Nintendo has continued to devote itself to the seamless migration of its user base through the issuance of a new compatibility patch specifically for the Switch 2 console, the latest version 20.5.0, which goes to lengths to eliminate lingering technical difficulties for five major titles that fall under the previous generation, namely, the fantastic free-to-play shooting game Warframe; the rhythm game Deemo Reborn; the speedy action title Ultra Age; the card battle game Library of Ruina; and Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025. After this patch, all five titles can now be confirmed fully operational on the successor hardware and have overcome any potential unforeseen technical hurdles early adopters had been encountering since the launch of the console in June. This systematic undertaking is indicative of the company’s continuing push to preserve and take advantage of the mammoth software library built up over the entire lifespan of the original Switch.
Such targeted fixes to be introduced are among the biggest talking points of any new console cycle-the status of past purchases. Nintendo had reasserted extensive backward compatibility as a key feature of the Switch 2, while preemptively noting that certain titles might have some unforeseen conflicts due to the differing hardware architecture at the new console. The swiftness of such responses to malfunctions on games like Warframe, which boasts a large, active community, demonstrates that the company prioritizes stability for widely played software. The 20.5.0 update itself was a compact release, and like those from Nintendo of late, the official patch notes do not detail the specific technical nature of the resolutions, but rather focus on the functional outcome.
With the deployment of these fixes, Nintendo also took the initiative in updating the eShop pages for some other old legacy titles, informing customers of newly discovered or ongoing incompatibility issues on the Switch 2, for example. Five specific titles were flagged, providing significant transparency for prospective players. Jelly Troops, for example, carries the current label of complete unavailability due to blocking progression issues. Others, like the highly regarded RPG Transistor, have minor caveats that require the player to avoid taking the console out of its dock during certain gameplay segments to avoid functional errors. Mugen Souls and Subway Simulator 2025: City Train also seem to have some very minor glitches in visuals and animations, but they, again, do not hamper play.
These simultaneous announcements clearly point out the company’s strategy of solving major functional blockages while actively working in the pinpointing of the smaller-related aesthetic or behavioral faults. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, which had experienced an earlier progression issue resolved, still suffers from visual discrepancies in some locales. The company has confirmed it is actively investigating all of these newly acknowledged problems. Fixes delivered through the 20.5.0 update continue to show that backward compatibility will still be a huge ongoing part of the post-launch support of Switch 2, guaranteeing a continuous usable asset for consumers’ vast digital libraries on this new platform for the foreseeable future.
