Love: Games load very fast
Games load noticeably faster on Switch 2. These aren’t lightning-fast PS5 SSD speeds, but they’re a big leap compared to the old hardware. Loading The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom takes only 7-8 seconds on Switch 2, roughly half what they took on the original Switch. Fast-travel in those games is roughly twice as fast as well. Even games without official Switch 2 updates are vastly improved. Animal Crossing: New Horizons takes 30 seconds less on Switch 2. Monster Hunter Rise, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have all had their load times buffed, too
I also tested Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart World. It was roughly 18 seconds to get from starting the game to the first menu in each, which doesn’t sound all that impressive until you remember the latter takes place in a sprawling, interconnected map and lets you immediately start driving from the start menu. – EG
