Backwards compatibility between Nintendo Switch 2 and its predecessor has been confirmed.
In an announcement this morning, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that “at today's corporate management policy briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch.” That means all your current Switch games will work on the Switch 2, which should make, ahem, switching to the new hardware easier when it arrives.
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Furukawa also explained that “Nintendo Switch Online will also be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch.” Given the recurring revenue Nintendo makes from its online services, it's not a huge surprise that it'll keep the subscription going for its next generation, even if we finally had to say goodbye to the Wii U/3DS era earlier this week.
Unfortunately, Furukawa didn't give many details. He closed his statement by saying that “more information regarding the successor to the Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with the Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date.”
That's still in line with Nintendo's previously mentioned plans – the company has recently reaffirmed its plans to officially announce the Switch 2 before April 2025, and it's looking increasingly likely that we won't hear about the new console before next year in this moment. . Of course, those details will also include the console's official name, which seems unlikely to be Switch 2, but which Furukawa also doesn't reveal with that repeated use of “the successor to the Nintendo Switch.”
Are you looking forward to bringing the best changing games to the new console?