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Here Are the Switch Games That Have Problems Running on the Switch 2

The Switch 2’s backward compatibility is not flawless.

The Nintendo Switch 2 launches next week, on June 5, and one of its big selling points is that it will be backward compatible with original Switch games. Nintendo recently updated its database of Switch games that have been tested on the new console, and while most of the games work without any issue, there are hundreds that have some problems.

Nintendo’s page for the compatibility test for Nintendo Switch games on the Switch 2 was updated on Tuesday. More than 15,000 games have been confirmed as having no issues when playing on the new Switch, but those that haven’t been verified will need some additional updates or simply will never work with the Switch 2.

According to the list, Nintendo confirms that these games and apps will not work on the Switch 2:

Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit
Niconico
ABEMA
Hulu
Crunchyroll
InkyPen

The following list are games and software that have issues when starting up on the Switch 2 that Nintendo is currently investigating:

A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection
A Time Traveller’s Guide to Past Delicacies
Abyss Memory Fallen Angel and the Path of Magic
Aeterna Noctis
Another Crab’s Treasure
Arcade Archives Assault
Arcade Archives Burger Time
Arcade Archives Chack’n Pop
Arcade Archives Crime City
Arcade Archives Dragon Spirit
Arcade Archives Dragon Saber
Arcade Archives Empire City: 1931
Arcade Archives Flipull
Arcade Archives Dig Dug
Arcade Archives Galaxian
Arcade Archives Gradius III
Arcade Archives Metrocross
Arcade Archives New Rally-X
Arcade Archives Pac Land
Arcade Archives Qix
Arcade Archives Roller Jammer
Arcade Archives Rolling Thunder
Arcade Archives Rompers
Arcade Archives Space Seeker
Arcade Archives The Genji and the Heike Clans
Arcade Archives The Tower of Druaga
Arcade Archives Xevious
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute
Astral Flux
Baseball Club
Boot Hill Heroes
Botany Manor
Cats Hidden in Italy
Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu’s Wrath
Clock Tower: Rewind
Crazy Strike Bowling EX
Dadish 2
Darksiders Genesis
Dead by Daylight
Everdream Valley
Felix the Cat
fig.
Final Fantasy
Flan
Grid Autosport
House Builder
I Got Isekai’d Into a Shmup
In My Shadow
Inferno 2
Gang Beasts
Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection
Kill la Kill IF
Kosmokrats
Killing Time: Resurrected
Laboratory Rat Escape Simulator Pro
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
Library of Ruina
Little Nightmares Complete Edition
Malignant Survivors
Manticore Galaxy on Fire
Mega Mall Story 2
Monster Loves You Too!
NASCAR Rivals
NBA 2K18
Nekopara Vol. 2
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
Nobody Saves the World
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes
Onigo Hunter
Palia
Pineview Drive
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Raiden III x Mikado Maniax
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles
RiMS Racing
River City Girls Zero
Rocket League
Roller Champions
Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
Senran Kagura Reflexions
Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-fide Edition
Soul Dog TD
South of the Circle
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
Sportitions ’24
Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Strania The Stella Machina EX
Super Neptunia RPG
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
Taito Milestones
The Journey Down Trilogy
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Touhou Gouyoku Ibun: Sunken Fossil World
Tricky Towers
Trip World DX
Trove
Trover Saves the Universe
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3
Under Night in Birth Exe: Late[cl r]
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
V-Rally 4
Warface: Clutch
Warframe
Warp Shift
What the Dub?!
Where the Bees Make Honey
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
WRC 9 The Official Game
YouTube

These are the Switch games Nintendo found to start up fine on the Switch 2, but there are some issues that occur while playing:

Alan Wake Remastered
Alien: Isolation
Asphalt Legends Unite
Dadish
Dex
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Elderand
Factorio
Fall Guys
Family Chess
Games Advent Calendar 25 Days 25 Surprises
Godlike Burger
Hitman 3 Cloud Version
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Just Dance 2019
Klondike Solitaire
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Matchpoint Tennis Championships
Mega Man Legacy Collection
MotoGP 21
My Brother Rabbit
Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Pilot Sports
Pocoyo Party
Port Royale 4
Real Car Driving Simulator & Parking 2022 Games
S.N.I.P.E.R. Hunter Scope
Saints Row 4: Re Elected
Steven Universe: Save The Light
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Stumble Guys

These are the games with issues, but will receive an update to address the compatibility problem after the launch of the Switch 2:

112 Operator
Active Life Outdoor Challenge
Airhead
Alchemy Garden
Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly
Batman: The Enemy Within
Beyond the Ice Palace 2
Boot Hill Bounties
Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver
Death Coming
Doom Eternal
Eggy Party
Everspace Stellar Edition
Fables Mosaic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fitness Boxing
Floor Kids
Fortnite
FRAMED Collection
Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Guns, Gore and Cannoli
Island Flight Simulator
Korean Drone Flying Tour Jeju Island 1
Mexican Train Dominoes Gold
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame
Musynx
NBA 2K25
Nova 111
OMG Police Car Chase TV Simulator
Parents vs. Kids
Perseverance: Complete Edition
Pizza Tower
Slayin 2
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
Super Mega Baseball 3
The Jackbox Party Pack
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
Victor Vran Overkill Edition
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
World of Tanks Blitz
Xtreme Sports

Lastly, the following Switch games can work on the Switch 2, but need to be played with the original Switch Joy-Cons:

Ring Fit Adventure
1-2-Switch
Everybody 1-2-Switch!
Game Builder Garage
Nintendo Switch Sports
WarioWare: Move It!
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit

The Switch 2 launches on June 5, starting at $450 for the console and $500 for the Mario Kart World bundle. Retailers have already sold out of Switch 2 preorders, but stores like Best Buy and GameStop say there will be some units on hand at stores.

Technologies

Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 24, #958

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 24 #958.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a bit challenging, especially the purple category, as always. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Think Muhammad Ali.

Green group hint: We won!

Blue group hint: Fashion element.

Purple group hint: Winter weather.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Gear for a boxer.

Green group: Championship.

Blue group: Kinds of necklines.

Purple group: Snow ____.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is gear for a boxer. The four answers are gloves, mouthguard, robe and shorts.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is championship. The four answers are award, crown, cup and title.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is kinds of necklines. The four answers are boat, crew, halter and scoop.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is snow ____. The four answers are cone, globe, leopard and pea.

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Jan. 24, #488

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Jan. 24, No. 488.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one, particularly that purple group, which wants you to find hidden words inside four of the words in the puzzle. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Smack!

Green group hint: Collectibles.

Blue group hint: Puck pros.

Purple group hint: Toss it.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Hit.

Green group: Sports memorabilia.

Blue group: Former NHL teams, in singular form.

Purple group: Ends in a synonym for throw.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is hit. The four answers are deck, punch, slug and strike.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is sports memorabilia. The four answers are autograph, jersey, poster and trading card.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is former NHL teams, in singular form. The four answers are Coyote, Nordique, Thrasher and Whaler.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ends in a synonym for throw. The four answers are blob (lob), shuffling (fling), surpass (pass) and woodchuck (chuck).

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Soon, You Can Cut Through Stadium Cellular Congestion With Turbo Live by AT&T

AT&T’s new feature promises clear phone service during crowded events like the Super Bowl and concerts, even for T-Mobile and Verizon customers.

Attending a sports game at a stadium can be fun, but when the crowded stands are filled with people trying to use their phones at the same time, it’s hard to get good cellular reception. AT&T is launching a new service to beef up cellular service in congested venues like these, and you don’t need to be an AT&T subscriber to use it.

Turbo Live by AT&T provides priority cellular performance during big sports and concert events, and will first roll out in 10 US stadiums in early February. Yes, that’ll be in time for the Super Bowl on Feb. 8, if you’re going to be in Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area.

AT&T has yet to formally announce pricing. Currently, there’s a web page to sign up for announcements. However, Rob Pegoraro at PCMag got more details from AT&T spokesperson Michael Delgado, who wrote to him in an email, «Turbo Live starts at $5 per event with a variable structure that changes depending on the caliber of the event.»

Pegoraro said that Turbo Live is not an ongoing subscription open to any customer: «Instead, it’s a power-up offered only in designated spots and subject to capacity limits and variable rates that might evoke surge pricing.»

A spokesperson for AT&T confirmed that Turbo Live is using AT&T’s existing 5G network that covers the following 10 stadiums:

• Alabama (Bryant Denny Stadium)
• Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
• Chicago (United Center)
• Houston (NRG Stadium)
• Las Vegas (Sphere)
• Los Angeles (Intuit Dome)
• Miami (Hard Rock Stadium)
• New York/New Jersey (MetLife Stadium)
• San Antonio (Alamodome)
• San Francisco Bay Area (Levi’s Stadium)
• Seattle (Lumen Field)

AT&T is also working to expand coverage in Dallas (AT&T Stadium), Foxborough (Gillette Stadium) and Los Angeles (SoFi Stadium).

You’ll need a 5G-capable phone, which AT&T says may need to be unlocked, and an open eSIM slot for activation.

The latter detail is what makes Turbo Live available to Verizon and T-Mobile customers with unlocked phones: The feature is installed as a secondary eSIM. A Connect on Demand app will provide instructions for setting it up, which will involve a «one-time payment method» with no carrier commitment needed, according to AT&T.

Running a separate service as a secondary eSIM is becoming more common. It’s one of the easiest ways to get international phone service when you’re traveling, and is also how T-Mobile offers its T-Satellite feature to customers of other carriers for $10 a month.

I’ve reached out to AT&T for more details.