Gaming News Nintendo Switch 2: Gamers can breathe a sigh of relief, this essential feature for their video games is official!
Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about the new Nintendo Switch model last night. It formalized a highly anticipated feature for the console that will follow it. A logical decision given the company’s strategy in recent months.
The new Nintendo Switch model compatible with Switch games
The beginning of November reignited the somewhat gloomy video game news at the end of the year. In fact, it is equivalent to the release of financial reports by video game publishers. Tons of documents that allow you to learn more about companies’ recent successes and failures while providing clues about their initiatives in the coming months. A prime case that we are observing at Nintendo. The manufacturer of the Nintendo Switch has revised its forecasts downwards regarding its hybrid console. He also made an announcement through his president Shuntaro Furukawa that reassured fans.
This is Furukawa. At today’s management policy meeting, we announced that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be able to play Nintendo Switch software. In addition, Nintendo Switch Online will continue to be available on subsequent models. Detailed information about these successor models, including compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date.
— Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Corporate Public Relations/IR) (@NintendoCoLtd) November 6, 2024
This is Furukawa. During today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, it was announced that Nintendo Switch titles will also be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will also be compatible with the successor to the Nintendo Switch.
So don’t panic, Games playable on Nintendo Switch will be compatible with its successor. It was not specified whether this backwards compatibility affected physical games in cartridges. Since the new model has still not been presented, the ignorance remains.
Nintendo Switch and backwards compatibility: in line with the latest productions
Of course, Shuntaro Furukawa also expects questions about the new Nintendo Switch model. The head of Nintendo specifies: “More information about what will follow Nintendo Switch” and backwards compatibility will be announced at a later date. This announcement finally puts to rest the rumors of recent days that assured that the new console would be presented with the release of Nintendo’s financial reports.
In response to the announcement, one of the English comments sums up the situation well: an announcement that is not surprising but is always happy to hear. It must be said that between 2024 and early 2025, Nintendo has demonstrated its strategy of delaying its Switch as long as possible. This is evidenced by the proliferation of remakes and remasters (Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Paper Mario: The Millennium Door and Donkey Kong Country Returns, to name a few). This is also reflected in the unreleased works under strong licenses, all developed by third-party studios (GoodFeel, Acquire, Grezzo, Mages).
Nintendo is giving its core teams time to develop future big titles for its new console, and it would have been counterproductive for the company to make them incompatible with Switch games, most of which are remasters.
