First, they released a music app to stir up nostalgia, and now Nintendo just made every Switch fan's dream come true.
In a recent X post, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the upcoming next-gen Nintendo console will be backward compatible with Software, and Nintendo Switch Online will also be on the Switch successor.
This means massive libraries of Nintendo Switch games will be playable on its upcoming console.
The Switch still has some upcoming titles announced for next year, so having backward compatibility is great news for many. Games such as Pokemon Legends: ZA and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition both have a release date of 2025.
Whether these games will be on either Switch or Switch 2 does not matter anymore, as everyone will be able to play them on both consoles.
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Some ecstatic fans speculate that if the Nintendo Switch Online still has its same name after Nintendo announced its compatibility with the next-gen console, it is safe to say that the successor to the Switch will be called the Switch 2.
Recent leaks have shown that the console will have a bigger battery and a different Joy-Con design. It will move away from the traditional rail attachment to a much more modern magnetic slot similar to Lenovo Legion Go's detachable controllers.
click to enlargeConsidering how other companies such as Sony and Microsoft have had their own stumbling blocks lately, Nintendo seems to be striding over its competitors with these consecutive fantastic announcements.
While the company still has some pending lawsuits against Palworld developer Pocket Pair, Nintendo surely knows how to make its fans happy with its games and consoles.
Now that the Switch 2 is confirmed to have backward compatibility, the only question remains how it will play older Switch games. Whether it will run games with improved visuals and performance or the same as the Switch's native performance, only time will tell, as Nintendo's next-gen console announcement is just around the corner.
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