With the official Nintendo Switch 2 presentation we could meet many details of the new Nintendo console that will go on sale next June 5. In big stations, the new machine will be very similar to the current Nintendo Switch, especially in the fact that it will be a hybrid console that we can use on television or in portable mode, which each one prefers.
However, due to the fact that it will be bigger and its joy-with will be different, there are certain accessories of the first Nintendo Switch than They can be used in Nintendo Switch 2 and many others that will not be compatible. This situation has caused one of the biggest doubts that has emerged is the fact of knowing which ones will remain useful and those that will go to the best life.
In order to solve this issue, we have developed a list of all the products that you can use, under what circumstances and vice versa, so that you are doing a better idea of what you will need for a couple of months.
Nintendo Switch accessories that will be compatible with Nintendo Switch 2
- Joy-Con: The controls of the first Nintendo Switch can be used with any Nintendo Switch 2 video game that do not have a gameplay that requires positioning them as if they were a mouse, such as for example Drag x Drive. In addition, the console cannot be placed to play in portable mode, so their only use must be wirelessly. Similarly, your battery can only be loaded with a Nintendo Switch or a compatible accessory.
- Nintendo Switch Pro command: As with the Joy-Con, the Pro control can be used without any problem with any Nintendo Switch 2 video game, although in this case its battery can be loaded by plugging the dock using a USB cable.
- NES command: The replica form of the classic NES cannot be connected to the console in any way, unless it is wirelessly. This implies that to load them you have to resort to a Nintendo Switch or a load support for Joy-Conon, while it only works with the NES titles and those that only require steering buttons and buttons A / B / L / R.
- SNES command: Unlike the previous ones, SNES controls can be loaded in the Nintendo Switch 2 dock with a USB cable or use them wirelessly. In turn, they are compatible with any SNES game and those that only need steering buttons A / B / Y / X / L / R.
- Nintendo 64 command: The case of Nintendo 64 controls is exactly the same. It is very good to play any Nintendo 64 product and can be used as a Pro Nintendo Switch Pro control, but the design so different from the buttons causes it not compatible with all products.
- Mega drive: The command that reminds of Mega Drive works with the online Nintendo Switch games of this platform and can also be used as a Pro Nintendo Switch Pro control, although due to its design and distribution of the buttons it is not compatible with any product.
- GameCube adapter: This adapter is necessary to use the original Gamecube controls when Nintendo Switch 2 is on television mode, since it connects to the dock using a USB cable.
Nintendo Switch accessories that will be compatible with Nintendo Switch 2 with limitations
- Nintendo Switch current adapter: Nintendo Switch 2 output power is different, so that implies that you need your new current adapter to play any video game on television when you are connected to the dock. Of course, in portable mode you can use any of the two adapters without any inconvenience.
- Cable HDMI de Nintendo Switch: To get the maximum performance of Nintendo Switch 2 it is essential to connect the dock to its new HDMI cable, included in the console. It is the only one that will allow the resolution to reach 4K and 60 fps or 120 fps. Otherwise, if the Nintendo Switch HDMI cable is connected, the resolution and image speed will not be so high.
- MicroSD cards: Those who have normal and currents microSD cards must renew them, because these will be unusable in Nintendo Switch 2. To store the games and to download any title it will be necessary to use a MicroSD Express card because they guarantee a faster data transfer compared to normal cards. For the only thing that you can use the current microSD cards is to transfer photos, videos and saved items.
Nintendo Switch accessories that will not be compatible with Nintendo Switch 2
- Dock de Nintendo Switch: Because the Nintendo Switch 2 has different dimensions and characteristics, the Nintendo Switch dock cannot be used to load the console and neither to reproduce video games on television.
- Adjustable Nintendo Switch Load Support: This accessory is the one that allows the console to be loaded in portable mode while you are playing and not have to worry about the battery. However, it is not compatible with Nintendo Switch 2.
Nintendo Switch accessories that will not be compatible with the Joy-Con 2
- Joy-Con: The Joy-Con 2 of Nintendo Switch 2 connect to the console through magnets, so that implies that their side parts have been modified. Therefore, Nintendo Switch's Joy-Conas are incompatible.
- Joy-with support: This Nintendo Switch support, included in the console, is very good to join the two Joy-Con in a single command. However, due to the same reason as the straps, it doesn't matter if this support is used or the one that serves to load the joy-with, because neither of them is compatible with the Joy-Con 2.
- Joy-with wheel: The Nintendo Switch steering wheel, which is very good to feel that you are driving a vehicle, is another accessories that is not compatible with the Joy-Con 2, so the only use that can be given is to connect the Joy-Con of Nintendo Switch.
- Leg strap: One of the indispensable accessories for games such as Ring Fit Adventure and the Nintendo Switch Sports football game, but is not compatible with the Joy-Con 2.
- Ring-Con: This other accessory is to use to Ring Fit Adventure And in it you have to connect the Joy-Con de Nintendo Switch. Thus, the change of form of the Joy-Con 2 implies that they cannot be connected to the ring-with in any way and, consequently, are incompatible.
- Loader with AA batteries for joy-with: Once again, the same situation is repeated. This charger serves to make the Nintendo Switch joy-with battery last even more, so it is incompatible with the Joy-Con 2.
- Load base for joy-with: This support allows you to load the Joy-Con and NES's controls without the need to connect them to the console or the dock, but we find the same case that the design of the Joy-Con 2 causes the load base not to be compatible with them.
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