For those who’re a member of Nintendo Change On-line + Enlargement Pack, the Switch 2 upgrades for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom come included together with your subscription. However how precisely you entry these upgrades might be mildly complicated, so be warned.
Whenever you switch your knowledge from a Change to Change 2, it can begin downloading varied software program out of your outdated system. As soon as it is finished downloading one of many Zelda video games, you would possibly suppose the remainder occurs automatically–but no. As a substitute, beginning up Tears of the Kingdom begins the Change model, with a menu choice on the backside to improve to the Change 2 model. Deciding on that menu merchandise forwards you to the Nintendo eShop retailer web page, or you will discover the shop pages manually.
However here is the place the method might journey up unsuspecting Hyrulians. The shop web page shows two totally different buttons. On the left facet, subsequent to the “On-line + Enlargement Pack” label, is “Obtain.” On the proper facet is “Proceed.” The Proceed button is noticeably a lot larger and brighter, and situated the place you’d normally go to finish a transaction. However the free choice for subscribers is the “Obtain” button.
You’ll be able to nonetheless hit Proceed to purchase the content material, which implies you’d proceed to have entry to it even if you happen to let your Change On-line subscription lapse. But when that will not be an issue for you, there isn’t any purpose to pay the $10 premium. Buying the improve will immediate a second obtain, after which you will have to restart the software program if you happen to had it working.
The Nintendo Change 2 has simply launched, which implies plenty of followers are getting their first hands-on with the video games, together with the launch lineup like Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. You should definitely reference our restock guide if you happen to nonetheless want a hand discovering the system. If you’re an Enlargement Pack subscriber, you additionally now get entry to GameCube games on Switch 2.