"For the purposes of this look at the game I replayed through the first two major sections: the tutorial mission with the assault on the Galactic Federation, and then the Fury Green portion on Viewros where Samus first starts to unlock her psychic abilities. Predictably, the Switch 1 version looks noticeably lower-quality than its Switch 2 counterpart, with less-detailed textures and lighting effects. It still looks decent, though, and compares favorably to the Metroid Prime Remaster that was released on Switch in 2023."
"Its performance, on the other hand, is very good. It doesn't offer a Quality or Performance mode selection like it does on Switch 2, but the default settings run well, without noticeable framerate dips. Switch fans who have watched recent Nintendo games outpace the hardware's limitations, especially in the cases of some recent Pokemon and Zelda titles, can be assured that isn't the case here."
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is playable on the original Nintendo Switch, though visuals are noticeably lower-quality than on Switch 2 with less-detailed textures and lighting. The game compares favorably to the Metroid Prime Remaster on Switch (2023) but will not match footage captured on Switch 2. Performance on the original Switch is very good: default settings run smoothly without noticeable framerate dips and there is no Quality/Performance mode selection on the OG hardware. Early segments including the tutorial and the Fury Green portion on Viewros maintain solid framerates. Later sections may be more demanding, but no performance issues were observed so far.
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