grade: B

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Dinkum – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Genre: Action-RPG / Management Sim

Players: 1

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Review:

A year after its release on Nintendo Switch, Dinkum has received a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition release, with a free upgrade for those who own the original Nintendo Switch version of the game. Given that this isn’t a graphically-ambitious game, I couldn’t help but wonder how this game might be improved on Nintendo Switch 2. Well, let’s take a look.

Truth be told, Dinkum’s Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is one of the more underwhelming Switch 2 Edition releases I’ve encountered yet. To be sure, this is a free upgrade, and there are improvements, but they’re comparatively minor overall.

You do get improvements to both framerate and resolution here, and while they’re noticeable, I do feel like those improvements are pretty modest. The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition also unlocks access to an in-game costume, which… well, it’s not nothing.

Then there’s the loading times, which also see minimal improvement – on Nintendo Switch, it takes 32 seconds to load the game to the title screen and an additional 29 seconds to load a game save, compared to 29 seconds and 16 seconds on Nintendo Switch 2.

In the end, I’m glad for every game that gets any Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade, especially if it’s free. That said, I don’t think Dinkum’s Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is any reason to give this game a second look. It’s an improvement, but it’s not much of an improvement.

tl;dr – Dinkum is an Action-RPG and Management Simulation that has players settling an Australian-inspired locale, with gameplay that feels like a combination of games like Minecraft and Animal Crossing. And while the pacing has issues and there are some tedious gameplay choices here, overall I think this is a solid take on the genre worth checking out.

Grade: B

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