Nintendo patches more Switch games for Switch 2 backward compatibility

Nintendo has pushed out another round of backward-compatibility fixes for Switch games on Switch 2, a small but important sign that the company is still trying to prove the new console will not strand buyers’ old libraries. The latest batch, highlighted on May 30, 2026, fixed Buddy Collection if Dragon Quest Builders, Laysara: Summit Kingdom, Monster Hunter Stories, Neon Inferno, Overcooked: All You Can Eat, This is Fine: Maximum Cope, Top Cop: Police Training and Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

That steady stream of patches matters because Switch 2 is not a simple hardware clone of the original Switch. Nintendo says the new system can play compatible physical and digital Switch games, but some titles may take longer to become playable, may have partial functionality problems or may not be supported at all. On Nintendo’s U.S. compatibility page, the test-status information was current as of June 5, 2025, and the company keeps separate lists for games with known issues and for titles whose problems have been resolved or are planned to be fixed in an update.

Nintendo’s recent work has also arrived alongside routine system maintenance. Switch 2 system update 22.1.0 was released on April 6, 2026, with general stability improvements intended to enhance the user’s experience. Taken together, the compatibility patches and the stability updates show Nintendo leaning on software support to smooth a transition that could otherwise unsettle mainstream buyers deciding whether their existing game library will survive the move to new hardware.

The remaining problem cases still underline that the transition is not complete. Ghost Master: Resurrection has a progression issue in the Walls of Judgment DLC on Switch 2. Grandia HD Collection may experience slowdown in some areas. Resident Evil 5 may have audio problems in some areas. Nintendo has also newly classified Attack on Titan 2, Crypt Carnage, Megadimension Neptunia 7 and Truck Simulator USA as fully unsupported for now because of game progression issues.

For consumers, the broader message is less about any single patch than about trust. Nintendo is still slowly but surely implementing compatibility fixes, and its own documentation says some games may only become playable after future testing and updates. That gives Switch 2 launch momentum a clear condition: the upgrade story will depend not just on new hardware, but on how quickly Nintendo can make the old library feel dependable on day one.