The Switch 2 will be backward compatible, Nintendo has confirmed. This key feature has the potential to do wonders for the Switch successor's early adoption rate.
On November 5, Nintendo released its latest financial report for the first half of its current fiscal year. The Switch 2 was mentioned during the subsequent earnings call, when Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa reiterated the plan to announce the highly anticipated device by March 31, 2025.
Nintendo appears to be working on a useful technology that could help the Switch 2 deliver a substantially improved couch co-op experience.
A few more details about the upcoming console were shared at the company's corporate management policy briefing that followed. Specifically, Furukawa confirmed that the much-rumored Switch 2 backward compatibility is real. "Switch software will also be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch," the executive said. Additionally, Furukawa revealed that the upcoming console will have Nintendo Switch Online, thus being the company's second-ever system to support the subscription service.
The confirmation of NSO support and backward compatibility for the Switch successor may not come as a surprise to the most attentive of fans. Furukawa already hinted at these capabilities all the way...
