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Super Animal Royale (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. ??? / Next: Year of the Super Horse)

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On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Super Animal Royale on Nintendo Switch.

Archives: launch to December 2025.

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Super Animal Royale – Ver. 2.1

  • Release date: Spring 2026
  • Patch notes:

No patch notes available.

Super Animal Royale – Ver. ??? (Year of the Super Horse)

  • Release date: February 3rd 2026
  • Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

  • Year of the Super Horse event
  • New Super Horse breeds
  • Lunar New Year cosmetics
  • Quality of life improvements
  • Bug fixes

Super Animal Royale – Ver. ???

  • Release date: January 12th/13th 2026
  • Patch notes:
  • Fixed skunk mushroom gas not appearing on “low” VFX quality.
  • Fixed a soft crash issue in shops with many categories in one section (for instance at Victory Island where there are exclusive items).
  • Fixed an infinite leveling visual bug.
  • Fixed a variety of crashes.
  • Chat bubbles are now layered above player names.
  • Fish & bug catching popup is now a bit wider.
  • Updated the map image with Murre Woods changes.
  • Fixed being able to push through blocked areas by talking to NPCs.
  • Removed a SAW Tickets and Carl Coins label in the Royale that was displaying “0”.
  • Shops can now be properly navigated with a controller when at high resolutions (such as 4K).
  • Fixed the shop screen showing Victory Island items with a timer.
  • Fixed a rare case where controller users couldn’t use the shoulder buttons while in a MTN Station or access BananOS Social UI.
  • Fixed the Animal Pass tier purchase screen choosing an incorrect tier after using the (+) and (-) buttons to change it.
  • Fixed “Join Social Hub” being broken if the party was previously hamsterball racing.
  • All reward popups hide the equip button during the tutorial to prevent overriding animal presets.
  • The proper error message will now be displayed when accepting a friend invite while offline.
  • Fixed “Aim” not referencing a hotkey in NPC dialogue.
  • Adjusted audio mixing so emote volume is reduced while near the jukebox.
  • Added wider NPC dialogue bubble limits for German and Russian to prevent words from being occasionally clipped.
  • Fixed the player level gem displaying incorrectly on the BananOS profile.
  • Fixed the chat hotkey working in the Photo Booth and while the UI is hidden.
  • You can no longer enter the Photo Booth while the UI is hidden.
  • Switched to TCP protocol for SAR friends and cross-play lobbies (should be no noticeable change).
  • Fixed Japanese subtitles on the opening cutscene.
  • Updated translations for story dialogue and UI.
  • Memory use improvements to help reduce crashing.
  • Added a missing icon for the button to exit a hamsterball race.
  • Updated dialogue translations and fixed several cases where the dialogue bubble would glitch out due to formatting.
  • Quests that end with a cutscene will now play the video even if the player cancels out of the dialogue early before getting to it.
  • Reduced cases of “Matchmaking request timed out” errors.
  • Players can now use the matchmake accept hotkey while fishing and during item show-off (accepting is no longer blocked).
  • Fixed the BananOS character animation playing while fishing.
  • Fixed a bug where the matchmaking queue wouldn’t reset for other party members if the party leader disconnected.
  • Hit animation now plays for victims of the tundra monster.
  • Fixed tracked quest UI not updating progress.
  • Fixed Bug Spray melee missing a swing sound.
  • Fixed gems appearing in the Welcome Center after using the photo booth.
  • Fixed the gem reveal emote not showing gems in transparent photo booth photos.
  • Controller users with (A) bound to ‘Use / Pickup’ no longer have NPC dialogue and responses accidentally skip.
  • Fixed binding (A) on controller glitching out in settings.
  • Fixed one of the mole NPC icons being incorrect.
  • Fixed the Supercharge Fox icon.
  • Fixed Fish Frenzy on the map sometimes appearing blank.
  • Fixed a missing translation on the default controls popup.
  • News entries now only show the external link icon when they open in your browser rather than in-game.

How to download updates for Super Animal Royale on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Super Animal Royale, 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.

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