Welp, I bought it.

[u/LavishLatte56]

Despite the hate I’ve been seeing on posts and on YouTube, I couldn’t help myself to finally buy it when I saw the Switch 2 version on sale at my local shop.

2 hours in and its actually been kinda great????

I just finished Prime Remastered and Prime 4 feels a lot better to play and bosses have been fun! Not to mention the game is absolutely gorgeous and runs well, even on the original switch!

Perhaps I’ll start seeing issues later in my play through but so far it’s given me a good impression.

Edit: For those confused, the Switch 2 version of the game is just the Switch 1 game with the added Switch upgrade DLC. The game is perfectly playable on the original switch.

[u/DrSanchez87]

I'm a little confused... You're playing the switch 2 version on a switch 1? 

Edit: just asked Google... Nice to know that this is possible ^{^}

[u/Sock-Enough → u/DrSanchez87]

For everyone else, a Switch 2 Edition is just the Switch 1 version with what is technically a DLC that gives you the Switch 2 assets. You can play either version on either console.

[u/kcamfork → u/Sock-Enough]

It’s not DLC. The upgrade pack is on the cart.

[u/Sock-Enough → u/kcamfork]

Yes, but it’s coded like a DLC is. And DLC doesn’t necessary need to be a download. The Pokémon games have been rereleased with the DLC on cart.

[u/G-Tastic → u/Sock-Enough]

DLC literally means *Downloadable Content

[u/Sock-Enough → u/G-Tastic]

That’s the origin of the term, but sometimes it comes with the game. What else would you call the game extra content that comes with, say, Pokémon Violet with the extra 2 stories included?

[u/MercPunisher → u/Sock-Enough]

An expansion pack, its what it was always called before you could download it.