The next Nintendo console, dubbed "Switch 2" will feature backwards compatibility with Switch games confirms Nintendo's president.

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.

A big question around the Switch 2 has just been answered. While everyone (in the U.S. at least) is glued to their TV watching the 2024 election returns, Nintendo officially confirmed that its next gaming console will be backwards compatible with the Switch.

It is now official that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible with all existing (and future) Switch games. It'll also work with Nintendo Switch Online, so if you're a subscriber and upgrade, you can continue your membership on the new machine.

Nintendo confirmed today that Switch games will be playable on its next console, which should be announced before the end of March 2025.

While the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Nintendo would not confirm whether we'll still be able to use our old cartridges.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will officially be backwards compatible. Yes, on a night when many Americans (and probably a good number of people worldwide) were glued to social media to see how a different red-and-blue tinged story would turn out,

Nintendo has yet to reveal the Switch 2 but it’s most certainly on the way with a planned release sometime in early 2025, and there’s one question that many who plan to buy the console have been thinking about,

Following years of rumors and speculation, Nintendo at last provides its first official comment on the Switch 2 backward compatibility.