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Last Tuesday, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa offered a bit of rare news for the company’s next console, confirming that it will offer backwards compatibility with the current Switch lineup. That ...

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa announced that the successor to the Nintendo Switch console will be backwards compatible. Additionally, the yet unnamed successor will support the Nintendo Switch ...

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Yes! Thankfully, Nintendo isn’t forcing us to rebuild our entire game collection from scratch once again. Almost all of your existing Switch cartridges and digital games can be played on the Switch 2.

While the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Nintendo would not confirm whether we'll still be able to use our old cartridges. Reading time 2 minutes Nintendo announced late Tuesday evening that ...

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa announced the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Nintendo Switch games and Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the Switch successor. This ...

A set of new leaks give us an early idea of the Nintendo Switch 2’s specifications, size, and launch timeline. The Nintendo Switch 2 could feature 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

Backward compatibility when a new console like the Nintendo Switch 2 releases is beneficial for all parties involved; it allows players to save some money by avoiding re-purchasing games on a new ...