Technologies

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

Tinder Users Must Start Logging In With Their Faces, Starting Nationwide

The social app now has new US requirements including face identification to help quell longstanding problems with catfishing and more.

US Tinder users will find a new feature when they open up the dating app starting Wednesday: A mandatory Face Check on their phones will be required before they can log into their profiles.

The Face Check step will begin with a new request to record a video of your face, a more casual version of setting up Apple’s Face ID login. Tinder will then run checks comparing your face data to your current profile pics and automatically create a small face badge for your profile. We already know how it works, because Tinder has already launched the feature in Canada and California before the full US rollout.

The technology, powered by FaceTec, will keep biometric data of the user’s face in encrypted form but discard the scanning video for privacy. Tinder will be able to use the face data to detect duplicate accounts, in an effort to cut down on fake profiles and identity theft.

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Tinder’s facial recognition rollout is also made to prevent catfishing, or people pretending to be someone else on Tinder to scam or blackmail them. But that also points to a deeper problem on the rise in dating apps — a growing number of bots, many controlled by AI, are designed to glean personal information or fool users into scammy subscriptions, among other problems.

Tinder’s working against these bots on several fronts, including this Face Check push as well as ID Check, which requires a government-issued ID and other types of photo verification.

The dating app also recently released a feature in June to enable double-dating with your friends, which Tinder reports is especially popular with Gen Z users. If you’re worried about the latest hazards on Tinder, we have guide to safety practices.

A representative for Tinder did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Oct. 23

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Oct. 23.

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

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Like some weather, memories and I.P.A.s
Answer: HAZY

5A clue: Statement that’s self-evidently true
Answer: AXIOM

7A clue: Civic automaker
Answer: HONDA

8A clue: What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin
Answer: ANGER

9A clue: Foxlike
Answer: SLY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Verbal «lol»
Answer: HAHA

2D clue: Brain signal transmitter
Answer: AXON

3D clue: Hits with a witty comeback
Answer: ZINGS

4D clue: Sing at the top of a mountain, maybe
Answer: YODEL

6D clue: Name of the famous «Queen of Scots»
Answer: MARY

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 23 #599

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 23, No. 599.

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

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle might be Halloween-themed, as the answers are all rather dangerous. Some of them are a bit tough to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Please don’t eat me!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Remember Mr. Yuk?

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

POND, NOON, NODE, BALE, SOCK, LOVE, LOCK, MOCK, LEER, REEL, GLOVE, DAIS, LEAN, LEAD, REEL

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: