Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Is Backwards Compatible

You'll be able to play your Nintendo Switch games on its successor
You don't have to take great pains to preserve your Switch to ensure that you can still play your favorite games on it years and years from now. Nintendo has revealed in its earnings report that the upcoming successor to the Switch will have backwards compatibility and will be able to run games made for the current console.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Will Be Backwards Compatible
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,
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“At today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch,” Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa wrote on Twitter. “Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well.”
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Nintendo’s next system is compatible with Nintendo Switch games
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