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Switch Frame Rate Drops Could Be Tied to Wi-Fi Connectivity Issues

Time to turn that Wi-Fi off.

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It’s no secret that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild suffers from serious frame rate drops when playing in docked mode on the Nintendo Switch. While it’s not a persistent problem, it usually occurs when there’s a lot going on in the game itself, or when you’re in particularly grassy areas. The frame drops are less obvious when playing in handheld mode, but they exist there too.

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According to Nintendo Life, an anonymous Switch game developer has suggested that these frame drops might be a result of the console constantly trying to connect to your Wi-Fi network. If you turn off the Auto-Connect function on your console, this could actually alleviate a little bit of a problem. While I haven’t seen much of a difference between turning the function on or off, the dev also states that Nintendo is aware of the problem and they’re working on a proper fix for it. What have your experiences with the console been like? Feel free to let us know in the comments down below.

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Zhiqing Wan

Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.

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