Nintendo achieved this by utilizing a hidden Nintendo Switch system function dubbed "Boost Mode." When a loading screen triggers, the console safely overclocked its CPU from its standard 1.02 GHz up to 1.78 GHz momentarily.

While "1.6.0" is the official update number, in the Switch home menu, updates are often displayed as "Version 1.6.0". If you are seeing a specific error or behavior regarding "160," it is usually related to the Wii U version of the game (which used different numbering) or a specific network error code (Error Code 160-xxxx), but for the standard Switch release in 2021, the features listed above are what the update provided.

: Modders and emulator users often track specific version numbers (like 1.6.0) alongside updated community graphics packs or mods released throughout 2021.

If you own the necessary hardware and want to experience the 1.6.0 update for yourself, enabling it takes just a few seconds:

To try this for yourself:

For the official Nintendo Switch versions that displayed version 1.6.0 in certain regions, the changes were entirely internal.

Late in 2021, the community discovered the Bow Lift Smuggle Slide (BLSS) , which allows Link to float across the entire map at infinite speed while holding a bomb. Because update 1.6.0 left the foundational physics engine untouched, this became the definitive version for executing modern world-record speedruns.