Nintendo President: Switch 2 Will be Backwards Compatible with Switch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2024 / 2,701 Views
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa announced the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Nintendo Switch games and Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the Switch successor.
This is Furukawa," said Furukawa. "At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch.
"Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date."
Nintendo plans to officially unveil the successor to the Nintendo Switch in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
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(over 300k likes on the JP tweet is insane lol.) This is good news to hear! Not super unexpected, but good to finally have confirmation.
Very expected, but you never know, so glad that they confirmed it.
Well alright then!
Awesome news and I hope it means most games are boosted such as Zelda and Xenoblade. Higher resolutions and locked 30 FPS or even 60 FPS targets would be awesome.
the switch 2 is a day one purchase for me, i think a mario odyssey follow up will be an early release but the zelda totk follow up??
We cheer !
I think the Switch 2, if the price is not too high and it has a great launch title, will be the biggest launch for a console in history.
Damn was hoping not. That mean the next Nintendo won't be a revolution but a minor upgrade
Thats some truly amazing news. Even if there is no official patch or bump in resolution, only the fact of old games running on new hardware will make the framerate finally butter smooth and will probably bring some other advantages. I guess I will have to buy my first Nintendo console since the SNES (yes I am old)
Had to be this way to keep Switxh monentum going. Gives me hope Nintendo knows what theyre doing.
Not surprised in the least.
This is amazing news. This feature should be the standard model on all devices. This makes upgrading so much more worth it.
Good news. Perhaps this means emulators for switch 2 will come out quicker
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