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Last Tuesday, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa offered a bit of rare news for the company’s next console, confirming that it will offer backwards compatibility with the current Switch lineup. That ...

Backward compatibility when a new console like the Nintendo Switch 2 releases is beneficial for all parties involved; it allows players to save some money by avoiding re-purchasing games on a new ...

Amber Warnock-Estrada is a young writer on the rise with an immense passion for video games, anime, and D&D. They have a wealth of experience reviewing games and reporting on events. They first found ...

In the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, the company made sure to show off backward compatibility as a feature of the new machine. In the trailer, Super Mario Wonder can be seen playing on both an ...

Batman: Arkham Knight wasn't in the best state when it landed on the original Switch in 2023, but the Switch 2 has given it a second life.

Nintendo during the week officially announced the successor to the Nintendo Switch is called the Nintendo Switch 2. The company in a statement sent to Game File explained why the console is backwards ...

There’s a lot we don’t know at the moment about the Nintendo Switch 2, but there’s one thing we do know – it’s backward compatible. For me, and probably for many gamers, that’s going to be its most ...

All the hubbub the last couple of days has been about the Switch 2's preorder date, and how that's been delayed due to Trump's tariffs, but something else caught our ear during Nintendo Direct this ...

After much speculation, rumor, and seemingly endless leaks, we are finally getting some real information on the Nintendo Switch 2, and it's exciting stuff. In a first-look trailer, Nintendo has shown ...

Yes! Thankfully, Nintendo isn’t forcing us to rebuild our entire game collection from scratch once again. Almost all of your existing Switch cartridges and digital games can be played on the Switch 2.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will definitely be backwards compatible, but that confirmation did come with a bit of an asterisk, and the house of Mario won't explain why yet. Something that Sony really messed ...