I wanted to update my Nintendo Switch game without installing the latest console firmware. Is there a way to download game updates while keeping the system on its current version?
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I wanted to update my Nintendo Switch game without installing the latest console firmware. Is there a way to download game updates while keeping the system on its current version?
Most small game updates run on the older firmware; major ones probably require a system update. The Switch will inform you it needs to update the firmware before you can install a game update if a new one is needed. Unfortunately, no.
In most cases, you cannot.
Nintendo has strict requirements for their games and requires a certain minimum firmware version to run it. So, if a game update requires a new firmware version than the one your Switch has, you must update to it in order to apply the game update. The only ways around that is to get the update without actually using a new firmware version: or, you could use the “Match version with local users” if another person in the immediate area has already received and is able to run the latest game update. But even then, you are using someone else’s console for the update which is also a risk and it does nothing if the new game update requires a new firmware version, not a newer game version.
I think those are basically your only options.
Keep in mind that most updates to the system require new firmware and they usually have the new versions available long before other update requirements to the games start going live.