Pokémon Champions Launch Woes Continue as Switch 2 Players Discover They Must Manually Dock and Undock Consoles for Best Graphics
Pokémon Champions has shipped with a bug that blocks higher 4K visuals when playing on a docked Switch 2 — unless you manually undock and then re-dock your console. The graphical issue, discovered by players following the game's launch yesterday, adds to the growing list of grumbles around the free-to-play battle game — such as missing features and modes, sluggish 30fps gameplay, and a small roster of supported creatures. Now, players say that the Switch 2's version is stuck at 1080p when playing docked — until you pick up your console, take it out of the dock, then put it back in. After doing this, the game will actually register it is connected to a docked Switch 2 console and shift to a higher 4K framerate (the game will still be stuck at 30fps, though). A widely-shared post on social media by Pokémon fan account CentroLeaks suggested the game's docked Switch 2 resolution was "halved" unless players perform the redocking trick to fix the issue. The tri...