Nintendo ’s reveal of theSwitch 2console on January 16 iterate the unspoilt tidings that the new cabinet will be backwards compatible with the original cabinet ’s game .
“ Plays Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games as well as Nintendo Switch games * ” the company reiterated within the brief poke for the unexampled hardware today . Note the asterisk
Nintendo go on to explain said star : “ Nintendo Switch 2 toy both strong-arm and digital Nintendo Switch 2 game . sure Nintendo Switch games may not be patronize on or fully compatible with Nintendo Switch 2 . ”
Nintendo says it will provide more detail on its website closer to the prison term , but it come amid a reveal that provided more query than answer about the 2025 sequel .
In this case it has create a interrogative which wealready thought was answered .
In a tweet from the Nintendo account all the style back in November company president Shuntaro Furukawa write : “ Hello , this is Furukawa . At today ’s business direction briefing , we announce that Nintendo Switch software will be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch . ”
At that same interior briefing Nintendo also confirm that , as well as plot presently own by Switch users , a number of original Switch games will be capable to available to buy also .
At the time Nintendo did n’t say whether digital or strong-arm games would be supported by the Switch 2 console table , so at least Nintendo cleared that up today .
Opinion
I ’d say this is probable Nintendo covering its bases rather than indicating backward compatibility will be strike and miss . I ’d bet the overwhelming bulk of Nintendo Switch games will be supported on the new organisation .
Anything first - party is extremely likely to be in full hold up by the Switch 2 , as it ’s all within Nintendo ’s restraint . However , there ’ll inevitably be some quirks , peculiarly with old , third - party games that are no longer supported by the developer .
