{"id":83974,"date":"2026-09-11T05:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83974"},"modified":"2026-09-11T05:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:11:48","slug":"nintendo-adds-vrr-to-docked-nintendo-switch-2-play-in-the-most-annoying-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83974","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Adds VRR To Docked Nintendo Switch 2 Play In The Most Annoying Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-tour-review-1.jpg?w=300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a year after its launch, the Nintendo Switch 2 finally has support for variable refresh rate when docked and connected to a TV&#8211;feature which has always been possible in portable mode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headlining the Switch 2 version 23.0.0 update, which is out now, VRR can now be enabled in the console&#8217;s settings menu for docked play. It will require a separate update for the dock itself too, which will be applied the next time you dock the console. Also included in the update is a system-transfer feature, which might come in handy a few weeks ahead of the release of the special edition Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metroid Ravenous \u2013 Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ku-vSTDNsT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curiously, the patch notes indicate that VRR will only engage with compatible games, suggesting that developers will need to update their games to make it available. Currently, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is the only game that supports docked VRR, with the game&#8217;s VRR demo now unlocked in docked play. It&#8217;s a strange requirement for a hardware-level feature, and might make its adoption either slow or inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Variable refresh rate allows a compatible display to match the frame rate of the game being played, within a specific frame-rate window. It&#8217;s immensely useful for games with variable performance and unlocked frame rates, like Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, as it can alleviate distracting screen tearing and stuttering. It has been supported by the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 since their respective launches, and has been a staple in many TVs for the past couple of years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been a busy week for Nintendo, with a Direct for The Legend of Zelda&#8217;s 40th anniversary that was mostly focused on the remake for Ocarina of Time. A day later, Nintendo hosted a more traditional Direct, with reveals for Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, and several Nintendo Switch 2 editions of popular Switch titles.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/nintendo-adds-vrr-to-docked-nintendo-switch-2-play-in-the-most-annoying-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year after its launch, the Nintendo Switch 2 finally has support for variable refresh rate when docked and connected to a TV&#8211;feature&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5988,1815,28246,2830,2651,255,29841],"class_list":["post-83974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-adds","tag-annoying","tag-docked","tag-nintendo","tag-play","tag-switch","tag-vrr","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}