The Nintendo Switch is home to one of the most successful game ports of all time: Minecraft . However, veteran players know a secret. The current version available on the Nintendo eShop—known simply as Minecraft (the Bedrock Edition)—is not the only way to experience the blocky phenomenon on the hybrid console.

The single biggest complaint about Minecraft on Switch today is its performance. The hardware, while groundbreaking in 2017, struggles to keep up with the demanding, constantly updated Bedrock engine. Reports of unstable framerates (dipping between 20-30 FPS), sluggish chunk loading that makes elytra flight a chore, and long loading times (upwards of a minute when entering the Nether) are common.

While the legacy version is superior in performance, the modern Bedrock Edition has features the legacy version lacks:

Instructions on how to to the new version.