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    Nintendo’s official website confirms that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will get a free Switch 2 upgrade alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. It will increase resolution ONLY in portable mode.



    Nintendo’s official website confirms that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will get a free Switch 2 upgrade alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. It will increase resolution ONLY in portable mode.

    Posted by Joseki100

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    31 Comments

    1. Joseki100 on

      >**Animal Crossing™: New Horizons**

      >**Update available:** January 15, 2026

      >**Updates included:**

      >*Visuals: Optimized for the Nintendo Switch 2 display and improved image quality.*

    3. PikaV2002 on

      The fact that this even needs to be clarified to be free shows the sad world we live in. (For all of the people who are going to call me dramatic in the replies, Nintendo just sold a paid resolution bump with Legends ZA)

    6. Odd__Dragonfly on

      Great, now how about the other 99% of the Switch 1 library that looks like smeared dogshit with the 1.5x scaling from 720p to 1080p on Switch 2 Handheld mode making games look worse than on Switch 1 with uneven pixels?

      Like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for example.

    10. Prudent_Move_3420 on

      Man Nintendo just allow us to play Switch 1 games in Docked mode in handheld. Can’t be that hard

    11. AxlIsAShoto on

      While a free basic NS2 version would make sense, this is like the bare minimum I think. Most Switch 1 games look awful on the Switch 2’s screen.

    12. fe80_1 on

      Wait
      There was already a Switch 2 specific update right when the Switch 2 launched. It mostly was due to compatibility with multiplayer features.

      Next week they offer a paid Switch 2 version which includes mouse support etc., an update for users on Switch 2 who don’t purchase the upgrade (mentioned above) and a general free feature release bumping the game to 3.0 for everyone including OG Switch users.

    14. ArachibutyrophobiaZ on

      Well shit. I only play handheld and they already charged me for the upgrade pre-order…

    18. Abject-Bumblebee-299 on

      If I haven’t played in like 3 years should I restart my island or just keep it rolling?

    20. Dear-Case-5138 on

      To think that on Xbox SX, there is fps boost (30fps>60 fps) and 4k upscaling for hundreds of Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One games.

    21. itsabearcannon on

      Is the paid upgrade going to bring it up to 4K 60 FPS on Switch 2, or still 30 FPS?

      I currently have to use motion enhancement on my LG C3 to make ACNH not look like eye bleeding 20-30 FPS on S2.

    25. taxhellFML on

      What in the actual fuck are they doing with these updates? This is a such an absolute fumble..

    26. NeighborhoodPlane794 on

      Splitting up the graphical upgrade in to two separate updates is absolutely degenerate business behaviour. They went out of their way to make this as confusing as possible

    27. yunerotroy21 on

      I’m pretty sure that the resolution bump is only on the paid upgrade pack. Can you copy and paste the exact sentence here where it says that the free update gives us a resolution bump in portable mode?

    28. Artoo2814 on

      Maybe they’re testing the water. “Would you pay for TV mode 4K upgrade only + some QoL stuff if portable mode can run dock mode graphics (we don’t know this yet but it’s really likely just like the original mode in Jamboree now).

    29. storm2k on

      is this going to be free if you have an nso membership like the zelda et al upgrades were? i’m actually thinking of starting a fresh island on acnh once the updates come out.