• Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    On the switch, the titles that require the day one update to function is generally a lot lower than the other platforms.

    Its the reason why when a game leaks in advance, piracy can play it, because the cart dump is usually the complete functional game

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      11 months ago

      I’m more referring to patches in general.

      A great example of a past Nintendo console that no longer has support but is online enabled is the 3DS.

      Pokemon X and Y had a game breaking bug on launch that if not patched means that there’s a whole chunk of the game that of you save in that location the game save corrupts, now that online support is gone you can no longer get the patch that fixes the bug.

      So if you got a copy of Pokemon X or Y and a 3DS today, you’d never be able to get the patch.

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        11 months ago

        Nintendo, to date, has never shut down the CDN for any console. You can still redownload titles purchased on the Wii Shop Channel, for example. This means that you would be able to download updates for Pokémon X and Y or any other 3DS game.

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        11 months ago

        Not x&y specific, but at times, newer versions of carts will contain the update for a game. Not all carts are the 1.0 version of the game.

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          11 months ago

          Not all carts ship with version 1.0, but all versions that shipped with 1.0 will stay at 1.0.

          For example:

          Breath of the Wild is on version 1.3.1, if you have a cart from launch it will still be on the older version and the console will prompt you for an update. But without online functionality those updates will be impossible to get.

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            11 months ago

            Technically, there one other option, the switch allows for updating via local updates. Youd just need another user who has the update installed nearby.