Nintendo working on fixes for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet tech problems

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have only been out for a couple of weeks, but Nintendo is already aiming to improve the games’ poor technical performance. After complaints from just about everyone about the game’s inconsistent framerate and other technical hitches, Nintendo said on Thursday that it’s working on fixes for some of the games’ bigger issues and will release an update in the future that will hopefully help performance.

The update on the publisher’s plans for the game came alongside a short patch notes post that includes the start of Season 1 of Ranked Battles in the Battle Stadium. This patch addresses an issue where music did not work correctly during battles between the Elite Four, Top Champion and other unnumerated bugs.

Most importantly, the patch notes include a note from Nintendo about the game’s performance:

We are aware that players may encounter issues that affect the games’ performance. Players should have a great experience playing our games. We apologize for this inconvenience. Players’ feedback is very important and we work hard to improve the games.

While this doesn’t definitively mean much, it at least provides a little assurance that Nintendo is looking into the problems and searching for a solution of one kind or another. Another detail that wasn’t part of the patch notes was just how long these solutions might take to implement, but an acknowledgement is better than nothing. It is not clear if these fixes will cover the entire extent of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s issues, or whether or not that’s even possible, is something that remains to be seen.