"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."

Nintendo has confirmed that the upcoming Switch 2 will be backward compatible with original Switch games and will also support Nintendo Switch Online.

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.

Nintendo will allow current Switch games to be played on the hit console’s successor, as it looks to drum up excitement among its current user base.

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has said that software for the company's Switch console would be playable on the successor device. The Kyoto-based gaming company has said it plans to make an announcement about a successor device during the financial year ending March 2025 but has not provided further details.

That holds true with the November 2024 update. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still the best-selling Nintendo Switch game of all time with 64.27 million units sold as of November 2024. It