The successor to Nintendo Switch is set to feature backwards compatibility with current Nintendo Switch software and will ...

Nintendo has a decent, if not flawless, record for supporting backward compatibility. The Wii played GameCube games, and the Wii U played Wii games; the Game Boy Advance was backward-compatible ...

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"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the ...

Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief says its Switch console sales are still going strong, while he promised that a ...

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Nevertheless, Nintendo doesn’t historically have the best history with backward compatibility. The company ensured that almost all its handheld consoles could play games from previous machines.

Nintendo has confirmed its Switch successor will be backward compatible with Switch games. Company president Shuntaro Furukawa shared the news earlier this morning. Writing on social media ...

But the company feels comfortable revealing to the world that the Nintendo Switch successor will run original Switch games. Backward compatibility is always a hot topic when a brand-new console is ...

"It's not a big surprise but might be another hint the next device will be similar to the current one," said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy. Nintendo has sold more than 1.3 ...

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Despite the subdued nature of the announcement, it puts the Switch 2 ahead of Nintendo’s current console in a big way. That’s because the Switch’s inability to play Wii or Wii U games meant ...