{"id":87144,"date":"2026-08-05T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87144"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:38:47","slug":"minecraft-is-coming-to-switch-2-in-october-with-an-upgrade-path-for-switch-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87144","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Is Coming To Switch 2 In October, With An Upgrade Path For Switch Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/minecraft\/\">Minecraft<\/a> is officially launching October 27 for Nintendo Switch 2, bringing with it what developer Mojang calls &#8220;Vibrant Visuals&#8221; as well as an upgrade path for original Switch owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Minecraft has been playable on the Switch 2 thanks to backwards compatibility, the Switch 2 version will bring some improvements that take advantage of Nintendo&#8217;s latest hardware. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/article\/minecraft-for-nintendo-switch-2-release-date\">blog post<\/a>, Mojang labeled the Switch 2 version&#8217;s graphical improvements as a new &#8220;Vibrant Visuals&#8221; experience that will offer enhanced lighting, shadows, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everything will support &#8220;Vibrant Visuals,&#8221; according to Mojang. Playing in split-screen or using certain worlds or content from the marketplace will not feature the visual upgrades. One piece of content that will, however, is the Super Mario Mash-Up pack that is exclusive to the Nintendo versions of Minecraft, which is being updated to support the improvements.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBL7nJLH8ro  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mojang confirmed there will be a digital upgrade path available for those who purchased Minecraft on the original Switch. Whether that upgrade will be free or cost a fee remains to be seen, with Mojang simply stating there will be &#8220;more details to follow.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those worried about losing their worlds and progress, Mojang has previously confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft is officially launching October 27 for Nintendo Switch 2, bringing with it what developer Mojang calls &#8220;Vibrant Visuals&#8221; as well as an upgrade path for original Switch owners. While Minecraft has been playable on the Switch 2 thanks to backwards compatibility, the Switch 2 version will bring some improvements that take advantage of Nintendo&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":87146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87147,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87144\/revisions\/87147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}