Donkey Kong Bananza Among Switch 2 Games Without DLSS Support — Reviewers Question Nintendo’s Stance on Technology

Okay, so here we go. Picture this: everyone’s buzzing about the Nintendo Switch 2 because, drumroll, it’s got Nvidia DLSS support. Which, if you’re like me and need a cheat sheet, is this fancy tech that makes games look prettier without melting your console into plastic goo. It’s like the heavyweight champ of upscaling. Perfect for a console that’s not exactly a beefcake in graphics department. Y’know?

But here’s where it gets weird – not every developer’s jumping on the DLSS train. I mean, you’ve even got Nintendo themselves – those guys behind Donkey Kong Bananza – totally sidestepping it. Why, you ask? Digital Foundry did the detective work, and oh boy, it’s a head-scratcher.

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Anyway, back to business (sort of). We got a whisper from some Switch 2 devs earlier this week about Donkey Kong Bananza having a few hiccups. Performance drops, they said. Expect it, they said. Maybe DLSS could’ve saved the day? Who knows. But Bananza’s been cooking in the dev oven for years, so maybe that’s why it’s missing the DLSS sprinkle. Instead, they went for AMD’s FSR 1 – that’s FidelityFX Super Resolution if you’re keeping score – and SMAA, which sounds more complicated than it is. Just know it makes jagged stuff less jagged, or something along those lines.

Then there’s Mario Kart World. I mean, come on, Mario’s like Nintendo’s poster child, right? You’d expect them to roll out the red carpet with all the Switch 2 jazz. But nope, no DLSS here either. They didn’t even bother with real HDR. I was like, what’s up with that? But hey, maybe they had their reasons. Or maybe someone misplaced the memo.

And the plot thickens with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. There’s this secret hope we can cling to that it’ll embrace DLSS. But, well, no promises yet. I guess it’s a classic wait-and-see.

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So, yeah, it’s a mixed bag right now with DLSS in the Nintendo realm. Let’s just see how this epic saga unfolds, shall we?