The Jackbox Party Pack 8 (Switch): Software updates

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various Software updates for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 on Nintendo Switch (originally released on October 14th 2021 in Europe and North America)!

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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 – Ver. ???

• Release date: October 26th 2021 (North America, Europe)
• Patch notes:

Drawful: Animate

• New Featured Content episodes
• Aesthetic improvements to audio and art, as well as in Friend Mode
• Menu screen updated to add clarity for the PLAY button
• The Double Down can now be used once per round in two-round games
• Miscellaneous controller and timer fixes

• Consoles: entering text behaves normally and will not delete typing
• Drawful Animate remains stable even if players submit just as the timer ends

The Wheel of Enormous Proportions

• Improvement to timer length, to keep the gameplay moving even with a big audience
• Players will now have an undo and a submit button when placing their slices on the Wheel
• Accessibility for screen readers
• 5 new Slice types! What do they do…? You’ll have to play and find out!
  • Audience: Points to Slice Count
  • Audience: Skull Swapper
  • Audience: Slice Enhancement
  • Power Slice: Rainbow
  • Power Slice: Replace Slice
• Game screen updates during rapid fire/matching type questions to help keep the audience in the action
• Audio effect and EasterEgg additions

Job Job

• New animated goofs during the writing phase! One has an audio component with a ton of variations; some useful, some just plain funny. (You’ll have to keep playing if you want to hear them all!)
• The motivational poster feature for Audience now has even more photos to choose from! 
• Added feature to end the game and return to the menu if no one has voted 5 times in a row, or if no players answer their interview questions in a round (in case all the players are spirited away by aliens)

• Switch: winner reveal at the end of game no longer creates lag
• Job Job responds normally even if players submit just as the timer ends

The Poll Mine

• Improvement to timers in Streamer Mode, to make sure large audiences have time to submit but the gameplay keeps moving
• Improvements overall to both Streamer Mode and audience interactions
• Change to timers in all modes to improve gameplay flow
• The final remaining choice in all rounds will now automatically reveal
• In the Final Round when both teams answer incorrectly, answer rank will not be revealed if 5th or lower, so teams can make a comeback even in the last round
• New host voiceover and audio effects

• Consoles: players will always have their turn picking a door in Round 3
• Consoles: no longer possible to accidentally have a team of zero

Weapons Drawn

• Points are awarded to the person first to place their vote to accuse a suspected murderer
• New soundboard feature allows audience members to vote on sound effects combinations which will play in the game
• New audience “Stab” button during the Murder Phases, stab away for fun (but non-murdery) results!
• Improved credits screen will now show every player’s stats
• Animation and controller additions
• Easter Egg additions (we won’t tell!) 

• Consoles: adjustments to scoring (including ensuring audience can’t get away with points murder)
• Weapons Drawn responds normally even if players submit just as the timer ends

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Jackbox Games

How to download updates for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for The Jackbox Party Pack 8, 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.