Nintendo Switch 2 will reportedly have digital and physical backward compatibility, plus "enhanced" older games
Feb. 11, 2024Amid rumors the successor is launching later this year
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TheNintendo Switch successorwill reportedly feature backward compatibility for physical and digital game copies.
The report comes from Brazilian websiteUniverso Nintendo, which in the past has correctly published information about a number ofNintendo Directpresentations and the official title of Sonic X Shadow Generations ahead of its reveal. (Thanks for the spot,Eurogamer.)
Twitter accountCentro Leaksshared a translated version of the details across social media, which claims that original Nintendo Switch games will be playable on the company’s next console, whether you own them on a cartridge or via the eShop.
Developers can also supposedly “enhance” games released on the OG Nintendo Switch to take advantage of the Switch 2’s extra processing power. That lines up with previous reports that Nintendo was showing a"souped-up" version of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wildrunning on the new hardware.
The Nintendo Switch 2 - or whatever it ends up being called - has been at the center of a rumor whirlwind these last few months. One industry survey revealed that8% of game developers were already working on titles for the Switch successor. Another analyst claimed that the console wouldrelease this year with an 8-inch LCD screen, as opposed to the OG Switch’s OLED display.
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