God of Rock (Switch): all the updates

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for God of Rock on Nintendo Switch (originally released on April 18th 2023 in North America and Europe)!

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God of Rock – Ver. ???

• Release date: May 8th 2023 (North America, Europe)
• Patch notes:

Content

• 11 new songs have been added!

Quality of Life

• Added key mapping options (console only, this already existed on PC)
• Added ‘arrows’ as a button prompt option (console only, this already existed on PC)
• Additional notification in the level editor to remind people that both the “Simple” and the “Default” beatmaps must be filled
• Added a photosensitivity message at the start of the game
• Blocking the God of Rock’s special move now prevents the inversion effect from occurring
• Damage from the God of Rock’s ultra move has been reduced
• Lyn’s AI in arcade mode has been adjusted to reduce the difficulty

Balance Changes

• Blocking Edith’s ultra now prevents the inversion effect from occurring
• The duration of the buff from Lyn’s level 3 special move has been reduced to 2.5s
• The duration of Lyn’s ultra effect has been reduced to 2.5s
• Rosetta’s meter gain rate has been increased – however, using a special move now reduces meter gain for a time
• Ziggy’s base stun duration has been increased – however, each successive hit now stuns the opponent for less time

Miscellaneous

• When a difficulty downgrade occurs, the penalty for the player who caused the downgrade has been increased.  This is to discourage players from deliberately playing poorly in early parts of the song.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Modus Games

How to download updates for God of Rock for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for God of Rock, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.