Switch 2 Will Play Switch 1 Games, Nintendo Confirms
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that the Switch successor will be backward compatible with the original Switch console "software" and the Switch Online service, and he added that specific details will be revealed at a later date.
"At today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch," Furukawa wrote on X. "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."
This has been something that Nintendo briefly touched on last year, as Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser added that a single unified "Nintendo Account" will smooth the transition into the next console. The Switch hasn't featured traditional backward compatibility since it launched, as it shifted from the disc format of the Wii and Wii U consoles back to cartridges. It's not clear yet if the Switch 2 will have a dedicated cartridge port for original Switch games, or if it'll implement a similar backward compatibility approach toward downloads of digitally purchased games like on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.
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