The nextNintendo Switchconsole will be backwards compatible with current - contemporaries games and could make them even better , harmonize to a newfangled leak .
According to the Portuguese websiteUniverso Nintendo – also one of the publicationsclaiming a March Switch 2 unveilingis on the cards – the new Switch will support physical and digital games from the OG Switch . That mean the next Switch is also likely to suffer the same forcible magazine .
Furthermore , developers would be able-bodied to better be games in the current Switch program library thanks to the additional processing world power within the new console , the report says . The report arises from theControl XPortuguese lyric podcast .
In fairness , Nintendo has had a rich history of offering backwards compatibility , so this would n’t be a surprisal should it come to realisation . You could pop Wii disc in the Wii U , just like you could use GameCube candela with the Wii . Even the Game Boy Advance hold up magazine from the original handheld . That stem continued with the 3DS enabling 2DS cartridges .
Some notable exceptions are the absence of backward compatibility for the N64 and Super Nintendo , which was largely down to largely different cartridge designs and dissimilar architecture .
However , the news a Switch 2 would not only support but possibly enhance the player ’s existing Switch library will be a big hit among devotee .
Recent rumour have suggested we ’ll get a Switch 2 unveiling in March , with the party then showing the fresh hardware off to developers at that calendar month ’s Game Developers Conference .
March will mark seven year since the original Switch went on sales event , during which it has become one of the best - selling machines of all time . late , Nintendo revealed the console was just a few thousand forgetful of hitting 140 million . The new Switch could bring that magnificent era to a close by the conclusion of the summertime , if recent meter reading are to be belived .
