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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, April 21, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Nintendo integrated Nvidia's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology into the Nintendo Switch 2 console, allowing games to render at a lower resolution and then use AI to upscale the output to up to 4K quality.

Details

The Nintendo Switch 2, launched globally on June 5, 2025, uses a custom Nvidia processor with dedicated Tensor Cores that power DLSS upscaling. Nintendo director Takuhiro Dohta confirmed the use of DLSS in an April 2025 developer roundtable, stating developers can choose whether to use native resolution or upscaled output. Two variants of DLSS are available on the hardware: a standard CNN-based model that upscales to 1080p, and a lighter 'DLSS Light' version capable of upscaling to higher resolutions including 4K when docked. The original machine learning image upscaling patent, filed by Nintendo's NERD subsidiary, dates back to March 2020.

Products affected

Nintendo Switch 2

Sources & Evidence

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Trace Foundation. (2026). Nintendo: Nintendo integrated Nvidia's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology into the Nintendo Switch 2 console, allowing games to render at a lower resolution and then use AI to upscale the output to up to 4K quality (data as of 2026-04-21) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/3eec443d-3459-430a-8d68-929d0abe0b52. Accessed September 11, 2026.

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https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/3eec443d-3459-430a-8d68-929d0abe0b52
Data as of
April 21, 2026
Last verified
April 21, 2026

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