Upcoming Nintendo Switch Successor Will Support Backward Compatibility for Switch Games
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa went to social media to publicly announce that Nintendo Switch games will be playable on the unannounced Switch successor, simply confirming backward compatibility.
Nintendo Confirms Switch Games Will Be Playable on New Console, Offering Fans Backward Compatibility
It’s not entirely clear in what capacity it will be implemented as they didn’t go into specifics. The Switch successor itself hasn’t been revealed after all. But it’s good to hear that Nintendo will be implementing this feature in their next flagship console. More details will be shared at a later date, but Nintendo also confirmed that they will carry over Nintendo Switch Online to the new console.
Here’s a rundown of what was said in the company’s corporate management policy briefing with regard to the Switch successor and Nintendo Switch Online.
“Until Nintendo Switch, there was no easy way to have consumers’ purchase and gameplay histories carry over across platform generations. As a result, our relationship with the consumers was interrupted when a new system was purchased.”
“The introduction of Nintendo Account made it possible to tie consumers’ history to their personal account, enabling Nintendo to maintain a continuous relationship with the consumers across platform generations.”
“We have communicated that we plan on making an announcement regarding the successor to Nintendo Switch during this fiscal year. We believe that it is important for Nintendo’s future to make use of Nintendo Account and carry over the good relationship that we have built with the over 100 million annual playing users on Nintendo Switch to its successor.”
“Thus, we will make Nintendo Switch Online, a service based on Nintendo Account, available on the successor to Nintendo Switch.”
Furthermore, Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch.
In addition to being able to play Nintendo Switch software they currently own, consumers will be able to choose their next purchase from a broad selection of titles released for Nintendo Switch.
Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch I explained today, will be announced at a later date.
This is the second time Nintendo mentioned the Switch successor, but this is the first time they mentioned what the upcoming console will feature. Nintendo plans to fully reveal the new Switch successor within this fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025. So, expect a big showing from Nintendo in the first quarter of 2025 as it’s unlikely that they will make a big hardware revealed during what’s left of 2024.
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