Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Is Backwards Compatible With Your Switch 1 Games

Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles, especially those with big game libraries. In a post on X/Twitter, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the Switch 2—or whatever it ends up being called—will be capable of playing existing Switch games.

"This is Furukawa. At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date," Furukawa wrote.

Looked at through a cut-and-dry lens, the Switch 2 will support existing Switch games ...