Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Is Backwards Compatible

Nintendo Switch 2 will be able to play older OG Switch games
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.
Next Nintendo Switch Will Be Backwards Compatible With Existing Games
Nintendo just revealed a big feature for its upcoming next-generation Switch: The new console will be backward-compatible with existing Switch games. In its second-quarter earnings report released on Tuesday,
Switch 2 Will Play Switch 1 Games, Nintendo Confirms
It's unclear yet how the Switch successor will approach backward compatibility, but Nintendo is promising details at a later date on this feature.
You'll be able to play your Nintendo Switch games on its successor
Nintendo explained that it's making Switch Online available on the upcoming console, because it thinks it's important for the company's future to "carry over the good relationship" it has built with its more than 100 million annual playing users to the new device.
Nintendo Switch software to be playable on successor device
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Wednesday that software for the company's Switch console would be playable on the successor device.
Nintendo says the Switch successor will be compatible with Switch games
Nintendo hasn’t announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account. The news was announced during Nintendo’s midyear policy briefing, with further information promised “at a later date.”
Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch games
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.
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Nintendo confirms Switch 2 will play original Switch games
"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch," Nintendo posted in a social media update attributed to company president Shintaro Furukawa. "Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well."
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