Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that current Switch games will be available and playable for the upcoming Switch 2.

Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Backwards Compatibility

Switch 2 Gets NSO Too

The upcoming Nintendo Switch successor, being dubbed as the Switch 2, will have backwards compatibility, making current Switch titles compatible with and playable on the Switch 2. Apart from this, the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service will also be available on the Switch 2, as confirmed by Nintendo president Shuntaro 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," Furukawa said on Twitter (X) today. "Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date."

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