--- title: Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley... description: Modders leaked an unfinished, unreleased build of Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech and applied it to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games including Super... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley nightmare with a leaked DLSS 5 build | daily.dev og:description: Modders leaked an unfinished, unreleased build of Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech and applied it to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games including Super... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l7ecTosye.png og:image:alt: Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley nightmare with a leaked DLSS 5 build og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley nightmare with a leaked DLSS 5 build **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Modders leaked an unfinished, unreleased build of Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech and applied it to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games including Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Breath of the Wild. Since DLSS 5 doesn't run on the console itself, the Switch's video output is routed through a capture card into a PC where the neural rendering is applied. Results range from fascinating to unsettling, giving cartoony art styles an uncanny-valley level of unwanted realism. Because this is based on an unfinished version, final quality once DLSS 5 officially ships remains unknown. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How are modders running DLSS 5 on Nintendo Switch games if the Switch doesn't support it natively? DLSS 5 is not actually running on the Switch or Switch 2 hardware. Modders route the console's video output through a capture card connected to a PC, where the unfinished, leaked neural rendering process is applied afterward, essentially treating it as a complex real-time filter rather than native GPU acceleration. _daily.dev surfaces community experiments like this for developers tracking how leaked GPU tech gets repurposed._ ### What games have people tested with the leaked DLSS 5 neural rendering build? Modders have applied the leaked, unfinished DLSS 5 build to Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, all originally NBA 2K27 early-access leaks. Results vary from visually interesting to jarringly uncanny, since the neural rendering strips away each game's original cartoony art direction in favor of hyper-realism. _daily.dev helps developers watching upscaling tech like DLSS follow how it performs across different visual styles._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tested Nvidia's leaked DLSS 5 build on my RTX 40-series across 3 games, and it changed what I thought about neural rendering](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tested-nvidia-s-leaked-dlss-5-build-on-my-rtx-40-series-across-3-games-and-it-changed-what-i-thou-ssk0gibdc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley nightmare with a leaked DLSS 5 build","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T19:52:17.148Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T05:50:45.265Z","description":"Modders leaked an unfinished, unreleased build of Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech and applied it to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games including Super...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/19e88814daab166ac085dca6d6a3d642?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/19e88814daab166ac085dca6d6a3d642?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,gaming,nvidia,gpu","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Modders turn Super Mario Odyssey into an uncanny valley nightmare with a leaked DLSS 5 build"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/modders-turn-super-mario-odyssey-into-an-uncanny-valley-nightmare-with-a-leaked-dlss-5-build-l7ectosye#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How are modders running DLSS 5 on Nintendo Switch games if the Switch doesn't support it natively?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"DLSS 5 is not actually running on the Switch or Switch 2 hardware. 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