Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's much-needed performance patches are launching with the Switch 2.
While the next big Pokémon game won't be releasing until later this year, Nintendo's Japanese site says that we can expect to see Scarlet and Violet getting their long-awaited patches that will improve the games' frame rates, visuals, and draw distances on June 5 just in time for the Switch 2's big debut.
『Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A』が10月16日に発売決定。ダウンロード版は6月5日から予約開始。 | トピックス | Nintendo
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