Nintendo’s next system is compatible with Nintendo Switch games

During its latest financial results, Nintendo revealed immoderate much specifications astir nan successor to nan Nintendo Switch. Specifically, Nintendo confirmed that group will beryllium capable to play their Nintendo Switch games connected nan caller system.

“This is Furukawa. At today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch package will besides beryllium playable connected nan successor to Nintendo Switch,” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa posted connected X (formerly Twitter) connected Tuesday night. “Nintendo Switch Online will beryllium disposable connected nan successor to Nintendo Switch arsenic well. Further accusation astir nan successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility pinch Nintendo Switch, will beryllium announced astatine a later date.”

Nintendo elaborates connected this further successful nan early outlook conception of its latest financial results. It explains that “the preamble of Nintendo Account made it imaginable to necktie consumers’ history to their individual account, enabling Nintendo to support a continuous narration pinch consumers crossed level generations.” Essentially, Nintendo’s relationship strategy is amended system to modulation betwixt console generations than before. While Wii U games for illustration Xenoblade Chronicles X had to beryllium remastered to beryllium playable connected nan console, now it seems that players will beryllium capable to entree and download their Nintendo Switch games connected nan system’s successor arsenic agelong arsenic they are utilizing nan aforesaid Nintendo account.

These financial results did not springiness america much specifications connected different accusation astir Nintendo’s adjacent system, specified arsenic its sanction aliases merchandise window. Nintendo antecedently committed to unveiling nan successor to Nintendo Switch sometime this fiscal year, and it has fixed america nary logic not to judge that. Now, we must hold for that “later date” that some Furukawa and Nintendo’s financial results referenced to study much astir Nintendo’s adjacent portion of gaming hardware.