Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles.
Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles, especially those with big game libraries. In a post on X/Twitter, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the Switch 2—or whatever it ends up being called—will be capable of playing existing Switch games.In doing so, Furukawa said the Switch 2 (that’s what we’ll call it, until Nintendo comes official with a different name) will be backwards compatible. He also provided an update on Nintendo’s plans for its Switch Online service.
“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.
