Backward compatibility is not a guarantee of success. The Wii U could play most Wii games, and it still ended up being a failure. But it’s a feature that benefits both consumers and the industry at large. In Nintendo’s case, its inclusion was never a ...

Nintendo confirms that its next console will be backward compatible with current Switch games, answering one of players' most urgent questions before the console's release.

Following years of rumors and speculation, Nintendo at last provides its first official comment on the Switch 2 backward compatibility.

Nintendo has announced that the current Nintendo Switch software will be playable on its successor. This was revealed during a Corporate Management Policy Briefing and on social media. While this was once the norm for consoles for a few generations,

Nintendo's next-gen Switch 2 will support Switch games, as confirmed by President Shuntaro Furukawa. Investors responded favorably.

Nintendo’s upcoming Switch successor will support backward compatibility, allowing current games to run on the new console.

It's unclear yet how the Switch successor will approach backward compatibility, but Nintendo is promising details at a later date on this feature.

Backward compatibility in the next Nintendo device could be a key strategy to encourage loyal Switch users to upgrade, while simultaneously enhancing the value of Nintendo’s massive software library.

At a Corporate Briefing, Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that Switch 2 will have backward compatibility. Read more here.

The momentum of the Nintendo Switch hasn’t stopped,” President Shuntaro Furukawa told reporters. His comments come a day after Nintendo reported a 60% drop in its fiscal first half profit, largely because of declining sales of the Switch,