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Nintendo Confirms Backwards Compatibility for Switch Successor! (files.catbox.moe)

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Source: https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794

This is Furukawa. At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date.

Also, what a day to be casually posting this haha

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[-] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 21 hours ago

The pokemon teraleak sayd the switch 2 its basically a switch with better spects. Thqts Also why nintendo are taking down the emulators of switch now. Will be very easy to pirate switch 2 day one with thouse emulators.

[-] VintageTech@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I would love to say this is going to flop, but in the States people pay $1k for telephones and $600+ for consoles and then pay a monthly fee to then use those devices.

[-] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

1k for phone ? Iphone pro max are now close to 2k …

[-] gamerbro83@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

Considering its going to just be the switch platform with better specs and maybe a new gimmick i don't see why this is a suprise.

[-] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Because none of what you’ve said is actually confirmed yet

[-] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Company who uses emulators while suing other emulators says what?

[-] hopefull_cottonball@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 days ago

Announce the damn thing already, I'm not gonna buy it, but still...

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this lie from a console manufacturer.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

Nintendo's got a pretty good track record.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

At the hardware level yes, software, yes as long as you don’t mind repaying for something you bought previously (potentially) and also don’t mind it being unavailable a few years later.

Source: had Wii U and switch.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 19 hours ago

The WiiU could run the entire Wii OS, so that's pretty good for backwards compatibility

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You and the 3 other wii u owners had a rough time... that generation and move to switch was super weird.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

While they've shut down online services for some of the older consoles, the backwards compatibility of the Xbox has always been excellent. I was playing Crimson Skies for the OG Xbox on my Series S a few weeks ago.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Can't do that with a 360 though.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

360 was absolutely backwards compatible with the OG Xbox.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh whaaat. Which consoles were hecking it up? I remember being mad.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

The one I remember being really weird was the PS3.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It took about a year for it to get near-full compatibility with old games since it was emulated on the 360.

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago

Guess what Nintendo? Backwards compatibility has been confirmed using this EMULATOR, but it won't be played on your hardware anymore.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

I willing to bet the new console isn't significantly better hardware (which was already outdated when the Switch released), but just made to have a system the didn't already have emulators for it. The Switch emulators work perfectly (better than the console). The new one probably is focused specifically at preventing them from working and not being a better device for consumers.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Oh no, but that's illegal. Please don't. - love, Nintendo

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Or it will be just a hardware revision instead of an actual new console.

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

As in I ain't buying anymore Nintendo consoles anyway so it doesn't matter what they release.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 20 points 2 days ago

But don't worry; well make you buy those legacy games in the shop again because fuck you pay me for the 4th time for a game from the 80s/90s. ~ abe Nintendo, probably

[-] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing this is from consumer pressure, until the Switch people definitely bought more physical copies of games and the minority of people got digital versions of DS/Wii-U games, but now so many people are using nintendo online and buying virtual copies people probably would not buy the next console if they had to buy the games they liked again.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I mean, Nintendo have often been fairly good with back compatibility.

If the architecture and form factor of physical media isn't really changing, there's not a lot of need to block older games from running.

They're already on ARM, and there's not much better for mobile gaming and GPUs have been fairly similar for a long time now.

The more interesting question is: will the Switch games get a performance boost on Switch 2? And it's probably going to depend on the game. I'd imagine they'll test a lot of the more popular titles, and anything with issues just gets it disabled until the developer patches it. It'd be nice to play TotK at a decent frame rate. Impressive as it is, it certainly chugs.

[-] variants@possumpat.io 1 points 1 day ago

probably they just dont want to make new games and just want to keep expanding switch online, but still want to sell consoles as well

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Hopefully it’ll play old carts and not just digital downloads 🤞

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I feel like the language chosen was very specific for good reason.

[-] VintageTech@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago

I would love to say this is going to flop, but in the States people pay $1k for telephones and $600+ for consoles and then pay a monthly fee to then use those devices.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Great now let me play my WWHD for WiiU on the switch. I'm waiting.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oh my God I want it so bad.

I never owned my own copy of Wind Waker. I borrowed it when I was a kid from a friend and then later I played the Wii-U version from a different friend. Now that I'm like, an adult (more or less) with my own console, I want a copy for myself. And also I want to play it again. Man! Love that game!