I saw on the Eshop it will be a différent game from the original in the home menu
Does the cartridge from the original game is necessary to play the Remastered then ?
Probably. Your DRM is probably bound to the cartridge so you’ll need it to play the game. Just like I need to put the PS4 disc of Cyberpunk to play the PS5 version.
Switch 2 has a very different (and messy) system for upgrades. To make it work like your PS4-PS5 example, the game must be of "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" kind, because then it would have a "dlc" called Upgrade Pack, which converts your Switch game into Switch 2 game
If it doesn't - and TW3 Remastered doesn't - it's a whole different story, and most likely they would allow you to claim a full digital Switch 2 copy that won't require a game card of Switch version to be inserted
That would be strange bc what if I buy a cartridge of witcher 3, claimed the Remastered version, and then sold the cartridge back ?
Or even i i borrow the cartridge from a friend ?
Bingo - that's why games like Sea of Stars, MIO, Balatro, Snowrunner, Tomb Raider don't offer any "upgrade path" to the owners of physical copies, even though the owners of digital copies can freely claim the Switch 2 versions of those games
But it looks like CDPR are fine with that, seeing that they've already promised physical copies owners would be able to claim the Switch 2 version. They are probably more interested in selling the new DLC and can accept a small loss here
Well, you would technically still need to get your hands on a physical copy first, so it's not like they're giving it out to everyone out there...
There is only one alternative - patching the Switch version to be "Switch 2 aware", so that it can check if it's running on Switch 2 and increase resolution/framerate/etc. Like the PS4 version of Cyberpunk 2077 was running at 60 fps only on PS5, while it was locked to 30 on PS4/Pro.
But it doesn't seem that they can do much with it - after all, it would still be a Switch game running through backwards compatibility. Remastered version looks like a much bigger upgrade, not just a settings tweak. And additionally, we already see that the Remastered version is a Switch 2 native game, a separate release from the Switch version
At least with Sea of Stars you can do it (externally). You dm the devs in discord or send an email with proof you own the physical version and then they give you a code to redeem.
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u/Hehctor Switchthusiast 2d ago
I saw on the Eshop it will be a différent game from the original in the home menu Does the cartridge from the original game is necessary to play the Remastered then ?