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Nintendo, Switch and Backward compatibility

Nintendo Switch’s successor must overcome one major challenge

It's good that Nintendo Switch 2 is backward compatible with Switch games, but Nintendo's next console must give people a reason to upgrade.

Gizmodo · 4d

Nintendo Confirms the Switch 2 Is Backwards Compatible, but There’s a Catch

While the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Nintendo would not confirm whether we'll still be able to use our old cartridges.

GameRant on MSN · 2d

Nintendo Switch 2’s Backwards Compatibility Likely Means the Console Won’t Face One Issue its Predecessor Did

The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially announced backwards compatibility, and this will be an important fix for a major issue of its predecessor.

Ars Technica · 5d

Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will play original Switch games

"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch," Nintendo posted in a social media update attributed to company president Shintaro Furukawa. "Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well."

GameSpot · 4d

Is The Nintendo Switch 2 Backwards Compatible? Here's What We Know

The next Nintendo console will play games from the original Switch--here's everything we know and what questions remain unanswered.

GameRant on MSN · 17h

Some Wii U Games Will Make History Thanks to Nintendo Switch 2

No fewer than 36 Wii U games are poised to make history once Nintendo finally releases its much-anticipated successor to the Switch.

DualShockers on MSN · 2d

Nintendo Explains Why Switch 2 Is Backward Compatible

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has explained the decision to make the Switch 2 backward compatible with old software.

New Nintendo RPG Shows We Need Switch 2 Now

Hosted on MSN · 18h

Mario & Luigi Brothership: New Nintendo RPG Shows We Need the Switch 2 Now

W ay back when I used to play Mario & Luigi RPGs on the Nintendo DS, I always got a kick out of how they cleverly blended controls for both Mario and Luigi with button-mapping. As

GameRant on MSN · 3h

Mario and Luigi: Brothership - How to Open the Lighthouse Gate on Raynforst Island

Players will have to activate four switches to reach the lighthouse on Raynforst in Mario and Luigi: Brothership - here's how.

ScreenRant on MSN · 18h

What Happened To Connies Mentor In Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Budding Wattanist, Connie, often speaks fondly of her missing mentor, Ms. Cozette, in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, but what made her disappear?

Rolling Out1d

Nintendo confirms exciting 2025 release date for Switch 2 console

While the announcement of the Switch 2 is still a way off, Furukawa previously said the rumored console would not be released ...

Gameranx1h

Datamining Suggests Nintendo Has Already Started Manufacturing The Switch 2

A few days ago, Prime made a video about the latest shipping data made publicly available from a factory making the Switch 2. Famiboards users LiC and darthdiablo revealed that a significantly large ...

Nintendo Announces A Switch 2 Feature, Without An Actual Reveal

Nintendo might announce more aspects of the Switch 2 before it’s actually revealed, as this information demonstrates. But do ...

Tom's Guide4d

Nintendo Switch 2 — latest rumors and everything we know so far

With that in mind, here are all the rumors we've heard about the Nintendo Switch 2 and what we’d like to see. This original rumor suggested that Nintendo had moved the release date of its next ...