Nintendo hasn’t announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account.

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Wednesday that software for the company's Switch console would be playable on the successor device.

A big question around the Switch 2 has just been answered. While everyone (in the U.S. at least) is glued to their TV watching the 2024 election returns, Nintendo officially confirmed that its next gaming console will be backwards compatible with the Switch.

"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch," Nintendo posted in a social media update attributed to company president Shintaro Furukawa. "Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well."

Backward compatibility was considered a make-or-break feature for the Switch 2. Although strongly rumored, there remained doubts that Nintendo would be able to pull it off if the

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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has officially confirmed that the upcoming Nintendo Switch successor will feature backwards compatibility. In a new post on Twitter/X, Furakawa said that “Nintendo Switch software” will also be playable on the successor to the Nintendo Switch,

It’s been long expected (although can you ever really know with Nintendo), but the company has officially confirmed that Nintendo Switch games will be compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2. It also confirmed that Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the Nintendo Switch 2 as well.