If both of the Switch 2 Edition upgrades are launched without support for cloud save data backups, players will lose quite a bit of progress.
Those that pick up The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch 2 will have to buy the expansion pass separately.
Subscribers who own both titles on the Nintendo Switch can play their upgraded versions on the Switch 2 at no added cost.
The Nintendo Switch 2 release of Metroid Prime 4 will also feature a new control mode, as well as the choice for 4K/60 FPS or 1080p/120 FPS.
The flagship kart racer continues notching up impressive sales. It's followed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 47.44 million units sold.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom also moves up the rankings, overtaking Super Mario Party to reach eighth place.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has also reached 20.80 million units sold since launching last year for Nintendo Switch.
Along with its Wii U version, Nintendo's acclaimed kart racer has sold 70.43 million units since first launching in 2014.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild also continues to perform well, selling 31.15 million lifetime units as of September 30th.
It's also been claimed that the rumoured demonstration of the Switch successor was running on target specs rather than natively on the actual console's hardware.
Meanwhile, Animal Crossing: New Horizons stands at 42.79 million units sold, while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has risen to 31.77 million units.
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The sequel beat Pokemon Scarlet and Violet in revenue for the year and boosted Breath of the Wild's sales by 31 percent.
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"In the initial proposal, we clearly stated 'the setting will not change' as an important concept," says director Hidemaro Fujibayashi.
