Mario & Luigi: Brothership runs at 60 FPS on hacked Switch 2

By One Percent LowsNov 4, 2026, 9:17 PM ETUpdated Nov 4, 10:18 PM ETCovered by 2 outlets

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Modder polionferior showed Mario & Luigi: Brothership running at 60 FPS on a hacked Switch 2 by porting an existing mod to use the new hardware.

A modder named polionferior showed Mario & Luigi: Brothership running at 60 FPS on a hacked Switch 2. The game normally runs at 30 FPS on the original Switch. Polionferior ported an existing mod to the new console so the game could use the Switch 2 hardware. He does not plan to release the mod publicly.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership runs at 60 FPS on hacked Switch 2

Mario & Luigi: Brothership · official art via IGDB

The Switch 2 was jailbroken through software in late October, 16 months after its launch. The exploit author says development took about two weeks and was done using OpenAI Codex. Because the exploit is tethered, users need to start a certain older game whenever the system powers up. The exploit allows access to homebrew, mods, and save file management. Nintendo has not commented on the situation.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership runs at 60 FPS on hacked Switch 2

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