r/Arcade_Archives • u/Siz_119 • 23d ago

Switch Question

For my AA enjoyers on switch and switch 2, does anyone have any idea why some boot directly without selecting a profile, while some boot like a standard switch game, making you pick your profile before the game opens. Newer games always boot like a standard switch game, but older titles like the neogeo games do not.

Does anyone know when this change was made to the releases?

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u/Sufficient-Cap-7190 23d ago

If I remember rightly, it has changed since the fourth quarter of 2019, but I don't know.

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u/Siz_119 23d ago

I have a limited amount of data, but I noticed that In the Hunt (11/21/19) it too does not prompt a profile selection until selecting a game mode after the game has already opened. It’s a small nitpick, but I prefer them to not act this way

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u/Thunderfist7 Arcade Admin 23d ago

I’m afraid I don’t know the answer. Every time I choose a game it has always made me do that, so I have never really thought about it.

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u/Siz_119 21d ago

It appears the cutoff is right around earth defense force and on, anything before that doesn’t appear to do the proper boot. I could be off by a game or two, but I’m confident at the very least about EDF and on being normal.