The announcement is an early sign that Nintendo might be able to avoid the painful transition between consoles and better unify its growing ambitions. Backward compatibility is not a guarantee of success. The Wii U could play most Wii games, and it still ...

After confirming the existence of the Nintendo Switch’s successor, the Nintendo Switch 2, the company remained silent for a while. Now, it has revealed interesting details about the upcoming console.

The Nintendo Switch successor doesn't have a name or release date yet, but its library already has thousands of games in it: The company has officially announced that the successor system will play your existing Switch games.

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

There's good news if you've got a huge Switch library, as the Nintendo Switch 2 will officially be backwards compatible with old games.

You won't have to worry about repurchasing your Nintendo favorites when the Switch’s successor finally arrives. In its earnings report, Nintendo said its next console will have backwards compatibility and be able to run games made for the Switch.

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,

Nintendo confirmed today that Switch games will be playable on its next console, which should be announced before the end of March 2025.