Firmware 22.1.0 released for Switch and Switch 2, features unprecedented levels of stability

x65943 · Apr 7, 2026

Alula already submitted a PR, thankfully a pretty minor update and atmos compat was easily fixed

(Just waiting on hexkyz to approve for it to be official)

https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/pull/2786

AshuraZro · Apr 7, 2026

OatmealDome covered some updated and fixed user icons as well.

Tac 21 · Apr 7, 2026

I have a feeling this will be much quicker turnaround

The Catboy · Apr 7, 2026

That sure is an update

Bagel Le Stinky · Apr 7, 2026

It disabled handheld boost mode for Tomodachi Life Living the Dream demo

Scarlet · Apr 7, 2026

AshuraZro said:
OatmealDome covered some updated and fixed user icons as well.

Bagel Le Stinky said:
It disabled handheld boost mode for Tomodachi Life Living the Dream demo

Somebody really should tell Nintendo that the general concept of a changelog is to include... Y'know, changes?

Interesting to hear some tangible things have been updated if nothing else.

moneychild · Apr 7, 2026

*insert stability joke here*

Now laugh!!!!

Manurocker95 · Apr 7, 2026

Bagel Le Stinky said:
It disabled handheld boost mode for Tomodachi Life Living the Dream demo

I was wondering why it suddenly looks worse than before. This explains it. Really weird update.

Scarlet · Apr 7, 2026

Manurocker95 said:
I was wondering why it suddenly looks worse than before. This explains it. Really weird update.

I think it was announced before that the full release wouldn't have Handheld Boost Mode enabled so people could make use of the touch controls. Having said that, the game also has a specific patch for Switch 2 to enable 1080p in handheld anyway. I guess that part just never made it to the demo.

chrisrlink · Apr 7, 2026

well at least it's a minor tweak to atmos to fix but i think with sciresM out of the picture atmos breaking updates will be much more frequent

bonkmaykr · Apr 7, 2026

Scarlet said:
Somebody really should tell Nintendo that the general concept of a changelog is to include... Y'know, changes?

Interesting to hear some tangible things have been updated if nothing else.

They're vague on purpose I guess either because they think their users are idiots or because they don't want to give hackers hints, prettymuch anything that is not a direct user interface change is omitted. It's always been this way

Arras · Apr 7, 2026

bonkmaykr said:
They're vague on purpose I guess either because they think their users are idiots or because they don't want to give hackers hints, prettymuch anything that is not a direct user interface change is omitted. It's always been this way

In addition, detailed patch notes of what got fixed just invites people to go "wow look at all these things they had to fix, this must be buggy software". I'm not making this up, that happened to Factorio because of their detailed patch notes and bug fixes, even though that game is extremely stable.

Defective1Up · Apr 7, 2026

Just in time to ruin Atmosphere's victory fix

linuxares · Apr 7, 2026

Nintendo? Changelog? pfft

angelus kun · Apr 7, 2026

Alula literally wrote on homebrew discord "can y'all wait some hours?" So its ready hahaha

djnate27 · Apr 7, 2026

Arras said:
In addition, detailed patch notes of what got fixed just invites people to go "wow look at all these things they had to fix, this must be buggy software". I'm not making this up, that happened to Factorio because of their detailed patch notes and bug fixes, even though that game is extremely stable.

*No Man's Sky's Patch Notes have left the chat*

thekarter104 · Apr 7, 2026

bonkmaykr said:
They're vague on purpose I guess either because they think their users are idiots or because they don't want to give hackers hints, prettymuch anything that is not a direct user interface change is omitted. It's always been this way

They don't want to give even the smallest hint to hackers possible.

Probably also why you don't have themes because of the history with themehax on 3DS. No browser even though previous systems have one, sounds like a downgrade, but yep. Possible hacks.

So it could be the most minimalistic system possible. No Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney, etc. Probable hacks like on PS4/5.
It sucks, because it would make the Switch 2 a more valuable system.

And yes as I said, very vague to avoid giving accidental hints, even the smallest one.

Hirugaru · Apr 7, 2026

Scarlet said:
Somebody really should tell Nintendo that the general concept of a changelog is to include... Y'know, changes?

Interesting to hear some tangible things have been updated if nothing else.

Something Like:

Some corrections added to prevent tampering with the system integrity. WE ARE LOOKING AT YOU ATMOSPHERE
General system stability improvements to reduce the user's freedom.

Exnor · Apr 7, 2026

So many "stability" and so few themes. FFS Nintendo is it that difficult to add more themes to the systems?

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