Nintendo has never utilized a "2" in any of its hardware launches, making the successor to the Switch a first of its kind.

Now, in a statement to Game File's Stephen Totilo, Nintendo shared that making the Switch 2 backwards compatible was ultimately the "best direction" to take the console. In an ema ...

Backward compatibility has always been a thorny issue for new consoles. Just weeks before the PS5 released in 2020, Sony ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 will definitely ... very early PS3s), so the PS5 being backward compatible was obviously welcome news. Nintendo too allowed Wii games on the Wii U, but the switch (pun ...

especially considering how past transitions (like from Wii U discs to Switch cartridges) did not support backward compatibility. A Nintendo spokesperson explained this decision in response to a ...

Yooka-Replayee is also slated to launch on Switch 2 (although there’s no telling if it’ll be there at launch) while a sort of ...

Whilst Switch was not backwards compatible with Wii or Wii U, Wii U was backwards compatible with Wii games, just as the Nintendo 3DS was also able to run DS cartridges.

Nintendo played it safe, in other words, and that’s exactly what they needed to do.

Nintendo's early morning announcement gives us a sneak peek at the Switch 2. Here's what it confirmed, plus the rumors still ...

The Switch 2 will be able backward compatible ... seen “dramatic sales growth on Nintendo Switch” compared to sales for those series’ titles on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is also confirmed to be backwards compatible with previous ... for fresh hardware like the Super Nintendo, GameCube, and Wii. The company famously ran into a marketing ...