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I have both a Switch OLED and Switch 2 as well (and Lite and Wii U and Switch V1 for that matter though the Switch V1 is currently lent out). Saying Mario Odyssey or the Zelda games look better on the Switch 1, even the OLED is just false. 

The OLED gives you better black levels and a little more color saturation ... but it's not magically going to make a jaggy 645p image or whatever Mario Odyssey is on the Switch 1 look like the 1080p much cleaner image that it is on the Switch 2. The game looks better at 1080p on the Switch 2 display and it's not even close really. Within about a minute of playing the game it's hard to not see the game looks significantly better at a higher resolution. 

Same thing with the Zelda games (BOTW/TOTK). 

I don't even think the Switch 2 LCD is a bad screen, the color saturation, black levels (for an IPS display) are solid, they just undervolted the screen to save some battery life because 99% of people are never going to notice. And they're right. Likely the issue can be altered in a firmware update if Nintendo really wants it to be, but I don't think they will because the fact is most normal people (even normal "core" gamers) are not going to be able to see ghosting. This is not like a Game Boy or some shit like that. This is a way better display experience than the OG Switch or Switch Lite, people trying to now weasel that into the conversation ... y'all  getting a bit too greedy with the stupid, lol. On no planet is the Switch 1 V1 or Switch Lite screens overall better than a Switch 2, they look like shit next to the Switch 2 screen side by side. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 30 June 2025