UFO 50 (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.9.5)

Lite_Agent 20 May 2026 Derek Yu, Mossmouth, UFO 50

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for UFO 50 on Nintendo Switch.

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UFO 50 – Ver. 1.9.5

Release date: May 19th/20th 2026
Patch notes:

UFO 50

More performance optimizations.
Fixed a number of typos and small issues with Japanese text across the Library and various games.
Fixed some issues with profile name entry in Japanese.

Block Koala

Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the code editor where you could place a fountain that went past the right edge of the level
Level Editor: Fixed crashes in the code editor when placing fountains near the right and bottom edges of the level
Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the graphic editor where you could place a block on top of flowers and fountains if it happened in the same frame as moving

Bug Hunter

Removed a dead frame in the movement system that could affect speedrunning.

Campanella 2

Fixed bug where you could get a glitched game state by doing a frame perfect pause during a transition.

Elfazar’s Hat

Fixed 2P Bonus Game erroneously displaying P1’s lives for both players.

Grimstone

Fixed: Two townsfolk in Heston would say “0” after defeating Gobbler, instead of their normal dialogue.
Fixed some issues with name entry in Japanese.

Mini & Max

Fixed a bug that could cause the completion time to read AM instead of PM or vice versa.

Mortol

Fixed a bug where you could clear the wrong data (1P data / 2P data) when starting a new game.

Cyber Owls

Fixed: Sometimes the key would not spawn at the end of the first section of Octavio’s stage.

Night Manor

Fixed: Second obtained journal entry would cause the last item you picked up to flash.

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Fixed: Japanese localization credits were not displaying.

Additional notes: none
Source: Derek Yu (Bluesky) / Derek Yu (Steam) / Derek Yu (Steam)

UFO 50 – Ver. 1.9

Release date: April 15th/16th 2026
Patch notes:

Adds Japanese language.
Brings optimizations and fixes.

UFO 50

Fixed a rare crash that could occur in the pause menu when connecting and disconnecting controllers.
Various performance optimizations, focusing on games with the most slowdown (e.g. Grimstone, Porgy).
Other minor improvements.

Avianos

Fixed a bug that caused ancestors to remain scrambled after moving on to an unscrambled scenario.

Bug Hunter

Fixed: Movement prediction wasn’t working properly for the Traverse module.
Fixed: Movement prediction wasn’t working properly for pushing bugs into bug spray.
Fixed: Transport and Tunnel were not comboing with Power Up.
Fixed: If your final bug died from energy cubes dropping in at the end of round, you didn’t win the game like you were supposed to.
Fixed: When activating modules, you could use simultaneous inputs to select supposedly unselectable areas.
Fixed: French intro text was getting cut off.

Campanella 2

Fixed some bugs with level generation.

Grimstone

Fixed: Some text was always displaying in English irrespective of the Language setting.
Fixed: In groups of 8 enemies, two enemies could overlap each other.
Fixed: CHACHA affects the entire party but the text would refer to a single target.

Hyper Contender

Fixed: When using the code PAST-RULE, Donkus could crash the game.

Lords of Diskonia

Fixed: The failed scenarios stat wasn’t working properly.

Mini & Max

Fixed: When certain cave enemies laid their eggs in item blocks it would crash the game.
Fixed: When projectiles thrown by cave amoebas passed through other enemies, it created slowdown.
Fixed: Softlock in Mini & Max if you enter the evil Hexan town from the left side (requires moving a block).

Night Manor

Fixed: Using the garage opener displayed a blank text box if the garage door was already open.

Vainger

Makes player shot collision hierarchy consistent.

Additional notes: none
Source: Derek Yu (Bluesky)

UFO 50 – Ver. 1.8.10

Release date: January 26th/27th 2026
Patch notes:

Fixes a single issue where a detached Joy-Con could register multiple inputs.

Additional notes: none
Source: Derek Yu (Bluesky)

UFO 50 – Ver. 1.8.9

Release date: October 27th/28th 2025
Patch notes:

More performance optimizations
Playtimer no longer counts when UFO 50 is inactive
Some button configuration/button display bugs fixed
Other miscellaneous fixes and improvements

Additional notes: none
Source: Derek Yu (Bluesky)

UFO 50 – Ver. 1.7.8.30

Release date: September 8th/9th 2025
Patch notes:

Icon changed

Optimizations to address slowdown (more planned)

Pixel perfect scaling option added

Button swapping added

Addressed crash when copying Empty Profile

Global language setting now saves properly

Upcoming changes:

more improvements, including addressing the fact that playtime is being counted during sleep.

New Zealand release

Additional notes: none
Source: Derek Yu (Bluesky)

How to download updates for UFO 50 on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for UFO 50, 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;

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.