As part of Nintendo‘s recent Corporate Management Policy Briefing, President Shuntaro Furukawa said that backward compatibility for Nintendo Switch 2 will indeed be a feature for existing Nintendo Switch games. Specific confirmation of this feature will certainly please fans, even with ongoing speculation and hints dropped by the president of Nintendo America about this feature.
The Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2
According to Furukawa, customers won’t just be playing games they already own from the Nintendo Switch but instead will have access to a wide variety of titles that came out for the system. More about the backward compatibility will be “announced later” but the Switch 2 will still be announced by Nintendo in the current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025.
While Nintendo’s latest financial report showed a decline in sales projections, Furukawa emphasized that the Switch continues to perform strongly compared to past Nintendo consoles in their eighth year. Among other reasons, he credited the device’s strong performance to combining the handheld and home console platforms into one, staying consumer touchpoint-oriented, improving developer relations, and broadening growth into emerging regional markets.
Clearly, the biggest one, per Furukawa, was the merging of handheld and home console systems into a single platform. It allows the Nintendo Switch to bring together the franchises that players of both fields partake in, while also streamlining Nintendo’s software development pipeline to provide a steady stream of new titles. One of the reasons why the Switch is so successful can be attributed to how it functions as not just a portable and/or home console, serving multiple types of consumers ranging from first-time buyers to those picking up supplementary or upgraded hardware.
The success of the stand-alone and mobile device has inspired the idea of the Nintendo Switch 2 to also hearken back to the hybrid console concept. Increased scope in this hybrid model can also guarantee the console’s longevity across generations and give it rightful relevance when compared to previous short-lived gimmicks like the wifi controller or Wii U Gamepad.
FAQs
Will Nintendo Switch 2 be compatible with my existing Switch games?
Yes, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the Switch 2 will be backward compatible with all Nintendo Switch games.
- Advertisement -When will more details about the Switch 2’s backward compatibility be revealed?
Further information on the Switch 2’s backward compatibility will be shared at a later date, with the console’s official announcement expected by March 2025.
