Nintendo has confirmed that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be backward compatible with the Nintendo Switch.
In a post on X, the platform owner also announced that more information about the Nintendo Switch successor would arrive “at a later date.”
“This is Furukawa. In today’s corporate governance policy briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will also be available on the successor to the Nintendo Switch. More information about the Nintendo Switch successor, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced later.
The publication also confirmed that Nintendo Switch Online would be available on the successor console. No further details about its implementation were announced.
Earlier today, Nintendo reiterated that it still intends to announce the hardware for its next console before the end of its current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2025.
President Shuntaro Furukawa made the comments during an online press conference on Tuesday following the release of Nintendo’s latest earnings results, but the executive did not add any additional details.
According to a report, developers have been told not to expect Nintendo’s next console to launch before April 2025.
“No developer I’ve spoken to expects it to launch this financial year,” said GI.biz journalist Chris Dring. “In fact, they have been told not to expect it in the future.” [current] financial year. A group of people I spoke to expect it to come out in April or May, even early next year, not later.
“I don’t think any of us want a late release for Switch 2 because we all want a new Nintendo console, everyone is very excited about it and we don’t want that Grand Theft Auto 6 and Switch crisis and all that.” “kind of things on top of each other.”
Released in March 2017, Switch is in its eighth year on the market. In July, it surpassed the Famicom as Nintendo’s longest-lived console before being replaced.
