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Nintendo Confirms The Nintendo Switch 2 Will be Backwards Compatible

Nintendo has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility, meaning players will be able to play their original Nintendo Switch games on its successor.

The new information game from Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa on X (formerly Twitter), where he said, “This is 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.”

Furuwaka’s announcement confirms, at the very least, that its games will be backward compatible digitally, but as of yet, there’s no word on if this applies to Nintendo Switch cartridges.

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 is still planned to be announced before April 2025, with analysts predicting that the console may be released in mid-2025. At the time of writing though, Nintendo has only confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will release after April 2025.

Earlier this year, prototype designs of the Nintendo Switch 2 leaked online, including specifications for the new console, which will feature 12GB of RAM, HDMI 2.1 support, and even 256GB of internal storage. The latest rumors on the system claim that it will be backwards compatible and support 4K resolution.

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  • Awesome but when will be get a new Direct it’s not just this console we need a reveal for but also games! Still a ton of games have had no updates or reveals after so long! What’s going on?! Where’s Kingdom Hearts 4? Where’s Jump Force 2? Where’s Arc System Works new game? Where’s the DC games? Where’s all this stuff and more?!

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